Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) is not behind Google when it comes to innovation. The social networking site acquired atleast 100 patents from other companies on Virtual reality, video, peer to peer printing and speech translation. Facebook Inc (FB) sensing the ruthless competition ahead wants to acquire as much of innovative patents as possible. According to…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) announced its decision to change the name of its enterprise unit to Google for Work effective immediately. The search engine giant is also rebranding its services. For example, Google’s e-mail and cloud storage will be called Gmail for Work and Drive for Work, respectively. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt emphasized that the…
Relypsa, Inc. (NASDAQ:RLYP) SVP Lance Berman sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.89, for a total transaction of $517,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 7,500 shares…
Singapore’s latest exchange, CRXzone, has become the first platform to offer both litecoin and bitcoin trading in the country. Like others in the Asian region, the exchange aims to attract an international customer base by offering additional bitcoin services beyond trading. One of CRXzone’s key strategies to attract a wide customer base is its range…
The biotech sector had a strong run last week thanks mostly to Roche’s agreement to acquire InterMune (ITMN) for a hefty $8.3 billion. The announcement of this deal resulted in a spike in the share price of quite a few mid-cap biotech companies that are considered to be lucrative acquisition targets. The week’s most important…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is still taking digs at rival Apple in new ads for Surface Pro 3, but instead of slamming their rival’s best-selling iPad tablet, the tech giant knocked MacBook Air instead. In the ads, Microsoft claimed Surface is just as powerful as MacBook Air. It also boasts the tablet’s ability to be…
