Cisco acquires third company this week

From InfoWorld: Cisco this week announced its third acquisition in as many days with the intent to buy 1 Mainstream, a privately held provider of cloud-based video.

Cisco other two acquisitions this week focused on analytics. Cisco announced intentions to acquire Lancope for $452.5 million, for its...

Nintendo's first mobile game delayed to March, won't have Mario

From PC World: Nintendo will roll out its first smartphone game in March rather than this year as originally planned, delaying the company’s plans to cash in on the growing market for games on smartphones.

The company’s president Tatsumi Kimishima said during an investor presentation that the first...

Apple sales, profit surge on iPhone strength

From InfoWorld: Apple logged another healthy rise in sales and profits for its most recent quarter on the strength of record iPhone sales and strong results for Macs.

The company's revenue rose 22 percent from a year earlier to $51.5 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 26. Sales of...

YouTube's new engineering chief talks about promise of virtual reality

From CNET: Soon after Matthew Mengerink became YouTube's engineering chief a few weeks ago, he got a taste of some of the virtual reality footage Google has been working on but hasn't yet released to the public.

"I saw stuff that just melted my brain," Mengerink said Tuesday in his first interview...

T-Mobile rides 'Uncarrier' wave as consumers flock to its service

From CNET: For months, the Bellevue, Washington, company has been gaining more mobile phone customers than its rivals. It has struck a chord with consumers through pocketbook-friendly features under the "Uncarrier" banner, including monthly rollovers of unused data and free data roaming in Canada...

Motorola Droid MAXX 2 and Turbo 2 Break Cover in Leaks

From DailyTech: For decades after it invented the cell phone, Motorola Mobility is still alive and kicking in the smartphone space. Today the brand is owned by the Lenovo Group, Ltd. (HKG:0992), a Chinese OEM best known for its PC offerings. Now the new management is prepping a critical refresh of...

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