They are paid millions as product endorsers, but Philippine celebrities are no match for family members and close friends in influencing consumer behavior and buying patterns on the Internet, a new survey has shown.
Google has banned gun sales from its new shopping platform, a move drawing fire from hunters and weapons enthusiasts but praised by gun control activists.
US newspapers are losing $7 in print advertising for every dollar they gain online, but some firms have been more successful than others in shifting to a new business model, a study found.
Even Pacman’s vaunted star power was no match against Steve Jobs and the world’s biggest company.
LOS ANGELES — At the end of a long day, many gamers zone out by competing in online death matches, or they check out by escaping to virtual realms. Spiritual leader Deepak Chopra is hoping gamers will instead choose to chill out with “Leela,” his ambitious new effort to combine gaming and meditation. “I personally [...]
SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung plans to roll out its top line Galaxy S II smartphone in the United States next month. Shin Jong-kyun, president of the company’s mobile communications business, made the announcement Wednesday at the South Korean launch of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer. Shin did not say, however, exactly when during [...]
PHILADELPHIA — The city’s two major newspapers said Monday that they will give heavily-discounted Android tablet computers to paid digital subscribers as part of a new venture designed to shore up readership and revenue nearly a year after the publications emerged from bankruptcy. The pilot project slated for launch in late August will provide about [...]
DETROIT — Automakers, eager to meet customers’ demands for new technology, have been racing to add gadgets to their dashboards, from backup cameras to touch-screen climate controls. But an influential survey suggests they need to slow down, because the technology is taking a toll on quality. Drivers reported more problems with their all-new or redesigned [...]
SINGAPORE – The Internet’s global co-ordinator voted Monday to allow the creation of website addresses ending in company names, enabling big firms to replace “.com” with their own brand. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the radical proposal at a meeting in Singapore despite fears that opening [...]
CLOUD-BASED financials/Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software suites provider NetSuites Inc. is convinced the “cloud” is where business is going. It thinks that in the next few years, there will be bigger and faster migration to it from on-premise solutions for cost efficiency and competitiveness. This observation is supported by industry researches and studies showing that [...]
Soon after Intel announced the availability of its second generation core processors (codenamed Sandy Bridge), which boast of built-in graphics power, top PC brands began incorporating these powerful and energy-efficient processors into their products. Dell, the second biggest PC maker in the world, recently introduced its Sandy Bridge enterprise laptops for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs), as [...]
THE RACE to produce the best smartphone has intensified as brands try to come out with devices that not only feature full PC functionality, but also enable the devices to harness the power of cloud computing services alongside highly intuitive graphics-filled UI. Taiwan smartphone maker HTC recently introduced its top-of-the-line Android smartphone called the Sensation, [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — Google is introducing more technological tricks to simplify Internet searching and give people another reason to surf the Web on its Chrome browser. The features unveiled Tuesday include an option that will allow people to speak their search requests in English while sitting in front of their office and home computers. It’s [...]
