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Huawei Still Plans To Be A Player In US Market

Huawei plans to soldier on in the U.S. market despite recent setbacks. “We are committed to the U.S. market and to earning the trust of U.S. consumers by staying focused on delivering world-class products and innovation,” said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, to  CNET. Earlier this week, Huawei announced the P20 and P20 […]

Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal App Users Data Stolen By Hackers

Under Armour says the data of about 150 million people was taken from its MyFitnessPal app and web site. MyFitnessPal is a popular tool for managing diet and exercise. The company says it noticed unauthorized access to its servers by a third party on March 25 and immediately took steps to investigate the issue. Under Armour […]

Snap Inc. Does Another Round Of Layoffs

Snap Inc. is laying off 100 people, Bloomberg reports. Most of the jobs being eliminated are in sales, but a few are in other functions, according to sources within the company.  This is the latest of several rounds of layoffs at the company as works to focus more on priorities such as the Snapchat’s redesign.

Microsoft Announces Reorganization – Putting The Focus On The Cloud Over Windows

Terry Myerson, the head of Windows and a 21-year company veteran, is leaving Microsoft amid a broader reorganization. Myerson has been the head of Microsoft’s efforts to transform Windows from a piece of software that gets updated every couple of years into a more regularly updated product. Rajesh Jha, who had been leading much of […]

Facebook Will Cut Ties with Data Brokers To Boost Privacy

Facebook said it will end partnerships with a handful of large data brokerage firms. The companies in question help advertising firms fine-tune their targeting of Facebook users. The firms are given access to information about Facebook users likes and ad preferences in order to push more relevant ads. Facebook said it will wind down these […]

President Trump Goes After Amazon On Twitter – Could Just Be The Start

President Trump has launched an attack on Amazon saying it pays little or no local or state taxes. He also accuses it of “putting many thousands of retailers out of business“. Mr Trump added in a tweet that “they [sic] …use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.)“. In […]

Foxconn Acquires Belkin For $866 Million

Foxconn says it has agreed to acquire Belkin International for $866 million in cash. Foxconn, a unit of Hon Hai Precision, is well known as the manufacture of iPhones for Apple. Belkin is a consumer electronics company that designs and sells accessories and other products. Belkin owns the Linksys, Wemo, and Phyn brands. Foxconn will use […]

Square Enix Starts New Studio Led By Final Fantasy XV Creator

Square Enix has announced today the establishment of Luminous Productions, a Tokyo-based studio led by COO and head of studio Hajime Tabata, who also directed Final Fantasy XV. The studio was built with the express purpose of developing brand new AAA titles as well as “bringing innovative games and other entertainment content to a global […]

Many Of Apple’s Online Stores Unable To Complete Sales At This Time – iTunes, iBooks and iOS, MacOs Stores Are Effected

Update: Apple’s System Status page now displays issues with the App Store, Apple TV, iTunes U, iTunes Store, Volume Purchase Program, and Mac App Store. We have verified that we could update apps on both the iOS and Mac Apps stores.   The Apple’s online store fronts for iBooks, iTunes, Apple TV are unable processing sales at […]

Google Acquires Tenor – Google Will Add Tenor’s Content To Their Services

Google today said it has acquired Tenor, a GIF platform for Android, iOS, and desktop. Google says Tenor will continue to operate as a separate brand, but the search giant will integrate Tenor’s content into Google Images. That means products that rely on Google Images, such as Gboard, will have access to more GIFs and other […]

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