Apple Inc said it plans to offer rewards of up to $200,000 (£152,433) to researchers who find critical security bugs in its products, joining dozens of firms that already offer payments for help uncovering flaws in their products. Such rewards are already offered by dozens of firms, including Facebook Inc, Google, Microsoft Corp, Tesla Motors […]
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi today rolled out its first laptop, testing the waters in a market that has been flooded with premium tablets. The laptop Mi Notebook Air, runs on Microsofts Windows 10 operating system, sells for 4,999 yuan (around USD 749) for a 13.3-inch display. A slimmed-down version for office use is also available […]
When senior Yahoo executives gathered at a San Jose hotel for a management retreat in the spring of 2006, there was no outward sign of a company in crisis. The internet pioneer, not yet a teenager, had just finished the prior year with $1.9 billion in profits on $5.3 billion in revenue. The tough days […]
Verizon Communications Inc will announce an agreement on Monday to buy Yahoo Inc for about $5 billion (roughly Rs. 33,604 crores), according to a person familiar with the matter. The announcement will come before the start of New York trading hours, the source added. The deal will end months of uncertainty about Yahoo’s future after […]
With the effort of Tesla of introducing AI to self- drive capability,it has shown others the infinite possibilities AI is sitting upon! In the near future, AI might get so involved and integrated in our daily lives that we could not imagine a service without it. The field of artificial intelligence has a transformative capability over many things that govern our daily lives. Companies from the fields of Tech and Automobiles are leaving no stones unturned to integrate AI in their systems. Legacy companies won’t have a choice — consumer demand will compel them to invest in new technologies and AI is a prime […]
IANS- Social media giant Facebook has hired a co-founder of Google’s Fibre high-speed Internet project to beef up its Internet connectivity team. According to tech news site Re/Code, the social network has hired Kevin Lo as its Director of Infrastructure Connectivity and Investments to help lead Facebook’s partnerships such as Terragraph – a project to […]
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella today said new opportunities for monetisation will be created once integration with LinkedIn, its largest acquisition till date, is completed. The USD 26.2-billion deal, which is the largest in the history of the Redmond-based firm, will help “reinvent productivity and business processes”, Satya Nadella said in an e-mail to employees. According […]
San Francisco (AFP) – In a Silicon Valley culture known for brilliant ideas boiling up in coffee shops, Gaurav Chawla is pouring his heart into chai. Chawla was on a break from his job as an engineering manager at San Francisco-based cloud-computing star Salesforce when he began lamenting how tough it was to find a […]
Online learning startup EdCast acquired online sales training company Sales University, previously known as WAGmob, for an undisclosed amount. This is the first acquisition the education platform has made after closing a $16 million Series-B round led by GE Asset Management in April. Sales University, founded by former Microsoft engineering executives, is headquartered in Seattle, […]
Nokia is likely to cut 10,000 to 15,000 jobs globally as part of a cost-cutting programme following its acquisition of Franco-American rival Alcatel-Lucent, a Finnish union representative said. Nokia kicked off the programme in April with a target to slash $1 billion of operating costs by 2018, but it has yet to give a figure […]
Leading industrialist Ratan Tata has invested in niki.ai , an artificial intelligence (AI) based chatbot . The company has also received funding from existing investor Ronnie Screwvala-led Unilazer, it said in a statement. It, however, did not disclose the details of the funding or the total amount it has raised till date. The Tata Sons […]
Internet giant Google’s I/O (input/output and ‘Innovation in the Open’) conference is around the corner and developers around the world are awaiting to discover the latest version of the Android operating systems. Google may unveil a modular smartphone this year. According to reports, the tech giant is developing an environmental friendly and cost-effective smartphone with […]