Archives for May, 2012

Android’s new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 by Chinh Do

Strong sales of the iPhone 4S are putting renewed pressure on Android to innovate. Ubuntu for Android could give the platform a key capability iPhone is still missing. Last year was a long time ago for Android. That was when Google's mobile platform was stealing market share from all the other smartphone platforms — winning
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Apple co-founder, Chairman Steve Jobs dies at Age 56
Thursday, October 6th, 2011 by Chinh Do

Apple Chairman Steve Jobs died today at age 56, according to reports from his family and Apple. The Apple.com website has an image featuring Steve Jobs that is labeled with the dates 1955 -2011. Apple posted this message on its website: "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an
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IBM Turns 100: Some Perspective
Sunday, June 19th, 2011 by Chinh Do

Break out the hearing aids and hot soup, kiddos: IBM is now 100 years old. Yep, the three-lettered computing corporation is celebrating its centennial anniversary this week. Big Blue officially hit the triple digits on Thursday; it was way back in June of 1911 that the company entered the world, bare-bottomed and red-faced (no wonder
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