EE, one of UK’s leading mobile operators, on Friday announced it has added a whopping 5.7 million customers to its 4G network in 2014. The increase in user numbers brings EE’s 4G…
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Facebook bags online video startup QuickFire Networks
Facebook on Thursday announced it has acquired QuickFire Networks, a San Diego-based video processing and transcoding startup that specialises in delivering high-quality video at low bandwidth requirement. “Video is an essential part…
Sony PlayStation 4 worldwide sales stand at 18.5 million units
Sony on Monday announced that sales of its PlayStation 4 has surpassed 18.5 million units as of January 4, up from 13.5 million units recorded at the end of October last year….
Microsoft workforce diversity stats: 47% white men; 29% asian
Microsoft has kept to its promise of releasing more information on workforce diversity statistics by publishing its federal Equal Employment Opportunity form, or EEO-1. The EEO-1 form, spotted by Puget Sound Business…
Qualcomm likely to be slapped with $1 billion fine in China
China is currently investigating Qualcomm for antitrust issues and if reports are to be believed, the world’s biggest mobile chipmaker could face a record fine of over $1 billion. China could also…
Samsung surpasses Apple in terms of customer satisfaction
Samsung has surpassed rival Apple in terms of customer satisfaction, new report claims. According to a recent survey conducted by the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), South Korean tech…
Boyd Multerer, the man behind Xbox Live, departs from Microsoft
Xbox Live founder Boyd Multerer has bid a goodbye to Microsoft. Multerer, who led development on Xbox Live and the XNA game development platform for Xbox, announced his departure from the Xbox…
Apple slapped with class action lawsuit over false storage space claims
Apple has been slapped with a class action lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of misleading consumers over storage space available in devices such as iPhones, iPods and iPads. The lawsuit filed…
Microsoft CEO meets Indian PM; assures support for ‘Digital India’, ‘Make in India’ initiatives
Microsoft Corporation CEO Satya Nadella met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in New Delhi. Nadella stands third in the list of major tech executives to meet Mr. Modi, after Amazon’s…
Samsung shutters flagship London store; says it’s committed to other stores
Samsung has announced closure of its flagship London store at Westfield Stratford City in a sudden overnight move while also stating that it is committed to other stores in the country. The…
‘Rockstar’ group sells remaining 2,000 patents to RPX Corp for $900 million
The Rockstar Consortium LLC, on Tuesday, announced it has sold its collection of over 4,000 patents, purchased in 2011 from the bankruptcy estate of Canadian telecommunications provider Nortel, to patent risk management…
Telefonica not in favor of CNMC’s latest proposals
Telefonica is of the view that Spain’s communications regulator CNMC should re-consider the initial proposal for changes to the fixed broadband market announced recently that calls for the former telephone monopoly to…
Pegatron assures investigation into BBC’s worker mistreatment claims
In wake of BBC’s investigation report which revealed multiple instances of mistreatment of workers at one of Pegatron’s factories, the Apple supplier has assured that they will be carrying out investigation into…
Microsoft Internet Explorer Chief Dean Hachamovitch leaves company after 24 years
Dean Hachamovitch, longtime Internet Explorer chief, has confirmed his departure from Microsoft after serving for over 24 years. Hachamovitch announced his departure in an interview with GeekWire on Thursday saying “I’m overdue…
Microsoft sues Omni Tech for scamming consumers in its name
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against a Los Angeles company for allegedly using Redmond’s name to scam customers into spending hundreds of dollars in support services to get nonexistent bugs fixed and…