Google demands studio firms to comply to summons
The search engine company, Google appealed to the New York federal judge to enforce a summon issued against the movie companies. Google accuses studio firms of conspiring with Mississippi AG against it.
Jun 04, 2015 10:39 PM EDT
Accor changes name, steps up digital push to fight online travel agents
In a bid to fight back against online travel agents and to open its own online travel booking services to independent hoteliers, French hotel group Accor will be spending 22 million euros. The hotel has changed its name to AccorHotels.
SoundHound Challenges Siri with New Hound Voice Search App and Developer Platform
GroundHound quickly became a top competitor against voice recognition apps such as Siri. Cortana, and Google Voice, with its new hound voice search app and developer platform app.
Samsung delays mobile payment service, expands it to China and Europe
Samsung Electronics announced on Wednesday it will be including China and Europe for the Samsung Pay service. But the company's initial decision to launch Samsung Pay in South Korea and the United States has been put off till September.
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NASA supersonic saucer on second test stage in prep for human missions to Mars, take off was postponed twice due to Harsh Ocean Conditions
NASA will be testing of their Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) by lifting it 120,000 feet above the ground at Hawaii. The NASA flying saucer-like spacecraft will splash on the waters of the Pacific, which is why the flight was postponed twice die to bad ocean condition. This exercise is done for future human missions to Mars.
Jun 04, 2015 9:29 AM EDT
6.1 billion smartphone users worldwide by 2020: report
In 5 years time, the total number of smartphone users will rise to 6.1 billion. At present there are 2.6 billion smartphone users. And by 2020, total mobile users will touch 9.2 billion.
Jun 04, 2015 9:19 AM EDT
Amazon's Fire TV Powers Up With GameFly Streaming
Amazon launches GameFly along with its Fire TV app. This new feature will bring game streaming to the tech giant's cheap set-top box. This is something that its competitors don't offer. It will be at $6.99 a month with 6 games, and $9.99 for 16 games.
Jun 04, 2015 8:58 AM EDT
Urbanspoon finally ends its service as Zomato rises in the market
Zomato is an Indian startup business that provides restaurant directories from different places. For the first time in U.S, an Indian company invested a big amount by purchasing Urbanspoon owned by IAC.
Jun 04, 2015 8:19 AM EDT
South Korea Counters North Korean Missile Test Last Month With Sanctioned Missile Launched
South Korea succesfully launched their own ballistic missile test last Wednesday as a show of arms to it neighboring bully, North Korea.
Jun 04, 2015 8:16 AM EDT
Nintendo's Next Console Nintendo NX Will Not Run On Android
Nintendo has denied the report that they will be running Nintendo NX on Android. Iwata says more detail will be released next year.
Jun 04, 2015 8:09 AM EDT
Gumgum Inc.’s Business Expansion and Growth Funded by Morgan Stanley
Gumgum has raised money for business expansion and growth. Different investors lile Morgan Stanley has already seen the company's potential in the upcoming years.
Jun 04, 2015 7:46 AM EDT
Prospect: Internet of Things Market To Grow Up To $1.7 Trillion
IDC Research predicts a $1.7 trillion growth of IoT by 2020. Huawei is the newest company to join the IoT market while Intel's Altera acquisition builds high expectations to its IoT bid.
Jun 04, 2015 5:04 AM EDT
CA hires Xbox cofounder as new tech chief in a bid to revive growth
CA Inc has announced Xbox cofounder Otto Berkes as its new chief technology officer. Berkes starts his new job at CA Inc on June 15. He will be reporting directly to CEO Mike Gregoire.
Jun 04, 2015 4:40 AM EDT
Samsung, Philips and Panasonic reach $528 million settlement deal for cathode ray tube class action
Electronics manufacturers agreed to settle a CRT class action for a total of $528 million. More companies and several other lawsuits are involved.
Jun 04, 2015 4:34 AM EDT
Americans cannot save Ramadi; US troops hold back to protect civilians
Recently, Isil took over Ramadi, resulting to thousands of innocent civilians being killed while survivors and Iraqi military troops pleaded for U.S. military help.
Jun 04, 2015 4:28 AM EDT
Obama Signs USA Freedom Act, Protecting the Individual American's Privacy, Civil Liberties and National Security
US President Barack Obama signs the USA Freedom Act immediately after the Senate passed the bill. The law transfers the responsibility of collecting and keeping phone call data from the NSA to the phone companies themselves.
Jun 04, 2015 4:11 AM EDT
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