Cisco Whacks 16% Of Workforce, Sells FactoryMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:06PMNetworking giant Cisco took at whack at its labor costs Monday, announcing that it will cut 11,500 jobs, or 16% of its workforce as part of an effort to slice $1 billion from the company’s annual operating expenses. Cisco will lay off 4,400 employees, another 2,100 workers opted for voluntary retirement
iPads, more tablets pushing tech revenue to record $190bMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:57PMApple's iPad and the rest of the tablet market will boost the whole home technology industry 60 percent further than it would have grown otherwise, the Consumer Electronics Association estimated on Monday. After originally predicting a 3.5 percent year-over-year climb in 2011, the CEA now believed tablets would push the growth to 5.6 percent, to $190 billion. The spike would be $4 billion more ...
As Chile's Economy Continues to Grow, New Investment Opportunities are EmergingMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:23PMIn July 2010, I stepped out into the bright winter sun onto the roof top helicopter pad at the newly built USD$150M W Hotel mixed use development in Santiago, Chile. I could see the glimmering mirrored windows of the surrounding corporate office towers. The elaborate modern designs of these tall buildings are a reminder that in last few decades Santiago has emerged as one of Latin America’s ...
Reality TV exec and Camp Hill native sees shows becoming more specializedSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:56PMJohn Foy is for keeping it real in reality television. He’s not a fan of the pre-scripting and other fictionalized contrivances that have found their way into hit reality shows such as “The Hills” and “Blind Date.” If reality gets a little too dull, some desperate producers are willing to tweak it through techniques like “Frankenbiting,” in which audio is dubbed to create a false impression of ...
Who Cares About the iPod?Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:05AMDiminishing iPod sales are not worth worrying about, Apple bulls.
SAfrican TV producer seeks 'Str8 Talk' on AfricaFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:04PMSouth African entrepreneur Noma Radebe's business plan is simple: Tell Africa's stories. The co-founder and managing director of a television production company plans to do that with the upcoming launch of her first live venture, "Str8 Talk," a talk show by and about young people.
Brother's Justice (Blu-ray)Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:26AMSkip It Obviously already having mastered everything there is in the world of comedy, Dax Shepard set out to be an action hero. That's kind of the one and only joke in Brother's Justice , a mockumentary about Dax's stab at breaking out of the ninth-billed-guy-in-B-list-comedies bracket and making it big as a Chuck Norris/Steven Read the entire review
Amazon Can Beat AppleThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:05AMAmazon's tablet is coming soon, it seems.
Why you are the future of photographyThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:38AMA new show suggests that webcams, Google Street View and a cat named Nancy Bean are set to change the world of photography as we know it Their manifesto begins: "Now, we're a series of editors. We all recycle, clip and cut, remix and upload. We can make images do anything. All we need is an eye, a brain, a camera, a phone, a laptop, a scanner, a point of view." From Here On is the title of this ...