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IDC report - Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Grew Nearly 20% in the First Quarter
IDC report - Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Grew Nearly 20% in the First Quarter
By Salar Golestanian @ Friday, April 29, 2011 :: 11:09 PM :: 513 Views :: 0 Comments :: Article Rating
According to a IDC report today, the worldwide mobile phone market grew 19.8% year over year in the first quarter of 2011. This fantastic growth was fueled by as expected high smartphone growth, especially in emerging markets, and gains made by market challengers. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 371.8 million units in 1Q11 compared to 310.5 million units in the first quarter of 2010.
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Impossible happens - Amazon EC2 goes down, taking with it Reddit, Foursquare and Quora
Impossible happens - Amazon EC2 goes down, taking with it Reddit, Foursquare and Quora
By Salar Golestanian @ Thursday, April 21, 2011 :: 6:41 PM :: 447 Views :: 0 Comments :: Article Rating
I am one of those conservatives that does not easily believe the hype about Cloud Computing we hear every day - Today the impossible has happened so 'Cloud Computing' is all very well until someone trips over a wire and the whole thing goes bang. This is no different when your hosting company goes down and says well - Harican just hit us so what do you expect?
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Google has started placing the embeddable Google +1 Button
Google has started placing the embeddable Google +1 Button
By Salar Golestanian @ Friday, April 01, 2011 :: 1:13 AM :: 513 Views :: 0 Comments :: Article Rating
Right now this is only for Google users that reside in the US, have a Google Profile, be logged in and enable +1 to see how it works. Google has done this nearly a year after Facebook Like buttons spread out across the web, Google has announced its own rival, the +1 button. The launches is part of Google’s search engine, allowing you to “+1″ the search results and ads that you like. And in a few months, it is likely to be rolled out in the rest of the world.
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