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The following are selected blog posts from bloggers worldwide by Wilson Ng, a Philippine blogger which he thinks represents the most interesting posts on the subject. This is updated several times per week.
Select Tech Articles » Google+ finally comes to business users on Apps
The Web giant adds Google Apps integration as well as a handful of new consumer-focused features to its social-networking site. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Yahoo Said to Lean Toward Dividend, Buyback Instead of Sale
Yahoo! Inc. is leaning toward selling its Asian assets and redistributing the proceeds to shareholders, rather than selling itself to a group of buyers, according to five people familiar with the situation. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Apple, others eyeing curved glass for 2012 gadgets?
New report once again claims Apple and other tech manufacturers are investing in manufacturing efforts to make rounded glass for their future crop of gadgets. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Knowing when (and how) to get fired up
President Obama switched to a harsher tone in his speech about debt reduction earlier this week. When is it a good idea for a leader to summon their anger? … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Business Intelligence heads to the iPad
Jaspersoft is set to release an open-source SDK for business intelligence on the iPad. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Putin Must Overhaul Economy or Risk Brezhnev-Era Stagnation
Vladimir Putin must overhaul Russia’s public finances and wean the economy from its dependence on oil while staving off social discontent. If he doesn’t, his return to the presidency, which may overtake Leonid Brezhnev’s 18-year rule, risks an era of stagnation. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » China’s Developers Face More ‘Severe’ Credit Outlook, S&P Says
Chinese developers face an “increasingly severe” credit outlook, which may force them to cut prices and turn to costlier funding sources as sales weaken, Standard & Poor’s said. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Reports: Amazon to unveil 'Kindle Fire'
Color is coming to the Kindle. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Amazon e-book subscription? Publishers should join
The online bookseller apparently is more enthusiastic about a subscription plan for books than are publishers. But they should be seeking allies, not enemies, in the digital age. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Foxconn churns out '150,000' iPhone 5s a day
22 million by year's end The word out of Taiwan is that the iPhone 5 is now being churned out of Foxconn Electronics sweatshops factories at a rate of 150,000 per day, and that five to six million of the li'l fellows will be shipped by the end of September.… … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Windows 8 to boot in 8 seconds
Save our kernel sessions Microsoft is touting very fast boot times for Windows 8, thanks to the clever trick of writing the kernel state to disk at shutdown.… … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » San Miguel to Stay as Listed Company, President Ramon Ang Says
San Miguel Corp. pledged to remain a publicly traded company, a day after President Ramon Ang said it was considering going private because disclosure requirements were hampering acquisition plans. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Use a Disposable Razor to De-Pill Your Clothes [Clever Uses]
Certain fabrics have a tendency to "pill", or shed little fuzzies all over themselves. Home-centric weblog Re-Nest shares a simple way to clean this fuzz off with a disposable razor. More » … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » A definition of a leader…
Leaders lead. Is that too simple? Writers write. If you want to be a writer, write. And be sure to have people read what you write. And leaders? Leaders lead. If you want to be a leader, go lead. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » The 5 biggest IT security mistakes
Like cleaning the windows, IT security can be a thankless task because they only notice when you don't do it. But to get the job done in the era of virtualization, smartphones, and cloud computing, you've got to avoid technical and political mistakes. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Google+ already fading
Google+ has suffered a setback after a month of meteoric growth. Traffic to Google+ declined last week, as did the amount of time people spent on the site, according to Experian Hitwise. Hitwise says traffic to the Google+ website fell by 3 percent to 1.79 million US users during the week ending July 23, following a 283 percent rise the … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Survey: Tablets used widely for business
Your employees' promises that they'll use a company-issued tablet for business purposes is probably on the up and up, according to the research firm Social Nuggets. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » The honeymoon's over for Google+
I'm not a Google+ fanboy any more. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Google shuts down Google Labs
As Google focuses its resources more on core products that can make it money, the company is shutting down its test bed for more experimental projects. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Nokia reports big Q2 losses, but CEO notes progress
The handset maker is struggling to regain its footing amid heavy losses, while the CEO says the company is moving more quickly than expected toward achieving strategic goals. … [Link]