The shares of action camera maker, GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO), fell in excess of 20 percent last week after Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) patented an improved mountable sports camera design. The design from iPhone maker has mounting ability over bicycles and even scuba helmets. GoPro gained popularity with its action sports camera series ‘HERO’ and the company…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) Along With Other Chinese Tech Companies Rage Investment Wars to Become Cyber Hotspot In China
There is an investment war going on in between the major tech companies of China including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), Tencent Holdings Ltd (HKG:0700), and Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU). Each of these companies is trying to transform into a one-stop shop for the world’s largest internet user market. According to a recent research, Alibaba…
Facebook Inc (FB) Gears Up to Cut Down News Feed Hoaxes, Social Network Goes on Hiring Spree
After considering the potential of quick distribution of hoaxes on its social network, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is all set to tighten up its grip over false news stories. The tech company has introduced an option to mark any particular post as false news and depending upon the maximum user feedback, such posts will get limited…
Facebook Inc (FB) Stimulates World Economy to the Tune of $227 Billion and 4.5 Million Jobs
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is not only the world’s giant social networking site, it is also responsible for an impact in the global economy to the tune of $227 billion, in the process creating roughly 4.5 million jobs for the year 2014. This is according to the results of a study conducted by Deloitte & Touche,…
Facebook Inc (FB) Invests in Voice-to-Text Transcription Technology for Messenger
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is now in the process of testing voice-to-text transcription for its Messenger app, according to Facebook vice president of messaging products David Marcus, in a statement made at the Digital Life Design Conference in Munich. According to Marcus, the machine-learning based technology could be popular in Asia, where some languages particularly presents…
Twitter Inc (TWTR) And Other Primary Tech Leaders Dump Smartphones to Fight Off Digital Dependency
Some of the top leaders of the world including the management executives of Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Tumblr, and the likes of Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post owner, are ditching their Smartphones to find digital freedom. Most of the executives mentioned data overload and dependency fears on digital devices. A report published by eMarketer in January…
Sprint Corp (S) To Take Over RadioShack Corporation (RSH) Stores
Sprint Corp (NYSE:S) is negotiating with RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH) to acquire leases on some of its more than 4,000 stores. In a Bloomberg report, an unnamed source said that the lease agreement would be a part of RadioShack’s bankruptcy plan, as the ailing electronics retailer is working on a restructuring plan. Having endured losses for…
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s Email Service, Outlook, Becomes The Next Victim of Hackers After Google Inc (GOOGL)’s Gmail
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the next victim of hackers in Chinese mainland as its email service, Outlook, was compromised over the weekend. This is the second incident in as many months after China blocked Gmail service from Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). According to a Chinese censor watchdog, GreatFire.org, a “Man-In-The-Middle” (MITM) attack affected several email clients…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Sneaks Out A Different Route for ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Ruling
After a ruling from the European privacy watchdog to remove results from search engines following individual requests, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has worked around a way out of the ruling. The search engine giant is removing search results from its European websites only unlike the EU ruling. Google has always argued against the ruling stating that…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Investing $1 Billion in SpaceX for Satellite Internet
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is poised to invest as much as $1 billion in rocket maker Space Exploration Technologies Corp. in its bid to provide low cost internet connection to billions of people around the world who don’t have access to the web yet. The investment from the search giant would value SpaceX, which is backed…