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Alcatel-Lucent CEO Steps Down, Decision Pleases Shareholders
0By: Zain Nabi | February 8th, 2013 | News
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen has stepped down from his position after failing to turn things around for the company that is undergoing a tough time owing to huge losses. The decision, however, pleased the shareholders of the French-U.S. company as its share value jumped by 7.7 per cent in early trading,
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BlackBerry Appoints New Directors
By: Zain Nabi | February 8th, 2013 | News
Pursuing its goal of revamping its tarnished image, BlackBerry has taken another step in the forward direction by adding two directors to its board. The new members are Richard Lynch, former Vice President of Verizon Communications, and Bert Nordberg, former Chief Executive Officer of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. The recent additions have taken the total number of directors to 12. ...
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Microsoft and Symantec Save The Day
By: Zain Nabi | February 8th, 2013 | News
Microsoft and Symantec have foiled down an effort, which could have been a very huge cyber crime, by shutting down thousands of computers without the knowledge of their users, Reuters has reported. After shutting the computers, Microsoft is now offering free tools to the o...
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Startups In China Look At Other Venues To Raise Capital As IPO’s Stall
By: Talha Bhatti | February 7th, 2013 | Business, News
Chine e-Commerce portal, Taobao, is a massive online marketplace that connects small business with millions of consumers. Shoppers can usually find products like clothes, specialty paper, green tea and pet food on the site. However, a business man from Beijing saw Taobao as another marketplace. He decided to sell stock on the e-...
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Huawei 4Afrika Smartphone Launches In Africa As Part Of Microsoft Initiative
By: Talha Bhatti | February 7th, 2013 | Business, News, Smartphones
Technology is changing the world and narrowing the gap between developed and developing nation around the globe. In some cases poorer nations have been able to skip current technologies to embrace emerging technologies. A good example of this is how third world countries had rapid acceptance of mobile services as they skipped over fixed lines of communications. With new smartphones rapidly becomin...
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Amazon Stuns Users by Closing Down Canadian Newsstand Without Advance Notification
By: Jeff Stewart | February 7th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
TQ reported earlier that popular e-commerce giant, Amazon, announced its very own virtual currency by the name of Amazon Coins. Now the company has made another move but the abrupt action has shocked Canadians. According to the latest reports Amazon is clos...
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Survey Shows Business Executives are Comfortable Operating in Cloud but Face Issues
By: Jeff Stewart | February 7th, 2013 | News
A new report has claimed that with the passage of time companies around the world are becoming accustomed to cloud computing, but at the same time they are also complaining that the service has a number of issues. The report was created from the results of a survey that was conducted by famous audit, tax and advisory firm, ...
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Five Year Old South African Child Gets Low-Cost Robotic Hand Created Using 3D Printer
By: Jeff Stewart | February 7th, 2013 | Health, Living, News
Five-year old South African, Liam, does not have fingers on his right hand since birth. He recently got a 3D prosthetic hand that has completely changed his life and he can grasp anything with the prosthetic including small items like coins. This amazing and low cost 3D prosthetic hand was specially designed for Liam by two manufacturers, who live thousands of miles away from each other. Richard V...
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Mind Is A Simple Meditation App That Uses Minimalist Design To Deliver A Great Experience
By: Talha Bhatti | February 7th, 2013 | Business, Health, Living, Mobile Apps, News
There are dozens of mobile apps that help user's lives easier in any number of different categories. However, this is a double edged sword for app fanatics who end up using several different apps from a category before they find the right one. Jon Mitchell, a writer for ReadWrite, was trying to find the right meditation app when he stumbled uponÂ...
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Amazon Announces its Very Own Virtual Currency Called ‘Amazon Coins’
By: Jeff Stewart | February 7th, 2013 | Business, News
Over the years different types of currencies have been produced in various parts of the world, so people can buy things in a specific regions without facing any problem. Later plastic money was introduced thanks to VISA, MasterCard and others, which has not only freed people from cash, but also enabled them to make purchases without changing currency during foreign trips. However, now to boost the...
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