Oct 21

Allan Mulally: top contender as Microsoft CEO

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Alan-Mulally

As we have previously reported, Microsoft is having interviews with possible CEOs because current Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would retire next year. Mulally is Ford CEO (also former top Boeing executive) and will remain as such until the end of 2014. According to CNN, Continue reading »

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Oct 20

Nintendo stops selling Wii on Japanese market

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Nintendo Wii Japan

A few weeks ago Nintendo has announced that the company would stop manufacturing the Wii for Japanese market and now Nintendo has listed the Wii as „discontinued“ on its Japanese website. So now, the Japanese gamers will have to Continue reading »

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Oct 19

HTC’s head of global PR quits

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HTC

Lorain Wong has quit as a HTC vice president and head of global PR, corporate and internal communications. She was hired by HTC this past June and according to Bloomberg News she resigned for personal reasons. Chief Marketing Officer Ben Ho said that she will remain as a consultant for three or four months. HTC has some serious issues regarding senior executives’ resignations in the past two and a half year, because the company has lost Continue reading »

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Oct 19

Cyan Worlds is seeking cash for Obduction via Kickstarter

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Obduction

Cyan Worlds is seeking $1,1 million for sequel to Myst and Riven, the Obduction via Kickstarter. If the company is successful at this project, it plans to release new game in the mid 2015. The game will be available for PC and Mac. Cyan Worlds wants to continue with sumptuous look, detailed world-building and puzzles but also update them to take advantage of the power of modern computers, because Myst was released in 1993. Continue reading »

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Oct 19

Google shares top $1,000

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Google

On Friday have Google shares topped $1,000 ($1,011.4) for the first time in history. Shares have jumped because of the better Google’s revenues than expected. Company has published 36% in net profits in third-quarter. Google was floated in August 2004 at $85 a share and its current market value is Continue reading »

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Oct 18

Apple’s problematic share in tablet market

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 Apple

Apple is losing share in the tablet market because iPad sales are not so good as expected. They fell to $6.3 billion (this is a 27% drop over last year) and this is a huge problem for Apple regarding that iPhone is company’s second largest revenue stream. Tablet market share is mostly controlled by Samsung, Acer and Lenovo, and also Apple’s share currently stands at 32%, which is down 50% from a year ago. Continue reading »

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