Hong Kong is well known as a business hub for Asia and now LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional service, finally has an office in the country, after it opened the doors to its ninth location in Asia today. The Hong Kong office, which puts the firm at 24 locations worldwide, will support the business...
Microsoft has confirmed that it will launch the Release Preview of Windows 8 in the first week of June, according to an announcement made at the Windows 8 Developer Days conference in Japan today, via Engadget. Announce…Windows 8 Release Preview first week of June.Here’s the announce from Japan’s Windows 8 Dev Days #thankyou twitter.com/BuildWindows8/… —...
Bee Media, the makers of a mobile shopping platform that serves location-specific offers and info to mobile devices, today announced that it has acquired Adcentricity, a similarly location-focued digital media startup. Under the terms of the acquisition, Bee Media secures rights to the Adcentricity name and will operate as Adcentricity going forward. Doug Woolridge,...
Bowel Mover Pro — ($0.99 iPhone/iPad) Aficionados of the long-running sitcom Scrubs will know this one essential fact: Everything comes down to poo. Really. Tracking your bowel movements is apparently a great way to monitor your health on a day-to-day basis. This app will help you track what you ate and how it turned...
In this post-Instagram-Facebook deal world, video apps are one area attracting the attention of users, media and the tech industry, as the world seeks the next mobile app phenomenon. Socialcam — which is available for iOS — is riding the wave of interest in video apps, and its founders took to Hacker News to reveal...
Five years ago, Microsoft reported revenue of $14.398 billion. They reported a profit of $6.589 billion. Last week, for the same quarter, Microsoft’s revenue was $17.407 billion. Their profit was $6.374 billion. The company is still growing, but not fast. And they’re actually making less money. Compare that with Apple. Five years ago, revenue...
Big data and the marketing world go together like peanut butter and jelly. Marketers want to present their brands in the most-effective manner possible and always put the right ad in front of the right person. In theory, big data makes that possible at a whole new level. Today’s analytic techniques and technologies can...
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Even though Netflix’s first-quarter earnings came in ahead of analyst expectations, CEO Reed Hastings still had to answer a number of sometimes-skeptical questions during the earnings conference call about how he plans to expand the company’s streaming content library. Hastings has already talked about how streaming content strategy will differ from Netflix’s DVD strategy,...