Wednesday, before the opening day of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq MSFT) announced new cloud-first media services, including HD-quality live streaming that supports today’s most popular devices and platforms, end-to-end content protection capabilities, and a new service that simplifies the indexing of audio and video content and makes it easier to search….
It feels like just yesterday Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) first unveiled the iPod as a revolutionary MP3 player. Music buffs could simplify their music collection by storing all their favorite songs in one little device and take it everywhere they go. But since the unveiling of the iPhone and the iPad, the overall demand for…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) has acquired Polar, a mobile and desktop polling company in a bid to enhance the publishers’ and brands’ user engagement. The employees of the start-up will now work for Google and assist in increasing the user engagement on Google+, or help brands that use social network to market themselves. Google seeks…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) has invited content producers to test distribute their videos on the social network, according to the Wall Street Journal. In what may seem as the social networking’s efforts to overshadow YouTube, the company has got in touch, with some of the video site’s biggest content producers, with the offer. Facebook is…
Gerdau SA (NYSE:GGB) has earned credit rating from Morningstar. The credit rating agency’s “BBB-” rating suggests that the company is a moderate default risk. They also issued a negative credit outlook for the company and gave their stock a three star rating. Gerdau S.A. (NYSE:GGB) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is…
CNBC’s Jon Fortt talked to Dan Mead, Verizon Wireless President & CEO in a program about Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ)’s expectations from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and future business plans. Mead said that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a very important business partner of Verizon in the industry and he is extremely excited about the product launch…
