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  • PC Sales Surge Spells Renewed Opportunity for VARs

    IDC recently reaffirmed the renewed growth of the PC market in 2010 with new positive and hopeful numbers and forecasts. That spells great news for VARs relying on hardware sales as a key component of their businesses. In the first quarter of 2010, PC shipments surged at an unprecedented growth rate of 27.1 percent, underscoring…

  • Fujitsu and Toshiba to Merge Mobile Businesses, Create Joint Venture

    TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd and Toshiba Corp unveiled plans on Thursday to merge their mobile phone businesses in October to create Japan’s second-biggest cellphone maker in a rapidly shrinking market. The merger will help the two electronics makers share development costs, but the combined entity is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to…

  • 10 Reasons Why Google Is the Only Company That Can Overcome Apple

    As time goes on, the chances of Google dominating Apple will be slim, given the success the hardware company has achieved over the past few years. But overtaking Apple as the top tech company is a long-term campaign. This has nothing to do with ruining Apple, only replacing it as the de facto leader in…

  • Motorola Unveils New Droid Phone June 23

    Verizon, Motorola and Google will introduce a new Motorola Droid smartphone at an event in New York City June 23. What isn’t clear is whether the device will be the Droid X or the Droid 2 or both that Engadget, Droid Life and several other gadget blogs have been chronicling over the last several weeks.…

  • iPhone Buyers Frustrated with ATT Problems

    SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) – Customers trying to reserve the latest version of the iPhone were thwarted by technical glitches that hindered sales on Tuesday, the first day of pre-orders before the device hits stores on June 24. AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) customers reported seeing account information of other subscribers while trying to buy…

  • Zoho Integrates Productivity Apps with Google

    Productivity, collaboration and business applications provider Zoho Corp. announced its Invoice and Creator Helpdesk solutions are integrated with Google Apps, and are now available in the Google Apps Marketplace. The company noted Creator Helpdesk is also available in the Zoho Marketplace, the company’s online store for business applications. Invoice is free for up to five…

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