International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has struck a massive deal with US department of Energy after which, the company will get a grant of $325 million, Fool.com reported. Department of energy wants International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) to build the fastest Super Computer by using its latest OpenPOWER technology. The deal has given a legitimacy and authority to the IBM’s latest system based on Cloud and high performance computing. NVIDIA is the partner of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) is this project. It will provide GPUs to power the new super computer. The new computer will be the faster one…
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In a program on CNBC, Bridget Carey reported that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has introduced a new subscription service, an official ad blocker, which will let the users to use internet free of ads. The latest step from Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has flummoxed many people. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s main stream of revenue is ads. By crafting a subscription model to give an ad-free environment can quell this stream as advertisers will no longer be able to get the clicks and views from famous websites. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has announced a model according to which, a certain percentage of the ad-free surfing…
In a program on CNBC, Mike Butcher, editor at large with TechCrunch said that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) can easily replace Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) as the world leader in ecommerce. Amazon and eBay currently hold the trademark position in the US as well as emerging markets. Both companies deliver items from categories like electronics, mobiles, grocery, apparel, beauty items and clothing. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) on the other hand has just stepped in the US after conquering the Chinese markets. Butcher thinks that there is no point in rejecting the idea that Alibaba is…
In a program on CNBC, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed the news about the latest partnership between Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and BMW. Elon Musk, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s CEO has said that his company is in talks with BMW to partner regarding batteries and light weight parts. These parts will also include carbon fiber parts which are used in both Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and BMW cars. Faber said that this partnership, if materialized, is a good news for the automobile industry and it is also very cost efficient. Jim Cramer didn’t seem happy with Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA).…
In a program on CNBC, Ken Sena, analyst from Evercore said that eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)’s PayPal business is in danger because of a number of security concerns. His firm has downgraded the rating for PayPal amid these uncertainties. He said that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has recently launched its own payment system; demand channels are increasing massively and business to business growth is converging to a mutual trust factor. He thinks that payment systems and enterprise will be controlled by demand channels in the near future and this is the vital threat for eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)’s PayPal. Sena thinks users are…
It seems Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has started to step in the world of wearables. The company has introduced a feature through which, users can buy the products from Amazon’s website with 1 click and voice. The feature is for Android Wear Watch. By using this feature, users will be able to give commands to watch orally. Whenever you want to buy something from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), just speak “Start Amazon” near your Android Wear and the interface will be opened. You can add products to your wish lists and buy them with once click. The feature will work on Android…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s product cycle has been the key factor in its market trends. Each new iPhone defines the trend in many quarters to come every year. In a program on CNBC, Henry Blodget, Business Insider editor-in-chief & CEO talked about Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) product cycle. He said that after the launch of iPhone 4, Apple became the all-time favorite. Everyone knew that Apple will go up and up no matter what market trends have to throw at it. But suddenly, there was a sudden plummet in Apple’s popularity graph and a bit of uncertainty came in the Apple Inc.…
eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)’s PayPal has conducted a survey with its partners in order to find out the potential of e-commerce beyond the borders of the US. The survey was done on 17,500 consumers in 22 countries. China stands out as one of the top countries that are involved in online shopping activity. Canada and Brazil are ranked at second and third positions respectively. The holiday season is about to kick off and eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) is all beefed up to deliver electronics, beauty items, devices, apparel and food items across different countries. eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) is expanding its growth beyond…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are blocked in China for years. But on some special occasions, Chinese government become kind enough to losse the chains of the famous social media websites in order to get a good name in the notorious technology circles. A big technology conference is taking place in Wuzhen, China these days. Chinese government has allowed the famous websites like Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Youtube for a week days. China is hosting the Internet Conference for three days and today is the last day of it. A few days ago, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)…
An article on Quartz analyzed the feasibility of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s sales in India, which is close to becoming third largest automobile industry. India is one of the largest population on Earth but the country is teeming with infrastructure problems which are not suited to Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA). Being an Electric Car maker, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) needs suitable conditions in order to make readily available charging stations, which seems a daunting task because India has massive energy problems. The country is facing a shortfall of 42 million Kwh. Cost is another factor which can make Tesla Motors…
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has finally answered the call of the Enterprise and announced a revamp to its DevOps Cloud platform. DevOps helps companies to manage application and system development. An article on Computer Weekly reported this development. The source quoted a report according to which, by the end of 2015, more than 60% of CIOs will use DevOps to control application development, open source and Cloud development. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has solved a plethora of problems for the enterprise with DevOps. It has virtually removed the need of hiring a Scrum Master, whose job is to…
In a program on CNBC, Nick Bilton of The New York Times said that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) are facing the biggest problem in the form of robots, which are being used by millions of users to generate tweets, fake likes, get fake friends and other forms of criminal activity. Bilton said that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has around 114 million bots. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) on the other hand has around 8% of its users in the form of bots. He said that thousands of people are using fake entries and bots to make money online. They also post…