Bitcoin the crypto currency is now accepted at major companies all over the world. Bitcoin offers instant transfer of funds between the two companies and retains anonymity of the seller and the buyer.
Google-owned Nest has a new competitor: Honeywell’s Lyric
After Google acquired Nest, a thermostat manufacturing startup for $3.2 billion, no one would ever thought that they would end up getting competitors in such a small span of time. Clearly, the technological populace underestimates the capabilities of technological companies.
Google to acquire Skybox Imaging for $500 million
After snagging Titan Aerospace (the startup company that was manufacturing the world’s first solar powered satellites) for $20 million, Google has targeted Skybox Imaging under its crosshairs and has agreed to acquire the company for $500 million.
Can motion-sensing features save Windows Phone handsets?
Coming out with a new strategy to push Windows Phone-based mobile devices into the nooks of the market that have remained untapped, Microsoft intends to bank the future of its handset offerings on motion-sensing technologies such as Kinect in order to attract more users, and hopefully convert the Android and iOS fanatics.
Ads from Facebook, Disney, The Guardian led to ransomware
Cisco has just discovered a string of malvertising websites that victimize unwary users who have been visiting the sites of The Guardian newspaper, Facebook and Disney. Not only that, it was found that these malvertisers also resort to ransomware in order to funnel hundreds of dollars from users whose computers end up being locked, which […]
Mozilla focusing on Firefox OS for the low-end market, Android keeps up
Mozilla introduced Firefox OS, an operating system for mobile devices with minimal footprint about 2 years ago. Since then it has evolved a lot. Mozilla is focusing full-throttle on the platform and believes it can be the flagship OS choice for low-end smartphones.
