Tech News: Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s CEO Visit, Google Inc (GOOG)’s Data Handling & Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

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How Samsung is beating Apple in Asia (Malaya)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Chief Executive Tim Cook believes that “over the arc of time” China is a huge opportunity for his pathbreaking company. But time looks to be on the side of rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which has been around far longer and penetrated much deeper into the world’s most populous country. After five years of blistering growth sales of high-end smartphones have hit a plateau and the $2 trillion industry – telecom carriers, handset makers and content providers – is buckling up for a bumpier ride as growth shifts to emerging markets, primarily in Asia.

Can Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Really Take Over The Market Completely? (BasicsMedia)
Someone is bound to find this question quite ridiculous in relation to Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), or Google as it is more commonly known. The assumption appears to be that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is the dominant player in the market and its earnings are nowhere other local and international companies. It would be so easy to assume that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has no equal in the sector and industry in which it operates, but is this really the case? If the answer is yes, the one would be safe and bullish to say that the company has already taken over the market. This article is an attempt at finding out whether Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has actually taken the market over or not.

Microsoft Surfaces at the PBJ (BizJournals)
Since Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is based on the other side of the country, I don’t follow news about it too closely. As a result, when Brian Seitz demonstrated the company’s Surface RT tablet computer for me last Friday, I didn’t know I was looking at a device that had cost Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) $900 million. That was the size of the charge against earnings that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) took due to inventory adjustments related to the tablet for consumers and small businesses it introduced last November.




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