Japan’s Rakuten will acquire instant messaging and calling app developer Viber Media for US$900 million, the e-commerce giant said Friday.
Acquisitions likely to hit Lenovo's profits in short term
With the proposed acquisitions of Motorola Mobility and IBM’s low-end server unit, Lenovo expects its short-term profits to fall
Samsung joins IBM, Google in OpenPower alliance
Samsung has joined the fledgling OpenPower Consortium, an alliance led by IBM to push Power-based chip designs into hardware products such as servers.
IDC: Smartphone shipments hit 1 billion in 2013
The world’s love affair with the smartphone continued unabated in 2013 with consumers snapping up more than 1 billion handsets during the year, according to an IDC estimate published on Wednesday.
Cisco profit halved as revenue falls
Cisco Systems reported another tough quarter on Wednesday, saying profits fell by more than half and revenue declined by nearly 8 percent.
Comcast reportedly buying Time Warner Cable in $45B deal
Comcast is expected to announce Thursday that it will acquire Time Warner Cable in an all-stock deal, according to reports.
Bitcoin exchanges hit by DDoS attacks
The problems plaguing Bitcoin worsened Tuesday as online attacks on the digital currency’s software affected two more exchanges.
Yahoo acquires diary app maker Wander with an eye toward mobile
Yahoo has acquired Wander, a startup that makes a diary app, as part of the Internet company’s continuing efforts to improve its products on mobile devices.
The differences between SDN, network virtualisation and Network Functions Virtualisation
Steve Garrison, VP, Marketing, Pica8 examines how NV, NFV and SDN differ and how each moves us down the path toward programmable networks.
Dutch police seize online black market Utopia
The Dutch National Police seized the hidden market place Utopia, which was used to sell illegal goods, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Tuesday.
HP expands OneView into VMware environs
Hewlett-Packard is expanding the scope of its OneView infrastructure management console, releasing a OneView plug-in that should help system administrators more efficiently manage their VMware vCenter operations with OneView functionality.
China's Alibaba offering to buy mapping service for $1.1 billion
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is offering to pay US$1.1 billion to buy one of the country’s largest mapping providers, as part of its strategy to boost its mobile services.
How online clues located North Korea's missile-launcher factories
It’s the stuff of spy thrillers. From a few seconds of video, a handful of images and some satellite pictures, a team of researchers has been able to pinpoint two factories deep inside North Korea where the country assembles its mobile missile launchers.
LTE to extend to 50 percent of Africans by 2018, survey says
About 50 percent of Africans are expected be covered by Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks by 2018, increasing the region’s access to high speed data, according to a new report.