(Reuters) – Chipmakers Intel Corp and Altera Corp have resumed talks on a possible deal that could top $13 billion, the New York Post reported. Altera’s shares jumped 7 percent to $47.50 in premarket trading on Monday, while Intel’s shares were up slightly at $33.15. Intel and Altera could not immediately be reached for comment. Deal talks between the two companies first surfaced in March and media reports suggested that
By John Ruwitch HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – When it comes to fighting fakes, Alibaba’s head of internet security says cooperation beats the courtroom any day. Ni Liang, who runs the Hangzhou, China-based company’s anti-counterfeiting operations, was speaking to Reuters days after Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and other luxury brands owned by Paris-based Kering SA sued Alibaba in New York, alleging the e-commerce giant had knowingly made it possible for counterfeiters
Swedish podcasting platform Acast has raised $5 million from Sweden’s Bonnier Growth Media as it targets further expansion in Europe and the United States, it said in a statement on Monday. Acast, which was launched a year ago, has grown sharply and currently has 1 million unique users with 12 million streams per month. We are convinced that Acast has a very interesting position on a growing podcast market,” said
Chinese private car hire app Yidao Yongche has hinted at a tie-up with Uber Technologies Inc, the controversial $40 billion U.S. taxi-hailing firm which has repeatedly hit regulatory roadblocks in China, the world’s largest smartphone market. In an entry posted on its official Weibo microblog account on Sunday, Yidao Yongche published a picture featuring the image of a heart connecting its own and Uber’s logos, the date “May 21, 2015”,
We’ve been hearing for a few months now that Chinese manufacturer Huawei is in line to build a Nexus smartphone for Google, and the latest word on the street is that it’s based on a Mate 8 prototype. The Mate 8 is an as-yet-unreleased 5.7-inch flagship device but the Mate 7 gives you some idea of what to expect. The Nexus 6 followed this pattern, essentially tweaking the work Motorola
Introduction A gaming distro, by definition, is host not only to a large variety of games, or software that allows one to play games, but it also has drivers and support for essential devices such as graphics cards and controllers. Unlike most other genres of Linux distributions, gaming distros aren’t a thriving bunch. But this isn’t because Linux users dislike games, instead it’s due to the fact that this niche
Industry watchers have long wondered when Xiaomi is going to grow tired of shifting millions of handsets in Asia and start turning its attention to the US, UK and Europe. Well, it looks like the answer is: next week. As per Xiaomi’s Facebook page, the Mi Store will tentatively open its doors to the west on 19 May in a beta trial. Phone accessories are the focus at first, though
Waiting for mobile OS updates to reach your shiny handset is one of the most frustrating (first world) problems there is, so it’s encouraging to hear that Microsoft is planning to take matters out of the hands of operators and manage Windows 10 Mobile updates itself. That means new versions should arrive on your mobile device in much the same way as they do on your laptop or desktop. It’s
If Dragon Age: Inquisition was 2014’s Game of the Year for me, then it looks almost certain that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be 2015’s. I can’t quite decide whether it’s the vastly improved mechanics and interface, the gorgeous graphical upgrade or just protagonist Geralt’s incredibly fine bod, but the game has completely blown me away. It’s out on the 19th May – that’s next Tuesday – so it’s
Introduction and interfaces For years, Microsoft has put the Windows name on phones because it’s a familiar brand, but with Windows 10, it’s also the name of the operating system you get on the phone. Most of the time it doesn’t look like Windows 10, because the interface that looks right on a notebook or large tablet is hard to see on a small screen. But because Windows 10 for
