
Spanish bank BBVA have announced that they its employees will stop using Microsoft Exchange and will switch to Gmail and other collaboration applications. Google’s application suite includes: Calendar, Docs, Groups, Sites, and videos. It was reported that over 35,000 employees will start using the applications initially. By the end of year 2012, the staff […]

The year 2011 was mercurial in terms of automobile sales in Pakistan. Some companies showed promising figures whereas others struggled to keep up with the pace. Pak Suzuki Motors reigned over the automotive industry, showing the highest sales last year. Although the automotive sector in Pakistan has a few players, the automobile demand soared up […]
Jan 12 2012 | Posted in
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The two automotive giants, Honda and Toyota are experiencing the worst time in their corporate history. The year 2011 was one of the worst for both carmakers. However, both Toyota and Honda are eyeing the 2012 North American International Auto Show, staged in Detroit, to make a comeback in the American market. For the last […]
Jan 11 2012 | Posted in
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Honda, on the other hand, had been struck immensely by natural catastrophes last year. Its local production in Japan was severely affected by the March earthquake and Tsunami. That turmoil was followed by Thailand floods in September that stalled the supply of various plastic, electronic and rubber components used in its vehicles. However, the company […]
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Kodak, a renowned multinational company famous for Photographic equipment, is on the brink of bankruptcy after losing its survival battle after failing to meet the requirements of the digital age. The New York Stock Exchange has warned Kodak regarding their dropping share values and given them a time period of reportedly six months to alter […]
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Dell came late in the ultrabook segment but it started off to a good start. The Consumer Electronic Show, 2012 was the opportunity the company was looking for. On the second day of the event Dell introduced the first of its super-thin laptops, the XPS-13. The powerful brand, XPS, attached to the name gives extra […]
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The XPS-13 has not embraced Intel’s new line of Ivy Bridge chips, designed for mobile devices and ultrabooks. Therefore, the company was a little hesitant in taking the name ‘Ultrabook’ at the event. However, all things considered, the device did fall in the category of extremely thin laptops. Inside the cover is a Core i7 […]
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Comparison of Sieve analyses, laser diffraction, image analyses and FBRM for the determination of particle size distributions part 4 Focused Beam Reflectance Measurement (FBRM). A Lasentec (FBRM) was used to measure the chord length distribution (CLD) of samples using a Lasentec D600L FBRM probe. In all the experiments, the measurements were carried out in suspensions […]
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A year ago no one had heard of the name ‘Ultrabook’ in the world of technology; even tech experts were oblivious of the terminology. There was no mention of this term in the Consumer Electronic Show, 2011. However, this technology has evolved to such an extent in just one year that the 2012 edition of […]
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Now, the picture is totally different. With the involvement of different actors in this segment, the concept of ultrabooks does not remain the same. Worst case scenario is that the very term will be lost in the crowd of different slim notebooks coming to the market this year. Now-a-days, an ultrabook can vary from 11-, […]
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Facebook teams up with Moo to offer business cards for users World famous social network, Facebook, has offered free arty cards for 200,000 users based on their user profiles after teaming up with Moo, a British business card maker. These cards will be called Facebook Cards. Each Facebook Card will be made from a set […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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2011 was claimed as the year of tablets and the technology reined in last year’s version of Consumer Electronic Show. However, this year, as predicted, the CES 2012 edition was deemed as the show of ultrabooks. 2011 CES never heard the name ultrabook for once in its three days of work but this year Intel—credited […]
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