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S'pore banks rush to heed e-commerce call
News With the rise in Internet shopping in the country, banks have been tying up with logistics providers to offer one-stop services to attract more credit card purchases.
Tags: E-commerce, Banking, E-business, Citigroup Inc., payment, brand name, bank, Card Merchant, Gap.com, logistics provider
Is there life in Google’s Android?
Insight Last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile platforms, Mobile, Google Inc., Android, software, LiMo Foundation, brand name, Apple iPhone, U.S.
Analysts: Acer-Gateway move puzzling
News Taiwanese PC maker's decision to use Gateway--mostly known for consumer PCs--as a business brand in Europe "doesn't make sense", say analysts based in Asia.
Tags: Personal Computers, Acquisitions, Branding, Sales/revenue, Acer Inc., Packard Bell NEC, China Market Research, Sales, Notebook, Lenovo Group Ltd.
What's in a name?
Blogs Plenty, it seems, especially in tougher economic times. When the chips are down and almost every company in the market i...
More apathy for a Dell smartphone
News Without seeing the device, industry observers remain underwhelmed by what Dell could bring to the mobile computing market.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart Phone, Sales, brand name, handset, industry, High Tech Computer Corp., brand, Dell Computer Corp., PC
Google leaps, Microsoft drops in brand value
News The value of Google's brand soared 43 percent, according to an annual study, and IBM knocked Microsoft down from second to place. Coke is still king.
Tags: Branding, Advertising, Marketing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Coca-Cola Co., brand name, technology company, Oracle Corp.
Commodore joins Netbook crowd
News Name associated with iconic '80s C64 is appearing on a laptop that is joining the nascent but thriving Netbook market.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Personal Computers, Dutch company, Amiga, ASUS, processor, brand name, keyboard, hard drive, Laptop Computer
The mini-laptop changing the game
News Taiwan's Asustek has produced a global hit by shrinking the size, horsepower, and price tag--down to US$300.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Personal Computers, AsusTek Computer, Notebook, Computer, brand name, technology company, Best Buy Co. Inc., U.S., Dell Computer Corp.
Yahoo sticks up search suite with Glue
News Yahoo has begun testing Glue Pages, a new way to present search results that take advantage of its background as an Internet portal.
Tags: Web sites, Innovation, Google Inc., India, Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, brand name, text advertisement, Search Result, Yahoo Search
Chartered Semiconductor falls to 'junk' status
News news analysis Credit-rating company Fitch Ratings cuts the Singapore-based foundry's debt rating to "junk" on concern over its unprofitability.
Tags: Financial, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Processors, India, Foundry, Semiconductor, Chip, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., brand name
Verizon: Who needs the iPhone?
News To stay ahead of AT&T and Apple, Verizon is placing a big bet on Android smartphones and other new gadgets.
Tags: Smart phones, Google Android, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Phone, Wireless company, Droid, Google Android, Android
Publicis Groupe to buy Microsoft's Razorfish
News Deal for Internet ad agency includes agreement to buy display and search advertising from Microsoft for five years.
Tags: Search, Marketing communications, Razorfish, Publicis Groupe S.A., Microsoft Corp., Advertisement, Acquisition, agency, aQuantive Inc., Internet advertising
Sony announces US$299 PS3 Slim
News In Germany, Sony unveils a new game console with the same features and functions as the "old" PS3, but smaller and lighter.
Tags: Games, Game players, Gamer, Cell, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Playstation, Power Supply, processor, hard drive, CEO
Eee PC maker Asus goes gadget
News Taiwanese company finds itself smack in the middle of a transition from components maker to serious contender in PCs and accessories. Could Asus could be an Acer in the making?
Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Cellular phones, Music devices, Smart phones, Acer Inc., Motherboard, Video, Touch Screen, ASUS
Windows Live Search to be rebranded Kumo?
News Microsoft has taken control of the domain name and is reportedly directing internal traffic to the test site.
Tags: Search, Branding, Domain names, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Windows Live, Yahoo! Inc., TechCrunch, Microsoft Windows
