Last week, Asustek Computer Inc (Asus) chairman Johnny Shih in an internal company meeting had suggested that it may be a possibility to buy Taiwan-based smartphones and tablets manufacturer, HTC. However, HTC came out with its own statement on Monday, saying it will not consider a merger with Asus and also pointed out that no formal or informal talks had ever taken place in connection with the said acquisition.
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Microsoft restructures phone business; cuts 7,800 jobs
Microsoft is writing off the $7.6 billion that it paid to buy Nokia's handset unit in 2014 and dropping some 7,800 jobs in its roll, most of them from the phone business. The reductions will take place over the next few months.
Twitter unveiled its much-awaited Mobile Ads Manager; makes you track ads on the go
This is as chirpy as it gets! Yes, we are talking about Twitter. The world's most adored microblogging website recently rolled out its much awaited Mobile Ads Manager. The company tweeted on its official Twitter handle.
Car dashboards that act like smart phones raise safety issues
When it comes to dashboard displays that are more like smart phones, two things are clear: Customers want them, and automakers are intent on supplying them.
HTC Desire Eye on AT&T to receive Android 5.0 update; Other HTC models to follow throughout 2015
Owners of the HTC Desire Eye smartphone on AT&T with Android 4.0 and higher should finally be getting a total system update to Android 5.0 in the following days, HTC has confirmed.
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To enhance passengers in-fight entertainment experience, United States-based airline carrier, Virgin America is introducing its latest version of its "Red system", which works on an Android platform and uses a high resolution multi-touch screen, like today's smartphones. The Android-based entertainment systems also gets more storage capacity, more games, improved maps and surround sound technology from startup Dysonics.
BlackBerry (BB.TO) is considering equipping an upcoming smartphone with Google Inc.'s (GOOGL.O) Android software for the first time, an acknowledgement that its revamped line of devices has failed to win mass appeal, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
It is reported that Blackberry is about to launch a new slider phone run by the Android operating system. Concurrently, Blackberry Messenger was released ahead of Oslo which is about to present this month. It seems Blackberry is focusing itself on developing softwares and less likely with operating systems as it is earliest known of.
Facebook Messenger app has surpassed the 1 billion download mark via Google Play store. Google apps are the only other apps to surpass this mark, TechCrunch reported.
Google has updated its Hangout interface chasing the Material Design language. Now a brand-new interface of Hangouts 4.0 is about to be presented with an edgy and a lot more clearner interface.
Apple's streaming service was launched at the WWDC 2015 held in San Francisco, California. The company is collaborating with Beats and is set to service 100 countries this month with Apple users and this year with Android users. Contradictingly, Spotify hits back showing off their impressive stats over the year.
Tests show that a feature in Google's Android M OS dramatically improves battery life on supported devices.
As part of iOS 9, Apple will launch Move to iOS app for seamless transfer to iOS from Android OS. Apple will also bring some Android features to its devices like multitasking features for iPad.
California-based Yahoo Inc will be shutting down its maps website and other services at the end of the month, Yahoo's chief architect, Amotz Maimon said in a blog post.
