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Published On : Apr 25,2018

Global drugmakers world over are focusing on large-scale acquisitions in a bid to bolster their pipelines and acquire new, promising assets. Recent pursuits for the bids have been dotted by several negotiations and instances of due diligence ...

Published On : Apr 25,2018

WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, will ask European users to confirm they are at least 16 when they are prompted to accept new terms of service and an updated privacy policy in the coming weeks. Users must currently be at least 13, but the firm ...

Published On : Apr 24,2018

Low credit penetration in emerging markets has been a cause for concern for financial services companies and lending firms. In India, this has attracted massive investments from global players in recent months, with an objective to expand the ...

Published On : Apr 24,2018

NASA aircraft captured images over the Earth’s Arctic and Antarctic regions, and were taken aback by the presence of mysterious circles along the poles. The presence of three amoeba shaped holes in an unbroken, vast sheet of ice has left scientists...

Published On : Apr 23,2018

Chinese organization Quihoo 360 says it's discovered a Windows zero-day in the wild, but since it's advised Microsoft, it's not informing anyone else how it functions. Clients don't should be currently utilizing Internet Explorer as ...

Published On : Apr 23,2018

Strategic acquisitions in a burgeoning e-commerce sector in India are expected to up the ante higher for retail companies. Amid intense speculation and months of elaborate talks, the U.S.-based multinational retail giant Walmart Inc. is finally ...

Published On : Apr 20,2018

The latest version of Chrome Web browser, the Chrome 66 from Google, is now zeroing dwon on those loud and annoying autoplay videos found on too many sites, and is automatically blocking them in a number of cases. This feature was originally promised...

Published On : Apr 20,2018

The multi-national consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) is gearing for mega acquisitions to make up for the continuing losses in its market share. In a bid to broaden its portfolio of healthcare brand, the U.S.-based consumer giant ...

Published On : Apr 19,2018

The shift in the energy sector to adopt low-carbon energy assets is creating shake-ups in the traditional oil and gas industry, especially in emerging and developed markets. Amid this unstoppable trend, a number of oil and gas firms in Europe are ...

Published On : Apr 18,2018

The French multinational pharmaceutical company, Sanofi S.A., is considering strategic moves in generics business in a bid to simplify its business operations and consolidate its pipeline. The French pharmaceutical giant announced on April 17, 2018 ...

Published On : Apr 16,2018

Indian cab aggregator Ola, which is backed by Softbank Group of Japan, has announced adding around 10, 000 electric three-wheelers to its fleet to do its bit for the environment. The addition will be done over the next 12 months. In line with the ...

Published On : Apr 16,2018

Financial services companies and banks, including investment banking, are increasingly harping on consumer-centric approaches to personal finance to attract consumers. Machine learning technologies, powered by apps, are occupying a key role in such ...

Published On : Apr 13,2018

The tiny yet hi-tech city state of Singapore, obsessed with perfection and safety and intending to take it a notch higher is now on course to test facial recognition on lampposts. If it yields proper results, soon surveillance cameras could be ...

Published On : Apr 13,2018

In one of the world’s largest fighter jet procurement deals, the Boeing Company announced on April 12, 2018 that it has entered into an agreement with India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and private sector Mahindra Defence ...

Published On : Apr 12,2018

Instagram, the photo-sharing social media app, lacks data portability. Yes, it does not have something like Facebook’s Download Your Information. However, that may soon be history with the spokesperson of Instagram announcing a soon-to-be-launched ...

Published On : Apr 12,2018

After the German multinational, pharmaceutical and life sciences giant Bayer AG recently secured antitrust approval from EU for buying Monsanto Company at $62.5Bn, it has now inched closer to winning the United States Department of Justice, according...

Published On : Apr 11,2018

Social media network Reddit claims it has uncovered 944 accounts related to Internet Research Agency (IRA), the troll farm from Russia held responsible for spreading misleading information and carrying out propaganda on social media sites in the U.S...

Published On : Apr 11,2018

Scores of deals and agreements that were signed at the France-Saudi business forum on April 11, 2018 have paved way for disruptive forces in the economy of the Middle East and Africa (MEA). A number of French companies consider Saudi Arabia as the ...

Published On : Apr 10,2018

Futuristic smart cities are where most technology companies are betting big these days. And Sidewalk Labs, which is Alphabet Inc.'s urban innovation arm, is the latest to create news in this direction with the announcement of its maiden smart-...

Published On : Apr 10,2018

Pharmaceutical giants are showing a penchant for cutting-edge gene therapies to bolster their pipelines. To this end, a few globally prominent drugmakers are entering into strategic acquisitions with biotechnology companies. Awash with funds, a large...

Published On : Apr 06,2018

Several security experts and professionals have expressed contention about the security of WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook. The doubts raised by the experts follow a series of accusations against Facebook about having revealed user ...

Published On : Apr 06,2018

In the backdrop of escalating competition in the e-commerce sector, global as well regional players are rolling up their sleeves and engaging in moves to expand the range of services. Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd, an India-based prominent ...

Published On : Apr 05,2018

Speculations and discussion about the next iPhone model have been floating across the smartphone market over the past few months. It has now come to light that Tim Cook and his team of experts is working on making two key improvements in the upcoming...

Published On : Apr 05,2018

Robotics has been the harbinger of a new wave of automation in a range of industry verticals. One of the areas where robots and the related automation technologies caused paradigmatic shift is the e-commerce industry. World over, warehouses and ...

Published On : Apr 04,2018

Supersonic travel for passengers are soon to become reality. At least, initiatives to develop jet engines that travel faster than the speed of sound have already begun under NASA aeronautics group. The research institute, notably, undertakes multi-...