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Facebook buy won’t change us : Whatsapp
It’ll be like this $16 billion deal never even happened. At least, that’s according to a blog post on Wednesday from WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum, reassuring customers that despite Facebook’s acquisition of the company, nothing about the service will change. “Here’s what will change for you, our users: nothing,” the post said. WhatsApp will operate … Continue reading
How to remove your Google Web History
March 1 is the day Google’s new unified privacy policy goes into effect, which means your Google Web History will be shared among all of the Google products you use. Do you know if Google is tracking your Web activity? If you have a Google account (for, say, Gmail) and have not specifically located and … Continue reading
Verizon’s network suffers third outage this month
Verizon’s network has once again been hit with downtime in the U.S., with customers reporting that their phones are unable to get a data connection. Droid Life, which picked up on the outage, says that customers have been having issues connecting to Verizon’s 3G and 4G LTE networks in various major cities across the U.S. … Continue reading
Google shuts down Google Labs
Google CEO Larry Page is making good on his promise to put more wood behind fewer arrows as the company focuses more of its resources and efforts on its core products. Google today announced in a blog post that the company will discontinue its Google Labs efforts. Bill Coughran, Google’s senior vice president for Research … Continue reading
Microsoft offers students free Xbox with PC buy
Microsoft is offering a deal to students on the edge of summer. Starting May 22, students who buy a new PC for $699 or more will receive a free Xbox 360 4GB console, the software giant said in a blog post today. The offer is available to online shoppers who buy a PC from Dell.com, … Continue reading
Microsoft Buys Skype For $8.5 Billion In Cash
The deal is done. Microsoft is buying Skype for $8.5 billion in cash in its first sizeable acquisition since August 2008, when the Redmond software giant spent $486 million on Greenfield Online. In fact, this is Microsoft’s biggest financial bet to date in terms of M&A, trumping its $6 billion+ purchase of aQuantive, which dates … Continue reading
Apple beats Google as world‘s most valuable brand
LONDON: Apple has overtaken Google as the world’s most valuable brand , ending a four-year reign by the Internet search leader, according to a new study by global brands agency Millward Brown. The iPhone and iPad maker’s brand is now worth $153 billion, almost half Apple’s market capitalization, says the annual BrandZ study of the … Continue reading
Amazon counter-sues Apple over Amazon’s “Appstore” name
It appears that Amazon.com has finally responded to the suit filed against it by Apple over Amazon’s use of the name “Appstore” for its mobile application store, which Apple claims infringes on its “App Store” copyright. In the response, which was filed late Monday night, Amazon asserts that the phrase “app store” is generic and … Continue reading
AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion
AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and stocks. The combined customer base of this upcoming behemoth will be 130 million humans, though the agreed deal will have to pass the usual regulatory and closing hurdles before becoming complete. The two … Continue reading