Google Woos Microsoft Office 365 Users With Free Workplace Apps
Oct 21, 2015 18:13 pm UTC| Technology
The war for the bigger chunk of the enterprise software solutions market is on. In a blog post, Google announced its offer to pay off clients subscription fees of competing providers to encourage them to switch to the...
Twitter Officially Launches Polls Feature
Oct 21, 2015 17:10 pm UTC| Technology
On Wednesday, Twitter officially launches its Polls feature via a blog post. Twitter Product Manager Todd Sherman said the new feature will be made available to anyone who wants to create a social media poll on anything...
HP Sells Off Its Network Security Unit to Trend Micro In USD300 Million Deal
Oct 21, 2015 17:09 pm UTC| Technology
Following the significant acquisitions happening in the enterprise IT industry, another giant decides to spin off one of its units. Hewlett Packard sold off its network security business TippingPoint to Trend Micro for...
Tesla Shares Drop Following Consumer Reports Recommendation
Oct 21, 2015 17:07 pm UTC| Business Technology
The Street said shares of the beloved automobile Tesla Motors dropped 1.2 percent on Wednesday morning to USD210.51 on Wednesday. The price drop was noted following Consumer Reports move to remove its recommendation for...
Nokia Moves Closer To Complete USD16.6 Billion Alcatel-Lucent Acquisition
Oct 21, 2015 17:06 pm UTC| Technology
Mobile phone maker Nokia is close to completing a significant deal that would make them a new tech giant in all of Europe. Venture Beat reports that the Finnish company has just received its clearance from the French...
SanDisk Gets USD19 Billion-Dollar Acquisition Offer From Western Digital
Oct 21, 2015 17:04 pm UTC| Technology
This Wednesday, SanDisk received an offer to buy the company for a whopping USD19 billion dollars. Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp announced that the offer is at USD86.50 per share and stock for each share held....
Angry Birds Developer Rovio Layoffs 213 Employees
Oct 21, 2015 17:03 pm UTC| Technology Business
Rovio Entertainment Ltd., the Finland-based creator of the smash hit mobile app game Angry Birds, announced on Wednesday that they decided to dismiss up to 213 jobs after the end of their negotiations with employees last...
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