Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is facing a counter suite from Ericsson (ADR) (NASDAQ:ERIC), in a patents war that the two companies have waged against each other. The Swedish telecoms supplies company hit the Cupertino, California-based tech giant with a complaint regarding mobile tech licenses, apparently in retaliation to the case filed by Apple, wherein the iPhone…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Facing Legal Dispute From Max Mosley, Mosley Accused Search Engine of Listing Sex Party Images
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has attracted dozens of privacy lawsuits in the last few years and this time, the search engine giant is under a legal dispute with former motor racing chief Max Mosley. Mosley filed a case in London High Court accusing the search engine giant of showing images of him in a sex party.…
Facebook Inc (FB)’s Free Internet Mobile App Goes Live in Columbia, Internet.org Project Likely to Cover The Whole Region
In its efforts to maximize online connectivity throughout the world, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) launched its mobile app that provides free access to particular web services in Columbia. The CEO of Facebook joined the Internet.org project to provide affordable internet access in developing countries. The mobile app offers free access to some online services including Wikipedia,…
Apple Inc. (AAPL) And Google Inc (GOOGL) Along With Top Tech Firms Might End Up Paying More In Employee Poaching Conspiracy
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) are the four latest tech giants that are being accused of conspiring in proximity to control job mobility and control employee salaries. According to the plaintiffs, these tech firms worked together to avoid poaching one another’s employees and it helped the…
BlackBerry Ltd (BBRY) Shares Surge & Slip On Takeover by Samsung
BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) stock surged and slipped on news of takeover by Samsung. Report of a $6 billion to $7.5 billion acquisition by the South Korean smartphone maker sent BlackBerry’s stock surging as high as 30 percent and up to a 52-week high of $12.63 on Wednesday. The stock declined, however, in after-hours trading on…
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Connects Cars, Offers Virtual Assistance for Older Vehicles
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) announced its new offering at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Tuesday, a device it calls Verizon Vehicle. The gadget, which is plugged in a port under your car’s dashboard, is designed to collect information about your vehicle, sending data to and from the cloud through the Verizon Wireless network,…
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Launches New $1 Billion z13 Mainframe for ‘Mobile Digital Economy’
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) launched on Tuesday the z13, a new mainframe which cost the Big Blue $1 billion in investments, as well as development related research that generated 500 new patents. “This is a mainframe for the mobile digital economy,” IBM’s systems business senior vice president Tom Rosamilia said, referring to the z13,…
Facebook Inc (FB) Ready to Contribute More Towards Social Welfare, Plans Missing Children Alerts In Social Feeds
In one of the most noble actions ever taken be a technology giant, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is ready to feed missing children alerts to its U.S. users. The social network has more than 140 million daily users in the United States making this effort an excellent channel for help. The social networking company has collaborated…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) Signs Deal With U.S. Consumer Safety Authority to Prevent Sales Of Unsafe Toys
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) is one of the biggest global retailers with more transactions than both Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) combined. The ecommerce giant has signed a deal with the U.S. consumer watchdog, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to block the sales of dangerous toys in the U.S. What…
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Might Explore Wearable Camera Industry, Gets Patent For Mountable Camera
In its quest of making innovative products, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was given a patent for mountable sports camera much similar to that of GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO)’s devices. What is interesting is the fact that the shares of GoPro fell in excess of 12 percent after the announcement. In its application for a mountable sports camera,…