url='http://nowtnews.com/05548/mixed-messages-for-blackberry-lovers/';size='small';The last five days have taken Blackberry devotees and RIM stockholders on a magic carpet ride, crashing them hard on announcements that two major middle-eastern countries have banned use of the world’s most popular hand-held devices. then sending them sky high on news of a long-anticipated product upgrade. Key Arab nations ban Blackberries. The...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05546/uae-blackberry-ban-security-or-censorship/';size='small';If you are one of the 500,000 BlackBerry users living in the UAE it may be time to start shopping for a new cellular service provider. On Sunday, the UAE stated that as of October 11 BlackBerry features such as email, web-browsing, and messaging services will be suspended. The chief of the UAE’s Telecommunications...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05544/banksimple-a-revolution-in-worry-free-banking/';size='small';Are you searching for an alternative to greedy, fee-charging banks that don’t have your best interests at heart? If so, Banksimple may be just what you’ve been looking for. With consumer trust in traditional banks eroding Banksimple is looking to gain from other banks’ losses by offering a new spin on banking. Banksimple’s approach...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05541/microsoft-vs-apple-can-microsoft-compete-in-the-tablet-market/';size='small';Remember when you were a kid and the neighbor down the street got something really cool, and you didn’t have one? You felt as though life was incomplete until you had one, too. That’s the position Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, finds himself in now. Apple’s iPad has sold over 3.3 million units, and...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05539/blackberry-tablet-ipad-competition/';size='small';The rumors are circulating that Research In Motion, the company behind BlackBerry, is gearing up to release a tablet in November. Despite the long-standing rumors, RIM could not be reached for comment. The tablet will reportedly have a 9.7 inch screen, which is roughly the same size as the iPad. The device will feature...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05535/ipads-flipboard-your-social-news-your-way/';size='small';Remember the days of traditional feed aggregators, and all the time you spent scanning RSS feeds searching for something relevant? Thanks to Mike McCue and his brainchild, Flipboard, those days are gone. If you own an iPad and haven’t downloaded this app yet, I suggest you stop reading this for a moment, go grab...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05533/ipads-security-breach-apples-ihumiliation/';size='small';Oh, Apple…it seems as though the company is on top of the world one day, and the laughing stock of it the next. Mere days after Steve Jobs got on a soap box about Apple’s commitment to the privacy of its consumers, and iPad security breach compromised the personal information of over 100,000 iPad...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05530/google-music-the-future-of-music-on-google/';size='small';In January, Google extended the features of Google Docs to allow users to upload any type of file up to 250MB in size, and Cloud Music users were able to use Google Docs as their own personal music server. Now the word in the tech world is that Google plans to launch “Google Music”,...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05528/microsoft-earnings-surge-analysts-reset-their-crystal-balls/';size='small';Microsoft Corporation reported 48% earnings growth for the latest quarter, posting record revenue of $16.04 billion(usd). Boasting earnings of 51¢ per share, Microsoft showed that, while Apple has garnered the majority of the headlines this spring, the Seattle giant has not lost its hold on the hearts and minds of billions of users around...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05526/will-tony-hayward-get-his-wish/';size='small';Just a week into the history’s greatest environmental disaster, British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward opined that the recovery would not take long, saying “I’m eager to get my life back”—an expression that rocked the Gulf Coast almost as hard as the spill itself. This week, BP’s Board of Directors probably will grant his wish....
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05523/generators-offers-three-dimensional-trade-fair-booths/';size='small';Increase interest at trade fairs with your brand strategy and 3D booth design Germany—Generators now offers businesses 3D booth design options to better attract potential customers in the showroom and trade fair. The booth design is specially designed to stand out and to increase customer interest. This is the beginning of the customer journey...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05519/facebook-blasts-past-the-half-a-billion-benchmark/';size='small';The counters clicked and the buzz intensified all week until Facebook passed the 500 million mark. Defying predictions and expectations, the Earth did not shift on its axis nor did anything especially spectacular happen on the website. People kept on posting their vacation pictures and random thoughts as usual. Historians did take time to...
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