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 Topic: Apple’s Siri Feature Doubles IPhone Data Usage |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 204 |
 Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:01 pm Subject: Apple’s Siri Feature Doubles IPhone Data Usage |
| Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s voice recognition software Siri has prompted owners of the iPhone 4S to use almost twice as much data compared with the handset’s predecessor, placing greater pressure on operators ... | |
| Topic: U.S. Economy Brightens as Data Belie Gloomy Investors |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 164 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:00 pm Subject: U.S. Economy Brightens as Data Belie Gloomy Investors |
| The U.S. economy is beginning 2012 on a brighter note in a sign investors may be too pessimistic.
Payrolls rose 200,000 in December, double the gain in November, a Labor Department report showed ye ... |
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| Topic: Cadillac Takes on BMW Amid GM Rebound |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 199 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:00 pm Subject: Cadillac Takes on BMW Amid GM Rebound |
| General Motors Co. (GM), with renewed verve as the world’s biggest automaker, will be in the spotlight at the Detroit auto show next week taking on BMW and its popular 3-Series line with a new compact ... | |
| Topic: Ford Competes With Renault in India With SUVs |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 174 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:58 pm Subject: Ford Competes With Renault in India With SUVs |
| Ford Motor Co. (F) and Renault SA (RNO) are among automakers unveiling at least 15 sport-utility vehicles and vans in India this week as they count on larger autos to spur demand in a market tradition ... | |
| Topic: Chinese Imports Disrupt Aussie Surfboard Makers |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 145 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:58 pm Subject: Chinese Imports Disrupt Aussie Surfboard Makers |
| On Australia’s Gold Coast, a 22-mile- long (35-kilometer) stretch of beaches named Surfers Paradise and Rainbow Bay, Neil Rech opened a surf shop in December and unwittingly disturbed the peace.
Hi ... |
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| Topic: China’s ‘Demographic Tsunami’ Begins |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 159 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:58 pm Subject: China’s ‘Demographic Tsunami’ Begins |
| Wang Fuchuan lies in bed wearing a quilted black jacket, with two comforters pulled up to his chin to keep out the chilly November air. The heating at Beijing Songtang Caring Hospice is broken and the ... | |
| Topic: Homebuilder Confidence at Highest ’11 Level |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 166 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:14 pm Subject: Homebuilder Confidence at Highest ’11 Level |
| Confidence among U.S. homebuilders rose in December for a third consecutive month, a sign of stabilization in the housing market.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of buil ... |
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| Topic: Fed’s Lacker Predicts Moderate 2012 Growth |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 158 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:13 pm Subject: Fed’s Lacker Predicts Moderate 2012 Growth |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker predicted the U.S. economy will grow 2 percent to 2.5 percent next year, with inflation likely to meet central bank goals, and urged no additi ... | |
| Topic: Tracking Friends and Family on the Legit |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 150 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:09 am Subject: Tracking Friends and Family on the Legit |
| Facebook's recent acquisition of location-tracker heavyweight Gowalla is an indicator of the potential strategic importance of location-tracking technology in the social network arena.
Players in t ... |
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| Topic: 2011's Most Momentous Moments for Apple |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 174 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:09 am Subject: 2011's Most Momentous Moments for Apple |
| 2011 was a big year for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) fans. Maybe not as big as the introduction of the iPhone or iPad, but a lot of amazing things happened, and the company gathered an astounding amount of mo ... | |
| Topic: 2011's Tribulations and Triumphs for FOSS |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 182 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:08 am Subject: 2011's Tribulations and Triumphs for FOSS |
| Well December is halfway over for another year, and that means 2011 is drawing to a close.
It's been a tempestuous year, most would surely agree, and one that wrought momentous change in this alrea ... |
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| Topic: Retail Sales in U.S. Probably Rose in November on Holiday |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 166 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:05 pm Subject: Retail Sales in U.S. Probably Rose in November on Holiday |
| Sales at retailers probably rose in November as Americans bought more new cars and shopped for the holidays, showing growth in the U.S. is picking up heading into 2012, economists said before a report ... | |
| Topic: Bundesbank Cools ECB Bond-Buying Talk |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 174 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:05 pm Subject: Bundesbank Cools ECB Bond-Buying Talk |
| Germany’s top central banker cooled speculation that the European Central Bank will extend its role as European leaders pressed their case that a new fiscal accord will deliver the region from its two ... | |
| Topic: China May Add Reserve-Ratio Cuts as Exports Slow |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 167 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:04 pm Subject: China May Add Reserve-Ratio Cuts as Exports Slow |
| China’s shrinking trade surplus and the weakest export growth since 2009 may encourage Premier Wen Jiabao to keep cutting banks’ reserve requirements to sustain expansion in the world’s second-biggest ... | |
| Topic: Update: webOS is Going Open Source |
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| hurricanemaxi Replies: 0 Views: 156 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:09 pm Subject: Update: webOS is Going Open Source |
| Many expect Whitman to address what HP plans to do with webOS, which former CEO Leo Apotheker decided to kill back in August
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has had a bit of a rocky year due to a few decision ... |
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