Apple Inc is talking to charging station companies, hiring engineers with expertise in the area and investigating how to charge electric cars, reported Reuters citing people familiar with the matter and a review of LinkedIn profiles. Silicon Valley has been buzzing about Apple’s plan to build an electric car for more than a year now.…
Shares of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba were sent tumbling by nearly 7 percent after the company said that the U.S. regulators are investigating Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s accounting practices to determine whether they violated federal laws. The investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission was launched earlier this year, Alibaba said. The firms has…
Google has adopted a two pronged strategy and has a backup solution in place in case both fail. Keeping your software updated could be crucial. Google has tried in the past to instill this sense into Android device manufacturers. Its Android Update Alliance did not fare well and was short lived. Google However hasn’t given…
A bright spark named the new super material Vibranium! In a development that could possibly raise the hackles of the lawyers for Marvel, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has announced the creation of a carbon fibre composite material, developed in collaboration with c2i, a Slovakian materials company that will cover the outside and inside of its capsules.…
Google has adopted a two pronged strategy and has a backup solution in place in case both fail. Keeping your software updated could be crucial. Google has tried in the past to instill this sense into Android device manufacturers. Its Android Update Alliance did not fare well and was short lived. Google However hasn’t given…
Jason Humphreys told authorities he hid the cellphone jammer on the passenger seat of his car since he didn’t like people to use their cellphones while driving. An individual from Florida who had stashed a high-powered cellphone jammer under the passenger seat of his Toyota Highlander has been fined $48,000 for disrupting cellular service on his daily…
As the German car giant Volkswagen places a huge bet on the future of personal transport, the company has put $300 million into Israeli taxi start-up Gett. The German carmaker’s investment had been preceded just a few months ago by General Motors injected investment of $500 million into US ride-hailing app Lyft. Volkswagen’s investment is…
In what is considered as the Chinese firm’s first intellectual property challenge against the world’s top mobile maker, Huawei Technologies on Wednesday said it sued Samsung Electronics claiming infringement of smartphone patents. Allegations by Huawei is that Samsung had made unlicensed use of fourth-generation (4G) cellular communications technology, operating systems and user interface software in its…
A crucial week in which the future of the struggling British business is likely to be decided in its Indian parent company’s boardroom would have a final list of the potential buyers of Tata Steel UK as the final bids have been submitted from the interested parties. There is a slim chance that a single favored…
Following its acquisition of Franco-American rival Alcatel-Lucent, between 10,000 to 15,000 jobs globally is to be cut by telecom network equipment maker Nokia as part of a cost-cutting program, a Finnish union representative said. While the Finnish company is yet to give a figure for how many jobs will be reduced in total, Nokia had kicked…
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