Samsung Electronics is using high-strength aerospace-grade aluminium supplied by New York-based lightweight metals company Alcoa. Alcoa is supplying its 6013 Power Plate for the manufacturing of Galaxy S6 and S6 edge phones.

Jun 07, 2015 09:11 AM EDT

Rakuten aims to raise $1.5 billion from new shares to be offered in Japan and overseas. The Japanese retail company continues to transform itself to prepare for globalization.

Jun 07, 2015 09:02 AM EDT

Orange expands to North Africa as a way to enter the Middle East market. The telecomsoperator expresed its desire to end affiliation with Israel's Partner Communications Ltd to give way to Arab pressure.

Jun 07, 2015 06:22 AM EDT

US-based taxi company Uber and its local rival Ola's licence applications have been rejected by the Delhi government. The licence application of Taxiforsure has also been rejected.

Jun 07, 2015 06:08 AM EDT

Apple is recalling Beats Pill XL speakers over battery overheating. Apple has announced a refund to owners. The recall does not affect any other Beats or Apple products.

Jun 07, 2015 05:46 AM EDT

Deutsche Bank is with Microsoft, HCL and IBM for the next 5 years for tech revamp project. US companies have alloted $316 billion for R&D since November 2014.

Jun 07, 2015 12:02 AM EDT

Artist concepts for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are floating around tech circles and public sites with still a year away from an actual release of the South Korean company smartphones. The concept designs suggest the use of the curved screen design with virtually bezel-less edges.

Jun 06, 2015 11:22 PM EDT

Fire blazes continue to endanger the lives of firefighters each year, that’s why they undergo tough training regularly, including jumping out of an airplane and parachuting into parched bushes as well as other hard exercises that come with the job of being a firefighter.

Jun 08, 2015 10:19 AM EDT

Paris Climate Summit will push through as scheduled this year with environmentalist groups hoping that a low-carbon economy program would finally fall into place, as UN talks focus on global warming issues.

Jun 04, 2015 11:19 PM EDT

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.

Jun 04, 2015 10:45 AM EDT

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

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.

Jun 04, 2015 09:58 AM EDT