The Walt Disney Company is evaluating a potential bid for Twitter, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Unconfirmed reports that Twitter is interested in selling itself buoyed the San Francisco-based company’s shares at the end of last week, and the stock price rose around a percentage point on Monday as talk… Read More Disney Reportedly Considering Bid for Twitter
With speculation mounting that Twitter Inc will soon have a new corporate owner, the 10-year-old social networking service – which has long struggled to define its core purpose – may end up heading in one of several distinctly different directions depending on who ends up paying for it. Companies including Salesforce.com Inc, Walt Disney Co… Read More Twitter Could Take Many Forms, Depending on New Owner
Restaurant search and delivery service Zomato has decided to improve upon a crucial aspect of its service – delivery tracking. The company has acquired logistics technology startup Sparse Labs in order to provide real-time tracking of the rider to both users and the restaurant to ensure ‘quicker and more efficient deliveries’. Sparse Labs, which will… Read More Zomato Acquires Sparse Labs to Provide Real-Time Location Updates for Deliveries
Google announced its made for India YouTube Go Android app on Tuesday. YouTube Go, which is essentially a toned-down version of the original YouTube app, designed specifically to work on slow Internet is currently in beta and will be rolled out officially in early 2017. The announcement was made at the company’s second edition of… Read More YouTube Go is made for India, designed to work on slow Internet
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton faced off Monday night for the first presidential debate — and much like the 2016 election, it was not normal. Here are all the moments that made the Internet perk up during the 90-minute debate: 1. Clinton coining a new term in reference to Trump’s economic policies: “Trumped-up trickle-down,” a… Read More 13 Presidential Debate Moments the Internet Loved
Windows Defender Application Guard locks untrusted browsing sessions away from the rest of the OS One of the biggest security risks for computer users is their web browser. According to Microsoft, 90 percent of phishing emails use the browser to initiate attacks, which can then be used to help attackers establish a beachhead inside a… Read More Here’s how Microsoft is using containerization to protect Edge users
But percentage of larger Plus-sized iPhone highest since introduction iPhone and iPad owners adopted Apple’s iOS 10 at a slower tempo during its first dozen days than they did last year’s upgrade, according to data from an analytics vendor. At the 12-day mark, iOS 10 accounted for 41.9% of all iOS editions detected by Mixpanel,… Read More iOS 10 slower off the uptake mark
New functionality lets people easily reference content, create presentations and more Microsoft is going big on features powered by machine learning in its productivity services, with the announcement of a handful of updates to Office 365 on Monday. As part of its Ignite conference in Atlanta, Georgia, the company unveiled a set of new capabilities… Read More These new features in Office 365 can help users work smarter
Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 are launching next month Microsoft continued its push to get companies on the hybrid cloud train on Monday, with the launch of several products all tailored at helping bridge on-premises datacenters and the public cloud. The company announced that Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 will be… Read More Microsoft continues pushing hybrid cloud with new launches
Are Chrome OS and Android on a collision course? Google’s much-anticipated hardware event on October 4 may have more in store than some new Pixel phones and Google Home pricing. A report from Android Police speculates that Google will use the moment to unveil its highly rumored merger of Chrome OS and Android into one… Read More Andromeda inbound? Google’s long-rumored Android/Chrome OS merger may debut Oct 4
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