LinkedIn Revolutionizes Its Mobile App: Appealing Difference To Enhance Use
The LinkedIn mobile app gets a makeover with clean design and interface. It is more user-friendly, but users wish to see more on the utility side.
Dec 03, 2015 2:56 AM EST
WhatsApp is blocking the links of competitor messenger Telegram for Android users
WhatsApp is suddenly started blocking any link mentioning the word ‘telegram’ in it especially for Android users. Telegram is the major competitor of the largest chat app Whatsapp. Now, whether the behavior is intentional or just a technical glitch, that is still unknown.
Fed adopts new rules to end 'too big to fail' notion on troubled banks
The Federal Reserve adopted new measures that would limit its ability to bail out big banks that are in trouble, which essentially means the government has to come to their rescue whenever they face crisis.
November 2015 Subaru sale surpasses 2014's 500 million units sold milestone
Subaru sold 526,401 units through November this year, surpassing its 2014 milestone record 513,693 unit sales.
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Express Scripts offers cheaper $1 pill alternative to Turing's $750 per pill drug
Drug prescription firm Express Scripts Holding Co. found a way to offer a cheaper $1 alternative to Turing’s $750 a pill drug.
Dec 03, 2015 2:07 AM EST
Ford invests $1.3B to support production of 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty
Ford will invest $1.3 billion in its Kentucky Truck Plant to support the production of its 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty truck.
Dec 03, 2015 2:02 AM EST
Japan state-fund mulls picking stake in Sharp Corp
Japan state-backed fund is keen on acquiring stakes in Sharp Corporation for Yen 200 billion ($1.63 billion). Sharp Corp recorded Yen 50 billion operating loss for the first half of 2015. The LCD business unit of Sharp Corp is a major contributor to the losses. Sharp is planning to spin off LCD business unit and later it may consider stake selling, according to media reports.
Dec 02, 2015 10:53 PM EST
Spotify is now the number one music streaming service globally
Spotify is now the world's most popular streaming music service, according to a new report from app analytics firm App Annie. The report also disclosed that Spotify has defeated ts biggest competitor; Pandora in terms of active users, downloads and revenue.
Dec 02, 2015 10:44 PM EST
Facebook plans to set up its first Asian data center in Taiwan
Facebook plans to build its first Asian data center in Changhua County, Taiwan. The company plans to invest $300 million for the data center that will sit on 20 hectares of land.
Dec 02, 2015 10:42 PM EST
Italy's unemployment rate 11.5%, lowest since December 2012
Unemployment rate in Italy dropped to 11.5 percent in October, the lowest since 2012, reported the national statistics agency Tuesday.
Dec 02, 2015 10:41 PM EST
Medical Experts project 800,000 lung cancer cases a year in China by 2020
Cases of lung cancer in China will rise to 800,000 by 2020 with 700,000 deaths a year due to air pollution, according to Medical experts.
Dec 02, 2015 10:34 PM EST
Victoria's Secret lingerie maker Regina Miracle soared 71 percent giving $1.1B fortune to owner
Victoria's Secret owner became a billionaire as his company soared 71 percent after its initial public offering in the Hong Kong exchange in October.
Dec 02, 2015 10:23 PM EST
Google to stop supporting 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu Precise, Debian 7 by March 2016
Google will no longer give Chrome support for 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu Precise (12.04), Debian 7 (wheezy) by March 2016.
Dec 02, 2015 10:17 PM EST
Oil prices up as traders mull outcome of OPEC meeting on Friday
U.S. oil futures nudged a bit higher Tuesday as traders anticipate the outcome of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) meeting on Friday.
Dec 02, 2015 9:57 PM EST
New technology that transforms smartphone into high-powered microscope can diagnose malaria
Scientists at Texas A&M University has developed an add-on to transform smartphone's camera into a polarized microscope that will be able to diagnose malaria. The add-on device, called MOPID, will be on a field test in Rwanda next year.
Dec 02, 2015 9:48 PM EST
Chinese shoppers spend $55 million on sales events from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday
Though Black Friday and Cyber Monday are from the United States, $55 million of the sales come from Chinese buyers through online transactions.
Dec 02, 2015 7:51 PM EST