Sony aims to rival Apple March 4, 2010 Japanese electronics and media giant Sony plans to launch several new portable electronic devices this year to compete with Apple. Among the new products is a smartphone that can download and play Sony PlayStation games. Prices are yet to be finalised.
Apple sues Taiwanese rival HTC over iPhone patent infringement March 2, 2010 APPLE is suing phone rival HTC, claiming it has broken patents related to the iPhone. Taiwan-based HTC was the first company to manufacture a mobile based on Google’s Android operating system, which has emerged as a significant competitor for the iPhone. It also makes the Nexus One phone that Google is selling directly to users. [...]
Food to make central London blush March 1, 2010 The Artichoke 9 Market Square, Old Amersham, Bucks, HP7 ODF, tel: 01494 726611 Cost per person without wine: £40 For a Tuesday evening, it wasn’t the usual sort of place to meet for dinner. From Baker Street we boarded a Metropolitan Line train to Amersham and, 50 minutes later, hopped out into the fog and [...]
Palm cuts outlook on weak sales February 25, 2010 Palm has slashed its revenue targets on weak demand for its smartphones, renewing concerns about its ability to compete against rivals like Apple and sending shares down 16 per cent. The warning came only weeks after Verizon Wireless began to sell Palm’s Pre and Pixi phones, suggesting that the addition of the sales partner was [...]
Wall St rocked by weak labour data February 25, 2010 US stocks recovered most of their losses but ended lower yesterday after weak employment and durable goods data added to recent worries about the strength of the economic recovery. Trading started on a sour note, but rumors of a 4-for-1 stock split planned by Apple coincided with a late-day rebound in stocks. A spokesman said [...]
Microsoft bags the top spot in brand contest February 24, 2010 Microsoft pulled off a rare coup against its deadly rival Google yesterday when it was named the strongest business brand. Google finished fifth after a surprise fall in the rankings, behind Rolls-Royce, and BlackBerry, in the Business Superbrand Top 500 survey. The internet giant held the top spot in 2008 and 2009. Microsoft came second [...]
Eurostar on rollercoaster ride as brand flags February 23, 2010 EUROSTAR’S BrandIndex scores dropped dramatically when five trains broke down on 18 December 2009, leaving 2,500 people trapped in trains and over 100,000 stranded due to disrupted travel plans. Continuous press coverage only compounded the brand’s problems. Eurostar’s overall “Index” score plummeted from +22 on 16 December 2009 to -3 on 1 January 2010. BrandIndex’s [...]
Business models now matter more than sales February 22, 2010 When I was in my late twenties, I had a baptism of fire while trying to establish the Power PC chip as a new industry standard. In early 1992, IBM, Apple and Motorola announced that they would be developing a new microprocessor – to be called the PowerPC – to power the Apple Macintosh and [...]
TIMELINE | ABBEY ROAD STUDIO – A HISTORY February 22, 2010 THE BEGINNINGS The 19th Century town house at 3 Abbey Road, St John’s Wood, was purchased by EMI in 1929 with a view to transforming it into the world’s first custom-built recording studios. British classical music composer Sir Edward Elgar, opened the studios in a ceremony on 12 November 1931. Elgar can be seen in [...]
Apple leads the way on mobile phone design February 17, 2010 Apple is casting a long shadow over this year’s Mobile World Congress. The iPhone maker isn’t in attendance – it is far too cool for an annual trade fair – but its name is still on everyone’s lips. For a firm that has just 2.5 per cent of the mobile handset market, its ability to [...]