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Google's Driverless Car Got Into a Little Trouble this November

Google's monthly report on their self-driving cars was released, showing that the car only had a minor collision and one pull-over.

Dec 03, 2015 4:42 AM EST

Mobile is king of the sky: United Airlines to buy 6,000 iPhone 6 Plus for its customer service employees

United Airlines will buy 6,000 iPhone 6 Plus for the airline's customer service representatives, adding 23,000 of iPhone 6 Plus it bought last year for its flight attendants. The airline's pilots have been using iPads since 2011.

Dec 03, 2015 3:58 AM EST

Google will shut down Songza by the end of January next year

Google today announced the Songza website and app will be signed off on January 31, 2016. The news was announced on Songza's website and its users are being given two months to make the switch.

Dec 03, 2015 3:55 AM EST

JPMorgan teams up with On Deck Capital to roll out new lending product

JPMorgan Chase has teamed up with On Deck Capital to accelerate the loan processing for the small business segment. On Deck Capital is an online provider of high-cost lending and will offer its technology platform for JPMorgan to speed up loan processing for its four million customers. JPMorgan will launch new Chase product in 2016 taking care of small-dollar loans.

Dec 03, 2015 3:54 AM EST

Starbucks, Walmart and Chain Stores Recalled Products Because of E. Coli

Starbucks, Walmart and dozen chain stores recalled their food product due to E. Coli contamination linked to Costco chicken sandwich case last month.

Dec 03, 2015 3:35 AM EST

India restores Federal AIDS control program amid budget cuts

After witnessing criticism over budget cuts for the globally popular AIDS control program, The Indian government has decided to restore it on total Federal support. The Indian government had earlier cut down budget allocation by one-fifth and asked the state government to fill the gaps. The budget cuts resulted in the shortage of condoms as well.

Dec 03, 2015 3:34 AM EST

Africa's Largest Media Company Extends Its Operation Worldwide

South African largest media company, Naspers increases its U.S exposure. The company that has operated in 130 countries is ready to expand its service worldwide

Dec 03, 2015 3:26 AM EST

Petra and Ekapa Acquire De Beers Oldest Diamond Mine

Petra Diamond Ltd and Ekapa Minerals Pty have acquired De Beers oldest diamond mine in Kimberley. UK's Petra Diamond Ltd partners with South African's Ekapa Minerals Pty to buy the oldest mines of De Beers in South Africa.

Dec 03, 2015 3:01 AM EST

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.

Dec 03, 2015 2:40 AM EST

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.

Dec 03, 2015 2:21 AM EST

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.

Dec 03, 2015 2:16 AM EST

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

Switzerland sentences the "Edward Snowden of Tax Evasion" to 5 years in prison

After a six year investigation by the Swiss authorities, Herve Falciani was sentence to five years imprisonment for corporate espionage.

Dec 02, 2015 9:36 AM EST

Washed Ashore, an Oregon NGO, takes advantage of too much plastic in the ocean - You can too

The Washed Ashore Project is a nonprofit organization in Oregon that is trying to raise awareness of the increasing problem of plastic in the world's oceans. The sculptures they create are made from plastic found in the ocean, showing visitors how much is in the ocean and encouraging them to help reduce their plastic consumption.

Dec 02, 2015 9:23 AM EST

Nokia's OZO is the Finnish Company's 8 Camera Step into the Virtual Reality Market

Nokia Technologies has announced that it will start selling its OZO virtual reality camera in Q1 2016.

Dec 02, 2015 8:42 AM EST

Vintage Electric comes out with its more efficient and powerful e-bike, the 2016 Tracker

Vintage Electric just released an update to their old E-Tracker e-bike, giving some poweful upgrades to the battery and motor as well as some updates to their 1990's style design.

Dec 02, 2015 8:37 AM EST

UN, UNICEF report hidden epidemic of HIV among young gay dating app users in Asia-Pacific

The United Nations and UNICEF have collaborated on a report that exposes the increase in HIV among young gay men that use mobile dating apps for casual sex.

Dec 02, 2015 8:32 AM EST

Government Development Bank's $72 billion in debt is making Puerto Rico possibly America's Greece

Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank is struggling to manage $72 billion in debt, the majority of which is from its own making. The first payment of $355 million of the general obligation debt is due December 1, but the country seems that it will have to default on that payment and subsequent payments. The debt was created from excessive lending and now the governor has asked the help of the US government to allow the country to file Chapter Nine bankruptcy.

Dec 02, 2015 8:29 AM EST

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