Category: Business

Business Marketing

Twitter’s Lead Generation Card gives brands your info with just the click of a button

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As reported on Engadget. By Sarah Silbert Twitter Cards are meant to enhance a user’s — er, advertiser’s — tweets with relevant links and photo previews. Three such cards currently exist, but today the social network introduced a new one: the Lead Generation Card (marketing speak, much?), which essentially lets users accept discounts and provide the required personal information directly from a business’ tweet. The feature is located within a brand’s expanded tweet: you simply click a…

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Business Games

The new Xbox: what do we know about Microsoft’s next console?

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren An ‘Xbox 720’ rumor roundup Microsoft’s next-generation console has been the subject of intense rumor and speculation for what feels like years now. Gamers have been poring over leaks, rumors, accidental Twitter updates, and a whole lot more. From the “Xbox 720” name, to a “Durango” codename, Microsoft has kept fairly quiet on its official plans for an Xbox 360 successor. That all changed this week after the software maker…

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Business Cloud

Dell Kills Project To Build Out Public Cloud, Sends Layoff Notices

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILLIAMS Dell has decided not to build out its public cloud and will instead rely on partners such as Joyent to provide infrastructure services. A source close to the matter said layoff notices at the company went out on Friday. The group had more than 300 people in it. It is not known who was laid off or offered other jobs in the company. A spokesperson said Dell would not comment about…

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Business Engineering

Yahoo’s Unwatchable Live Stream Proves Its Next Acquisition Should Be A Proper Video Platform

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RIP EMPSON It’s easy to forget that Yahoo has had a long on-again-off-again love affair with online video. Remember Broadcast.com, which kicked off the Mark Cuban Era? But you might not remember that, because other online video platforms long ago left Yahoo in the proverbial dust. Today, as Yahoo streamed its Flickr product and Tumblr acquisition announcements, we were given a demonstration of why Yahoo has been left in the dust — and why…

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Business

Microsoft responds to YouTube demands, ‘more than happy’ to include ads if Google allows it

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Following Google’s demands for Microsoft to remove its Windows Phone YouTube app, Microsoft has responded saying it’s happy to include advertising. Google sent a cease and desist letter to Microsoft recently, with concerns that the Windows Phone YouTube app does not display ads. “We’d be more than happy to include advertising but need Google to provide us access to the necessary APIs,” says a Microsoft spokesperson. Microsoft appears to…

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Application Business

PayPal’s Cash For Registers Tries To Outdo Square And Groupon With Its Own Bid To Rule The Register

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As reported on TechCrunch. by INGRID LUNDEN PayPal today announced Cash for Registers to encourage merchants to switch to PayPal-powered point-of-sale solutions. The program is part of the payment giant’s bid to be the kingpin among local merchants looking for lower-cost ways of accepting credit card payments. The announcement comes on the same day that Square launched Stand to complement its Square register product on iPad tablets and Groupon expanded and rebranded its mobile point-of-sale solution asBreadcrumb. In exchange for local…

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Business

Samsung estimated to make 95 percent of Android device profits.

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Yes, we all know that Android has the prevailing device market share right now, but which companies in that group are actually making money? According to Strategy Analytics’ estimates for Q1, it’s Samsung… and virtually no one else. With $5.1 billion of Samsung’s $7.9 billion operating profit last quarter believed to have come from Android, the Korean firm reportedly accounted for 94.7 percent of Android’s hardware profit engine. The only other company that…

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Application Business

BlackBerry To Launch BBM On Android And iOS This Summer

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS Today at BlackBerry Live, CEO Thorsten Heins announced BBM will soon be available on Android and iOS. The messaging app will launch globally this summer. This is a huge move for BlackBerry as it brings BB10′s strongest feature to literally hundreds of millions of potential users. “It is a state of confidence,” Heins explained. “The BB10 platform is so strong and the response has been so good that the…

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Business Hardware Dev

Sony announces pricing for 55- and 65-inch 4K TVs in the UK, pre-order now, in-stores June

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As reported on Engadget. By James Trew Fancy some of the 4K magic from Sony, but are living over in the UK? Well you can get one step closer by pre-ordering today. The Bravia X9 — as it’s known over there — comes in two sizes (55- and 65-inch) both of which will land in bricks and mortar stores in mid-June. The price? Well, £4,000 and £6,000 respectively. That outlay will get you upscaling on all your…

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Business

Dell XPS 10 with Windows RT gets major price cut: base model now $300

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg We don’t know for sure that Dell’s been experiencing the weak demand for Windows RT Samsung’s been so vocal about, but significant price cuts to its XPS 10 tablet hybrid suggest it hasn’t exactly been flying off the shelves. Not only has the $500 tag for the tablet with 32GB of storage dropped to $300, but adding another 32GB now only costs $50 more, instead of $100. Savings have extended to the keyboard dock, too — opting for the…

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