Nokia laptops?
In another example of convergence Nokia is considering a move into the PC martet. Unlike netbook and notebook specialists Acer, who unveiled a new smart phone at the Mcbile World Congress, Nokia is going in the other direction.
Lower and lower
India has announced plans to prxluce an
educational laptop, the 'sakhat', which will
allow millions of schoolchildren to have access to the internet. The machine will sell for just $20, but will come with wireless connectivity and 2GB of RAM.
Clouds ahead
In a new move into the world of cloud computing, Google has announced plans for the Google drive or Gdrive. Instead of storing information on PCs or laptops, users will be able to store data and applications on Google servers and access them over the internet.
Is Skype now the biggest Telecoms company in the world?
According to TeleGeography, Skype handled 33 billion cross border minutes in 2008 up 41%, against an industry increase of just 12%. Skype now accounts for 8% of the international voice. Other VoIP providers make up a further 23% of the international market.
One billion downloads in nine months
Apple announced that 13-year-old Conor Mulcahey downloaded the billionth app from the iTunes store. Apps use the technology of the iPhone like the Multi-Touch interface, the accelerometer, GPS, real-time 3D graphics, and 3D positional audio. Most other operatois and manufacturers are trying to enter this popular market.
Adobe Flash on TV
Adobe has secured a deal to put Flash software onto the chips most commonly used nside TV sets and set top boxes. The move should facilitate the creation of web-based centent on TV screens. The move further develops the increasing convergence of TV and PC/intemet in the home v/ith users likely to use their Ti/s for internet searches and increasing consump ion of online media content.
Alcatel-Lucent posts eighth loss in a row Alcatel-Lucent, the world’s third largest teecom equipment manufacturer, reported its eighth straight quarterly loss. The €3.89bn loss was said to reflect the drastic deterioration of the global outlook and the change in strategy.