Google has always caught the eye of authorities for its data collection practices and in a similar case, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is facing a potential threat in an unprecedented corporate wiretapping case. As many as 22 people sued Google for capturing private data through their Street View Cars from private Wi-Fi networks. The San Francisco…
Facebook Inc (FB) Reveals More Details about Its Planned Internet Planes
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), at the 2014 Social Good Summit on Monday, revealed more information about the planned beaming of internet to the developing world. The project was first revealed in March this year. Together with Internet.org, Facebook Inc is working towards supplying the remaining 15% of the world with internet connectivity. The engineering director at…
Facebook Inc (FB) Set to Improve Advertising through Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s Atlas
Mark Zuckerberg’s global social networking giant Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is now eyeing on creating a splash in the advertising space which it hopes will at least echo a part of the success it has met with in case of connecting people across the world. The company hopes to accomplish this by incorporating a brand new…
Apple Inc. (AAPL) iOS 8 Causing Some Apps to Regularly Crash
A new report has revealed that those who’ve updated their iPhones or iPods to the new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS 8 released last week have been experiencing frequent app crashes. The affected users have said that the crashing apps initially worked properly in the older versions of iOS. Some of the popular apps that crash…
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Testing Smart Home Gadgets amid Hardware Unit Expansion Plans
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is working on a plan to enhance its Silicon Valley-based hardware unit, Lab126, by 27% within the next 5 years. At the same time, the online retailer is testing its smart home devices in the same lab. Lab126 is the unit that developed Kindle and several other consumer electronics. The company is…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) Poses Bigger Threat to Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) and eBay Inc (EBAY) in Overseas Markets
A company larger than the market value of two major e-commerce companies of U.S. including Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) makes its record debut at $25 billion in U.S.- yes, it is certainly Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA). The question arises that is U.S. market the next target of this e-commerce giant. Alibaba…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Non-Search Services Could also Face Probe by European Union
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) could be headed for another legal battle with the European Union over claims that the tech giant is directing traffic to some of its non-search services. Speaking yesterday, the European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that several complaints have been registered with them, and they could be setting up investigations into the…
Google Inc (GOOGL) To Construct a $773 Million Data Hub in The Netherlands
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), the U.S. tech giant is expanding its activities in Europe. The company made an announcement Tuesday that it will build a data hub in the Dutch Provide of Groningen, The Netherlands. The center is planned to cost the company 600 million Euros ($773 million). Through a blog post, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) said…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) to Develop a $163 Billion To Encourage Online Business Loans
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) came out of its IPO bigger and richer. The company recorded the largest IPO ever. And with that money, the Chinese online retailer is looking at bigger things ahead. Now, Alibaba Group Holding is said to be working on a plan to set up a $163 billion marketplace to encourage…
Facebook Inc (FB) To Launch a More Advanced Tool for Advertisers
There is something that has been giving many advertisers sleepless nights, and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) seems to have the solution. At an event next week in New York City, the world’s largest social network is expected to launch a tool that will bring the much needed solution to advertisers. The new ad tool called Atlas,…