Prem Watsa, the Canadian Warren Buffett, expressed confidence as to his consortium's bid for the floundering Canadian smartphone maker.
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Blackberry cancels scheduled earnings call due to takeover deal
In a released statement, Blackberry Ltd said that it would be cancelling its quarterly earnings call and webcast scheduled for Friday this week.
WP parent Automattic acquires content sharing technology Cloudup
Automattic, Inc, parent company of open source blogging and content management system service WordPress, announced in a blog post that it had acquired content sharing technology startup Cloudup with no financial details disclosed.
Landing page generator LeadPages receives USD5 million investment from Foundry Group
According to a Techcrunch report, Foundry Group pledged a USD5 million Series A investment to Minneapolis landing pages services startup LeadPages.
Holdings of Williams, major shareholders may hit USD1 billion in Twitter IPO - report
According to a Bloomberg report, major shareholders like Twitter co-founder Evan Williams would stand to see a rise in the valuation of their shares in the microblogging service after Twitter's IPO.
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The USD4.7 billion bid by Fairfax for BlackBerry would be backed up by loans, equity investments and its own shares in the smartphone maker.
Urban Compass would provide locations of possible apartments for rent using online database. Ori Allon, who sold two internet start up companies to Google Inc and Twitter respectively, has laid out plans to announce a USD20 million funding round for a firm that sifts through complex databases, this time for New York city apartment rentals.
Google rolled out new updates on Chrome and Chrome apps today, simplifying certain features. Today, Google rolled out an update of its Chrome browser to simplify new tab interface.
Roku launched a revamp of its existing streaming media devices with some features of its current flagship model Roku 3 amidst rumors that Apple would be changing its TV streaming device soon.
Social feeds in the Middle East announced that Samsung's Galaxy S4 would also be available in gold finish.
Youtube and Google+ had teamed up to improve the system of moderating comments in Youtube, and recently did a soft launch with a limited number of Youtube users.
Amazon introduced its latest addition to the Kindle line, the Kindle Fire HDX. Amazon introduced another addition to its Kindle line. The Kindle Fire HDX in 7-inch and 8.
Celebrities welcomed the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch in the UK. The launch of Samsung's smartwatch was a star-studded event in the UK.
RANOVUS raised USD 11 million from various venture firms for its latest financing round. RANOVUS Inc announced that it was able to raise USD 11 million in its financing round.
