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Over one billion smartphones shipped in 2013
More than one billion smartphones (1,004.2 million) were shipped globally in 2013, a new record and a 38% increase over the 725.4 million handsets delivered in 2012, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC had forecast…
Apple shares fell after lower sales forecast
Apple reported flat profits for its first fiscal quarter ending December 28th, 2013. While revenue at $57.6 billion and profits at $13.1 billion ($14.50 per diluted share) were higher than analysts had expected, the company warned that…
Children teaching technology to their parents
Children are teaching technology to up to 40% of parents, the figure is even higher in lower socioeconomic families, a researcher from the Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile, reported in the Journal of Communication. The study…
Samsung profits fell in fourth quarter 2013
Samsung profits fell in the fourth quarter of 2013, the world’s largest mobile phone and TV maker reported. The company made a net profit of 7.3 trillion won ($6.8 billion), 11% less than in Q3 2013 - the first quarterly profit fall in two…
Apple Mac 30th Birthday today
On January 24th, 1984, the first Apple Mac came out, exactly thirty years ago yesterday. Happy Birthday Apple Mac! Macintosh’s birthday is being celebrated today at the Flint Center, Cupertino, California. As one of billions of people…
Lockheed Martin Q4 2013 sales fall
Lockheed Martin, the US government’s and the world’s largest military contractor, reported a drop in sales in the fourth quarter of 2013 to $11.5 billion, from $12.1 billion in the same quarter in 2012. Net earnings from continuing…
Netflix has 44 million subscribers
Netflix Inc. announced that it now has 44 million members and expects to end this quarter with 48 million. Netflix provides streaming videos and DVDs by post. It charges 7.99 per month in the US for which users are allowed to access from…
25% of IT workers plan to change jobs this year
One quarter of all IT workers plan to change jobs this year, according to a new survey issued jointly by CareerBuilder.com and Sologig.com. This is a significant increase compared to 15% a year ago. The survey, which was carried out across…
Adapting to the digital world, seven principles
In today’s Hyperconnected digital world, the World Economic forum has launched “Norms and Values in Digital Media: Rethinking Intellectual Property in the Digital Age” which includes a shared set of goals to help policymakers and businesses…
Dropbox valued at $10 billion after $250 million fundraising
As IPO fever grips Silicon Valley companies, Cloud storage and collaboration tools provider Dropbox, which closed a $250 round of funding, is the latest US firm to receive a mega valuation of $10 billion. Analysts had forecast a valuation…