Margrethe Vestager, the new antitrust commissioner of the European Union (EU) wants to limit their investigation on the allegations against Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) on problems related to competition. According to Vestager, their investigation cannot address many of the concerns voiced against the search engine giant in public debate regarding its alleged anti-competitive practices. “Our…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) has upgraded its News Feed by enabling users to hide particular posts from certain people by clicking on the grey arrow at the corner of the post. With the new tool, users can opt out from seeing each and every post of certain people and can limit the number to a…
Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) is said to have acquired Aorato Ltd., an Israel-based cybersecurity startup. According to the WSJ, Microsoft will pay around $200 million in the deal, which was said to have been finalized over the last day or two. Talks between the two companies were first reported last July. This is the first deal…
In a compelling video, the Atlas robot can be seen balancing on one foot and partially performing the crane kick popularized by the film Karate Kid. The 330lbs, 6ft 2in robot is in fact built by Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG)-owned Boston Dynamics, and controlled by an algorithm written by the Florida Institute for Human and…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) announced that that its messenger app has more than 500 million users per month. The Facebook Messenger is the first standalone app of the social network giant. It was developed to provide users with a faster and more expressive way to communicate. According to Peter Martinazzi, director of product management at…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) shares rallied more than 3 percent on Thursday in extended-hours trading after the world’s largest software company beat expectations and tallied record first-quarter sales, driven by the company’s cloud strength and hardware progress. The Seattle-based company turned in a fiscal first-quarter profit of $4.54 billion, or 54 cents per share, on…
