BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Thursday said it sold fewer BlackBerry phones than analysts had expected and that the company’s quarterly earnings were hurt by a legal settlement.Even though RIM still saw strong sales of BlackBerrys, the news sent the company’s stock price tumbling in after-market trading. Many are now wondering if RIM’s disappointing sales are an indicator of a wider smartphone slowdown or if the news is an indication that the company is losing its edge in an increasingly competitive market.RIM’s co-CEO, Jim Balsillie, said the company is still in very good shape.”This stuff (smartphones and mobile applications)…
Business
RIM profit and BlackBerry sales disappoint
Facebook
Is Facebook Taking Over Southeast Asia? No Wonder Friendster Is Trying To Sell
Friendster has been slowly losing grip of their social network dominance to Facebook who, like a game of risk, has been steadily increasing its reach in countries around the globe. Bernard Leong recently posted about the growth of Facebook in Southeast Asia and while the most recent world map of social networks shows Facebook running into some trouble in Asia, some numbers are beginning to suggest that they are at least gaining some ground.
So what numbers are these based on? The latest numbers, as presented by Bernard Leong, are based on Alexa ratings which appear to be somewhat wrong…
Business
Long Term Loans, Financing Your Needs and Luxuries
You open up your PIGGY BANK one fine morning hoping to buy all the glitters which u have been looking at and many things of great need but you figure out that there is not enough saving in your contingency fund. Still you need not to worry as this situation can be elbowed out if you are leading a life with some ASSETS backed. These assets help you to obtain sensible and affordable loan which you can use to fulfill your needs in easy and effective manner. To accomplish this some valuable collateral has to be placed against the desired…
Insurance
Choose The Best Life Insurance
Life insurance needs vary depending on your personal situation. If you have no dependents, you probably don’t need life insurance. If you don’t generate a significant percentage of your family’s income, you may not need life insurance. If your salary is important to supporting your family, paying the mortgage or other recurring bills, or sending your kids to college, life insurance is important to ensure that these financial obligations are covered in the event of your death. It’s difficult to apply a rule-of-thumb because the amount of life insurance you need depends on factors such as your other sources of…
Insurance
How To Save Money On Your Life Insurance
Life insurance, also known as life assurance and term assurance can be confusing and complicated, which is why we have put together this money saving top tips to help you find the right life insurance policy for your needs and save money in the process. If you were to die, taking out life insurance can help make sure that your family can cope with any financial burden you might leave behind such as replacing your income, paying the mortgage, paying for childcare etc. Getting the best life insurance quote for your needs is important and according from moneyfacts.co.uk these money…
Insurance
Death Insurance is Life Insurance
Death insurance is more commonly referred to as life insurance. It is insurance that provides a cash benefit to survivors upon the death of the insured person. Choosing life insurance can be confusing, as there are many different types and features available. Death insurance can be used for whatever purposes the beneficiary sees fit. In the past, life insurance was called “death insurance” because its primary function was thought to be simply to pay for funeral expenses. Now, however, life insurance has become important in helping the surviving family members maintain their regular lifestyle and place of residence. This is…
Hack
Create a temporary phone number with inumbr
Maybe you don’t want that one person that has barged into your life to know your private phone number? Could be a salesperson or a co-worker who you aren’t that impressed with, but have to get in contact with. Check out inumbr.
inumbr is a free online service that gives US users the ability to set up a unique phone number, have it forwarded to any number within the US and then have it set to expire without a trace when finished with it. The unique inumbr’s are never reused, and can be extended if longer terms are required.…
Forex
Forex – British Pound
I’d like to take a long term view of the British Pound to help put things into perspective. In the above chart you will notice that the rally which began in January of this year has abruptly stopped dead in its tracks at the 170.00 level. What is so significant about the 170 level? Well if you look back a few years you will notice that a major low was made in Novemeber 2005. This low is now
Insurance
How To Choose The Best Life Insurance?
If that’s the only life insurance you carry on yourself, then you’re relying on that policy to support your family in the event of your death. The policy might be a sufficient amount to see your family through. First, the size of the policy you need depends on several factors. For example, your life insurance will probably need to cover the costs of your funeral and burial. (Unless you have a Pre-Paid Funeral Plan, that is.) Any doctor and hospital bills that may be incurred during the illness or injury that led up to your death would need to be…
Hack
Snow Leopard ditches real math for fake
We’ve always felt that hard drive manufacturers were dirty crooks because of their use of fake math to make drives sound bigger than they actually are. Here’s a quick refresher for those who need it: Because digital information consists of 1’s and 0’s (two possible settings), digital architecture revolves around powers of 2. Long ago, when nomenclature was setup for measuring data the term kilobyte was adopted to represent 2 to the 10th power bytes (base 2, aka real math). The problem here is that 2^10= 1024 and when laymen hear the root “kilo” they think 1000 which is…
Finance
Being Informed About Debt Consolidation Loans is the First Step Towards a Best Deal.
Though online loans brought in convenience to borrowers, trusting a particular lender for his services was made far more difficult. Having to deal with a virtual person through ones computer left little of personal bonding between lenders and borrowers.
This rightly applies to debt consolidation loans. Personal advice becomes important on several occasions. For instance, before selling a particular debt consolidation loan, the borrower needs to be assured that this is the best option that can be used with his kind of circumstances (every individual feels that his is the case that is unique, though it may not be true…
Insurance
Hot News About Life Insurance
This is a hot news from life insurance. According from insure4usa.com that they say that annualized life insurance premium sales fell 23% in the first half of the year, the steepest slump in 67 years, but the rate of decline in the second quarter slowed from the quarter before, an industry association said Monday. Life insurers have been battered the past year by billions of dollars in investment losses and write-downs amid the slumping stock market. Last month, the largest U.S. life insurer, MetLife Inc., swung to a loss on big investment losses linked to derivatives. Industrywide premium sales…
