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Apple iPad to Dominate Holiday Season Tablet Sales: Gartner Report
Apple’s best-selling iPad will account for 73.4 percent of worldwide media tablet sales in 2011, down from 83 percent share in 2010, according projections from Gartner. The market research firm also noted Apple will have free reign in the tablet market during the lucrative holiday season, as competition from Google Android-based tablet devices and others…
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Job Creation the Biggest Challenge for Small Businesses
Despite the recent economic turbulence and a survey that shows 61 percent of small business owners aren’t optimistic about the economic outlook, new data shows a 27 percent increase in new business activity in the second quarter of 2011 versus the same quarter last year. The findings are part of the first Manta SMB Wellness…
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Demand for Cloud-Based Applications Rising Among SMBs: Report
Half the employees at small and midsize businesses are estimated to be working outside the office, and a quarter of SMBs’ staff works outside the firm at any given time, at any given time, according to a new study, entitled "State-of-the-Market 2011 Report: Mobility Trends in SMBs." The report, released by business communications specialist Fonality…
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Lenovo Recruits Former Acer CEO Lanci
Computer manufacturer Lenovo confirmed that Gianfranco Lanci, the former CEO of Acer, is joining the company as a consultant to help develop and accelerate Lenovo’s worldwide consumer business. The company said he would have a particular focus on Lenovo’s integration of Medion, a German technology company acquired in July by Lenovo to enhance its consumer…
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Small Business Owners Losing Confidence in Economy
Confidence in the economy among small-business owners tumbled in August, as the National Federation of Independent businesses monthly Small Business Optimism Index dropped a whopping 1.8 points, settling at a disturbingly low 88.1. The Index has now been in decline for a full six months. Unlike previous months, August s decline comes in the immediate…