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BBC Rolls Out Sports App for Kindle Fire Devices and Updates its Android and iOS App
0By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Android, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Sports
After releasing its sports app for Android and iOS platforms, the popular media outlet BBC has now rolled out its sports app for Amazon’s Kindle Fire devices. BBC revealed this news through a post on its blog which made it known that the Fire-optimised app will be first available to residents of the UK, who will be able to get it...
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Amazon Posts $7 Million Loss at End of Second Quarter Despite Increase in Revenue
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Business, News
With the end of the last financial quarter, companies have started announcing their quarterly earnings, some of them declared decent revenues, while some showed decline in their profits due to decrease in sales. However, Amazon came up with a strange report when it issued its second quarter results on Thursday, July 25th. The mu...
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Panasonic Introduces Android Powered Cordless Telephone Range That Boasts Elegant Design and Smart Features
By: Ali Raza | August 4th, 2013 | Android, Google, News, Smartphones
Although, Panasonic has not been able to earn itself a top spot in the mobile phone market, it has not given up on making phones and is still active in the cordless telephone segment. In fact when it comes producing top quality cordless phones no one can match Panasonic and it is because of this ver...
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Analysts Predicts Moto X Phone Will Do Well While Nexus 7 Tablet Will Do Worse
By: Ali Raza | August 4th, 2013 | Android, Business, Google, News, Smartphones, Tablets
KGI analyst Mingchi Kuo is known for making good predictions regarding future products from technology firms. Therefore, whenever Kuo comes out with a prediction, the tech industry pays great attention to his research note, as he maintains a good track record of results. Previously Kuo has made several predications regarding the forthcoming inexpensive edition of iPhone and the iPhone 5S, but now ...
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Worldwide Shipments of Android Tablets Witnesses 67 Percent Increase While Apple’s Slates Losses Ground as Windows Seizes 4.5 Percent Share – Report
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Android, Apple, Business, Google, iOS, News, Tablets
It appears that the negative affect of large notebooks sales on the PC business is now being replicated by tablets, which are ready to eat away at laptop and desktop purchases. This could be judged from the latest research report from Strategy Analytics, which has revealed that the number of worldwide tablet shipments has touched the 51.7 million units mark in the second quarter of this year. Unsu...
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Waterloo-Based Vidyard Launches App for HootSuite to Give Social Marketers an Ideal Opportunity to Market Through Videos
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
With the support of the government, startups in Canada have now reached a level where they are not only creating apps for foreign companies, but they are developing applications for local companies too. A recent example in this regard is of Waterloo-based Vidyard that has created an app for Vancouver-based
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Waterloo-Based Rebellion Media Acquires HomeSav
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
The Waterloo-based Rebellion Media has announced that it has acquired the popular online shopping club, HomSav, for an undisclosed amount of money. The Toronto-based HomeSav offers home decor and lifestyle products that are quite popular in the count...
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US Government Releases New Set of Privacy Proposals for Apps
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Mobile Apps, News
The US government has released a set of proposals on Friday, July 26th, which if implemented, would require app developers to tell users what data they gather and how they use it. This set of proposals was first highlighted by TNW, which reported that: “The US government’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration today issued its first draft of what will be a mobile apps cod...
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The Guardian Shifts its UK, US and Australian Edition Sites to One Domain
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | News
According to the latest updates, the official website for The Guardian has now been shifted to a new domain, www.theguardian.com. This was not a sudden move by the popular media outlet, as earlier in May The Guardian had made it known that they had bought a new domain and in the near future they would shift to their new home on the World Wi...
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San Francisco-based StrongLoop Gets Hold of Canadian Startup NodeFly’s Node.js for Undisclosed Sum of Money
By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada
San Francisco-based StrongLoop stated on Tuesday, July 23rd that it has got hold of a Vancouver-based monitoring solution company, NodeFly's Node.js. Although, StrongLoop did not reveal the terms of the deal in the announcement, it appears that the San Francisco...
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