Erick Schonfeld is back with another episode of TechCrunched. Here are some of the news highlights this week.
Apparently HP’s $100 TouchPad liquidation “success” has sparked the company to release more tablets. Price point and release date to be determined. Phones running Apple and Android based software are cleaning up with consumers. The double-A duo doesn’t have a totally monopoly on the smartphone market but their numbers are heading in that direction. MG takes a look at Windows 8 and wonders if Microsoft’s to-be-released software will resonate with consumers. LinkedIn crunches the numbers and finds thirtysomething founders are launching companies at a healthy clip. And finally, for DropBox the sky is the limit. It seems the company is closing a round at a $4 billon dollar valuation.
Make sure to check out the links for additional details on all these stories.
Hewlett-Packard technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA. HP is one of the world’s largest information technology companies and operates in nearly every country. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. HP markets its products to households, small to medium size businesses and enterprises...
Microsoft, founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, is a veteran software company, best known for its Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. Starting in 1980 Microsoft formed a partnership with IBM allowing Microsoft to sell its software package with the computers IBM manufactured. Microsoft is widely used by professionals worldwide and largely dominates the American corporate market. Additionally, the company has ventured into hardware with consumer products such as the Zune and...
Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook Air) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod, the...
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