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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Yahoo unveiled a plan for a tax-free spin-off of its 15 percent stake in China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, responding to pressure to distribute to shareholders its prized investment valued at roughly $40 billion.
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Sony plans to cut another 1,000 jobs in its smartphone division, mainly in Europe and China, the Nikkei business daily reported.
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Apple reported a 29.5 percent jump in quarterly revenue, driven by record sales of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus smartphones in the holiday shopping season and strong sales in China.
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Microsoft has released a new free version of its Power BI set of business-intelligence tools for managing, visualizing and interacting with data.
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The popularity of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in China in Q4 2014 has led Apple to take first place in the Chinese smart phone market for the first time by units shipped, according to Canalys.
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Dell today announced updates to the Dell Precision M3800, its ultra-thin 15-inch mobile workstation, adding a 4K Ultra HD touch display option, introducing Thunderbolt 2 technology and offering an Ubuntu-based developer edition, among other updates.
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Twitter on Tuesday added the ability to send a private message to a group as well as adding a video recorder that allows users to shoot, edit and post video directly from Twitter’s mobile apps.
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Members of the Xbox Preview Program are now free to update their Xbox One controller(s) with the latest preview build (OS version > 1502.150120).
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Crucial has made available the Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4 memory.
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Samsung Electronics has upgraded the feature set of its Smart eMBMS solution, designed to bring network quality enhancements to operators, with a particular emphasis on an improved video experience.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) on January 23 filed a suit in the Intermediate People's Court in Shenzhen City alleging that products of Yantai Shield Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. and U.S.-based Intematix Corporation infringed on a patent for red phosphor owned by MCC and National Institute for Materials Science.
MCC seeks an injunction on the production and sale of phosphors in China and damages in this lawsuit.
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Software maker Jon von Tetzchner launched a new internet browser on Tuesday, designed more to attract users of fifth-place Opera than to dethrone leading browsers like Google's Chrome.
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Acer is expanding its Liquid smartphones into Japan.
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Huawei Technologies Co. plans to boost smartphone shipments by a third this year and surpass 100 million units as the company makes a greater push to target high-end consumers and international markets.
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Outages took down a number of Internet services Monday night, including Facebook, Instagram, HipChat, and possibly others. Hacker group The Lizard Squad took credit but Facebook denied there was any hacking attempt.
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Qualcomm will reportedly redesign its Snapdragon 810 application processor which is embroiled in an overheating controversy.
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