Twitter lose a Big Media Report Due Aircraft
15 January 2009 became important day for Twitter. Micro-blogging site is successfully overcome the media to bring news of the fastest-related drop in U.S. Airways planes in the Hudson river.
Accidents with 150 passenger plane was successfully documented and published the first time by Twitter user. The report only one incident 15 minutes before the TV crew from CNN came to the location.
Society also get a picture when the plane touches the surface of the water, through TwitPic. TwitPic is an application that allows users to upload photos and post them via mobile phone.
Since the image is increased, a large number of people re-tweeted and several other sites that participated in the photo. Saking many accessible, such as the founders said that TwitPic Noah Everett quotation from Cnet, Friday (16/1/2009), even up to TwitPic can not be accessed until the backup.
Previously, Twitter had scandalize journalistic world with the breaking news concerning the earthquake in the summer and fall ago combat jet in San Diego. This proves how ampuhnya while the strength of a micro-blogging site.
Change Business Strategy, Dell clap Top Officials
Strong competition in the computer business PLAYERS force the new strategy in order to improve still survive. As well as the number 2 manufacturer of the computer world, Dell will announce the change in the way they do business.
This change is a global sales of the region will be based in central. In addition, Dell also dismiss some of the high officials. All that is done related failure stalk Dell Hewlett Packard is the dominant manufacturer of computers as the world number 1.
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AMD increase number of the Sack Employees
San Francisco – News did not come from the sleek Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). Manufacturers of computer processors increase the number of employees who will be the ax.
Originally, AMD is planning to sack 500 employees to save financial companies. But the plan changed a hurry with the increase in number to 100 more people. Total employees who will be the ax AMD is estimated to reach 600 people.
The plan they say will be made in January to come. If realized, as quoted from Reuters, Wednesday (31/12/2008), financial companies can save as much as U.S. $ 70 million.
Trimming employees is one of AMD efforts to reduce expenditure. In the third quarter 2008, AMD has been a loss of U.S. $ 67 million.
AMD also said that the government intends to ask for compensation developers origin Canadian graphics chipset, ATI, because no benefit after acquired ATI. AMD can not mengestimasi real amount of compensation that will be required, that compensation will be material.
