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Amid a decline in prices for memory chips and slowing demand for display panels, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today issued another profit warning, saying Monday it’s likely to miss its targets for the first quarter of 2019. The surprise announcement is the latest …
Apple/Qualcomm legal ruling could result in US iPhone ban
A fresh ruling in Apple Inc.’s ongoing legal tussle with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. could result in some iPhone models being banned from the U.S. In a ruling today, International Trade Commission Judge MaryJoan McNamara found Apple guilty of infringing on two of Qualcomm’s …
Adobe’s customer experience management platform now generally available
Adobe Inc. is updating its cloud-based customer experience management tools with the launch into general availability of its Adobe Experience Platform. Called Adobe Experience Platform, it’s intended to break down data silos across large organizations, enabling them to use that information to create …
Salesforce partner Vlocity raises $60M in Series C funding round
Salesforce.com Inc. partner Vlocity Inc. is getting another dose of venture capital, raising $60 million in new funding. The Series C round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, with participation from new investor Bessemer Venture Partners and existing strategic …
Kubernetes 1.14 release adds support for Windows containers in production
Red Hat Inc. today announced the latest release of Kubernetes, adding support for containers running on Windows nodes. Kubernetes 1.14 therefore elevates Microsoft Corp.’s operating system to a first-class citizen in container environments, which are used to build software applications that can run …
IBM-bound Red Hat reports mixed earnings results
Open-source software giant Red Hat Inc. delivered mixed fourth-quarter results in what should be one of its last earnings reports. The company, which is being acquired by IBM Corp. in a $34 billion deal that should close in the second half of this …
Oracle reportedly axes hundreds or more staff from its engineering teams
Oracle Corp. has reportedly axed hundreds of its engineering staff worldwide amid an organizational restructuring that’s meant to help the company refocus on its cloud infrastructure operations. IEE Spectrum reported Friday that the total number of staff cut could exceed “thousands worldwide,” with …
Payment processing startup Marqeta is in talks to raise $250m
Digital payment processing company Marqeta Inc. looks to have gained some considerable momentum in recent months, if reports of its upcoming funding round are any indication. The company is all set to close on a huge $250 million Series E round of …
Amazon reportedly testing new video ad service on its mobile app
Never one to shy away from a potentially lucrative new revenue stream, Amazon.com is reportedly looking at expanding its push into the $129 billion digital advertising market. The report comes from Bloomberg, which said Amazon is testing a new service that involves …
Subscription management company Zuora’s stock plunges on lower guidance
Updated: Cloud subscription management services firm Zuora Inc.’s stock plunged more than 15 percent today in after-hours trading thanks to light guidance for its fiscal first quarter. Update: On Friday, shares ended up falling 14 percent. The drop came in spite of …