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GOOGLE

Google is a multinational public cloud computing and internet searching technologies corporation. Google can be considered as the world’s largest internet search engine contains millions of page index. Company have more than 50% market share worldwide while yahoo, MSN, have 24 and 10 % respectively. (Michie,2006,p.25) Company started in January 1996 as a research project named Backrub by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, while they are doing their PhD at Stanford university California.(David,2005) When conventional search engines evaluating and ranking the web pages by simply counting the number of searches, searching terms and history of searches, Google introduced a better system in which analysis the relationship between websites in addition to all the above features. This new technology is named as Page Rank, in which a websites importance and significance was determined by the number of pages, and the importance of those pages, there is a similar search engine called ...

Sales vs Marketing

Sales and marketing are closely interlinked and are aimed at increasing revenue. As sales and marketing are closely intertwined, it becomes hard to realise the difference between the two. In small firms, one cannot come across much difference between sales and marketing. But bigger firms have made clear distinction between marketing and sales and they have specialised people handling them independently. Well, how is that sales and marketing are different? In very simple words, sales can be termed as a process which focuses or targets on individuals or small groups. Marketing on the other hand targets a larger group or the general public. Marketing includes research (identifying needs of the customer), development of products (producing innovative products) and promoting the product (through advertisements) and create awareness about the product among the consumers. As such marketing means generating leads or prospects. Once the product is out in the market, it is the task of t...

Nokia N8 vs HTC Evo 4G

The Nokia N8 and HTC Evo 4G are high-end phones that have the best features but with an appropriately higher price tag. The main difference between the N8 and Evo 4G is their network. While the N8 is compatible with GSM networks, the Evo 4G is a CDMA phone. The N8 has the edge here as GSM is the standard use in most areas of the world. CDMA coverage is pretty limited, so don’t expect to go roaming outside of North America. Coverage aside, WiMax should be able to provide faster internet speeds. In terms of form, the Evo 4G is significantly bigger than the N8 in all dimensions. You can also feel the added weight because the Evo 4G is roughly 25% heavier than the N8. The added size of the Evo 4G is soon forgotten once you see its huge 4.3 inch display, which would dwarf the 3.5 inch display of the N8. A bigger screen, especially when complemented by a higher resolution, makes it easier to read text and browse web pages. Viewing videos on the Evo 4G is also one of the best in a mobil...