The European Commission has granted Google more time to respond to its antitrust charges. If convicted Google will have to shell out $7.4 billion for each charge of up to 10% of its global turnover. The European Commission has informed… Read More ›
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JPMorgan acquires InvestCloud for an undisclosed sum
Through this move, JPMorgan has chosen to embrace its competitors rather than openly oppose their disruptive business model. With its strong existing network with lower customer costs, it can more effectively fight them while expanding its customer base with newer… Read More ›
Ride-hailing app Grab, grabs $750 million in new funding round
Grab already has a strong presence in the Southeast Asian ride-hailing market. With money from this new funding round in its kitty, the company can better compete with Uber when it sets food in the Southeast Asian market. Grab, a… Read More ›
Apple’s iTunes unit in Japan shells out $118 million in taxes
Tokyo’s Regional Taxation Bureau had detected that the company had underreported its income to the tune of $118 million and had ordered the company to pay its dues. Apple has responded to the order by promptly paying its dues. The… Read More ›
Jaguar Land Rover picks Takenaka & Vces as partners for its Slovak factory
JLR’s investment is stated to be the country’s biggest ever foreign direct investment in its history. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has disclosed that it has picked Vces and Takenaka, a a Czech and a Japanese company respectively, as subcontractors for… Read More ›
World’s 3rd Biggest chipmaker set to acquire Intersil Corp for $3.2 billion
This acquisition by Renesas Electronic Corp will result in the diversification of its portfolio and could see its sales chart boom due to the intensifying usage of electronic components in the auto industry. Midst a rising wave of consolidation taking… Read More ›
With an eyeing on the Chinese car market, VW partners with Chinese tech groups
With China’s car market being the biggest in the world, this strategic step by VW could have potentially big payoffs. Undeterred by its troubles, Volkswagen has deepened its collaborations with Chinese internet technology groups in order to increase and expand… Read More ›
Amazon & Pandora to launch subscription based music streaming services
Amazon’s Echo customers will be charged only $5 for the music streaming service against the industry’s going rate of $10. According to several sources who are knowledgeable of the matter at hand, Amazon.com Inc. and Pandora Media Inc. are planning… Read More ›
Google’s DeepMind Achieves Speech-Generation Breakthrough
A system for machine-generated speech that it says outperforms existing technology by 50 percent has been created by Google’s DeepMind unit, which is working to develop super-intelligent computers. An artificial intelligence called WaveNet that can mimic human speech by learning… Read More ›
Activity tracking is Apple’s new mantra
In a strategic move, with the launch of the iPhone 7, Apple plans on consolidating its position in the smartphone market while it forays deeply into the fitness market and grabs market share from existing players such as Fitbit. The… Read More ›
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