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Samsung Nexus Prime smartphone launch on hold – because of Steve Jobs
Samsung’s Nexus Prime, unlike its Wave, seen here, will stay shrouded for at least another week. Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP Samsung, the biggest rival to Apple in the smartphone business and which is involved in a number of bitter courtroom battles with the US company, has abruptly postponed its scheduled launch of a new top-end phone…
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Google to invest $75m for solar panels installation
Google says it will invest $75 million to help 3,000 homeowners install solar panels on their roofs. The search giant announced Tuesday that it will establish a fund that local solar installers will be able to tap so they can offer financing plans to prospective buyers. The plans allow homeowners to install a $30,000 solar electricity system on…
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American puppeteer Jim Henson Google Doodle 24th September 2011
Who Was Jim Henson? James Maury ”Jim“ Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an Americanpuppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects likeFraggle…
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Google Marks Public Launch of Google+ with a Doodle
Facebook has a huge task at its hands. Google has made its social networking site open and is attracting people’s attention in a big way. Google seems to have learnt a lot from its earlier mistakes in the field and is treading very cautiously. Meanwhile Facebook is trying to attract more and more developers to…
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Samsung to Open Bada to External Developers
SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. plans to open up its homegrown mobile software platform to outside developers and device makers next year in a bid to kick-start growth in the operating system and reduce its reliance on Google Inc.’s Android in the increasingly litigious smartphone and tablet computer business. Samsung “is planning to make Bada software an…