Saturday, 8 January 2011
Friday, 7 January 2011
PwC: G-7 Will Be Overtaken by Emerging Economies in 2032
The combined gross domestic product of the seven biggest developing economies will exceed that of the G-7, the world’s largest industrialized markets, in 2032 using projected market exchange rates, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said in a report released in London today. China will overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy also in that year, it said.
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In 2009, the combined GDP what PricewaterhouseCoopers calls the Emerging Seven of China, India, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey was the equivalent of 35 percent of the G-7. By 2020, E-7 GDP will increase to about 70 percent of the G-7’s, and by 2050 it will be 64 percent larger, according to the report.
Also in 2032, Brazil’s economy will overtake Germany’s in size, while India will eclipse Japan in 2028, the accountancy firm said.
Read at: Bloomberg
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Skype buys rival Qik to handle two-way Android video calls
Skype announced that it acquired Qik, a rival that became well known when it was preloaded onto the HTC Evo with its front-facing camera.
Qik's purchase price it's rumored to be a cool $100 million.
via ces.cnet.com
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
E-Commerce Plugins and Shopping Carts for WordPress
Want to start the new year off by turning your WordPress website into a full-fledged online store?
You’re in luck – WordPress has a wide range of options available. We’ve put together a list of e-commerce plugins and carts that work with WordPress 3.0+, as well as a short introduction to each to help you narrow down your options. These are in no particular order. Some are free and some are premium, but what they all have in common is that they’ve been fairly recently updated for the latest version of WordPress.
Read at:
WPMU.org
Monday, 3 January 2011
Toshiba launches tablet to challenge iPad
Toshiba Corp is making its foray into the tablet war, offering a 10-inch device it says will be comparable in price to Apple's iPad.
The Toshiba Tablet, which will be available in the first half of 2011 and run Google's forthcoming Honeycomb version of the Android operating system, is targeted at consumers.
Like other touchscreen tablets, it plays high-definition videos and is designed for Web browsing, games and electronic books.
Read more at reuters.com
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