The Samsung vs. Apple patent war that has been raging since ages – literally speaking – has come up with a new twist. And…
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HMD Global raises $100 million to scale up its global operations aggressively
HMD Global, the home of Nokia branded phones, announced it has raised $100 million to scale up its business globally. Among the investors include…
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Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines to bolster Cortana’s conversational skills
Microsoft announced the acquisition of Semantic Machine which specializes in the development of conversational AI technologies. Like any other acquisition, Semantic Machine’s technology would…
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PayPal acquires Swedish financial start-up iZettle for $2.2bn
PayPal announced the acquisition of Sweden based financial start-up iZettle which will help it gain a better foothold in the small and medium business…
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Fitbit and Google team up to offer better health monitoring system
Fitbit has teamed up with Google with the aim to make good use of the latter’s health data standards. This, Fitbit hopes, will help…
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WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum departs over differences on privacy issues
WhatsApp CEO and co-founder Jan Koum has said ‘I Quit’ after being associated with the company for over a decade, four of which has…
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Apple AirPort Wireless Router range is dead, no replacement in the pipeline
Apple has announced it won’t be a contender in the wireless router business anymore. This means it is the end of the road scenario…
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Microsoft sues e-waste recycler for selling software claimed to be counterfeit
An e-waste recycler by the name Eric Lundgren has landed up on the wrong side of the law for creating copies of Microsoft’s restore…
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Google reveals it removed millions of inappropriate videos in a new report
Google announced it has removed 8.3 million videos from YouTube in its Community Guidelines enforcement report. If the latter bit sounds alien, that’s natural…
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Apple to take criminal actions against leaker employees
Apple’s crusade against its employees who tend to leak proprietary company information has entered a new phase with the company issuing fresh warnings against…
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Apple asked to pay $502.6 million in a patent trial it lost to VirnetX
A federal court in Texas has ordered Apple to pay around $500 million after it lost a patent infringement case filed by the patent…
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Google employees resent to the company assisting in Pentagon AI project
Google taking part in a Pentagon-backed project hasn’t gone down well with a section of its employees who have petitioned CEO Sundar Pichai demanding…
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Google acquires Tenor to make GIFs mainstream in its image search
Google is now the new owner of tenor, having acquired the GIF platform to fuel its quest to include more GIFs in Google image…
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Google to ban all bitcoin or cryptocurrency ads from June
Google has said it will be banning all bitcoin or other such digital currency ads on its site. This is in accordance with a…
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BlackBerry goes after Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp over patent infringement
BlackBerry said it has initiated legal proceedings against Facebook and its subsidiary apps Instagram and WhatsApp on charges of copying technology and features used…