Rumors abuzz about Google’s potential Facebook contender – ‘Google Me’
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 08:56
With the omnipresence of Google already evident from the fact that it helps users search the Internet, send emails to one another, track the places people to go and countless other things, rumors are now making rounds that Google will soon be integrating all the mentioned information into a social website.
Top US carriers to sell Samsung ‘Galaxy S’ handset by different names
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 08:53
With Samsung's flagship Google Android OS-based smartphone - `Galaxy S' - set to hit the markets later this summer, Samsung Electronics said in a Monday announcement that most of the leading US carriers have expressed their willingness to sell the forthcoming `Galaxy S' handset range.
Amazon announced free Kindle app for Android
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 07:00
According to a recent Amazon press release, the benefits of the company’s popular e-reader, Kindle, are coming the way of the Android users – with the free Kindle app for Android to become available this week.
The new Kindle app for Android is fairly identical to the Kindle app on other mobile operating systems - like the one for the iPhone and the BlackBerry - including support for both portrait and landscape orientations.
ISuppli: Material costs of iPhone 4 closely align with earlier iPhones
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 06:58
According to a new iSuppli report, a teardown of the components of the 16GB Apple iPhone 4 has revealed that the device carries a bill of materials (BOM) of only $187,52; thereby making the device a profitable one for Apple.
Exporters to Focus on Emerging Markets
Submitted by Amiri Halberg on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 19:50
As the global crisis has gripped the entire world, the emerging markets are faring well in terms of growth, reveals HSBC's 13th Annual Guide to Cash, Supply Chain and Treasury Management in Asia Pacific.
Cath Henry, Spokeswoman of HSBC revealed that markets like Cambodia and China are witnessing three times more growth as compared to developed nations. Therefore, she said that it is important for New Zealand to make its investment in these countries.
Survey Reveals, N.Z. Dollar Dips Against US Counterpart
Submitted by Girish Kumar Guha on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 19:45
Following the revelation of a survey concluding a lower consumer confidence in the month of June, the New Zealand currency slipped against U. S. Dollar on Monday.
In the early European Trading, NZD/USD dipped to 0.7078 after losing 0.86%. It was expected that the pair will get backing at 0.6947, which was the lowest of June 17, and confrontation at 0.7143 as on June 24.
