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About Gerald

A Technology Enthusiast with over 15 years experience. Entrepreneur, and founder of TechLimbo. Besides technology I like the EPL, F1, MotoGP, NFL, Basketball, Video Gaming and Swimming.

Facebook Generates $1.18 Billion In Revenue Beating Expectations

Facebook is fighting to restore the luster it lost after a botched Nasdaq IPO and the world’s largest social network moved closer to realize that rebound on Thursday after posting Q2 revenues of $1.18 billion. Facebook beat analyst expectations thanks to a 28 percent increase in advertising over the same quarter of 2011. Facebook revenue… Read More: Facebook Generates $1.18 Billion In Revenue Beating Expectations »

Safaricom launches new promotion “Wakenya Tuongee” lowering call rates

Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile network operator, has unveiled its latest promotion that aims to encourage customers to enjoy discounts of up to 75 per cent on calling charges. Dubbed Wakenya Tuongee (Kenyans let’s talk), the new promotion will run between July 24 and August 23, 2012. The company said subscribers will only pay Sh4 for… Read More: Safaricom launches new promotion “Wakenya Tuongee” lowering call rates »

FTC to dish out largest fine in history to Google over Safari tracking controversy

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Google are close to reaching a deal that would force Google to pay a $22.5 million fine for allegedly tracking user behaviors in iOS’ Safari browser. The fine would be the largest in history that the FTC has ever put upon a company in… Read More: FTC to dish out largest fine in history to Google… »

Twitter updates iOS app with new logo and features

Earlier today, Twitter released an update to its iOS app (App Store link) that adds a number of new features and updates the app with the company’s new logo. Among the improvements include push notification support and “ambient notifications,” which appear in the status bar while using the app itself. [adsenseyu2] Full release notes: Twitter… Read More: Twitter updates iOS app with new logo and features »

iPhone market share hits all-time high, BlackBerry hits all-time low

  Over the last week, analytics firm Net Applications released its mobile operating system statistics for June 2012, revealing that Apple’s iPhone hit an all-time high in market share with 65.27%. This came after the iPhone actually lost market share in May (62.65%). Google’s Android platform gained slightly from 19.69% to 19.73%. Finally, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry platform dropped below… Read More: iPhone market share hits all-time high, BlackBerry hits all-time low »