BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) market share is depleting, reaching as low as 0.4%, and now the company has chosen the path every troubled company takes— to ally with other market players rather than head-on competitor strategy. Blackberry and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) have announced a new partnership after which Android users will be able to use BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) specific apps and Blackberry users will be able to download and use Android apps. This is a major shift in the strategy of BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY). Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Android OS is always prone to security vulnerabilities because of its open source platform.…
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Some reports have now confirmed that Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) will be powering the upcoming new iPhone variants for the emerging Asian markets. This would be a huge dent to QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), which was making LTE modems for Apple. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has finally cut the fruit of its years-long struggle. Making LTE modems for new iPhones will not only help the company regain its lost strength in the mobile markets, it could also lead it to getting more contracts from major mobile makers. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is tired of giving generous discounts and subsidies to mobile makers to make…
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has announced a Cloud-based data analysis tool which will mine Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) to create trends and reports for business users, advertisers and the Enterprise players. Half a billion tweets are posted to Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) platform daily. If International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)’s new tool devises some smart strategy to mine out the useful information out of this data, this could be a huge milestone for both companies, especially Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), which could monetize heavily in its ads business using Cloud tool. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) has already some platforms and data mining tools.…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to the ads businesses. It launched video ads, ads platforms and features to facilitate the advertisers yet keeping the information secure and spam-free. Recently, the social media giant rolled out ‘Topic Data’, a data licensing scheme for the advertisers which will let them know what users are loving about products. It will be a complete data trend analysis tool. Advertisers will be able to quickly check the mood of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) users. If they want to know about any product and what trends are going viral on Facebook…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is gearing up its Windows Azure Cloud services for inculcating the Internet of Thins services in the coming future. In a recent public event, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s CEO Satya Nadella said that by 2019, there will more than 26 billion general purpose computer devices with more than 44 zettabytes of data. This data, according to Microsoft, will need to be sent to the Cloud. This poses a major challenge for the Enterprise and individual users alike. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced a new Azure service which would be integrated with Stream Azure and Internet of Thins layer…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) are the two companies massively focusing in reinventing the online and mobile ads in the contemporary tech world today. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) being the search engine juggernaut and an old experienced player has the clear lead with 60% ads market share. But Facebook is drastically increasing in ads efforts to come in the game. In an article, Rick Summer said that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is clearly the world leader in ads business and it will continue to be because the clients do not find it easy to switch to other platforms. Facebook Inc…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) apps for iOS and Android are being proven weak and vulnerable in the recent past by hackers and bug hunters. In a recent development, programmer and security expert Laxman Muthiyah has identified a critical bug in the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) app for iOS and Android which gets an easy access to all the private photos stored in the users’ phone. The problem was in the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) graph API, which had a wrong GET method which could be easily exploited to reach the private photos stored in the phone where the app is installed. Facebook Inc…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) acquired WhatsApp and it turned out to be the best decision taken by the company so far. The social media giant is now looking for ways to monetize WhatsApp, and there is a strong chance that it will roll out in-app purchases, ads and other money making steps very soon. An article on Forbes said that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s WhatsApp competitors are nothing in front of it if user growth and popularity is compared, yet they are making money from the messaging apps. The source gave the example of WeChat, a messaging platform, which gets around $7…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is not only changing its working dynamics, it is also largely shifting its business model to freemium. Apparently, it looks insane when Microsoft says that even pirated copies of Windows will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. But a closer look reveals that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has nothing to lose by doing so. In fact, it is increasing its software sales and span of hold in the industry. But the company will have to cater for the losses it got because of sudden changes last year. An article in the Economic Times said that…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced to shut down its online platform for ecommerce that was specially designed and built for small business. Small business around the world made their own platforms using Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s subdomains and subsidiaries. Thousands of people monetized on these platforms, but the company announced recently that this platform facilities will be closed by June next year. This is not a unique and surprising step. Recently, eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) also announced to close its Magento online ecommerce service which was used by small business owners to sell their products online using eBay services. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) have decided to partner with Tag Heuer, the watchmaker company to tackle Apple Watch. According to some media reports, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) will develop chips for the upcoming Tag Heuer smart watches whereas Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) will empower the software side. It is yet to be known whether the new watch will have Android Wear or some other operating system. This is a positive initiative by Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which is looking to tap into the wearables domain since months. The company faced some serious issues in the mobile sector. Experts now think that Internet…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has announced a feature called ‘sponsored search’ which will let the advertisers get in the Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Play Store and Google search results by paying the search engine giant. Some media reports claimed that this feature can damage Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) ads business, but many experts think that this is not the case rather Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) will do more harm than good by rolling out a paid search features. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is the search engine giant used by billions daily. Featured search results option will let the advertisers show their products and business in…