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Acer Acquires Cloud Specialist iGware for $320 Million
Acer is taking to the cloud as it looks to expand beyond its core PC business, buying cloud specialist iGware July 21 for $320 million. Acer, which regularly competes with Dell for the No. 2 spot on the list of the world s top PC makers, will call the new business the Acer Cloud Technology…
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Google Voice Gets Multiple Call Functionality
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) July 20 rolled out a service to augment its phone calling capability in Gmail by letting users make multiple calls at the same time. The search giant surprised users last August when it launched calling capability in Gmail, which leverages the company’s Google Voice phone management application and voice and video plug-in. Google…
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Microsoft’s Windows Sales Decline, Business Division Grows
Microsoft offered strong quarterly results, but one of its revenue pillars — the long-running Windows franchise — experienced a slight decline. The company reported revenue of $17.37 billion for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 2011, an 8 percent increase from the year-ago quarter. Quarterly operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share were…
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Apple iPad Adoption Eclipsing Android Devices
The trend of personal smartphones and tablets infiltrating the workplace is being led by both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone platforms, Good Technology, a provider of secure and managed enterprise mobility for Apple iPhone, iPad, Google Android-based devices and other smartphone platforms, said in its quarterly data report. However, in the second quarter of…
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Lenovo Launching Android, Windows 7 Tablets for Consumers, Businesses
Lenovo is plunging into the tablet market with three new devices that run Google Android and Windows 7. Unlike other tablet manufacturers, which seem dedicated to challenging the Apple iPad with devices aimed primarily at the consumer market, Lenovo seems keen on tailoring its offerings to both the consumer and business spheres. Lenovo’s tablets include…