This week, the United States Department of Justice proposed that Deutsche Bank AG to pay $14 billion as a settlement for a handful of high-profile mortgage-securities probes that befell the institution as a result of the recent financial crisis. This payout amount, would compare, then, with the largest penalties that other banks would have had […]
Exxon Mobile Corp is currently under scrutiny from a probe by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. One major aspect of this probe is to discern why the company did not write down the value of oil and gas reserves they had during a global collapse in energy prices. The main idea behind the inquiry […]
Digital books, or e-readers, continue to grow in popularity but they may never fully overtake physical books. While there is something about the texture of paper and the weight of binding, readers are attracted to physical books because they tend to be easier to read than e-readers. Of course, technology continues to improve and many […]
Mobile phones are notoriously fragile. They fall and break, screens shatter, any exposure to water or moisture can short them out. It is the price to pay, of course, to have the latest and greatest smartphone that is also small enough to fit in your pocket. But the thing about the Samsung Galaxy S Active […]
Music streaming services have changed the music industry as a whole. Services like Pandora, iHeartRadio, Spotfiy, and (of course) iTunes have affected the music distribution model, encouraging healthy competition around the world in this emerging Android smartphone application market. For example, Deezer is a music streaming service in France that has been growing in popularity, […]
Motorola is a reliable brand but they still don’t get the kind of recognition that Samsung, LG, and HTC get; at least not in the mobile device market. Perhaps being the dark horse is a good thing, though, as it makes it possible to reach a certain level of success without having to worry about […]
It would be safe to say that everyone is concerned about malware. Since computers have become commonplace and a nearly natural part of every day life, it is easy to assume that everyone is worried—maybe just a little, but definitely concerned—about their safety online. However, there are more people in the world who have a […]
If you are growing a little tired of the same old staple of Android device brands—namely Samsung, LG, and HTC—then you may be happy to learn that a handful of new brands have emerged. You may also be even more excited to learn that these brands take off from where the existing technology began and […]
In today’s technological world we rely on computers for just about everything. It would be safe to say, perhaps, that they have become integral to life as we know it. And this, of course, is one reason hackers out there continue to make malicious programs that can attempt to steal information or money from web […]