The abacus is one of the first mechanical counting devices, an ancient ancestor of today's computers.

FORBES

If we look at the projected growth in tablets as discussed above, it could very well be that our cellular subscriber forecasts (counting different devices separately) are conservative and thus additional upside to our price estimate for Verizon is possible.

FORBES: Verizon Should Be $37, Much Higher If Tablets Take Off

Collins is counting on these smarter devices to help meet his ambitious target of 15% a year earnings and sales growth for the next five years.

FORBES: The Doctor Is In

To be sure, RIM will still support BES 5 for the foreseeable future but it is clearly counting on organisations upgrading all their existing BB devices to the new BB10 ones.

FORBES: BES 10 Fragmentation Increases The Risk For RIM

Cubby also gives people the option to simply share or sync an unlimited amount of information across their devices for free, and without ever counting against cloud storage limits.

ENGADGET: LogMeIn's Cubby offering up 1GB for referrals, tells Dropbox where it can store it

Opera Software was founded in 1994, based on the idea that access to the web should be a universal right. 300 million people (and counting) use the Opera web browsers for computers, mobile phones, TVs and other connected devices.

ENGADGET: Opera buys Skyfire, wants its video and smartphone optimization expertise