Showing posts with label Noble. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Noble. Show all posts

Monday, May 7, 2012

Amazon.com Kindle Fire Slumping, Company Preparing Refresh - plus my very own links synopsis

Companies, technology, news ... it doesn't get much better than this does it?

Who shall we take a look at first? Well, it's Apple Inc. and Subsidiary...
- Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Corporation Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon.com And Apple In E-books from techcrunch.com
- Apple's Tax Avoidance: Evil Scheming, Good Business, or Both? from business.time.com



Google has been receiving a lot of press as well:
- Wil Wheaton Slams Google for Incessantly Pushing Google+ from searchenginewatch.com
- The Old Gmail Is Officially Dead, Dead, Dead from techland.time.com

The next topics I'll be covering are Amazon and Android.
- Amazon Kindle Fire Slumping, Company Preparing Refresh - "Amazon wasn't able to sustain its tablet sales momentum during the first quarter, after bursting onto the scene during the fourth quarter with the introduction of the Kindle Fire" - said www.eweek.com

Let's wind up by looking at Oracle Corporation and Java application.
- HP, Oracle Dispute Over Itanium Headed to Court - "Oracle executives, already wrapping up their high-profile court case with Google over the use of Java, most likely will soon find themselves back in the courtroom wrangling with former longtime partner Hewlett-Packard over Intels Itanium platform" - said www.eweek.com
- Google, Oracle Trial Winding Down - www.webpronews.com







Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Corporation Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon.com And Apple In E-books - plus my blog posts review

Technology corporations are always making news - fortunately for me personally because this is a tech website. Who are we focusing on now?

One hot conversation starter has been Google and Federal Communications Commission Let's take a look at shall we?
- Google Releases Full FCC Street View Report from www.searchenginejournal.com
- Google Staff Knew Google Street View Cars Were Collecting Private Data: FCC from www.eweek.com
- Google Releases Full Report of FCC Investigation Into Street View Probe, Finds That Senior Staff Knew from techcrunch.com



Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Corporation Inc. seemed to get mentioned rather a lot too:
- Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon.com And Apple In E-books from techcrunch.com
- Microsoft Invests $300M in Barnes and Noble, Settles Patent Flap from www.eweek.com
- Nook for Windows 8? Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Settle, Buddy Up from techland.time.com





Did you notice all the talk about iPhone and Microsoft? Here are the best bits:
- Wozniak: Windows 7 Phone More Beautiful than iPhone - "The latest statements come from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who told the technology news blog aNewDomain that he thinks the interface for Apple arch rival Microsofs Windows Phone 7 is more beautiful than that of Apples best-selling and much-lauded iPhone" - said www.eweek.com

Let's finish up by looking at Tax and Apple Inc..
- Apple Sets Up Shop in Tax Havens Worldwide - "Apple Inc. is reportedly circumventing huge tax bills by setting up offices in tax havens all around the world, to help avoid California's present corporate tax rate of 8.84%, amongst others" - said www.webpronews.com
- Apple Evades Billions in Corporate Taxes, NY Times Reports - mashable.com