10 February 2014

Xiaomi smartphones beat both Apple and Samsung in China

In December, Xiaomi overtook both Apple and Samsung to become the top selling smartphone in China . . . "The combination of high spec devices, low prices and an ability to create unprecedented buzz through online and social platforms has proved an irresistible proposition for the Chinese. . . In China, Windows Phone's market share is 1.1 percent, behind iOS at 19 percent and Android at 78.6 percent. (source infra)

Xiaomi overtook both Apple and Samsung to be top selling phone in China in Dec - News - MIUI Official English Site - Redefining Android: " Windows Phone growth plateaus in Europe, Xiaomi beats Samsung in China Summary: There's a new order in China among smartphone vendors, while Nokia's growth spurt in Europe appears to have run out of steam. Nokia and Windows Phone's impressive growth in Europe last year hit a wall in the final months of 2013 — stuck, it seems, at 10 percent.
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Apple Can't Buy Back Confidence
Wall Street Journal
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Google Loses Appeal, Forced to Publish €150000 Fine on Google.fr
PC Magazine
The text within the block – for those who don't speak French and/or are too lazy toGoogle Translate the page – refers to the €150,000 fine Google will have to pony up for violating French data collection laws. Google unveiled a universal privacy ...

Create a Microsoft, Google in India, Narendra Modi tells college students in ...
NDTV
Chennai: Batting for home grown corporates, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today exhorted the student community to set up their own enterprises in India in line with global giants like Apple, Microsoft and Google. "Do whatever you can to ...

Apple Stops Growing Sales In North America, But Does It Matter? Think ...
Forbes
Business Insider rightly questioned the extreme lack of commentary on this statement and rhetorically questions what the market reaction would be if, for example, Microsoft'sCEO was to admit a similar thing. The “reality distortion field” that exists ...

Google's trial ferry service in SF Bay ends
Washington Post
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Microsoft reportedly prepping notification center for Windows Phone 8.1
VentureBeat
The company is responding to consumer requests for a notification center that would allow users to customize their app notifications, much like they can in Apple's iOS. The information reportedly came from an internal Microsoft PowerPoint presentation ...

Flappy Bird creator removes game from Apple App Store, Google Play
Los Angeles Times
Users who have already installed the game will be able to keep playing it, but it is not possible for new users to download the game, which was at the top of the free-apps chart for both Apple iOS and Android devices before being removed. Dong Nguyen ...

New Microsoft CEO's collegial style sparks hope
Businessweek
Compare that to Nadella's comments at a financial analysts meeting in September, where he described how Microsoft's mobile device management software has to handle devices that run on Apple's iOS, Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows equally: ...

Fish in the Twilight Ocean Zone 10 Times More than Previously Thought
Headlines & Global News
Researchers recently found out that the mesopelagic fish's biomass is 10 times more than what they previously thought. (Photo : Creative Commons). Researchers recently found out that the mesopelagic fish's biomass is 10 times more than what they ...


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