Facebook’s 150 personal information sharing contracts with tech companies is now under a grand jury scrutiny. Question is can you ever trust Facebook? As per a report by the New York Times, U.S. federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal probe into data deals that Facebook Inc entered into with some of the world’s largest tech…
This is the second such setback for Microsoft in China. Microsoft’s search engine Bing has become the latest foreign technology service to be closed down by Chinese authorities. As per Microsoft’s statement, its Bing search engine has been blocked in China. “We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine…
With Uber Technologies facing a potential ban in Britain, Ola could gain the upper hand. On Tuesday, Ola, India’s ride-hailing firm stated it plans on expanding its area of operations to Britain this year following a launch of its services in Australia. In a statement, Ola said, it had obtained licenses to begin operations in…
Although the ruling should provide smartphone makers the ability to develop phones based on Amazon’s Fire OS, Google limits the adoption of such forks, as termed in the industry, through its licensing model. Essentially, the ruling is not likely to significantly change Google’s licensing model and the revenues derived from it. With the European Union’s…
The partnership will enable Wal-Mart to boost its online presence and tap into Microsoft’s repertoire of cloud services and advances in artificial intelligence technologies which could potentially enable it to provide customers at its brick and mortar stores cashier-less checkouts. On Tuesday, Walmart Inc, the world’s biggest brick-and-mortar retailer, disclosed it had entered into a…
Known as Speculative Store Bypass or “Variant 4”, these new vulnerabilities have a low risk profile assigned to them partly due to the patches that were released earlier this month for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Security researchers from Alphabet’s Google and from Microsoft Corp have unearthed new security vulnerabilities that impact a broad range…
The aim is to reduce the revenue generation gap between its G Suite and Microsoft’s Office suite and specifically meets many business users’ demands. On Wednesday, in what is stated to be its first redesign since 2013, Alphabet Inc’s Google unveiled an overhaul of Gmail in what the company stated was an expensive overhaul that…
The power purchase deal is in line with Microsoft’s goal of powering at least 50% of its electrical load requirements of its global data center in 2018. On Thursday, Microsoft Corp stated it will buy solar power from the Singapore-based Sunseap Group. The deal marks the tech giant’s first such renewable energy deal in Asia.…
Holding a dominant market share in India’s fierce ride-hailing market, Ola plans on launching itself in Australia by inviting driving partners and private vehicle owners in the cities of Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. On Tuesday, Ola, an Indian ride-hailing company announced plans on entering the Australian market intensifying its effort to win market share embattled…
Affected users should manually download the security update from the Microsoft Update Catalog website. Software giant, Microsoft Corp has issued an emergency security update that plugs bugs in Intel Corp’s buggy Spectre firmware patch. Microsoft’s update comes nearly after a month following Intel’s confirmation that its chips had exploitable vulnerabilities, now known as Meltdown and…
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