Natixis Global Asset Management will pay $10,000 to its employees to pay off student loans
Natixis Global Asset Management carried out the research in its own firm. The study revealed that one-quarter of Americans and one-third of Millennial are not able to invest in their company-sponsored retirement plan due to student loan burden. It agrees to pay extra cash to pay off their debts.
Dec 10, 2015 10:49 AM EST
PlayStation Messages Coming to Android and iOS
Sony launches PlayStation Messages to enable people on PlayStation Network to communicate directly through Android and iPhone.
Google Discontinued Nexus 6, Focus on Nexus 6P
Google announced to discontinue its Nexus 6 starting December 8. However, customers still be able to find the phablet in Amazon.
Mozilla Stop Its Failed Firefox OS
Mozilla decided to stop its Firefox OS, after it is unable to compete in the market dominated by Android,
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Alphabet re-brands Google Life Sciences into Verily
Alphabet, Google's parent company, rebrands its Google Life Sciences division into Verily last Monday, which will continue to develop new technology that will enhance the health care industry and cure diseases.
Dec 10, 2015 10:22 AM EST
Audi, BMW and Daimler Finalizes the Acquisition Deal of ‘Here’, Nokia’s Digital Mapping Business
HERE is Nokia’s exceptional digital navigation business that is able to compile high-definition digital maps by collecting data from more than 80,000 sources in a regular basis. A syndicate of three largest automakers of Germany comprising Audi, BMW and Daimler (the parent house of Mercedes-Benz) finally agreed to purchase ‘Here’.
Dec 10, 2015 10:11 AM EST
IBM Broadens Push in China, India to Predict Pollution Patterns
International Business Machines Corp., which has been developing artificial intelligence to help fight Beijing’s toxic air pollution by predicting pollution patterns, plans to work with other municipalities in China and India on similar projects to manage air quality.
Dec 10, 2015 7:58 AM EST
Microsoft is Volunteering Windows Open Live Writer (OLW): Open-Source Blogging Tool Revived
The once-famous Live Writer is revived by Microsoft and being released as open source Live Writer in version 0.5 format. However, if you are not comfortable with open-sourced software, you can download the conventional WLW too.
Dec 10, 2015 7:54 AM EST
Is Microsoft Stock Still Worth Buying
Whether to buy Microsoft stock is a question investors started thinking last year as the iconic tech company got rid of its decade-long status as a perennial straggler. Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) stock soared almost 40% from November 2013 to November 2014, investors were keen to jump on board. But since then, investors have had reason to wonder if it's still a good idea to buy MSFT stock
Dec 10, 2015 7:47 AM EST
Garmin's Varia Radar on bikes warns of approaching vehicles behind
Cycling has just become safer courtesy of one of the best-known makers of bike gadgets. Garmin’s Varia rear-view radar, the world’s first radar for ¬bicycles, is expected to reduce one of the immense risks of cycling: being hit from behind.
Dec 10, 2015 7:36 AM EST
World's Tiniest Thermal Sensor Powered by Radio Waves
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have developed a tiny, wireless temperature sensor which is powered by the radio waves that are part of the device's own network. All it needs is energy from a nearby router -- once there's enough, it powers up and starts working. This means that the sensor needs not even a single wire, nor a battery that would have to be replaced. The arrival of such sensors is an important development on route towards smart buildings, for instance. But the applications are many and various.
Dec 10, 2015 7:14 AM EST
Volkswagen is going to launch an electric concept car at CES next month
Volkswagon decided to show off an all-electric concept car at CES next month. The next year 2016, the annual Consumer Electronics Show hits off in Las Vegas, showing the world's biggest consumer electronic brands and highlighting new technology as different as medical tools through to cars and computers.
Dec 10, 2015 6:42 AM EST
Best Buy, Target offer $100 discount for every Apple Watch
Apple Watch is offered at Best Buy on a hundred dollar discount, and analysts believe it is because Apple will launch a new edition Apple Watch next year.
Dec 10, 2015 5:43 AM EST
Google's authenticator app allows users to certify logins via Smartwatch
Google's second authentication app is now available on compatible Android Wear devices, like their Smartwatches.
Dec 10, 2015 5:24 AM EST
Apple Maps now used three times as much as Google Maps on iPhone and iPad
After being widely criticized during its launch in 2012, Apple Maps is becoming increasingly popular, as it is now being used three times as much as Google Maps on iPads and iPhones.
Dec 10, 2015 5:01 AM EST
Facebook shuts down Creative Labs and removes apps from iOS, Google Play stores
Facebook killed its Creative Labs project along with the apps that division had created such as the Slingshot, Rooms, and Riff from iOS and Google Play app stores.
Dec 10, 2015 4:39 AM EST