Microsoft is taking security seriously with its new OS given recent large scale data breaches. It seems a week rarely goes by when there isn’t another security concern for the nearly 2 billion people worldwide who are online on a regular basis. Today, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is being proactive and announced the company’s intention…
Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL)’s chief executive officer Tim Cook confirmed his company’s plans to open up 25 retail stores in China within the next 2 years. The iPhone maker already earns 15 percent of it’s total revenue from China. China currently has 15 outlet stores. During a recent fourth quarter earnings call, Cook elaborated, “We’re…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) is expanding on its artificial intelligence firm. The tech giant recently purchase two more U.K. based startups. The acquired companies include Dark Blue Labs and Vision Factory as well as seven top researchers. These companies will join DeepMind artificial intelligence research company, which was acquired by Google earlier this year. DeepMind’s…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) has no shortage of ways to connect with others over all its properties. Messenger, and WhatsApp cover a great deal in this arena. Slingshot is quite good for group messages and Instagram is designed to share photos and have conversations anonymously. So it could be argued that Rooms is unnecessary but…
AbbVie Inc (ABBV) has announced that it jointly agreed with Shire plc (SHPG) to terminate the planned acquisition of the latter, which was due to be completed by year end. We remind investors that in Jul 2014, AbbVie had agreed to acquire Shire for approximately £53.19 per Shire share (£24.44 in cash and 0.8960 ordinary…
A new bitcoin exchange launched yesterday in Sydney, Australia, with an aim to improving general consumer confidence in the digital currency market. Called Independent Reserve, the exchange is promoting both itself and its Australian base as secure and well-regulated, saying the country’s AAA credit rating and political stability made it the ideal place to locate….
