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Amazon debuts ARM-based chips for the Internet of Things
Amazon.com, Inc., is making a play for a piece of the smart home market with the launch of a new line of semiconductors. The chips will be sold to smart home product designers building…
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Microsoft quietly launches R Server for Big Data analytics
Microsoft has launched a new advanced analytics platform based on the R programming language, less than a year after it acquired Revolution Analytics, the company that was previously the leading commercial provider of software…
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Indiegogo opens the door to Enterprise Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding site Indiegogo yesterday announced a new service aimed at helping big businesses to gather funds for their Research & Development projects, validate new products and offer cash prizes to people who can propose…
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Yahoo! investors agitate for a change of leadership
The so-called activist investment firm Starboard Value LP is agitating for a complete overhaul of the management at Yahoo! Inc., claiming that the venerable Web giant is leaking cash with no recovery in sight.…
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Microsoft’s about to bid farewell to IE 8, 9 and 10
Microsoft will drop support for several iterations of its Internet Explorer browser from Tuesday next week. On January 12, Microsoft will introduce a new policy on browser support, which means that most older version…
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Microsoft & Rambus team up to build quantum computing memory
Semiconductor and IP technology vendor Rambus Inc. has revealed it’s collaborating with Microsoft Research to explore future memory requirements for quantum computing. The company announced the new partnership just before the holidays, saying that…
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Snapchat said to be developing an API for advertising
Snapchat Inc. is reported to be holding discussions with various advertising agencies about building an API for its popular messenger app. If it did so, it would be the first time Snapchat has moved…
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Bidders bide their time as Dell’s Perot Systems goes up for auction
Dell Inc.’s announcement that it wants to auction off Perot Systems, its healthcare IT consulting business, has led to a frenzy of speculation regarding prospective buyers, with at least four companies said to be interested. Dell…
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Diane Greene took $148.6M from Google and donated it all to charity
Google’s new parent company Alphabet Inc. revealed today that it paid a whopping $380.2 million to acquire Bebop Technologies, the startup most recently led by its new cloud boss and ex-Vmware Inc. founder Diane…
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Intel snaps up drone maker Ascending Technologies
Intel just can’t get enough of drones lately. Following on from last year’s $60 million investment in Hong Kong-based Yuneec International, the chip maker now says it’s going to acquire Germany’s Ascending Technologies GmbH…