The iPad Revolution has begun

01 Feb

Posted by Tom Andries as Tech and Gadgets

The buzz surrounding Apple’s latest creation was unseen. Now that Steve Jobs’ tablet has officially been announced, will it live up to the hype?

The new device is positioned between the iPhone and Macbook or in the non-Apple universe: the tablet is filling the empty space between smartphones and laptops.

What empty space?

Many so called analysts are wondering what need the iPad actually fullfills.
I guess that’s kind of looking for a musquito when an elephant is staring you in the face…

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Google finally launches its iPhone rival

05 Jan

Posted by Tom Andries as Tech and Gadgets

A new day, a new phone… After the unveiling of several Android phones in the past few weeks Google upped the ante with the announcement of the “Nexus One”. A Google smartphone made by Taiwanese tech firm HTC.

It finally is the war salvo directed straight at Apple, the gloves are off!

“Ironically Google might have a fighting chance by adopting the same strategy Microsoft succesfully used against Apple in the 80’s.
Pitching every ally they can find against the iPhone ecosystem.”

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Kudos to Yahoo! in 2010

29 Dec

Posted by Tom Andries as Finance & Stocks, Internet

Don’t believe the skeptics, 2009 was not a bad year for Yahoo. Well, at least not worse than the previous ones…
And looking ahead Yahoo and its investors might have a reason to pop open a bottle of champaign late 2010. Here are our predictions for the coming year!

Turmoil
Oh yes, there was a lot of turmoil indeed: a new CEO, massive lay-offs, the plummeting ad market, the closing down of loads of services and the amputation of Yahoo! Search. But let us look beyond that…

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New Yahoo! CEO asks employees to stop press leaks… in… leaked memo.

25 Jan

Posted by Tom Andries as Finance & Stocks

Carol Bartz and the Yahoo! Comeback?
There’s a new CEO in town at Yahoo. Her name is Carol Bartz, a hardened and experienced manager. Someone not to be fooled around with according to insiders.

That might be just what the doctor ordered for Yahoo! Bartz just freezed employee pays for the next 2 years and she won’t let Microsoft bully Yahoo! around either. One of Bartz’s first comments was her guts told her not to sell Yahoo! Search to Steve Ballmer and his Windows mob. Nice!

One week in, Carol Bartz sent a memo to all Yahoo! asking to stop press leaks… which you can read in the subsequently leaked memo…

Carol will have the tough task announcing Yahoo!’s most recent Q4 numbers next tuesday. And while everyone is expecting them to be dismal, the low expectations might just leave some room for positive surprise too. However small… (more…)

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