Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is trying its best to launch the iPhone6 within the next few months and there has been speculation that the phone won’t hit the shelves in required number due to production hassles. Speculation aside, now there is confirm news that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPhone 6 will face some delay because of an explosion inside a factory in China, which affected Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s supplier Foxconn’s production facility in the vicinity. Fox Business reported about the explosion and the impact that it will likely cause on the production of the iPhone 6, today. “A deadly explosion at a…
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) released three important updates of Visual Studio for Developers, its Corporate Vice President for Developer Division, S. Somasegar, announced in a blog post. The new updates include Visual Studio 2013 Update 3, a feature-filled update for all Visual Studio 2013 users; Azure SDK 2.4 an updated SDK of Azure tools for Visual Studio developers to take advantage of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s cloud for infrastructure, platform, and dev/test services; and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Windows Phone 8.1 Update including new emulators to help developers test their apps on the latest Windows Phone 8.1 release. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 is available…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) are the two companies that are increasingly focusing on the cloud to generate their future growth. Whereas Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has always dominated the corporate-software market Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is new to this game, but it seems that it is giving tough competition to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), especially when it comes to future customers. Quartz in a recent article compared the customer base of the two companies in cloud based services and apps market. Quartz compared the mail-hosting MX records for 150 companies across three general size categories: the “Fortune 50″ largest US companies;…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is going to take out nearly $1 billion from its arch-rival Samsung’s business. In an article today, Business Insider reported that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has stopped buying chips that go into its iPad and iPhone from Samsung and has instead opted for a Taiwanese supplier. Apart from building consumer electronics products, Smartphones and other electronic goods, Samsung also has a flourishing business of making chips for all these devices. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was one of its most prominent customers, buying the A7, A8 and other chips that it used for the manufacturing of the iPhone and iPad. But now, Apple…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has recently started to offer screen replacement services for the iPhone 5s in some of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s stores across the United States. Todaysiphone, a website dedicated to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPhone, revealed this in one of its posts today. The on-site screen replacement service is not guaranteed at every Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s store, but is available in quite a handful of them. The process of replacing the iPhone 5S screen is quite similar to the one used for iPhone 5C and iPhone 5 as it’s carried out by the same machine. By providing on-site replacement of iPhone 5s Screen, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)…
In a Push to strengthen its cloud computing business even more, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) revealed that Microsoft Dynamics CRM is now available in many more countries. Bob Stutz, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Dynamic CRM made the announcement on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Dynamics Community page yesterday. The countries that have been added to the fold of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online include Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, U.S. Virgin Islands, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates. CRM Online is one of the integral parts of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s cloud computing business apart…
It’s almost two years since Marissa Mayer took charge of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), but most of the investors and analysts alike, can’t make up their mind regarding has her tenure till now been good or bad for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO). Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) didn’t report anything extraordinary in its second quarter earnings and the only thing that the analysts are saying positive about the company doesn’t have to do anything with the company’s core business at all, it is the Alibaba Group IPO. Colleen Taylor, TechCrunch reporter, and Eric Jackson, founder of Ironfire Capital, discussed their views on Marissa Mayer’s…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported second quarter earnings below expectations and one of the main reasons for that loss, which, according to the company will continue in the future is its investments on content. It seems Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is truly focusing on content in all possible ways as the company announced the launch of several apps on its Fire TV, today. Nicole Petallides reported the inclusion of several much awaited apps on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Fire TV on Fox Business. “They [Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)] are saying that the App selection has doubled. Don’t forget Flappy Bird, that’s something that’s on there, but their…
Now that it’s clear that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is building its own Content Distribution Network, one wonders if a company like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) which is always at the forefront of technology, late to the game? Other companies like Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) started building their networks back in 2006-07, which makes Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s entry to the market almost 7 years later. Dan Rayburn, principal analyst at Frost and Sullivan discussed his views on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s entry into the CDN market and if it can turn out advantageous for the company on Bloomberg. “Well, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) like a…
BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) recently released the popular messaging app from the company, Blackberry Messenger (BBM) on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Windows Mobile OS, Reuters revealed in a report. BBM was one of the earliest and pioneering mobile messaging apps, but it could not catch up with others like WhatsApp as the company had long refused to release it on other mobile OS. Only last year BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) rose from its sleep and launched BBM for Android and iOS users. By including the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Windows Mobile OS, the BBM app is now available on all major mobile operating systems. This is…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced that it has launched the new version of its Yahoo! Finance app, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s Director of Product Management, Robby Stein, revealed this on the Yahoo! Finance page on Tumblr. For Android devices, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s team developed the app from the ground up bringing its consumers a new home experience organized around your stock quotes and company news. The new Finance app from Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) also delivers push notifications about relevant breaking news and provides enhanced interactive charts for any quote, a feature that most users wanted in the earlier versions of the app.…
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has announced five new superchargers for European countries in a post on its Facebook page. The company revealed that the first of the new supercharger will come up in Belgium followed by new routes that open in Sweden, Germany, Norway, and France. Currently Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has 47 operational superchargers scattered mostly across Western Europe, with most of them in Germany and France. A supercharger charges Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s Model S 16 times faster than most public charging stations. Most of the supercharger stations run by Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) are capable of delivering…