Once seen as world-leading innovators, Hewlett-Packard and Dell are currently peering over the abyss, with market value for both firms nosediving by 60 percent. Any tech-savvy chief technology officer, product manager or business development associate can tell why. Both firms have missed cutting edge trends
Polaris, the new site search tool recently launched by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is already generating extra revenue after just three months. The revamped algorithm for Walmart.com’s site search engine displays results based on three measures of product popularity: most recently purchased, most posted about on
The biggest advertising company in the world, WPP PLC, has just announced a 0.5 percent cut in its 2012 revenue forecast, even though its first-half profit rose. The Wall Street Journal reports that the advertising leviathan believes its annual revenue will now be less than the
Samsung is jumping ship, shifting from Google’s Android OS in favor of Microsoft’s Windows OS. The changeover was on display at the European electronics trade show in Berlin this week, when the South Korean mobile leviathan unveiled two new Windows-powered gadgets. Showcasing a gleaming new 10.1‑inch
Apple’s recent victory over Samsung in its patent dispute has increased pressure on the manufacturers of smartphones all over the world to design handsets which can stand up to the iPhone and offer consumers choice in a market worth approximately $219.1 billion. A jury decided