Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has bought and acquired Blink, a mobile messaging venture that allows the user to preset a time after which the message deletes itself. The deal has been published by Blink on its website and it comes hardly days after its rival, Snapchat, settled charges with few US regulators who accused the social interaction application of falsely promising its customers that pictures sent through it automatically disappear after a fixed time. Blink, launched in April 2013, said that its app in both Android as well as iOS platforms will be shut down in a few weeks, following the…
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BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) once reigned high in the professional smart phone industry in many South East Asian countries, Reuters said in a report. But eventually its market in its once loyal followers such as Indonesia declined. Now BlackBerry is aiming to hit a comeback with its new low cost touch screen phone, the Z3, in Jakarta. The handset was unveiled at a grand launch stormed by paparazzi in the Indonesian Capital city. It is one of the many devices made with FIH Mobile Ltd (HKG:2038), a subsidiary unit of the Taiwanese giant Foxconn Technology Co Ltd (TPE:2354), most famous for assembling…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is currently in talks with satellite TV provider DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) to buy it and the deal, worth $50 billion may be sealed in a few weeks, according to Reuters quoting sources close to the matter. DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), the second largest wireless operator is discussing sale offers in at around $90 per share, reports one of the people involved. The company closed at $87.16 per share on Monday, and on Tuesday the stock already has gained over 1.2% in morning trading. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) first expressed its interest on May 1, according to the source. Assuming a bid of $95…
As per a recent analysis from the Synergy Research Group, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has recorded a tremendous growth in cloud service in the first quarter. We can say that it stands first in the race to defeat Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and to become the world’s best cloud services provider. Though Amazon is still the world leader and has a better market share than four of its competitors combined (approximately 28%); Microsoft, even though having just below 10%, is clearly the second in the business and if it continues at this rate it can come closer to Amazon in the near future. Most…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has made headlines within Silicon Valley and Wall Street lately. Reuters published the result of a study on Apple, which shows definite indications that the multinational corporation is up to some serious marketing moves. The source quotes, retail intelligence firm, StellaService, reporting that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has almost cut its refund times in half to boost online sales. This is a small step, but a crucial one indeed as it can get more people, but directly from its website. This move could cost Apple huge expenses, but can prove advantageous in the long run if the company could lure…
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), which bought over Sun Microsystems, won the appeal over Google Inc, on the claim that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) copied more than 37 Java APIs and 11 lines of source code while developing its Android operating system. Oracle claims that its intellectual property has been misused. Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington wrote the opinion, and as of now, Oracle is seeking around $1 billion in its copyright claims. This decision came just before the weekend and all eyes are on how the shares of both the giants will be…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has acquired LuxVue Technology Corp., a startup company that designs power saving displays mostly used in smaller consumer gadgets that don’t have space for bigger screens and hefty batteries. Though the startup was not famous, its designs are really impressive. According to Bloomberg, Kristin Huguet, Apple’s spokeswoman, confirmed this acquisition and also mentioned that tech giant acquires small technology companies every now and then and it generally doesn’t discuss purpose of acquisition. This should not come in as a surprise taking into account Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has purchased a staggering 24 companies over the last 1.5 years. Apple acquires…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has recently made an announcement that it will stop honoring the requests made by the users’ browsers on their behalf not to be monitored for advertising. The announcement was made on the company’s blog. It stated that it won’t enable Do Not Track (DNT) requests effective immediately. “As of today, web browser Do Not Track settings will no longer be enabled on Yahoo. As the first major tech company to implement Do Not Track, we’ve been at the heart of conversations surrounding how to develop the most user-friendly standard. However, we have yet to see a single standard emerge that…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is the world leader in network equipment, especially it’s switching and routing gear is the best in the world. The company also has a very special social space solution popularly known as WebEx Social Service. However, Cisco has decided to retire it and has signed a deal with Jive Software Inc (NASDAQ:JIVE) and will be promoting its collaboration platform. Both the companies announced this on Thursday; this deal would benefit both companies and give them an edge in the social business space. However, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) hasn’t retired WebEx completely, WebEx meetings and jabber would be integrated with…
We have been hearing a lot about the Internet Explorer bug that gives remote access to attackers. The bug has impacted the IE browser on computers with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Windows XP Operating System. Microsoft has already stopped supporting Windows XP and announced earlier that it wouldn’t release any new bug fixes for the OS. The users have been asked to upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8, but there are still millions of PCs running on Windows XP. The new bug had serious security implications and the governments of the USA, UK and several other countries have advised not to use…