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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is developing a double-folding smartphone as part of its efforts to grow its share of the high-end handset market, according to a new report. Financial newspaper Nikkei Asia today cited sources as saying that the phone is one …
Report: Box is considering a sale amid investor pressure
Cloud storage giant Box Inc. is in talks with multiple companies and private equity firms about a potential sale, Reuters reported today. The discussions come as Box reportedly faces investor pressure over its stock performance. The company’s shares are trading at about …
Market consolidation: IT distributors Synnex and Tech Data announce $7.2B merger
Synnex Corp. and Tech Data Corp., two top distributors of information technology products, today announced that they’ve inked a $7.2 billion agreement to merge into a single company. The combined firm is expected to have pro forma revenues of about $57 billion. …
Optimizely acquires customer data platform startup Zaius
Optimizely this morning divulged that it has acquired Zaius Inc., the startup behind an artificial intelligence-powered customer data platform of the same name. Optimizely, officially Episerver Inc., provides cloud services that help enterprises manage their websites and target visitors with personalized marketing. …
Report: Facebook could face UK antitrust probe within months
Officials at the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority could launch an antitrust investigation into Facebook Inc. in the coming months, the Financial Times reported today. The probe will seek to determine whether the company uses the data it collects on users’ online …
Amid cloud boom, data center firm Stack Infrastructure raises $400M debt round
Stack Infrastructure Inc., a company that leases data centers to hyperscale cloud providers and enterprises, has closed $400 million in additional securitized debt to continue growing its business. The round was announced today. It will put Stack Infrastructure in a stronger position …
Facebook is developing a neural wristband for interacting with AR glasses
Facebook Inc. is developing a smart wristband that it says could one day allow users to perform tasks such as placing e-commerce orders by making hand gestures in the air. The wristband, detailed today, is part of a broader project by the …
Secureframe lands $18M to help companies comply with cybersecurity standards
San Francisco cybersecurity startup Secureframe Inc. today said that it has raised $18 million in funding after six months of rapid growth during which its revenues increased tenfold. Kleiner Perkins led the Series A round. The venture capital firm was joined by …
Google says it will spend $7B+ on US data centers and offices in 2021
Google LLC Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai revealed in a blog post today that the search giant will spend more than $7 billion on expanding its U.S. data center and office footprint this year. Google is planning to expand its data centers …
Microsoft is making Azure more resilient with new availability zones
Microsoft Corp. today said that it will deploy availability zones in all the regions where it maintains cloud data centers to provide Azure customers with increased protection against outages. The rollout, Microsoft Azure Vice President Pradeep Nair detailed in a blog post …