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Google’s CEO Larry Page told Wired that Facebook is strong in its main area, but bad at releasing new products. This statement came shortly after the launch of Facebook’s service called Graph Search, for searching and linking information within a user's group of friends. Although Page did not directly commented on the Graph Search (the interview took place in December), it is certainly a service with which Facebook is breaking into Google's territory of internet search.

If you believe Korean sources, sales of LG’s giant UHD TVs in the home market are not particularly good. On the contrary, in the five months since its launch in Korea, they have managed to sell only 300 units; at least that is what the sources are saying. Right now it looks like people are still waiting for a few more models to come out so they are sure that the product they are buying is without flaws you can encounter in the first series of devices. Many are also waiting for the prices to drop as even the least expensive model is several thousand dollars.

Market analysts are forecasting significant growth in expected shipments of tablets during this year. According to the analysis, this year between 170 and 180 million tablets will be sold worldwide, while supplies last year amounted to about 130 million.

Japanese Sharp could sell some plants and factories in China to Lenovo. Although there is no official information yet, Sharp is reportedly already in talks with Lenovo about the sale of the company to produce LCD TVs in Nanking and other affiliates that Sharp has in China.