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Lenovo entering PC plus era, says CEO Yuanqing Yang

Published:January 9^th and January 10th       by Abhishek Shetty

  China's Lenovo Group Ltd , on track to become the world's number 1 personal computer maker, is leveraging on what it calls the "PC plus" era as the company ramps up its plant capacity in major markets including the United States. PC demand growth has waned over the past year as more consumers flock to ultraportable and increasingly powerful tablets and smart phones for basic computing. Lenovo continues to believe that the PC industry requires innovation and that we do not live in a post-PC era,but a PC plus era.Lenovo has redefined the PC category with products like Yoga, a laptop running Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 that can be converted to a tablet PC by flipping the screen all the way backwards, and Twist, another laptop that has a screen connected through a hinge. Lenovo vaulted into the PC market by buying IBM's personal computer division in 2005. It has become a force through aggressive pricing, overseas acquisitions and taking advantage of a fast-growing home market.

Apple suppliers' shares fall on report of cut in orders

Published:January 11th  by Asghar Zaidi

Apple has reduced orders by about 50% for its latest model, according to the Nikkei newspaper in Japan.

Sharp, which makes display panels for the device, slumped as much as 7% in Tokyo trade. Speaker-maker ACC Technologies fell 4.2% in Hong Kong.

Apple shares hit an 11-month low in New York on Monday after the report.

Apple has seen increased competition in the smartphone market in recent months.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics, which offers a wider variety of smartphones, recently overtook Apple as the world's largest smartphone maker by market share.

Some analysts have said that Apple will need to come out with a cheaper smartphone to target customers in emerging markets.

Galaxy S Device Sales Top 100 Million

Published: 12^th January,2013 By Jay Gandhi

Samsung Electronics’ flagship Galaxy S series surpassed the accumulated sales record of 100 million units from the supply side in only 2 years and 7 months after its launch in May 2010. Galaxy S III is selling at much faster rate of 30 million in 5 months and 40 million in 7 months, after becoming a million seller in only 50 days after its release last May. Currently, its average daily sales are 190,000 units. The driving force behind Samsung Electronics’ rise to the top on the global smartphone market is Galaxy S II which is gaining ground as a steady seller hitting the sales of over 40 million in only 20 months

Calpian’s Emerging-Market Mobile Payments Solution Continues Its Breakthrough Growth

Published: 13^th January,2013 by Gigitha

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Calpian, Inc. (OTC:CLPI) announces that, as of December 31, 2012, the Money-on-Mobile service offered by its Indian subsidiary is now being supported by over 118,000 retail locations and has been accessed by approximately 32.5 million unique phone number customers since April 1, 2012. The December 2012 processed transaction volume, measured in Indian rupees, was 620.4 million INR – an approximate 90 million increase over November 2012 processed volume. At current exchange rates, December processed transaction volume was approximately $11.4 million. Calpian CEO, Harold Montgomery says that the increasing popularity shows that they are the ideal mobile payment product for Indian market and hence there is tremendous area for its expansion. Money-on-Mobile service adds both customers and retail outlets day by day.

Big test for Jaguar Land Rover under Tatas

Published : 14^th January,2013  by Prachi Trehan

Jaguar Land Rover has roared to health in the four years since it was bought by Tata motors but now comes the hard part for the luxury British automaker: proving it can build new models without former owner Ford. Since Tata took a $2.3 billion gamble to buy JLR from Ford at the height of the financial crisis, it has discovered a formula for success, surprising sceptics by winning new customers in Asia. But whether it can continue that success - and unlock its future potential - depends on learning how to update its portfolio on its own, including achieving ambitions to develop in-house engine and transmission technology by 2015.  JLR now aims to invest 1.5 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) a year until 2017 in new products and in expanding its engine range, It plans to unveil eight new vehicles in 2013, including a convertible sports car and a new hybrid Range Rover.

The Experts’ Views on Content Marketing

Published:15^th January,2013 by Suhasini Seshan

There have been a lot of discussions about what works in the realm of online marketing.

Rand Fishkin CEO of SEOMoz
Content marketing can accomplish much of what advertising attempts to do earn the familiarity, trust, and positive sentiment of an audience toward your brand and it does so without having the huge associated costs.

Content marketing is an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation and sharing of content in order to attract, acquire and engage customer bases

Social Platforms: Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace, among others, allow content to be shared fluidly and rapidly between social communities.Search Engines like Google, Bing, and AOL also allow the same.

John Doherty SEO Consultant at Distilled It may be the new thing that SEOs have not thought about before, but it’s always been the most effective form of online marketing in ethical ways, ways that build businesses for the long term

Michael King Owner of iPullRank and Director of Inbound Marketing at iAcquire It’s trendy in online marketing right now at least to talk about. Not enough brands have embraced it as a more viable method than interruption marketing.

James AgateFounder of Skyrocket SEO, Content marketing isn’t a new concept. Joe Pullizi was recently talking about a form of content marketing which dates back to 1895; obviously it has moved online since then but the fundamental principles remain the same. Content marketing has and always will be an integral and vital part of online marketing. The name might change and the way we do it might evolve but fundamentally nothing has changed for over 100 years. It’s about “creating and sharing valuable free content to attract and convert prospects into customers, and customers into repeat buyers.”

Tom Demers Co-founder and managing partner with Measured SEM, I think the reason content marketing is being adopted so quickly is that it has a cross-over set of benefits where it’s delivering a lot of the things direct advertising has  while simultaneously providing a lot of the same benefits traditional brand advertising has (thought leadership, brand building, etc.)