Taipei: Acer Inc, the world's No.4 PC vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects notebook and tablet PC shipment to be flat in the second quarter from the first quarter, versus an prediction of 0-5 per cent growth made in April.
Acer Chairman JT Wang made the comment to reporters at the firm's annual shareholder meeting.
Early this month, Wang told Reuters in an interview that he expects up to 80 percent of Acer's products to have touch-screen technology by next year or the year after, hoping new tablets and touch-notebook computers will revive its sales in a PC market where quarterly shipments are at their lowest in nearly four years.
Acer said its sales were 19 per cent lower in the first five months than in the same period a year ago....
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04:11 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: Rumours of Instagram getting Vine-like video capabilities are growing stronger by the day, even as Facebook prepares for its all-important event on June 20. Reports are now suggesting that the addition of video capacity to Facebook-owned Instagram will be the only revelation the social networking giant will make at the event. The video-capability is something that sources claim Instagram has been working on for the past couple of years,...
12:17 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New York: Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it now has 1 million active advertisers globally who used the platform in the last 28 days, a milestone for the company that is seeking to revive its revenue growth. A vast majority of those advertisers are small business owners who have flocked to the world's No. 1 social network. Facebook executives are hoping to net even more small advertisers since 16 million...
10:39 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Kolkata: Angry netizens on Tuesday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and sternly told her to "shut up and do some work", a day after she lost her cool and branded as "CPI-M people" anti-rape protestors as also rapists of a college girl. Facebook users and Twitterati assailed the Trinamool Congress supremo for asking a resident of Kamduni village in North 24 Parganas district to "shut up"...
07:23 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Facebook is reportedly ramping up the offering on its billion dollar acquisition Instagram. TechCrunch reports that Instagram will add support for videos and the announcement will happen at Facebook's June 20 event. The invite for the Facebook event doesn't give any details and only says, "A small team has been working on a big idea. Join us for coffee and learn about a new product." With Instagram, Facebook...
06:48 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: Samsung's recently launched oversized phablet - the Galaxy Mega 6.3 - is now up for pre-order on the e-commerce site Flipkart.com for Rs 30,990. The phablet will be available by the end of June. The website lists that the device will be available by the "5th week of June". Interested buyers can also pre-book the Galaxy Mega 6.3 phablet on the Samsung India eStore. While Flipkart mentions the...
02:34 PM, Jun 16, 2013
San Francsico: Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the US government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, a modest victory for the companies as they struggle with the fallout from disclosures about a secret government data-collection program. Facebook on Friday became the first to release aggregate numbers of requests, saying in a blog post that it received between 9,000 and 10,000 US requests...
12:47 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Seattle: Microsoft said on Friday that for the last six months of 2012 it received between 6,000 and 7,000 criminal and national security warrants, subpoenas and orders affecting between 31,000 and 32,000 consumer accounts from local, state and federal US governmental entities. The software company disclosed the data after reaching a deal about disclosures with US national security authorities. Facebook published similar data earlier on Friday. ...
12:44 PM, Jun 15, 2013
San Francisco: Facebook Inc received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from various US government entities in 2012's second half, involving 18,000 to 19,000 of its users' accounts, the world's largest social network said in a Friday blogpost. The company said it released the information after reaching a deal about disclosures with US national security authorities. ...
12:43 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Bugsie, a 10-year-old bunny rabbit, packs his backpack and runs away from home, scared and unsure of his destination. He has inadvertently created a big trouble for his country Macadamia, a country specially created for small animals and has put a question mark on his father's reputation. While on the run, he discovers that Robocop, the prototype of mini soldiers 'Lilliputs' that his Dad created as a defence scientist, has...
05:19 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Acting on its concern and surprise at the internet data mining by US intelligence agencies, including from India, the Indian government has taken up the issue with the US envoy, government sources said on Thursday. National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, who also helms the India-US cyber security dialogue along with his US counterpart, took up the issue on Monday when he met US Ambassador Nancy Powell. The issue...
04:45 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday blamed the past Congress governments for ignoring primary education in the state. "Past governments (Congress) in the state have sinned by keeping society in the dark and ignoring the primary education in the state," Modi said at the time of inaugurating the eleventh edition of 'Shala Praveshotsav' (school admission festival). Addressing parents and students in Lihoda village of Dehgam near in Ahmedabad,...
01:54 AM, Jun 14, 2013
After acquiring a BA in English Literature from Stella Maris College, Madras, Tulsi Badrinath graduated with an MBA from Ohio University, USA. Returning to India, she worked for four dreary years at Standard Chartered Bank before quitting her job to pursue her twin passions -- writing and dance. Her background in management helps her provide corporate executives with cross-cultural insights while interacting with them through the medium of dance. She...
06:12 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Mumbai: Online retailer Amazon, which recently announced its foray into India, said today it will introduce its Kindle range of products, including Fire and Paperwhite in the country by the end of this month. World's best-selling e-readers Kindle Fire and Kindle Paperwhite are coming to Amazon.in, making it easier than ever for readers in India to discover Kindle, Amazon said in a statement. Kindle Fire HD (7-inch and 8.9-inch variants)...
05:58 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Facebook isn't an epitome of originality. Even its origin is mired in controversy. Facebook might be the world's largest social networking service, but it can't pause on innovation in the want to keep its billion plus users hooked. Innovation isn't easy but it is, of course, easier to imitate what others have already implemented successfully. The latest popular Twitter feature that Facebook has aped is the hashtag. While...
04:54 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Penguin Books India has launched its 'summer reads' campaign which provides a hand-picked selection of some of its popular books. Highlighting six categories - love, linger, lust, live, life and leap - these reads have something for every reader. "Books make perfect companions, and this summer, we wanted to offer our readers a choice of some fantastic books to sail through the season. Our fabulous range across genres...
01:48 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New York: Facebook is introducing hashtags, the number signs used on Twitter, Instagram and other services to identify topics being discussed and allow users to search for them. Facebook said in a blog post on Wednesday that users will be able to click a hashtag to see a feed of discussions about a particular topic. For example, typing a number sign in front of "ladygaga" or "sunset" will turn the...
08:22 AM, Jun 13, 2013
Mumbai's best-kept secret, for over three decades, is cosmetologist Dr Dinyar Workingboxwalla. His client base includes well-known models and actors, including Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Kim Sharma and Mehr Jessia. Now, in this immensely useful book, he offers readers the same advice that he has given these glamorous ladies to acquire the best skin and hair in the business. Beauty Unleashed includes comprehensive information about what to look for in...
06:02 PM, Jun 12, 2013
San Francisco: Facebook urged the US government to allow Internet companies to reveal the size and scope of the national security information requests they receive, echoing statements made by Google Inc and Microsoft Corp. Facebook's statement came hours after Google publicly asked the US Department of Justice that it be allowed to disclose the full extent of the secret requests the company receives in order to demonstrate that Google turns...
09:53 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: India said on Tuesday it would be "unacceptable" if it is discovered that Indian laws on privacy have been violated by the surveillance launched on web users worldwide by the US National Security Agency (NSA). "If it is discovered that Indian laws relating to privacy of information of ordinary Indian citizens have been violated we would find it unacceptable," external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said at a...
04:20 AM, Jun 12, 2013
