Entries from 2016-01-01 to 1 year

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Aims To Increase SpaceX Rocket Launches

CEO Elon Musk intends to ramp up rocket launches by SpaceX. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, who is also CEO of SpaceX, has talked about launching payloads into orbit as regularly as once in a week. Now, Mr. Musk’s dream might slowly be turning…

Amazon Excited to fill Skies with Amazon Prime Drones Soon

The e-commerce giant have been waiting anxiously to launch their drone delivery service; currently waiting for the amendment bill to be passed by regulators. The Federal Aviation Administration’s reauthorization bill has been approved by t…

Passengers Can Now Compare Uber Fares Via Google Maps Update

The inclusion of the new options to help users compare ride-sharing fares of other cab companies has challenged Uber. Google is threatening Uber. The American search company has included a way in its Map app for users to compare the fares …

Google Strives To Encrypt Android Phones

Data stored in Android phones can be easily viewed by law enforcers. If the San Bernardino killer Syed Rizwan Farook would have been an Android phone user, investigators would be able to access the data because few Android phones are encry…

Head Of Qualcomm China Discusses Plans To Grow In Competitive World

Chairman of Qualcomm China has deliberated upon the plans of Qualcomm's Chinese division to step up investments for growth. Qualcomm China intends to grow rapidly. If 70% of the smartphones sold across the globe were manufactured in China,…

Facebook and Masquerade Technologies Help Users To Virtually Swap Faces

Facebook has purchased face swapping application Masquerade to provide new features to users. Three years ago, Snapchat’s founder Evan Spiegel made headlines when he rejected a $3 billion takeover offer from CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerber…

Uber Runs Marketing Campaign In France

Uber runs a marketing campaign in the EU member state to improve its reputation in the region. Uber is planning an advertising blitz in France where it is frequently portrayed as a US invader. The move is taken as part of its extensive str…

Tesla Model S Buyers Fined In Singapore For Emissions

Vice President of an Internet analytic firm, Joe Nguyen, has been fined for buying Tesla Model S as authorities believe the vehicle has higher emission levels. In the United States, purchasers of Tesla Model S are provided a tax credit by …

Is It Right Time To Buy Qualcomm Stock?

The chip maker has had rough 2015 but the analysts anticipate that the 2016 can be lucky after all. The San Diego Calif. firm has had not so good 2015. The popular chip maker, Qualcomm Inc.’s stock slumped down by a substantial 30%. In the…

Apple Selling More Than Expected iPhones In India

Apple has been able to sell a larger number of smart phones in the Indian market due to its smartphone sales in Indian first and second tier cities Apple and its high priced products have traditionally given their best performance in marke…

Tesla Motors Inc.Stock Being Observed Closely

The auto-maker's stock price dropped after it received a short position from Citron Research. Tesla Motors stock dropped by 3.5% on March 2, 2016 and commenced the trading session the next day in the red mainly because a short position was…

AT&T and Videology Introduce Private Marketplace For Advertisers

The partnership duo offers opportunity to brands to use data and software to place TV ads. AT&T states marketers will be equipped soon with the ability to purchase advertisements on linear television in 26 million homes using data targetin…

Qualcomm Charged With $7.5 Million For Breaching Foreign Corruption Practices Act

Qualcomm agrees to pay a fine of $7. 5 million to settle its dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Qualcomm has been bribing Chinese government officials for at least 10 years, recruiting their relatives, offering gifts, off…

Caterpillar Slashes Over 70 Jobs To Restructure Human Resource

Caterpillar is following its restructuring plan as it had mentioned in its guidance for 2016. Scenario in the equipment manufacturing industry does not look good. In an effort to control costs, such manufacturing companies have decided to …

Apple To Introduce New iPhone SE Soon

Instead of naming its new iPhone after 5 and 5c range introduced in 2013, Apple would release new smartphone with the name iPhone SE. Apple is about to launch a new smartphone. Following rumors past weeks, the upcoming iPhone of the compan…

Google Shuts down Google-Compare Website For Mortgages, Credit Cards, Auto Insurance

Google plans to close down its Google Compare site, as it started to lose appeal for advertisers who buy its search ads. Google is closing its comparison-shopping website. Its decision to close the website marks a retrenchment from its ent…

Alibaba Online Drug Coding System To Be Halted By China

Chinese government stated to halt the operations of Alibaba's electronic drug coding technology responsible for earning significant chunks of revenue. Alibaba Health Information Technology Limited’s shares have plunged after the Chinese go…

Tesla Motors Is Supplying Batteries To Its Sister Company SolarCity.

The auto-maker company is collaborating with SolarCity to provided batteries. According to Bloomberg, Tesla Motors will be supplying batteries to its sister company, SolarCity. It is planning to use these batteries along with an assortment…

UberRush Can Capture Market Shares of European Delivery Services

Royal Mail and other European delivery startups can lose their market share to UberRush, which connects one to a courier for delivering goods. Amazon has already pressurized the postal companies of Europe. They could soon be challenged by …

Amid News of a Potential Acquisition, GoPro Inc.'s Stock Goes Up By 10%.

The action camera maker has had a rough 2015 and has provided worse guidance for 2016; Nick Woodman need to up his game a bit. On February 8, 2016 the American action camera maker GoPro Inc. saw its stock price go up by 10% trading at $11.…

Tesla Stock Might Fall to $12: Unit Economics Analyst

The auto-maker might see tough times ahead as analysts don't seem to be too hopeful for the future of the stock. Recently, an analyst at Unit Economics, Nathan Weiss who has started to cover the stock of Tesla Motors again has given a targ…

Apple Pressurized As Lawyers Intend To Take Matters To Court Over Error 53 Code

Lawyers intend to legally challenge the smartphone maker for permanently disabling its repaired iPhone 6s after software upgrade. Apple is pressurized to scrap its notorious policy of permanently disabling its repaired iPhone 6s when it up…

Is Apple Inc.'s "iPhone Peak" a Myth or Fact?

Since the release of its earnings, the tech titan is subjected to analysts' harsh expectations. CEO Tim Cook’s leadership has been under a lot of pressure since Apple Inc. released its quarterly earnings. A slow growth in iPhone sales prov…

Google Wants Driverless Cars To Be Cordless As Well

Google has plans to make its charging technology better but eliminating the need of charging cords. According to IEEE Spectrum, the documents, which have been filed to the United States Federal Communications Commission, are an indicator t…

A Little For Twitter; But Time To Launch The GIF Feature

The social media website has decided to make the GIP feature readily available for the users; again - in an effort to attract more users to the website. Jack Dorsey, the chief executive officer has been receiving a lot of heat from Wall St…

Toyota Acquires Daihatsu With Expansion Plans In South Asia

Toyota wishes to offer compact cars in emerging countries via Daihatsu Toyota Motor Corp. has decided to up its game as it increases its bet against the automotive giants such as Volkswagen and others. During the start of this week, the Ja…

Amazon Opens 400 Physical Bookstores

Amazon has planned to establish hundreds of physical book stores at a time when overall retail is sluggish. Amazon usually delivers the books one orders to his or her home. Now, it is interested in driving people to their books. The CEO of…

Facebook Inc. Reported An All-Time High

The social media giant reported excellent results for the previous quarter due to which it witnessed a new all-time high. On January 29, 2015 Facebook stock went up by 2.5 percent during the opening hours of the trade and was being traded …

Alphabet Starts Shipping Cardboard VR Device

Alphabet Cardboard VR is not a delicate high-tech gadget, just a simple box of cardboard. Alphabet declares that it has shipped over 5 million Google Cardboard VR devices. VP of Google’s virtual reality division, Clay Bavor, posted on a bl…

Alibaba To Sell Stake In Meituan-Dianping for $900 million

Alibaba Group Holding Limited has sold its stake in the delivery startup for $900 million to a group of investors Alibaba Group Holding Limited has succeeded in reaching an approximately $900m agreement to sell its share in the Chinese big…