News tagged with competitors

Interview: Budding Google social network sets itself apart

Like the strong-willed youth it is, Google's budding social network is confidently going its own way.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Plant defences - the mystery deepens

New research has brought us a step closer to untangling the complex reasons why certain plant species triumph over others.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

'Paranoia' about rivals alters insect mating behavior

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that male fruitflies experience a type of 'paranoia' in the presence of another male, which doubles the length of time they mate with a female, despite the female of the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Termites eavesdrop on competitors to survive

(PhysOrg.com) -- The drywood termite, Cryptotermes secundus, eavesdrops on its more aggressive subterranean competitor, Coptotermes acinaciformis, to avoid contact with it, according to scientists from CSIRO ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Zynga sues French startup over "Ville" game

Zynga is out to strip "Ville" from the name of a social game made by French firm Kobojo on the grounds it piggybacks on a line of its titles including "CityVille" and "FarmVille."

Technology / Business

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Verizon Wireless to charge for phone upgrades

Verizon Wireless, the country's largest cellphone company, says it will start charging $30 every time a subscriber wants to upgrade to a new phone.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Google to sell Clearwire stake at 94 percent loss

(AP) -- Google Inc. on Friday said it will sell its stake in Clearwire Corp., the struggling operator of a wireless data network. The search company is taking a 94 percent loss on the originally $500 million investment made ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

HBO stops selling DVDs to Netflix

(AP) -- HBO fired a shot across Netflix's bow this week, confirming it will no longer sell discounted DVDs of hit shows like "Boardwalk Empire" to the subscription video service.

Technology / Business

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Streaming to overtake cable in 3-5 years: Netflix

Internet-streamed video will overtake cable to dominate home video viewing within three to five years, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings predicted Tuesday, with stiffer competition to come.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Gates back on stand in Utah in $1B antitrust trial

Microsoft's Bill Gates returned to the witness stand Tuesday to defend his company against a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit that claims the software giant tricked a competitor into huge losses and soared onto ...

Technology / Business

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung and Apple 'distance apart', court hears

Samsung and Apple Inc are yet to reach a deal which would permit the South Korean firm to sell its tablet computers in Australia, and are "a considerable distance apart", a court heard Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Small restaurants counter backlash against chains

When large restaurant companies implement sustainability policies, customers are deeply skeptical of the efforts -- and their opinion of those companies may actually diminish. But consumers do give smaller restaurants a nod ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amazon to cut off California-based Web affiliates

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it will stop working with online affiliates based in California since the state passed a new rule that forces online retailers to collect sales tax there.

Technology / Business

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Q&A: Skype CEO has no qualms about company's merger history

Tony Bates has had an eventful seven months as Skype's new CEO.

Technology / Business

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gaining a competitive advantage within your market

(PhysOrg.com) -- Surely most people have at least heard the saying, "Put yourself in the other person's shoes." Research by a Smeal professor has taken an interesting look at this old adage within the context of performing ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0