Archive for February 22nd, 2009
HTC’s The Only Google Android Game In Town, For Now
by Andrew R Hickey
All eyes were on the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week with the expectation that device makers would lift the curtain on a host of new Google Android-based devices.
But as mobile heavyweights pack up and leave the show, it appears Taiwanese mobile device maker HTC is the first and only manufacturer [...]
The disappearing Apple 20-inch display
by Eric Franklin
According to MacRumors and my own sleuthing on Apple’s site, Apple has removed the 20-inch Cinema Display from its online store.
MacRumors speculates that Apple is gearing up for a refresh of its 20-inch Cinema Display in the form of a new LED-based 20-incher with a Mini DisplayPort connection like the 24-inch LED Cinema [...]
Apple iPhone Study Suggests Free Apps Will Be Priced
By Kara Gilmour
Apple iPhone users who buy applications for their smartphone usually abandon them after the first download. The study was conducted by research firm Pinch Media which disclosed that only 30 percent of people actually use the applications.
Apple iPhone applications can be freely downloaded or purchased by Apple Inc’s App Store online. However, a [...]
20 Of The Best Cities In The World For Telecommuting
With mobile broadband and Wi-Fi hot spots becoming increasingly ubiquitous, it is possible for people to work from home in almost every city in the world. So why is it that solo entrepreneurs and telecommuting employees often opt to live in some of the most expensive cities in the nation? Perhaps it is because inexpensive [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )100 Best Companies to Work For 2009: Compensation for Salaried Employees
Rank
Company
Best Cos. rank
Most common job title
Average annual pay**
1
Bingham McCutchen
30
Associate
$256,312
2
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network
76
Physicians
$244,605
3
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
87
Associate
$240,955
4
Alston & Bird
36
Associate
$203,655
5
Perkins Coie
82
Associate
$190,126
6
Devon Energy
13
Engineer
$186,882
7
Salesforce.com
55
Senior Sales Engineer
$172,303
8
Arnold & Porter
21
Associate
$172,192
9
Adobe Systems
11
Sr. Computer Scientist Software Development
$165,947
10
EOG Resources
40
Engineer
$158,302
11
Goldman Sachs
9
Other Exempt (i.e. Analysts, Program Analysts, Associates and Professional Non-Exempt)
$144,994
12
Boston Consulting Group
3
Consultant
$141,111
13
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
95
General Manager
$134,769
14
NetApp
1
Member Technical Staff, Software 4
$134,716
15
Cisco Systems
6
Software Engineer IV
$131,703
16
eBay
83
Software Engineer [...]
The Top Ten Cities for Outsourcing in India
India has 35 major cities. Not all of them are good offshore outsourcing hubs.
In the recent past, several studies have been carried out to identify the best or most attractive cities in India. Gartner Inc, National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) and KPMG, neoIT, Mercer, A T Kearney, Merrill Lynch and several others [...]
Microsoft Asks Some Laid Off Workers To Send Back Part Of Their Severance
by Jason Kincaid
Talk about adding insult to injury. Apparently Microsoft has inadvertently overpaid severance to some of its recently laid off employees, and is now asking for some of the money back. It’s unclear how many of the 1,400 employees laid off last month were affected, but we’ve confirmed that it wasn’t a single isolated [...]
Twitter helps you make friends with Shaq
by John Biggs
So you don’t like Twitter, huh? Lots of pablum, not much content? No real human-to-human connectedness? Well you’re wrong, Mr. Ludd, because Twitter helped two guys meet Shaq.
Jesse Bearden was following The Real Shaq on Twitter and saw that he was at a diner near his office. Instead of saying “Twitter is not [...]
