Sunday, October 28, 2012

SAP eyes "long" period of high sales growth: report

SAP eyes "long" period of high sales growth: report


SAP eyes "long" period of high sales growth: report

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:59 AM PDT

Logo of German company SAP is pictured at the CeBit computer fair in HanoverBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's SAP may be able to sustain high sales from software and related services for a "very long time," co-chief executive Bill McDermott told a German newspaper. "It's our ambition to grow with double-digit numbers for a very long time to come," Euro am Sonntag quoted McDermott as saying in an interview published on Sunday. "I believe that's possible." The newspaper also cited the co-CEO as saying SAP currently has no plans for further acquisitions following the purchases of cloud-computing company Ariba and Success Factors. ...


Top 3 Reasons Why You Need to Attend the Mashable Media Summit

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:45 PM PDT

Top 3 Reasons Why You Need to Attend the Mashable Media SummitThe Mashable Media Summit is a rare and unique opportunity to be in the company of leaders from all areas of the industry. In less than one week, you'll hear from new media companies like Facebook, Tumblr and Reddit, as well as more traditional staples in media including The New York Times, Hearst and NPR. You'll hear the full story from every angle this Nov. 2 at the TimesCenter in New York City.


Americans Will Spend $8 Billion On Halloween This Year [INFOGRAPHIC]

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Americans Will Spend $8 Billion On Halloween This Year [INFOGRAPHIC]Cauldrons? Check. Pumpkins? Check. Candy, ghosts and goblins? Check, check, check.


Plague Inc. tops Android Games of the Week

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 06:54 PM PDT

We have  a great line-up this week, starting off with the devious Plague Inc.. How many other games actually allow you to decimate mankind, let alone make that the core tenet of gameplay? On top of that, we've got a clever color shifting auto-runner, a post-apocalyptic swipe combat title, an official Marvel version of Rage of Bahamut, a Ninjump sequel, and an absurdly charming RPG about RPGs.

Steve Jobs's Secret Yacht Looks Like a Giant iPhone

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 05:48 PM PDT

Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed, Christened 'Venus' [VIDEO]RELATED: Should You Buy an iPad 2?


Top 3 Reasons Why You Need to Attend the Mashable Media Summit

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:45 PM PDT

Top 3 Reasons Why You Need to Attend the Mashable Media SummitThe Mashable Media Summit is a rare and unique opportunity to be in the company of leaders from all areas of the industry. In less than one week, you'll hear from new media companies like Facebook, Tumblr and Reddit, as well as more traditional staples in media including The New York Times, Hearst and NPR. You'll hear the full story from every angle this Nov. 2 at the TimesCenter in New York City.


Analysis: E-readers grapple with a future on the shelf

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:06 PM PDT

An Amazon Kindle, a Bookeen Cybook Odyssey, and a Sony Reader are pictured at E Ink Corporation in CambridgeSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. "The bottom fell out of the market," says E Ink Chief Marketing Officer Sriram Peruvemba. ...


Americans Will Spend $8 Billion On Halloween This Year [INFOGRAPHIC]

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Americans Will Spend $8 Billion On Halloween This Year [INFOGRAPHIC]Cauldrons? Check. Pumpkins? Check. Candy, ghosts and goblins? Check, check, check.


How Will Hurricane Sandy Affect The Internet? [VIDEO]

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:42 AM PDT

How Will Hurricane Sandy Affect The Internet? [VIDEO]Hurricane Sandy is threatening the Eastern Seaboard, and meteorologists are predicting no mercy from the Category 1 storm's rain and winds. Apart from the water and wind damage, hurricanes have a history of knocking out the tech that keeps us going.


Poll: Scant demand for Microsoft's Windows 8

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:12 AM PDT

Microsoft bills Windows 8 as a "re-imagining" of the personal computer market's dominant operating system, but the company still has a lot of work to do before the makeover captures the imagination of most consumers, based on the results of a recent poll by The Associated Press and GfK.

How the AP-GfK poll was conducted

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:11 AM PDT

The Associated Press-GfK poll on Windows 8 was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Oct. 19-23. It is based on landline telephone and cellphone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,186 adults. Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated randomly to reach households with unlisted and listed landline and cellphone numbers.

Celebrate National Cat Day With MashCats

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 06:59 AM PDT

Celebrate National Cat Day With MashCats1. Griffy


iPad Mini Almost Sold Out in Pre-Order

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 06:35 AM PDT

iPad Mini Almost Sold Out in Pre-OrderThe iPad Mini is flying off the virtual shelves. Only 36 hours after pre-orders began, four out of six of the available iPad Mini SKUs are sold out on the Apple online store.


Future of Nokia hangs on Windows Phone 8 rollout

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 06:14 AM PDT

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gives his presentation at the launch of Microsoft Windows 8, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Windows 8 is the most dramatic overhaul of the personal computer market's dominant operating system in 17 years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)For Nokia, it comes down to this: Is Microsoft's new phone software going to get it back in the smartphone race, or is it going to be too late?


Viral Video Recap: Funniest Memes of the Week

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 06:01 AM PDT

Viral Video Recap: Funniest Memes of the WeekWe're sure there's been a lot on your mind this week: what to be for Halloween, what type of snacks to stock up on while you wait out Hurricane Sandy or what color iPad Mini to pre-order. So there just wasn't time to keep up with all the watercooler chit-chat, but you sure did miss a lot.


SAP eyes "long" period of high sales growth: report

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:59 AM PDT

Logo of German company SAP is pictured at the CeBit computer fair in HanoverBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's SAP may be able to sustain high sales from software and related services for a "very long time," co-chief executive Bill McDermott told a German newspaper. "It's our ambition to grow with double-digit numbers for a very long time to come," Euro am Sonntag quoted McDermott as saying in an interview published on Sunday. "I believe that's possible." The newspaper also cited the co-CEO as saying SAP currently has no plans for further acquisitions following the purchases of cloud-computing company Ariba and Success Factors. ...


Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed, Christened 'Venus' [VIDEO]

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:54 AM PDT

Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed, Christened 'Venus' [VIDEO]Steve Jobs' yacht was unveiled in a Dutch shipyard on Sunday, where the unusual boat designed by Jobs and famed minimalist designer Philippe Starck was christened "Venus," after the Roman goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory.


Top 10 Pinterest Pins This Week

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:09 AM PDT

Top 10 Pinterest Pins This WeekKayla Arnold, Want Board


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