Steven Kovach, Business Insider SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. reported a 17 percent jump in fourth quarter profit on the strength of sales in flat panels and smartphones even as the company battled claims it had copied Apple’s iPhone. Samsung said Friday in a regulatory filing that its net profit reached...
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Here at the World Economic Forum in Davos, among the banking, shipping, steel and transport magnates of the global economy, there are a number of technology entrepreneurs floating around. As they rub shoulders with the likes of Eric Schmidt, Sean Parker, Loic Le Meur and Robert Scoble, it’s possible to peel them off from...
Personalized algorithms and social networking sites are great for helping people navigate a lot of things online — music, movies, restaurant recommendations and the like have benefited greatly from high tech curation. But according to serial entrepreneur Dmitry Shapiro, when it comes to getting the news, these technologies create a problem: We start to...
The Megaupload troubles make for interesting discussion because there is much to be said on both sides. Whether the illegal aspects of the network “outweigh” the legal aspects is a question that will be discussed for months and perhaps years. But one thing can’t be disputed: after the two-year investigation by the FBI, the...
The Shift From Watching TV to Experiencing TV Udemy says that Python is the “most-discussed” language, but if you are looking for a job, PHP is the language to know. The percentages vary across the different job channels, but PHP seems to be more popular among job listings and job titles. More Must Read...
Forget the random pictures of babies and puppies, alarming status updates from family members and political rants. On My-ArtMap, you will be immersed in art. It’s as simple as that. The site, which is targeted at an international audience, is available in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Chinese. You can create a...
Stephan Pastis Like many of society’s pop culture fixtures, the comic strip is a product of the last century’s dominant medium for information and entertainment, the daily newspaper. But as with most everything associated with the newspaper business, the comic strip finds itself struggling against the harsh reality of ever smaller page real estate, papers...
Greplin: For Finding Your Stuff Greplin is the way I find that one online thing I’m looking for. It’s a fast search engine that can index a whole bunch of common cloud services many of us use. Once it’s done crawling for the first time, you don’t have to wait for a second. You...
An eagle-eyed reader was recently in Key West, Florida and happened upon this sleek race yacht. On closer inspection, he found that it was actually Ran IV. This particular boat belongs to Niklas Zennström, the co-founder of internet giant Skype. He was in the keys for the Quantum Key West races, which is the...
Once the premiere community for photographers, Flickr has struggled to stay relevant in recent years. The company has been slow to innovate and adapt, facing fierce competition from hot alternatives like Facebook and Instagram. But for photographers who remain committed to Flickr as their platform of choice, the Pro account has been the way...