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Asia Pacific to have 40% of Twitter worldwide users by 2018

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Twitter's  user base will increase 24.4% in 2014, according to  eMarketer's first-ever forecast  of Twitter users worldwide. But what is even more surprising is that more than 40% of the Twitter users worldwide will be in Asia-Pacific alone by 2018. The user growth is expected to continue growing with double-digit gains through 2018, as eMarketer estimates, thus opening up significant opportunities for Twitter to increase its audience across emerging markets. According to eMarketer, the number of Twitter users in Asia-Pacific has already eclipsed those in North America and Western Europe by a wide margin-even excluding China where there is a ban on the site. In 2014, the Asia-Pacific region will account for 32.8% of all Twitter users, compared with 23.7% in North America and by 2018, Asia-Pacific will break the 40% mark in terms of worldwide market share. eMarketer’s latest forecast dissects Twitter’s total users by regio

Apple ratifies deal to buy Beats Electronics for $3bn

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Apple  is set to acquire Beat's music streaming service as well as the audio equipment arm, which will its biggest ever deal so far. The deal which is worth $2.6bn in cash and around $400m in Apple shares will see co-founders of the brand, music producer Jimmy Lovine and rapper Dr Drejoining Apple.The announcement comes nearly three weeks after the negotiations of the deal were leaked to the media. "Music is such an important part of all of our lives and holds a special place within our hearts at Apple," said  Apple's Chief Executive, Tim Cook , in a statement. “That’s why we have kept investing in music and are bringing together these extraordinary teams so we can continue to create the most innovative music products and services in the world.” Established in 2008 by both Dre and Iovine, Beats Electronics has worked in collaboration with music superstars such as  Lady Gaga , Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj and creates

NVIDIA makes Geforce GTX Titan Z available

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest update,  NVIDIA  has released its  Geforce GTX Titan Z graphics card . The new GTX TITAN Z has 12GB of 7 Gbps video memory, a 12-phase power supply with dynamic power balancing, full-speed double-precision support, 5,760 CUDA Cores, and two GK110 GTX TITAN Black GPUs to power 3840x2160 resolutions. Due to the unrivalled power efficiency of our Kepler architecture,  GTX TITAN Z  is able to deliver ultimate performance in a simple and convenient air-cooled solution. The double-precision computational power of a GTX TITAN Z-accelerated system now eclipses that of multi-million dollar supercomputers, while using a fraction of the power, and a fraction of the space.  So, for researchers, scientists and other CUDA developers, GTX TITAN Z delivers unparalleled double-precision computational performance in a PC chassis that can fit under your desk. GTX TITAN Z is now available from the leading system builders.....

IDC recognized HP for its Mobile App Services

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP(NYSE:HPQ)  has announced that  IDC  has named it a leader in the "MarketScape: Worldwide Mobile Application Development, Testing, Management and Infrastructure ( mADTMI ) Services 2014 Vendor Assessment for its Mobile Applications Services".  Following an evaluation of 14 companies against 117 criteria, HP was recognized in the leader category in part for its capabilities in research and development (R&D), financial management and functionality delivered.  The report states, "HP's capabilities and forward-looking strategy positioned the service provider as a leader in the  mADTMI services IDC MarketScape ." "Our goal is to enable customers on their journey to becoming a mobile enterprise centred on their users - offering mobile devices, infrastructure, networks, apps and service. At HP, mobility is a top priority, and our entrance as a leader into IDC's MarketScape report is further confirm

Seagate and Avago enter into strategic alliance

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Seagate Technology(NASDAQ:STX)  and  Avago Technologies  have announced that they have entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement, under which Seagate will acquire the assets of LSI's  Accelerated Solutions Division ("ASD") and  Flash Components Division ("FCD")  from Avago for $450 million in cash. The acquisition strengthens Seagate’s strategy to deliver a full suite of storage solutions, providing Seagate with established Enterprise PCIe flash and SSD controller capabilities to deliver solutions for the growing flash storage market. LSI’s ASD business, which is the second- largest player in the PCIe flash space, offers a highly differentiated enterprise-grade PCIe flash solution focussed on the high-growth cloud and hyperscale markets. LSI’s FCD business, led by its SandForce SF2000 and SF3700 controller products, is driving a multi-product roadmap to address volume markets. "Seagate is com