Samsung: The company would review the complaint in detail and determine appropriate measures in response.
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Apple thrashes Beats layoff rumours; says all employees offered a new job
Beats: Every single person is going through Apple orientation, they’re signing up for healthcare,
Twitter takes over password security startup Mitro
Mitro will continue to serve it’s customers. Financial details of the acquisition is yet to be disclosed.
Austrian law student takes Facebook to court over violation of data privacy laws
Facebook users outside Canada and US are urged to join the Austrian case which claims 500 Euros ($670) per user from the social network giant in damages.
eBay’s workforce diversity far better than other tech giants with 42% women
Women make up for around 49 percent of non-tech jobs and over 28 percent of leadership jobs, thanks to the Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) launched by eBay 3 years ago.
Apple-Beats deal to result in over 200 job cuts
The $3 billion acquisition deal announced in May is expected to close this quarter. Apple has promised to extend job offers to every Beats employee at least for a limited period of time.
Crytek sells Homefront: The Revolution to Deep Silver
Employees working in Homefront: The Revolution will be moved to Deep Silver Dambuster Studios – the new re-purposed Crytek.
Nintendo reports revenue drop of 8.4% despite sales boost with Mario Kart 8
In the April-June quarter, Nintendo sold 510,000 Wii units, compared to just 160,000 Wii U devices sold during the same period last year, but still reported a net income loss of 9.92 billion yen.
Lowering e-book prices will generate more revenue, Amazon explains
Amazon: Many e-books are being released at $14.99 and even $19.99. That is unjustifiably high for an e-book. E-books can be and should be less expensive.
BlackBerry acquires Secusmart to strengthen its fort
Secusmart provides security to German Chancellor Angela Merkel whose BlackBerry device was tapped by the NSA’s alleged spying.
Facebook’s Gifts service to breathe its last on August 12
Facebook on Tuesday announced it is shuttering its 2-year-old Gifts service on August 12 to focus more on developing features that let users make online purchases on its website. The social networking…
Mozilla names Chris Beard permanent CEO
Mozilla Chairwoman Mitchell Baker: I am pleased to announce that Chris Beard has been appointed CEO of Mozilla Corp. The Mozilla board has reviewed many internal and external candidates – and no one we met was a better fit.
Amazon Card Reader to hit stores on August 12, leaked document says
The company is likely planning for a push in a ‘comprehensive way’ into the mobile card reader market.
JD.com begins accepting Xbox One pre-orders from Mobile QQ, Weixin users in China
Tencent’s Weixin and Mobile QQ users can now reserve an Xbox One console by depositing a sum of 499 Yuan ($81) starting today.
Apple confirms bagging start-up BookLamp in April
One of the 29 small and big acquisitions that Cupertino has gone for in total, just in the past 9 months!