Skype's Growth Strategy

- the popular internet communications service provider, may have finally devised a growth strategy, since it's "split" from eBay, back in 2009.

According to Forbes.com,

The company plans to roll out corporate subscription packages ... that will include new tools... Skype equipped consumer televisions, paired with high-definition cameras to create videoconferencing systems thousands of dollars cheaper than the setups Cisco or Polycom sell.

Read the full story at:
Skype's Growth Strategy

IBM to buy AT&T's Sterling Commerce

24 May, 2010
IBM today announced that it would be buying AT&T's Sterling Commerce unit in a deal worth $1.4 billion, it's largest acquisition since the deal for Cognos in 2008.

Read the story at:

• NY Times: IBM Buys an AT&T Business Software Unit
• Sterling Commerce: Press Release

Steve Jobs - Apple iPad Launch

Apple launched the much awaited Apple iPad on 27th January, 2010.

Here is Steve Jobs announcing the launch of the iPad:

Airbus A380 - The Super Jumbo

The Airbus A380 is the super jumbo of this era and will change the world of airtravel in the future.

The Airbus A380 -

• Is the largest passenger airliner in the world
• Is much larger than the Boeing 747 of yesteryears
  
• Has a full double deck
• Is ultra wide bodied
• Has a seating capacity: 525 - 800+ depending on configuration
• Has a range of 8000 mi/15000km - enough to fly from New York to HongKong!
• Has a cruising speed of 900km/h or 560 mi/h (Mach 0.85)
• Has a wing span of 79.8m/261 ft - wider than a football field!

• Weighs in at a massive 276.8 tonnes/75000+ lbs (empty), but is made of new, lighter and stronger composite material and
  
• Can carry 310,000 litres of fuel

The A380 is engineered to be -

• Bigger
• Cleaner & Greener
• Faster
• Roomier (or comfortable)
• Lighter, and
  
• Smarter

And, if you're wondering, if you could buy one for yourself? All this comes at a price tag of $300+ million.

Future Cars - Amazing Concepts Turning Into Reality

The car has changed the lives of many of us, especially in today's urban locales, the world over. Auto engineers are however, continuously researching and innovating to build the cars of the future. Speed, reliability, efficiency and creativity are the top most considerations for many.
Discovery Channel's NextWorld: Future Cars episode recently provided an amazing sneak preview on the future of cars to come.

In this 5-part video on YouTube, experience the future of cars. As Koenigsegg says:

"If you haven't seen the future, you haven't driven fast enough!"

Part 1: Get an insight into some of the new "cloth" cars, that can change and adapt to your needs!



Part 2: Get a feel for the World's Fastest Legal Street Car.



Part 3: Get a sense of Volvo's new technology that's using grasshoppers for inspiration, Pivo's artificial Intelligence, or the use of Augmented Reality for safer driving.



Part 4: Cars out of Wood? See this to believe it!



Part 5: Green Vehicles and vehicles for the moon.