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Twitter shares drop 15%; Is the microblogging platform ripe for a takeover?

Twitter could be in the crosshairs of acquisition attempts from other technology companies should the microblogging stalwart fail to reverse the freefall its stock prices have caught in.


Auto insurance industry clueless on driverless cars

Car insurance companies are puzzled when Google driverless cars hit the roads in some areas in America. Some of the alternate plans include the extension of the insurance coverage to mobile phones as well as the carmakers for the expenses in case one of the features of the driverless cars crashed.

Germany's luxury automakers buy Nokia's maps

Nokia bids goodbye to its digital maps business as it sells its HERE maps unit to German carmaker consortium among BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz's owner Daimler, to focus on making mobile-phone network equipment.

US tech companies lead the $100B market capitalization list

Three of the top companies by market capitalization in the US are technology companies established after 1970 that make waves in the global markets until today.


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Google offered $200 to $300 million to acquire Impossible Foods, a startup business, developing plant-based meat and dairy products. The company that wanted to beat the meat industry didn't agree on the price.
German auto makers consortium composed of Audi, BMW, and Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is reportedly in the final stages of discussion to acquire Nokia HERE, the mobile company's map app, for roughly €2.5 billion or $2.7 billion.
After their game-changing team-up on the first generation of the Nexus tablet, tech stalwarts Asus and Google have collaborated once more on a hardware project, this time resulting in the release of the Asus Chromebook Flip.
Evernote has a new chief executive officer. This was announced by Phil Libin, co-founder and longtime CEO of the productivity and note-taking app.
Google removed Kickass Torrent from their search pages as a penalty for not doing any search engine optimization. Users will now see unknown and unofficial accounts once they search for KAT on the search engine giant. However, alternative search engine DuckDuckGo still leads users to the official KAT site.
Google is now partnering with LG and Huawei to manufacture the upcoming 2015 Nexus 5 which promises to be a superior device that Motorola's 2013 version of Nexus 5. more details here.
A "smart" speaker can do simple chores for you. Aside from plating your music, it can give updates of NBA games and schedules.
Google has announced that paid content for the Google Play Newsstand Service is now available in four more countries. This brings the total number of territories with access to paid content through the service to 22.
A report claiming that Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) received an offer to be acquired for $31 billion attributed to Bloomberg LP is fake, Twitter and a spokesman for the news and financial data provider said on Tuesday.
Battery life has always been one of the strongest points of the Motorola Droid Turbo. At 3900mAh, it can last up to 28 days on standby and two days with careful use. The fact that it comes with a 5.2-inch AMOLED display and quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor and charges rapidly with the unique Turbo Charger gives it even more edge over pricier competition. However, after installing the latest update, Droid Turbo users have begun complaining.
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