Tag: technologyNews

November 9, 2015

Mobile equipment maker Ericsson and U.S. networking company Cisco Systems Inc said on Monday they had agreed a business and technology partnership that should generate additional revenues of $1 billion for each company by 2018. Ericsson, whose like-for-like sales are […]

September 17, 2015

The movement to connect everything to everything else just got a big supporter: the White House. The White House announced this week a national campaign to boost the research, development and deployment of systems to support smart cities and the […]

September 14, 2015

If you’re interested in astronomy and space exploration, you now have a good excuse to invest in a 4k television. NASA announced on Friday the upcoming launch of NASA TV UHD, a new TV network that the space agency calls […]

September 14, 2015

Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] denied on Monday that authorities in Jakarta had arrested some of its drivers after police in the city said they were cracking down on the car-hailing service because it was operating illegally. Police spokesman Mohammad Iqbal […]

September 11, 2015

Apple’s iPad Pro, with its roomy high-resolution display, smart keyboard and stylus, could replace desktops and laptops, packing portability and productivity into a single device that enables employees to get their work done, some CIOs say. The iPad Pro also […]

September 10, 2015

The iSchool Initiative is teaching school districts how to build better classrooms with technology. It is, in its way, a school bus, but it’s not the big yellow bus of your childhood. The iSchool Initiative’s Digital Learning Revolution Tour (DLRTour) […]

September 9, 2015

A petition urging the White House to act urgently on a court ruling that may force thousands of recent STEM graduates to leave the U.S. early next year reached 100,000 signatures Tuesday, the threshold for an official government response. The […]

September 9, 2015

Big IT companies have largely been mum on plans to use drones, but emerging technology from Bay-area startup PreNav appears to have at least intrigued wireless service providers and cell phone tower operators. Founded in 2013, PreNav has secured $1.2 […]

September 8, 2015

Here’s what we know so far about the company’s upcoming media event, and what it will reveal for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. At a media event in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, Apple is expected […]

September 7, 2015

Fujitsu is developing technology that doubles the capacity of individual cells in cellular networks through task-sharing and efficient scheduling.The approach effectively allows for transmission and reception of radio signals on the same frequency. The company sees it as a step toward […]

August 21, 2015

Emails sent by the founder of infidelity website AshleyMadison.com appear to have been exposed in a second, larger release of data stolen from its parent company, cyber security experts confirmed on Thursday. The data dump by hackers who have attacked […]

August 5, 2015

China is planning to set up “network security offices” in major Internet companies and for websites so authorities can move more quickly against illegal online behavior, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement. Police should take a leading […]

August 3, 2015

The No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier AT&T Inc said it will bundle its wireless service with DirecTV’s pay-TV offerings after the $48.5 billion deal was approved last month. The company and the biggest satellite-TV provider DirecTV became the country’s largest […]

July 29, 2015

China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) said on Wednesday it would invest $1 billion into its Aliyun cloud computing arm to challenge Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) lucrative Web Services division, opening a global front in the battle between the two e-commerce […]

July 24, 2015

World Trade Organization (WTO) members finalized a deal on Friday to cut tariffs on $1 trillion worth of information technology products in a boost for producers of goods ranging from video games to medical equipment. The agreement to update the […]

July 20, 2015

A Spanish judge has asked Europe’s top court if online taxi-hailing app Uber is a “mere transport service” or a digital service, as the U.S. start-up claims, in a case that could set a precedent for legal battles across the […]

July 20, 2015

Microsoft Corp plans to acquire Israeli cyber security company Adallom for $320 million, the Calcalist financial newspaper reported on Monday. Adallom, which develops cloud security platforms, is expected to become the center for Microsoft’s cyber security business in Israel, the […]

July 13, 2015

Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.T) Chief Executive Satoru Iwata died after a long illness, the company said on Monday, months after he led the Japanese video-game maker’s belated entry into mobile gaming following years of declining sales. He was 55. The […]

July 10, 2015

Samsung Electronics Co is bringing forward the launch of a key premium smartphone model, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, as the South Korean tech giant seeks to revive sales after a sluggish second quarter. The […]

June 17, 2015

Amazon.com, seeking to bolster its efforts to deliver products via drone, said on Tuesday that states and local communities should not be allowed to regulate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) authorized by federal aviation regulators. “Uniform federal rules must apply,” Paul […]