Microsoft Completes $7.2 Billion Acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services Business


With the proper acquisition and takeover of Nokia, Microsoft has beefed up its capabilities on the mobile front. And while it has yet to catch up with rivals like Apple and Google, it is still...

Macintosh At 30: Interesting, Profound And Curious Things Said About the Mac


— The Macintosh ‘speaking,’ with help from a computer-generated voice narrator, at its introduction by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984 at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California....

Toshiba Completes OCZ Acquisition


Toshiba has announced that it has completed the purchase of the assets left over after OCZ field bankruptcy last year. OCZ is a maker of SSDs and the purchase landed Toshiba all of the assets the...

2014 Marketing Trends You Probably Haven’t Heard


It’s that time of year.  I’m hopped up on eggnog and ready to go!  Last year’s “10 Marketing Trends for 2013 You Haven’t Heard” was a popular one.  Let’s do it again.  Hoping three or four of these...
    






Ferocious, Weak And Crazy: The North Korean Strategy


Editor’s Note: The following Geopolitical Weekly originally ran in January 2013. We repost it as recent turmoil in North Korea returns it to the spotlight. By George Friedman North Korea’s state-run...
    






CTIA Completes its Stolen Smartphone Database


President and CEO of the CTIA-The Wireless Association, Steve Largent, has made the announcement on Wednesday. He said, “Today, I am pleased to confirm that the global, multi-carrier, common database...

Blackberry Z30 Fails But BlackBerry Completes $1 Billion Investment


Blackberry has announced on Wednesday that it has completed the US $1 billion investment. The Canadian firm has announced previously to sale US $1 billion debentures to private companies. Yesterday,...