It’s generally excepted that, on the aggregate, Android device sales will far outpace iOS sales year after year. However, there’s a dirty little secret about Android devices that most manufacturers are facing: the return rate on some Android devices is between 30 and 40 percent, in comparison to the iPhone 4′s 1.7% return rate...
Daily Archives: July 26, 2011
Amazon Is About To Invade India (AMZN)
Image: Flickr/kdando Amazon is going to launch in India next year, the Times of India reports. According to the report, Amazon in talks with various local players about acquisitions but plans to set up its own operations there anyway. This is an obvious and good move for Amazon. India is a big, high...
YouSendIt steps on Dropbox’s turf with unlimited cloud storage service
I read this and started thinking – ooh, this could be a podcaster’s dream. $14.99 for unlimited storage, and as much downloading as you can eat… I might start trying this baby out for that precise purpose. Thank you, TNW, for once again coming up with the goods. I love you. Article source: TNW...
How To Cope With The Structural Bubble Of US-Listed Chinese Stock
iChinaStock ReneSola CEO: Specialization Reduces Costs and Raises Brand Premium Zynga To Bring CityVille To Tencent Pengyou’s 101 Million Users How to Cope with Structural Bubble of US-listed Chinese Stock NetQin: We Detect and Resolve 75% of Mobile Security Threats Worldwide Roth Capital Downgrades Hollysys to Neutral on High-Speed Rail Uncertainty 1. US-listed Chinese...
BuzzFeed Brings On HuffPost’s Andy Wiedlin As Chief Revenue Officer
Huffington Post SVP of Sales Andy Wiedlin is moving on to BuzzFeed this week, joining the viral content-focused startup as Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to his position at HuffPost, Weidlin held down the fort as VP of East Coast Sales at Myspace and put in a five-year stint at Yahoo as VP of Sales...
HTC seeks negotiations with Apple over dual patent rulings
HTC’s legal wrangle with Apple took a turn today, when the Taiwanese mobile phone maker said it was willing to negotiate with its Californian counterpart in the ensuing patent fight. As we reported two weeks ago, the US International Trade Commission ruled that HTC had violated two of Apple’s patents, relating to data-detection and...
As DVD sales decline, Walmart.com adds Vudu streaming
Online video rental store Vudu has seen massive growth lately, driven mostly by getting embedded on an ever-growing number of connected TVs and other devices. But the streaming video on demand service is about to get a big boost, as it’s being integrated with the website of parent company Walmart, potentially introducing millions of...
Top Trends of 2011: Group Messaging
This week we’re running a 5-part series of posts looking back on the significant trends of 2011. Today we’re reviewing group messaging, the hot trend at this year’s SXSW festival. Group messaging started out as a battle between several startups, but over the past few months it’s turned into a fascinating Google vs. Facebook...