Thursday, April 4, 2013

[Technology] Microsoft threatened as smartphones and tablets rise, Gartner warns

Microsoft threatened as smartphones and tablets rise, Gartner warns
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/04/microsoft-smartphones-tablets
Microsoft faces a slide into irrelevance in the next four years unless it can make progress in the smartphone and tablet markets, because the PC market will continue shrinking, warns the research group Gartner.

Reborn Detroit Electric Reveals SP:01 Sports Car
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/entertainment/05-Apr-2013/world-s-fastest-electric-car
$135,000 electric sports car based on Lotus Exige features vehicle-to-home energy sharing capability, an industry first. An old name returned to Motor City Wednesday evening, riding in on what we believe to be a re-purposed Lotus Exige chassis.

Arthur Frommer buys travel guides back from Google to keep print editions alive
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/features/high_tech/20130404_ap_arthurfrommergetsfrommerbrandbackfromgoogle.html
Arthur Frommer, the founder of Frommer's Travel Guides, has bought his brand back from Google after the search giant reportedly decided to stop publishing the guides in print.

Revealed, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's 'first' social website
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mark-zuckerberg/9972948/Revealed-Facebook-founder-Mark-Zuckerbergs-first-social-website.html
It contains various programs and applets allegedly created by the teenager, one of which, "The Web", appears to be an early model of a social networking site.

Apple New Campus Cost Seen Jumping to $5 Billion: Tech
http://www.gadgetreview.com/2013/04/10-fun-facts-about-apples-new-headquarters.html
(Corrects unit of measurement in 30th paragraph and removes NBBJ project attribution in 40th paragraph.) At what turned out to be his last public appearance, Steve Jobs stood before the Cupertino City Council on June 7, 2011, to present plans for a new ...

BMW X4 Concept
http://www.netcarshow.com/bmw/2013-x4_concept/
BMW today released photos of its X4 Concept, a design study it says shows the future of BMW SUV design. The concept seems more than a little odd in light of BMW unveiling its 3 Series Gran Turismo at the Geneva auto show in March, a car that seems very ...

Apple and Samsung gain US market share as Android loses some in latest ...
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/04/04/apple-extends-lead-over-samsung-gains-on-google-in-us-smartphone-market
Along with new Android distribution stats and a bunch of people saying "Man, it's really already ______?", the start of each new month typically brings with it some fresh U.S.

Microsoft founders Gates and Allen recreate a classic photo
http://mynorthwest.com/646/2244530/Microsoft-founders-Gates-and-Allen-recreate-a-classic-photo
That was an important year for the company they started in 1975. On June 25, 1981 Microsoft incorporated as a business in Washington.

Want to Play Pong on the Side of Huge Philadelphia Skyscraper?
http://www.zdnet.com/worlds-largest-video-game-will-be-played-on-a-u-s-skyscraper-7000013531/
Later this month, you could get the chance to play Pong on what is reportedly one of the biggest video game screens in the world. On Friday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 24, Drexel University gaming professor Dr.

Google, Microsoft turn up office heat
http://www.citeworld.com/business/21664/office-365-apps-trickle-out
SAN FRANCISCO - Google and Microsoft have been staging a new war of words over office business. On Friday, Google is landing the latest punch.



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