The following is a recap of the HOBI blog during the week 1/22-1/26. Investors Urge Apple to Upgrade Parental Controls In an open letter, two major Apple investors, JANA Partners, LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, urged the company to strengthen and broaden parental control features. The investors believe Apple has a social responsibility…
Dell, a multinational computer technology company based in Texas has partnered with Nikki Reed, an activist and actress who first become famous from her critically acclaimed 2013 debut film “Thirteen” before being cast in the bestselling “Twilight” film franchise, to turn waste into fashion. Aiming to recycle Dell’s electronic waste, namely discarded motherboards, into a…
2018 is officially here and while we have no definitive way of knowing that the new year has in store for us, we do know that we can expect plenty of technological promise. We’ll get a glimpse of this promise at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the biggest technology show on earth, which is celebrating…
Dell’s acquisition of EMC, the largest tech deal in history, formally closed yesterday. The $67 billion deal was officially announced in October. Dell’s official statement boasted the combination of EMC’s assets to Dell’s portfolio creates $74 billion of services that are used by 98 percent of Fortune 500 companies. While this historical merger opens the…
PC manufacturers are banding together in an effort to boost computer sales. Microsoft and Intel have joined with Dell, Lenovo and HP to sponsor a new campaign that highlights the importance of PCs. Intel reported 500 million PCs have been purchased within the past five years. This number is exceedingly low, considering 1 billion android…
In light of Dell’s acquisition of EMC, previously the number one provider for storage equipment, the growth of virtualization is even more relevant than ever. EMC’s move to ownership by Dell could be seen as a reaction to shrinking hardware sales around the country. EMC’s overall stock prices have barely grown over the past five…