From PC World: Twitter is to acquire ZipDial Mobile Solutions, a Bangalore company that has developed a platform that allows content like promotions to be delivered to users through voice, SMS or an app notification when an user gives a missed call.
The technology takes its cue from the tendency...
From CNET: Samsung had a somewhat rough 2014, as its global smartphone market share slipped almost 5 percent, new data from research firm TrendForce shows.
According to TrendForce, Samsung continued to lead the pack in 2014, owning 28 percent of the smartphone market, but that number was down from...
From DailyTech: HTC Corp.'s (TPE:2498) latest flagship smartphone, dubbed the HTC One M9 (2015) is scheduled for a March unveil. The third generation HTC One's spec has been the subject of intense rumors in recent months. Now we finally have a fairly solid confirmation on what to expect thanks to...
From CNET: Amazon is getting ready for its close-up: it's moving from making TV to making movies rumoured to appear in theatres before going online on Amazon Prime Instant Video.
The online retail giant launched Amazon Studios in 2010 to develop and fund new shows that would be shown exclusively on...
From PC World: In addition to having its own arsenal of digital weapons, the U.S. National Security Agency reportedly hijacks and repurposes third-party malware.
The NSA is using its network of servers around the world to monitor botnets made up of thousands or millions of infected computers. When...
From Maximum PC: There's a rumor going around saying that Apple is looking long and hard at ARM's A-Series chipsets for use in future Mac releases. While it wouldn't be the end of the world for Intel to lose Apple as a client, especially coming fresh off its best year ever, Intel would certainly...
From CNET: AT&T expects to record a pretax loss of $10 billion in the fourth quarter because its former employees are living longer and certain copper assets have been abandoned.
AT&T's results will include a $7.9 billion charge partly due to costs incurred by changes in its pension and post...
"We know how to optimize the individual rate allocation to every node in a multi-device MIMO wireless network using fancy techniques like SLP-PA," I told the guys who work with me in the same lab at the university. "But we might run into a bit of trouble setting up a $20 WiFi router we buy from the local computer store." We all laughed at the irony of that idea. While it is not entirely true (I just bought a pretty awesome 802.11ac router, loaded...
From PC World: Google ignored Microsoft’s calls for flexible vulnerability disclosure deadlines and released details of another unpatched Windows flaw, leaving users exposed for at least the next 25 days.
The new vulnerability, which was confirmed on Windows 7 and 8.1, might constitute a security...
From CNET: Four Silicon Valley companies -- including Apple and Google -- have agreed to pay $415 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit that accused the companies of conspiring not to hire away each other's employees.
The proposed settlement, which also includes Intel and Adobe Systems, was...
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