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Article | 22/05/2013 Google launching new fund for later-stage tech investments
Google is launching a new fund through which it will make later-stage investments in technology companies, a Google executive said Wednesday.
Article | 1/05/2013 Oracle takes stake in ingestible health sensor maker
Aiming at health care as a key vertical market, Oracle has taken a minority stake in medical device maker Proteus Digital Health, which sells ingestib...
Article | 30/04/2013 Samsung and Intel invest in speech analysis company Expect Labs
Intel Capital, Samsung Venture Investment and Telefónica Digital have all invested in Expect Labs, whose technology is used to analyze and understand ...
Article | 30/04/2013 Alibaba invests in Sina Weibo to build links with users of the Twitter-like service
Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group has acquired an 18 percent stake in the Twitter-like Weibo service from Sina, as part of a partnership focused on...
Article | 15/04/2013 Report: Verizon wants to buy Clearwire spectrum
Verizon Wireless reportedly has offered US$1 billion to $1.5 billion for some of Clearwire's spectrum leases, possibly complicating Sprint Nextel's at...
Article | 12/04/2013 Intel sets up joint lab with China's Baidu for mobile apps
Intel is hoping to get more Chinese developers to back its products by forming a new joint innovation lab with the nation's largest search engine Baid...
Article | 3/04/2013 Verizon's $10 million new-ideas contest now accepting submissions
Verizon Communications is now accepting submissions for a contest in which the company will award US$10 million in prize money to individuals and orga...
Article | 2/04/2013 Reliance's Ambani brothers team up on 4G services rollout
Reliance Industries and Reliance Communications are sharing infrastructure for the rollout of 4G services in India, apparently ending a dispute betwee...
Article | 27/03/2013 Foxconn's Hon Hai still working with Sharp on investment deal
Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. said it was still committed to buying a stake in Japanese display maker Sharp, and expects an investment coul...
Article | 26/03/2013 Foxconn deal to become major shareholder in Sharp falls apart
A deal that would have made electronics giant Foxconn a major shareholder in Japan display maker Sharp has fallen apart, though the companies remain c...
Article | 25/03/2013 Japan's Fujitsu pays £800M to cut deficit in UK subsidiaries' pension fund
Fujitsu has paid £800 million (US$1.2 billion) into its pension funds for current and former U.K. employees, and renegotiated cuts to ongoing pension ...
Article | 18/03/2013 Sharp delays $60 million from Qualcomm as display research falters
Sharp will postpone a US$60 million investment from Qualcomm that was to come this month, after the two companies were unable to establish test produc...
Article | 11/03/2013 Qualcomm learning how to incubate new technologies
Qualcomm has a big, well-funded research and development operation, but its program for commercializing new innovations is still a learning experience...
Article | 7/03/2013 Foxconn still in negotiations for Sharp stake, despite Samsung deal
Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said it was still negotiating a deal for greater cooperation with Sharp, despite the Japanese display maker securing...
Article | 6/03/2013 Samsung locks up Sharp as long-time screen provider
Japan's Sharp has secured a US$110 million lifeline investment from Samsung Electronics, and agreed to become a major supplier of screens for the Sout...