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Microsoft eyes yet more profit from Android and Chromebooks

Microsoft is ramping up its patent money making machine through a deal with Qisda that will keep it extremely relevant on Android smartphones and Chromebooks. Thanks to a worldwide patent licensing agreement signed late last week, a range of Qisda and BenQ devices running Android and Chrome now falls under the terms of Microsoft’s burgeoning patent portfolio. “Today’s agreement demonstrates the power of licensing to accelerate innovation, because it will

Tyson Foods to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

Tyson Foods Inc , the largest U.S. poultry producer, plans to eliminate use of human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by September 2017, one of the most aggressive timetables yet set by an American poultry company. Public health experts and federal regulators are concerned that routine feeding of antibiotics to animals could spur creation of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in humans, creating a health hazard.     Tyson’s move will help the company meet