29 December Toshiba: About Value Destruction (Reuters) LeEco: In Talks To Raise $1.4bn From A Strategic Investor (Reuters) 28 December Qualcomm: About That $854m Fine In South Korea (BBC) Amazon: Introduces Digital Day (Amazon) Facebook: Acquires The Eye Tribe (Venture Beat) Twitter: Introduces Live 360 Video (Twitter) FDA: Rolls Out Recommendations For Cybersecurity Of Medical Devices (FDA) 27 December… Read More
HB Weekly Wrap 5 – 9 December
9 December Facebook: Tests PopUp Windows For Comment; and Update On ‘Metrics’ (Daily Mail; FB) Samsung: Latest Software Update Will End Note7 Story (The Guardian) TDK: In Talks To Buy Apple And Samsung Supplier (Reuters) 8 December Facebook: Secures E-Money Licence From The Central Bank Of Ireland; and A New Snapchat-Like Feature (Business Insider; FB) Uber:… Read More
HB Weekly Wrap 28 November – 2 December
2 December Uber: Accused In Denmark Of Driver Violations (Reuters) Amazon: More On The AWS re:Invent 2016 (Tech Crunch) Facebook: Now Blocks Links To B.S. Detector (The Verge) Pandora: Is It Up For Sale? (CNBC) Microsoft: Helps You Overcome Several Disabilities With AI (Microsoft) 1 December Apple: Plans To Use Drones To Improve Maps Data? (Bloomberg) Facebook:… Read More
HB Weekly Wrap 21 – 25 November
25 November Xiaomi: Smartphones Sales Drop Won’t Impact Profits (Reuters) Black Friday: A Record-Breaking Day (Tech Crunch) Uber: About To Face EU Court (Reuters) 24 November Yandex: Sued For $29m (Tech Crunch) Faraday Future: Factory Construction On Hold (Business Insider) GoDaddy: In Talks To Buy Host Europe (Reuters) 23 November Telegram: Launches ‘Telegraph’ (The Verge) Skyscanner: To Be Acquired By Ctrip For… Read More
HB Weekly Wrap 14 – 18 November
18 November Apple: Is It Moving iPhones Production To The US? (Asia Nikkei) Google: The Pixel Phone Resellers Affair (The Guardian) BMW & Baidu: The Alliance Is Over (Reuters) Facebook: About A $6bn Stock Buyback (Tech Crunch) Intel: Wearables Biz Faced With Massive Lay-Offs (Tech Crunch) Google & Novartis: Smart Contact Lenses Test Delayed (Fortune) Fiat & Amazon: Team Up To… Read More
HB Weekly Wrap 7 – 11 November
11 November Alibaba: ‘Singles Day’ Hits Record Sales (BBC) Facebook: Announces Updates To Ethnic Affinity Marketing; You Could Be Dead Even If You’re Alive! and Testing ‘Messenger Rooms’ (FB; Tech Crunch; The Courier Mail) Apple: ‘Apple Support’ App Now Available (Tech Radar) Uber: New Feature Rolled Out On Veterans Day (Uber) 10 November Apple: Read Here… Read More
HB Weekly Wrap 31 October – 7 November
7 November Tesco: You Might Want To Check Your Tesco Bank Account Right Now… (Reuters) 4 November Microsoft: Introducing ‘Minecraft Education Edition’, ‘Teams’, ‘PowerApps’ & ‘Flow’; and About The Partnership With WeWork (Microsoft; Business Insider) Google: Announces Partnership With Carriers To Upgrade SMS; CapitalG Invests In Snapchat; and Deepmind & Blizzard Join Forces (Google; Business… Read More
HB Weekly Wrap 24 – 28 October
28 October Uber & Jobcase: Announce API Integration (Jobcase) Alibaba: Lazada In Talk To Buy Redmart (Tech Crunch) Facebook: Testing A New Camera App; and Introducing A New Voting Guide Feature (Daily Mail; FB) Google: About A New Partnership With Netflix (Variety) Amazon: ‘Prime’ Launched In China (RE/Code) EU: Privacy Concerns Mount Over WhatsApp & Yahoo (The… Read More
HB Weekly Wrap 17 – 22 October
22 October AT&T: Time Warner Deal Hits The Wires (AT&T) 21 October US East Coast: DDoS Breach (CBS) Qualcomm & NXP: A Deal Binge On Its Way? (CNBC) YouTube: Available On Dish Hopper 3 DVR (Android Headlines) FB: To Launch New Marketing Campaigns In The UK & US (FB) Airbnb: NYC Sued (The New York Times) LinkedIn: More… Read More
HB Weekly Wrap 10 –14 October
14 October Alibaba: Invests In Place IQ Platform (Marketing Land) SoftBank: Announces New Global Tech Fund (Softbank) Yahoo: Automatic Email Forwarding Is Restored (AP) Apple: Another R&D Facility Opening Soon In Japan (Appleinsider) Cinven & Permira: To Buy Allegro For $3.25bn (Blooomberg) Twitter: Salesforce Rules Out Interest (Fortune) Samsung: DoT Officially Bans Galaxy Note 7 From Airplanes; and Expects… Read More