Nokia : The reason behind the fall

Whenever you hear the word 'Nokia' , its logo with 'connecting people' pops out your mind. It's really hard to believe that the company which has established a solid market failed to proceed understanding the next generation mobile requirements. The hardware systems of nokia buffeted the other smartphones but failed to capitalise in software design leading to antipathy. So why would Microsoft spend £4.6bn on a business that has lost its considerable market space? Nokia devices despite of its industrial design, distribution or supply chain, lack an app ecosytem . So Nokia was considering going to Android or maybe even going out of business...

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Top events of 2012 - A review

Top events of 2012 - A review The Queen's Diamond jubilee The 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the thrones of seven countries upon the death of her father, King George VI were celebrated on 6th february 2012 .Celebrations were held in these countries(United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand ) to mark the occasion originally posted on http://geeknfreak.in/2012/12/25/Top-events-of-2012-A-review.php The Academy awards The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 of the United States and took place February 26, 2012,...

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Wins for City,Arsenal..Chelsea,United go down

Arsenal ease past 10-men tottenham after a moment of madness from x-arsenal forward Adebayor who scored the first goal for tottenham was handed a red card ..Tottenham struggled to cope with the numerical disadvantage thereafter and it only took a few minutes for Per Mertesacker to equalise. Lukas Podolski's strike, and Olivier Giroud's fifth goal in his last five games gave Arsenal a comfortable two-goal cushion by half-time. Tottenham fared slightly better in the second half, but their only reward came through a Gareth Bale consolation after Cazorla killed the contest. To add insult to injury Theo Walcott grabbed a deserved goal in injury...

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Diwali movies - What to watch for

The box Office of south India will see three biggies set to clash on Diwali day... Bollywood stars Ajay devgn , Shah rukh and Tamil star vijay are set to battle out to reach the top spot with their films 'Son of Sardaar' 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' and 'Thupakki' respectively. The bollywood 'Singham' also has admirers in the south, with the film an action comedy is expected to attract class A audience ... Devgan said the film is a complete 'Bollywood masala' film ,which will entertain the masses and the family audience who come to the theatres. SRK who is known for giving mass openings is set to relish the Diwali special with his 'Jab Tak...

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India's top International cricketer(2011-12) Virat kohli chosen for BCCI Polly Umrigar Award

Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli was chosen for the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Polly Umrigar award for being India's top international cricketer in 2011-12.With this Virat Kohli is going to be honoured with a trophy and cheque of 5 lakh Rupees at the Annual BCCI Awards Ceremony in Mumbai on 21 November 2012. The other previous winners of this prestigious award are Sachin Tendulkar in year 2006-07 and 2009-10, Virender Sehwag in year 2007-08, with Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid in year 2008-09 and 2010-11 respectively.Virat Kohli in year 2011-12 had scored:• 627 run @ 52.25 from 7 Tests, which include two centuries.• 1539...

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A perfect revenge taken by Chelsea FC

It was a day of football action and thrills of spectator to watch 9 goal drama in Stamford Bridge as the Blues cruised to a 5-4 victory over the Manchester Reds as a perfect revenge to their Sunday night controversial defeat.. Daniel Sturridge and Ramires struck in extra time to send Chelsea into the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup. Manchester United's young centre-half, Scott Wootton, had defended well for so long but his inexperience was eventually found out. Wootton fouled Ramires with seconds of normal time remaining, gifting Eden Hazard the chance to make it 3-3 from the spot. The Belgian duly delivered. Then Wootton's poor...

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Windows 8 strikes the target expectation

Four million Windows 8 upgrades since Friday, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer   Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday the company has sold 4 million upgrades to Windows 8, signalling a strong start for its new operating system which launched on Friday. Ballmer, speaking at a meeting for software developers at Microsoft's headquarters near Seattle, said hundreds of millions of Windows systems would be sold over the next year, and the company was seeing strong interest from business users. Ballmer already said on Monday that Windows 8 was outselling the previous version, Windows 7, at the same stage after launch...

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