Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) aims to crush youth unemployment across the globe as the company is expanding its YouthSpark program for technology education. According to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), it is expanding its YouthSpark initiative in three ways: launching an updated Microsoft Digital Literacy curriculum, increasing access to Microsoft IT Academy and expanding access to computer science education around the world through its Technology Education and Literacy in Schools program in the U.S. and through nonprofit partners around the world. “It’s no secret that technology knowledge and skills – whether basic, intermediate or advanced – are required for the vast majority of…
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It looks like T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE:TMUS) will not become an easy acquisition target soon as Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has voiced his agency’s skepticism about any party buying the wireless carrier. According to Re/Code, Wheeler made the remark about a possible T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE:TMUS) acquisition during a speech at the Super Mobility Week organized by the CTIA, the trade group that speaks for the wireless telecommunications industry. “We will continue to be skeptical of efforts to achieve scale through the consolidation of major players,” Wheeler is quoted by Re/Code as saying in the…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s stock price will peak at the Alibaba Group initial public offering, Michael Khouw said in a discussion on CNBC drawing from data on options taken out by investors on the stock. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has a very substantial stake in the Alibaba Group: 22.5% or about 524 million shares according to page 228 of the Alibaba Group’s recent F-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Alibaba Group is expected to debut at the New York Stock Exchange this month. According to Khouw who is a CNBC correspondent and the managing director and primary strategist…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is excited about the iPhone 6, mobile payments, cars, wearables and the connected home, Glenn Lurie, AT&T Mobility president & CEO, told Jon Fortt in a CNBC interview. The discussion with the AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) CEO comes as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to launch a new iPhone and other products today. According to Lurie, his company is also waiting for what the iPhone-maker launches today as they have seen it become unbelievably successful from when Steve Jobs was still talking to AT&T in the early days trying to figure out where the mobile industry was going.…
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) reported a loss that is lesser than expected on Tuesday as the company reported its performance for its fiscal first quarter of 2015. According to The Street’s Julia Sun, Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) reported a loss of $0.64 per share for the company’s first quarter. According to the company, consolidated first quarter net loss was $28.4 million, or $0.56 per share, better than the net loss of $87.0 million, or $1.56 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) were trading higher on Tuesday after the company appeared to…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has kicked off a roadshow of debates in Europe about the region’s controversial “right to be forgotten” legislation, Betty Liu and Hans Nichols discuss in a Bloomberg report. According to Nichols who is a Bloomberg international correspondent, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is taking hits from many different fronts in Europe. The “right to be forgotten” issue stems from a decision handed down in May by the European Court of Justice which ruled that every European has a right to be forgotten. Company chairman Eric Schmidt kicked off the debates about the issue in Madrid today, the first of…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will launched a bevy of products today, Fred Davis of The Raine Group told Andrew Ross Sorkin in an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. Among the products that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will launch today will be the larger 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch screen iPhones, an iWatch and an iWallet, the partner at The Raine Group said in the discussion. However, he said that it is unlikely that we will see a television being launched by the consumer electronics giant. “Tim Cook has all these presents under his Christmas tree that he gets to unveil to us today and…
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s rival from Japan, a team-up of GLM and Tommykaira, has sold out its first run of electric sports cars, a report from Bloomberg’s Paul Allen reveals. The vehicle challenging the Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) current Model S is called the Tommykaira ZZ EV, and the companies which make the electric sports car have sold out their first run of 99 vehicles, Allen reported. The Tommykaira ZZ EV which is more akin to Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s first vehicle, the Tesla Roadster, goes from 0 to 100 kilometers in under 4 seconds and costs $80,000, the report…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TEF) revealed on late Monday that the Spanish carrier has licensed the American carrier’s “Digital Life” connected home technology for limited trials in Europe. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) licensing its home automation technologies to Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TEF) marks the first ever tie up between the American company and a European company for the deployment of the platform. “Digital Life” was launched by the U.S. telecommunications company last year. “Telefónica is making the right move at the right time here to be an industry leader, because the connected home industry is growing quickly. The…
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) has admitted to a massive data breach, Courtney Reagan reported in a breaking news segment on CNBC. The admission from The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) of the compromise of customer information comes a week after the company reported that it may have possibly suffered a data breach, Reagan noted. “[…] The company has now confirmed they have been the victim of a data breach,” Reagan said. According to the CNBC correspondent, The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) is saying that customers that used a payment card in U.S. and Canadian stores from April onwards may have…
People should not expect Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iWatch to be available soon after their event today, Nomura telecoms analyst Stuart Jeffrey told CNBC in an interview. The comment about the much-rumored Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) smartwatch comes as the company is expected today to unveil its latest smartphone, the iPhone 6, and bare plans for what is being popularly called the iWatch. “We think there is an announcement [about the iWatch] but it doesn’t sound like production started yet so it looks like it will come out maybe next year. The smartwatch is quite hard to engineer in terms of the…
Selling through eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) is increasingly becoming a successful business model for businesses in Australia with a growing number of firms in the country selling millions in merchandise through the site every year. The fact was shown by The Australian in a recent report which revealed that 1,667 businesses in the country have 1 million Australian dollars or more in sales per year. According to The Australian, eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), which started operating in the country 15 years ago, is now home to more businesses selling brand new items. In fact, brand new items make up 85% of all…