Starboard Value LP, the activist investor of Yahoo Inc. sharpened its rhetoric towards the firm when it expressed some concerns it has regarding the potential next moves it may be making as per the rumors. The investor was referring to the reports circulating in the media that indicate Yahoo has […]
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CEO of Sony Pictures Isn’t Backing Down
In the past seven weeks, the chief executive of Sony Pictures has had to deal with a fallout from a cyberattack, which in his opinion, is similar to being rubbed and watching your house being burnt to the ground. However, he did say, that as devastating as it was, it […]
Advertisers to Get an Insight into Apple Watch
A conundrum; that’s what Apple’s upcoming smartwatch is for advertisers. They don’t know how they can tap the enticing and amazing possibilities offered by this tiny yet powerful gadget and present it to customers without overwhelming them with it. This week, at the Consumer Electronics Show being held in Las […]
Windows 8.1 Flaw Exposed by Google
An unpatched Windows 8.1 vulnerability has been exposed by a Google researcher after Microsoft failed to fix the problem in a 90-day window that had been given to the company by Google Inc. It was early this week that the existence of the bug was disclosed on the security research […]
UK Launch of Apple Pay May Be Delayed
Apple’s new payment service seems to have been successful in the US, but it is yet to be launched in the UK. In order to accomplish this goal, the iPhone maker will need the support of major banks and retailers all over the country. However, according to sources, the talks […]
Microsoft Sues Phony Tech Support Company
We know Microsoft’s latest target; a company that has been misusing Microsoft’s trademarks. The software maker has declared war on this firm and is now looking to get damages for this tech support scam. A number of tech support scams in the US have been taken on by the Federal […]
Samsung’s Executives Relieved after Profit Slide
This week, dozens of executives of the mobile unit of Samsung Electronics were relieved from their jobs as part of the annual shuffling of the company. According to people with knowledge of the matter, this move is also part of the smartphone giant’s effort for reversing the steep declines in its earnings. The […]
Samsung Going to Reduce Smartphone Range
Next year, Samsung Electronics will reduce the number of its smartphone models in an effort to cut back some of its cost amid the slowing down of smartphone sales and rising competition from lower-cost Chinese competitors. The senior vice-president of the company, Robert Yi, said that the South Korean company […]
Samsung Switching Off LED Lighting
Just four years back, Samsung Electronics had identified its light emitting diode (LED) business as a key growth area, but according to the latest announcement made by the South Korean firm, it will be scaling back and only provide it in its own country. This decision comes right on the […]
Google’s Next Project: Heart Attack and Cancer Detector
We learn the new aim of the search engine giant; Google’s wants to diagnose impending heart attacks and strokes, cancer and a variety of other diseases at a very early stage, more than its possible currently. Right now, the company is working on a technology, which can combine nanoparticles that […]