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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


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