Tag Archives : United States

  Windows 7 finally has a stubborn XP in the U.S. market, says research institute StatCounter. According to the data obtained in the first ten days of April, July reached 32.2% against 30.7% participation of its predecessor. Vista has reached 19.5% and Mac OS, Apple has 14.8%. Since the release of Windows 7 in October 2009, Microsoft is emphasizing [...]

Bifocals and progressive lenses suck. They are old technology. Very old. PixelOptics has a more 21st century – liquid crystal lenses that adjust the focus in a split second for different types of focus when you need it. All you need to do to change lenses – which are designed to fit into any frame of glasses – it touches on the touchscreen. [...]

Representatives from AOL and American online newspaper The Huffington Post first met in November last year at a conference in the United States. Since then, they were little more than two months of talks for the sale was announced in The HuffPost. The deal closed for $ 315 million is the largest acquisition by AOL since 2009, when it was separated [...]

Facebook announced on Sunday raising $ 1.5 billion in investments, bringing the enterprise value of approximately $ 50 billion. The value of $ 1.5 billion was achieved in two phases. At first, in December, Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies, of Russian origin, have invested $ 500 million purchase of Class A common stock Facebook Today’s [...]

A new kiosk selling food created by Kraft answered the final question of who goes to the supermarket to buy dinner, “What do I want to eat?” Called “Meal Planning Solution”, the machine uses a facial scanner to see what you want to eat and make suggestions for recipes and products for purchase. It is one of the products in the Connected [...]

The IT industry will reach $ 3.6 trillion in investments this year, an increase of 5.1% compared to last year, Gartner said. According to the consultancy and technology research, the figures for 2010 were $ 3.4 trillion, 5.4% more compared to 2009. In 2010, the areas of Telecommunications and IT services led the investment with $ 1.59 trillion and [...]

French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Wednesday that aims to bring together representatives of the G20 to discuss the issue of intellectual property on the web. Sarkozy hopes the meeting will occur before the annual meeting of the G20, scheduled for November in Cannes, France. According to the French President, countries need to “move [...]

The impact of Wikipedia on the world has not yet peaked and online encyclopedia wants to double its power, primarily through expansion in developing countries, said the organization’s founder, Jimmy Wales. Wikipedia already has 400 million users and is among the 10 most popular sites in the world. The goal is to reach a billion users via international [...]

Groupon announced that it completed its campaign with investors to raise funds. The site will use the collective purchasing 950 million dollars obtained for improve its structure, expand their businesses and pay employees and investors. In December, in a document sent to the Trade Commission of the United States, the website revealed that the collection [...]

About 12% of spam worldwide from India and Brazil, the second and third places in the survey conducted by Sophos, a company specializing in security. The list is led by the United States, followed by India, considering the time the final quarter of last year. See the full list below: 1. USA – 18.83% 2. India – 6.88% 3. Brazil – 5.04% 4. [...]