Maria Deutscher
Latest from Maria Deutscher
Oracle Corp. may be about to lose two of its biggest customers. Salesforce.com Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., which rely on the provider’s flagship relational database to support their operations, are “actively working” to find alternatives, according to a report today in The Information. …
GE doubles down on Alexa, other voice assistants in new smart home push
The past year saw Amazon.com Inc. extend the reach of Alexa to a variety of new areas ranging from home security to the enterprise. In 2018, the voice assistant will take on an even bigger role if General Electric Co. has its way. The …
SoftBank succeeds in its push to buy 15 percent of Uber
SoftBank Group Corp.’s multibillion-dollar offer to buy a minority stake in Uber Technologies Inc. from existing investors has garnered enough support to go through. Sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that stakeholders are tendering 20 percent of the equity in …
Researchers reveal many top websites fight ad blocking, but quietly
As a response to the rapid rise in ad blocker usage over recent years, website operators are deploying countermeasures to mitigate the impact on advertising revenue. A new study by researchers from the University of Iowa and UC Riverside suggests that the pervasiveness of such technology has been severely underestimated. According to …
Clew Medical’s newly launched AI promises early detection of patient risks
The tech industry is hard at work applying artificial intelligence to healthcare. Google LLC recently accepted four startups into an incubator program designed to foster new medical applications of machine learning, while Germany’s Ada Digital Health Ltd. raised $47 million in November …
Report: Uber to sell its troubled car leasing division to Fair.com
Uber Technologies Inc. is doing some end-of-year restructuring under its new chief operating officer. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the ride-hailing company has signed an agreement to sell its Xchange Leasing subsidiary to Fair.com, the startup behind the digital auto …
Amazon acquires smart home startup Blink
Amazon.com Inc. is heading into 2018 with a new weapon to use against the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Nest in the competitive smart home market. News broke this morning that the retail giant has acquired Blink Inc., a startup that makes mobile-controlled home monitoring …
Daimler signs deal to acquire a French startup taking on Uber
Auto giant Daimler AG, which owns major car brands such as Mercedes-Benz, is capping off the year with an investment in the crowded ride-hailing market. The company today announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Chauffeur Privé, a French startup competing with …
Uber hires another Expedia veteran, Barney Harford, to serve as COO
Uber Technologies Inc. this morning bolstered its leadership team with the appointment of Barney Harford (pictured), a former executive at travel aggregator Expedia Inc., as chief operating officer. Harford’s career has followed an interesting trajectory. He joined Expedia in 2004 as the …
Apple is reportedly working to enable universal iOS and Mac apps
The next iterations of Apple Inc.’s iOS and macOS operating systems may pack a big surprise for application makers. Citing anonymous insiders, Bloomberg today reported that the iPhone maker is working on a unified development model for its devices. Application teams that …