Uber Ups Delivery Game In $2.65 Billion Deal; Buys Postmates,
Uber has widened its reach in the fiercely competitive delivery market by acquiring Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal,…
Palantir, A Data Mining Firm Files For IPO
The Silicon Valley data-mining firm Palantir Technologies confidentially filed to go public, setting up what could be the biggest…
Top Microsoft executive Peggy Johnson joins AR firm Magic Leap as CEO
Peggy Johnson, Executive Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft, is joining struggling augmented reality (AR)…
SoftBank Likely To Focus On Chips, Arm To Transfer Software Businesses
Arm Ltd plans to transfer two software businesses to its Japan-based parent, SoftBank Group Corp, in a strategic shift to focus on…
Google Meet crosses 10 crore installs in less than 2 months
Popular video meet app Google Meet for Android has surpassed over 10 crore downloads globally on Google Play Store
Zoom’s New Move; Rolls Out Hardware Subscription Service
Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) said on Tuesday it launched a hardware subscription service, seeking to make its…
US Looking At Banning Chinese Social Media Apps, Including TikTok
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that the United States is “certainly looking at” banning Chinese social media apps,…
Microsoft busts hackers who used Covid-19 as bait to lure customers
A US court has allowed Microsoft to seize control of key domains of cyber criminals who used COVID-19-related lures in the…
Indian US Firms Not Ready To Pay Digital Tax, Says Lobby Group
A lobby group representing U.S. technology giants has said its members are not yet ready to make the first payment of the…
Facebook, Zoom pause Hong Kong’s requests for users’ data
Facebook, WhatsApp, Google, Twitter and Telegram have said they will not process official requests from the Hong Kong authorities…