Motorola Lowers Tablet Prices

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Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. has lowered the entry price of some of its tablet computers. It has lowered the price of its Xoom tablet, which will be available in the market for $379 this week. It has been dubbed as ‘Family Edition’ of the existing Xoom tablet. The only major difference between the two editions of Xoom tablet is that the family edition of Xoom comes with a 16GB memory. Xoom is being sold at $499 currently and we reckon that Motorola is targeting teenagers with the family edition this time.motorola xoom logo 05 300x168 Motorola Lowers Tablet Prices

Motorola has come up with this plan because it is currently having a tough time in Tablet market because of the huge success of the iPad. The iPad is available at the starting price of $499 and on the other side, some of the Motorola tablets are worth more than $700. So, logically, if you are getting an iPad at $499, you would be a Motorola fan boy to still buy the costly Motorola tablet.

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Olympus Removes Its President

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In a surprising move yesterday, Japanese company Olympus Corp. removed its president and executive officer Michael C. Woodford. It should be noted that he was removed just after 6 months of his term as the president of Olympus. Olympus has stated that it took this decision after Woodford clashed with some senior executives over management style. This news came as a surprise for investors as well as some of them were positive about the company’s future with Woodford as president.olympus logo 141651347685 Olympus Removes Its President

Michael C. Woodford is one of those handful non-Japanese corporates who are at top positions in Japanese companies and he was the first non-Japanese president of Olympus. He has now become a director with no representative rights but we are not sure whether he will stay with the company or not.

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Blackberry Could Loose Customers After Network Outage

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Blackberry is on the verge of losing a lot of customers following this week’s global and massive network outage. And what is more, the most loyal Blackberry users, the corporate guys are now shifting to the iPhone and other iDevices because of the better service provided by Apple Inc. as compared to RIM (Research In Motion). Though the Blackberry network is considered safest by most of the users, the network outage has finally proved that even the most secure network can also be a pain to the users.Blackberry Bold 9700 297x300 Blackberry Could Loose Customers After Network Outage

Blackberry used to be the first choice in the corporate sectors but ever since the iPhone has emerged as the king of smartphones, Blackberry has lost the position it enjoyed before the arrival of the iPhone.

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Google+ Crosses 40 Million Mark

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Google+ has reported on Thursday that it now has more than 40 million members and thus gave proof that despite popular opinion, it has not died yet. A lot of tech blogs on the Internet are currently reporting that Google+ is no more due to the ever falling traffic on the site. But if the claims of Google+ are authentic, then we can guarantee you that Google+ is going nowhere and it may grow more if it keeps on its pace.google1 300x167 Google+ Crosses 40 Million Mark

Google’s founder and current Chief Executive Office, Larry Page said on Thursday that Google+ is now 40 million big and it is presenting a tough challenge to its main rival and the social networking giant, Facebook.

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friend.ly is now Facebook’s

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Facebook revealed on Monday that it has acquired friend.ly, a firm behind a social question-and-answer service. The news was also published on the startup’s blog.

“We’re excited to announce that we recently acquired friend.ly, a Silicon Valley startup that created a really compelling way for people to express themselves and meet others through answering questions,” a Facebook spokesman said in an email.

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Virus Hits U.S. Airforce Drone Program

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According to some reports by independent agencies, a computer virus has infected US Predator and Reaper drone fleet which are used by the American government to hunt down terrorists and are often deployed in wartime scenario. The virus has logged keystrokes of the pilots remotely flying missions and who control the drones on the warfront. Virus Hits U.S. Airforce Drone Program

The virus was detected 2 weeks ago but no action has been taken by the Air Force or other government agencies till date. No missions have been halted in Afghanistan and other warzones which are controlled by Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. The virus was detected by the military’s Host Based security system.

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Is Microsoft Designing A Custom Version Of Silverlight For Xbox Dashboard Update?

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Rumor has it that Microsoft’s Xbox team is working very hard to develop a version of Silverlight for Xbox users which will stream the content directly to the users. Sources have claimed that the code name of this project is Lakeview and it will contain a whole new variety of actions for the Xbox 360 Kinect system and it will feature more gesture and voice controls.XBox 360 300x225 Is Microsoft Designing A Custom Version Of Silverlight For Xbox Dashboard Update?

Microsoft has planned to release it in this fall and is currently working to release some revisions prior to the final release so as to provide this version to the third party developers who can test it and provide their feedback to Microsoft. Microsoft has also planned to allow app developers to build video apps for the Xbox 360 independently and that would not include much assistance from Microsoft’s side.

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