Category: Business
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Apple bans News app from China to retain interests
BEIJING, CHINA- Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) The Cupertino giant has banned its very own News app from the Chinese region, thus going along with China’s censorship laws. During WWDC 2015 in June, Apple released a news aggregator application that would come pre-installed with iOS 9 called News. The app is supposed to confront third-party apps…
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Dell merges with EMC: Everything you need to know
TEXAS, US- Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) The computer giant has scored a historic US$67 billion deal with EMC, resulting to the merger of these two companies, so here is everything you need to know about the event. One of the biggest technological mergers has been noted in history after the announcement that Dell is acquiring…
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Google becomes Alphabet: Everything you need to know
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA- Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) The search giant is undergoing some major changes with the announcement of Alphabet, the new parent of Google itself and each one of its sub-companies. Google has always been a search engine and advertising business at its core, but over all those years of success and booming profit, the…
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AT&T files lawsuit to 3 employees for unlocking cellphones
DALLAS, TX- AT&T(NASDAQ: T) The network provider launched a lawsuit against three of its former employees for adding malicious software that unlocks the company’s cellphones. AT&T recently filed a lawsuit against three of its employees who were caught on the act charged with the accusation of secretly unlocking cellphones. The news was first reported by PCmag.com…
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Google must expand ‘right to be forgotten’ to all Google sites according to French regulator
Mountain View, CA – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) The next big legal battle is probably closer than we thought with this technology giant and the CNIL getting warmed up to collide with each other. France’s data-protection regulator – also known as the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) – rejected Google’s appeal to expand Europe’s…
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Microsoft shuts down Zune music service in November
REDMOND, WA- Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) The software giant has decided to cease operations of its outdated Zune music service. It has not been long enough for generations to move but it didn’t happen yesterday either. Nine years ago, back in the 14th of November 2006, Microsoft launched the Zune music player, a potential rival to…
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AT&T shifts its unlimited data plan speed reduction limit to 22GB
DALLAS, TX- AT&T Inc. (NASDAQ: T) Following a US$100 million fine from FCC, the US carrier announced that it has changed its unlimited data plan automatic speed throttle. There has been a lot of fuss over the last few weeks regarding AT&T’s fraud with its unlimited data plans. More specifically, unlimited data customers would automatically…
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Burberry gets a channel on Apple Music
CUPERTINO, CA- Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) The fashion giant Burberry will be hosting its own channel on Apple Music service. Apple is known to always keep a door open for profitable collaborations. In fact, the company had recently announced a new agreement with Hermes in order to make a new luxury brand for its Apple…
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Google to enter self-driving car sales market
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA- Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) The search giant has decided to enter the self-driving cars industry and sales market after conducting a slew of tests in California’s and Texa’s highways. Speaking at the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday, Sarah Hunter, head of policy for GoogleX, clarified that the company plans to make a few…
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Meet Nintendo’s new president, Tatsumi Kimishima
KYOTO, JAPAN- Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: NTDO) Nintendo may not be a leader company in its industry, but it is definitely a worldwide known and respected company in terms of quality products and services. Unfortunately, Nintendo had a major loss in July, as its president, Mr. Satoru Iwata, passed away at the early age of…