NEW YORK ( MEDIA ) Twitter and Facebook lit up in a World Cup frenzy this week as millions of people around the world took to social media to share in the ups and downs of the matches. Defending champion Spain’s stunning elimination Wednesday after a 2-0 defeat to ChileRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Google Inc. plans to spend more than $1 billion on a fleet of satellites to extend Internet access to unwired regions of the globe, people familiar with the project said, hoping to overcome financial and technical problems that thwarted previous efforts. Details remain in flux, theRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO ( MEDIA ) Oracle Corp won a legal victory against Google Inc on Friday as a US appeals court decided Oracle could copyright parts of the Java programming language, which Google used to design its Android smartphone operating system. The case, decided by the US Court of AppealsRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO (DNA): Google’s former chief executive, Eric Schmidt, testified in court that he could not recall whether he was told in 2005 by people within his company that it had to pay for a license from Sun Micro systems to use the Java programming language. Oracle sued Google inRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO ( MEDIA ) Google Inc’s first-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street targets and margins narrowed as the price of its ads continued to decline, underscoring the challenges Internet companies face as the world shifts toward mobile devices. Shares of Google were down 3 percent to $539.80 inRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO ( MEDIA ) Yahoo Inc will stop letting consumers access its various online services, including Fantasy Sports and photo-sharing site Flickr, by signing-in with their Facebook Inc or Google Inc credentials. The change, which will be rolled out gradually according to a Yahoo spokeswoman, will require usersRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA ) The biggest search engine of the world, Google, has selected SMSall network, developed by two Pakistanis, for the entrepreneurs parties programmes, says the network chief operating officer (COO). According to SMSall COO and Director Idrees Butt, 16 entrepreneurs have been selected from all over the world,Read More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) BlackBerry, on the block as its smart phone business struggles, is in talks with Cisco Systems, Google and SAP about selling them all or parts of itself, several sources from Telecom sector close to the matter said. Such a deal would be an alternative to the preliminary agreementRead More →