Chinese mapping company NavInfo and internet services group Tencent, along with Singapore wealth fund GIC have announced plans to acquire 10% stake in HERE. HERE is a German-based open location platform company owned by automotive majors ...
Wu Xinhong (in) created the United States figure company, and successfully led the team listed in Hong Kong stocks. 15 days, Xiamen will usher in a happy event: Mito company listed in Hongkong. Why is the United States to become the ...
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Privately held integrated optical communications component and sub-system developer ColorChip of Yokneam, Israel has raised $20m in new growth funding to ramp-up operations and drive an accelerated product roadmap. The funding is in ...
Tags: Optical transceivers, ColorChip, PICs
Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of JD.com, talks about the role the internet will play in future business operations in an interview with Sina. [Photo: sina.com] Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of JD.com, one of China's largest e-commerce ...
A screen shot of Rakuten online store. [Photo: global.rakuten.com] Rakuten, Japan's e-commerce market leader, and JD.com, China's leading direct online sales company, on Wednesday announced the signing of an agreement to establish a ...
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Privately held integrated optical communications component and sub-system developer ColorChip of Yokneam, Israel has raised $25m in a round of growth funding. Founded in 2001 by Dr Shimon Eckhouse and professor Shlomo Rushin of the School ...
Tags: Colorchip, Optical transceivers, PICs
Internet giant Google has initiated testing of its autonomous cars on the public streets in Austin, Texas, to ascertain the way the prototypes negotiate with traffic, obstacles and road conditions. The company has been conducting trials ...
Tags: automobile, self-driving car, auto parts, autonomous cars
Chinese Internet services firm Baidu is planning to enter the driverless car segment later this year with its own version, marrying computer technology with artificial intelligence. The self-driving car, with which the web behemoth ...
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Tencent Holdings Ltd, one of China's largest Internet firms based on market value, is working on a barrier-free technology standard that will allow its Internet-related products on mobile devices to benefit disabled people and the elderly, ...
Tags: Tencent, Lower Barriers
Wireless technology maker Qualcomm introduced LTE modems designed to allow cars to stay connected to cloud-based services through the web. The company added Snapdragon X12 LTE modem and Snapdragon X5 LTE modem to Snapdragon Automotive ...
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SoftBank Internet and Media Inc., one of the leading providers of comprehensive range of mobile communications, fixed-line communications, and Internet services around the world, is set to invest US$ 627 million in Snapdeal, one of the ...
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A new publication from Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com, “China B2C E-Commerce Market 2014“, reports that China is ranked as the world’s top market in B2C E-Commerce potential. The world’s ...
Tags: E-Commerce Market, B2C Market
Editor’s Note: As this podcast was being prepared, on 19 February 2014, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced plans to issue network neutrality regulations under another section of the Telecommunications Act, and ...
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The Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation announces the launch of the Project Ubi Odyssey. Ubi - The Ubiquitous Computer - is a device made to usher in the era of ubiquitous computing - when humans will be able to interact with ...
Tags: Ubiquitous Computer, Odyssey, LED, Ubi Portal
With the release of new and revamping of several established video streaming services being undertaken in the coming months, 2014 appears like it could be ‘The Year of Streaming’. However, Australia might not be as supportive a ...
Tags: Curbing Piracy, Netflix, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad