It seems Facebook is all busy looking out for new members for its drone team to fulfill CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of connecting everyone on the planet with internet. The social networking…
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European parliament wants Google to spilt up
The European Parliament is seeking Google to split up its search engine business from the rest of its commercial operations. According to Financial Times report [paywalled], the European People’s Party (EPP) and…
Google settles patent dispute with Rockstar
Google has reportedly agreed to end a patent litigation suit with patent consortium Rockstar which has backers including Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry and Sony. According to a recent filing submitted with the US…
Google opens Play Store ‘doors’ for Chinese developers
Google on Thursday announced it has opened doors of its Play app store for app developers living in China. This means that Chinese developers will now be permitted to create and sell…
Google acquires ‘Form’ maker RelativeWave
Google has reportedly acquired RelativeWave, makers of a mobile app protyping application for Mac dubbed Form. The acquisition announcement was made on Wednesday by the RelativeWave team who announced they are joining…
Samsung to reduce smartphone variants by up to 30% starting next year
Smartphone maker Samsung will reduce its smartphone offerings by up to one-third beginning next year, new report claims. According to the Wall Street Journal report, Samsung head of investor relations Robert Yi…
UK firms OK with hiring hackers to oversee security, new research finds
Over half of UK businesses would opt to hire an ex-hacker to keep themselves safe from cyber security threats, new research claims. According to a recent research conducted by one of the…
BlackBerry, Samsung ink strategic security solution deal
Tech giants BlackBerry and Samsung have inked a deal that will see the former offering an end-to-end security solution for Samsung’s Android devices starting in early 2015. BlackBerry announced the partnership at…
CityFibre signs dark fibre agreement with EE & Three
Fibre-optic infrastructure provider CityFibre has inked a deal with UK Internet service providers EE and Three that will see the former providing dark fibre backhaul connections to mobile masts owned by the…
Microsoft bags Israeli enterprise security startup Aorato
Microsoft on Thursday announced it has acquired Israeli enterprise security startup Aorato. Founded in 2011 by Israeli Defense Forces veterans, Aorato’s core product is a software that keeps a check on enterprise…
Xbox One sales breach 10 million mark; price point stabilising at $349
Microsoft has revealed that Xbox One sales to retailers has breached the 10 million mark and thanks to release of a couple of exclusives over the past two weeks and introduction of…
Yahoo takes video advertising platform BrightRoll into its fold for $640 million
Yahoo, on Tuesday, announced that it has acquired San-Francisco-based video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million in cash. Announcing the acquisition, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer in a statement said “BrightRoll is a…
Apple slapped with lawsuit over iMessages issue
Apple has been slapped with a U.S. Federal lawsuit over an iMessages issue that blocked users from receiving text messages if they switched from iPhones to Android, Windows Phone or other rival…
Samsung, NVidia lock horns over patent infringement accusations
Samsung has filed a counter-suit against NVidia’s September lawsuit, which accused the Korean smartphone maker of infringing patents on its graphics-processing unit (GPU). Samsung’s suit, filed in a U.S.federal court on November…
Satya Nadella praises UK tech startup scene; talks about concept, capability, culture
During the keynote of Micrsoft’s Future Decoded conference, company CEO Satya Nadella praised the UK tech startup scene and revealed how at Microsoft they talk about launching a product first in the…