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Teens would rather own a smartphone than drive a car
According to research done by Ford Motor Company and Gartner, teens are now more interested in having smart phones than getting their drivers license. This doesn’t come as a surprise as the global interconnectedness that is achieved via an iPhone is far more enticing to a youngster than driving around aimlessly. “The car used to more »
PC sales set to fall in record numbers
There are very few industries that aren’t being affected by the global recession, one of them being the netbook industry. Since netbooks are thriving in the market and are only going to become more popular, PC sales have begun to drop off and the worst has yet to come predicts Gartner analysts.
Overall, PC sales could potentially fall by 12 percent to 257 million units. In fact, the only other time PC sales were down was in 2001, when shipments only decreased by 3.2 percent. Seven years later, here we are amidst a terrible recession where PC sales have declined four times as much as the last drop-off. People have begun to take better care of their PCs, hoping that they can stretch the lifetime of their machines without having to spend a lot of money each year for a new system. In addition, Gartner predicts desktop sales will decline by nearly 32% in 2010. However, they are somewhat optimistic as they expect laptop sales to rise by 9%.
Ballmer says Microsoft/Yahoo deal “still makes sense”
Yep, looks like we haven’t heard the end of the whole Yahoo/Microsoft going-ons. However, that apparently isn’t the official position of Microsoft…just their CEO. While speaking at the Gartner ITXpo in Orlando, Florida, this morning, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came out with the following comments.
“We offered 33 bucks [for Yahoo] and it’s at $11 today. It’s clear Yahoo didn’t want to sell. They probably still think it’s worth more than $33 a share…I still think it makes sense for their shareholders and ours.”
This little gem cause Yahoo stock to jump 17%…despite the fact that an official statement by Microsoft disputed any interest stating “Our position hasn’t changed. Microsoft has no interest in acquiring Yahoo; there are no discussions between the companies.”
