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Apple’s manufacturer stops production after China riots
Foxconn Technology- a major supplier for Apple products has halted production at a plant in northern China after a fight broke out among workers.Foxconn confirmed that a “personal dispute” escalated...
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Barnes & Noble’s UK launches new Nook
US book chain Barnes & Noble plans to launch new Nook tablets alongside its e-readers in the UK later this year. They will compete against products from Amazon, Kobo, Sony and others. B&N...
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Amazon claims Kindle Fire HD and Paperwhite sales are profitless
Amazon has claimed that it will not make a profit from sales of its latest Kindle tablet and e-reader devices.This is in strong contrast to the strategy of the best selling tablet maker Apple. The...
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Microsoft profits fall 22% waiting for Windows 8 launch
Microsoft has reported a 22% fall in quarterly profits after waiting for the release of its Windows 8 operating system and its latest version of Office.Net profit for the three months to September fell...
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Sharp reports huge losses and issues survival warning
Sharp has issued a warning about its future saying that it has found it tough to raise money after reporting huge losses.It issued the warning as it forecast a loss of 450bn yen (£3.5 billion) for the...
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Google Nexus and Amazon Kindle in new content deals
Google’s Nexus 7 and Amazon’s Kindle tablets have launched new deals that highlight how content are helping drive device sales.The Times newspaper is subsidising the cost of the Nexus as part of its...
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Pearson invests in Barnes and Noble’s Nook ereader
The publisher Pearson has said it will invest in the Nook series of ereaders and tablets.Pearson said it would pay £55.5 million for a 5% stake in Nook Media, which includes the digital bookstore and...
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SME card payment solutions- using smartphones
A new solution is available to small businesses who want to take customers’ payments by credit or debit card- but do not want to be tied in to a monthly payment contract.Several companies are now...
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Apple Inc loses it’s most valuable company crown
Apple Inc has lost its crown as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company after its shares continued to follow the basic law of physics- gravity.The Oil company Exxon Mobil has regained the top...
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Nintendo warns on it’s Wii-U sales forecast
Nintendo has cut the sales forecast for its new Wii-U console- but still expects to make an annual profit thanks to the weaker yen.It now predicts it will sell only four million Wii-Us in the year to...
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