Whilst Samsung remains the boss in the mobile phone market, new research published this week shows the power Apple has over the tablet market. The research revealed that Apple iPads send almost 95% of all traffic to websites originating from a tablet computer. The iPad, launched in 2010, has rapidly gained popularity, with the market share controlled by Apple rising ... Read More »

The track superintendent at Churchill Downs cancelled morning training for the Kentucky Derby and its 13-race card after a night of thunderstorms. Butch Lehr (LEE’-ehr) made the decision early in the morning as crowds began to line up outside the historic Louisville track. Saturday is the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby. The main track, which is dirt, was labeled ... Read More »

A tragedy like the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner “will not happen again,” the shipping line’s boss said Saturday as he unveiled a new luxury vessel to the public. A huge public relations exercise marked the entry into service of the 114,500 tonne Costa Fascinosa, sister-ship of the ill-fated Costa Concordia which ran aground and capsized off northwest ... Read More »

NFL has got down serious. It has suspended New Orleans Saints line backer Jonathan Vilma without pay for the entire 2012 season! He is just the tip of the ice berg. Defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, now with the Green Bay Packers, was suspended for the first half of this season; Saints defensive end Will Smith was barred for the opening ... Read More »

May Day, a day when labors are remembered and honored was indeed a distinctive day for people to express their disgust against the failing economy in Europe. Hundreds of thousands of workers across southern Europe protested against spending cuts at May Day rallies. Unions in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France and Greece used the traditional marches to express anger over a ... Read More »

Here is a funny through. Lets say you have died and been buried, but you don’t want to your followers in Twitter or your friends in Facebook to be lost in cyberspace. So, what do you do ? You tweet from the grave… Ever worry about what will happen to your social accounts if, one day, you suddenly bite the ... Read More »

Microsoft has been quite shy in the tablet PC market. Though all the heavy-weights in the IT sector are in a brawl to prove supremacy in tablet PC OS or at least in the device. Microsoft was a silent spectator, not any more.   Microsoft has decided to invest $300 Million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook digital-book and tablet PCs. ... Read More »