Tag: Billion
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Facebook Messenger Reaches 1-Billion Downloads on Google Play
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Facebook Messenger has reached a milestone 1-billion downloads from the Google Play Store. This mega feat is one that only a handful of other Android apps have been able to accomplish including the main Facebook app which Messenger now joins in that exclusive 1,000,000,000 – 5,000,000,000 installs bracket. One of the Messenger’s main draws, and…
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Windows 10 May Come To 1 Billion Devices
Build 2015 has been full of new stuff from Microsoft – we’ve seen more demos and teasers for Windows 10, which is definitely the main attraction. What’s most interesting is the fact that the new operating system isn’t far removed from pretty much every other announcement at the conference. Windows 10 is set to become…
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Disney Value Up $2 Billion Due To Star Wars
Star Wars fever is in full swing following the Star Wars celebration event that was recently held in honor of the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. It’s not just fans who are excited for the upcoming mega-blockbuster. Shares in Star Wars owner Disney have skyrocketed, leaving the company valued at a whopping…
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Virgin Readying £3b Broadband Investment
Super fast broadband hasn’t taken off as fast as we’d have liked in the UK. Indeed it’s mostly limited to large urban areas and through rather expensive packages, both of which have hampered the numbers of people getting on board with the high speed offerings from ISPs. However, Virgin, one of the biggest providers of…
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BT To Purchase EE For £12.5 Billion
Upheaval in the UK mobile service provider world has been rife recently, with big names purchasing smaller networks such as O2’s recent purchase by Three owner Hutchinson Whampoa , as well as phone shops on the high street going out of business, such as Phones4U late last year. Now, in a bid to take on the…
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Chromecast Sales Up By 60% – One Billion Casts Recorded
Chromecast has become the top streaming gadget in the USA with 60% increase in sales in the past 12 months. Google, the maker of the Chromecast, revealed that as well as the sales boost the device has been used to cast content over one billion times from compatible platforms including Android and iOS smartphones and…
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WhatsApp Grows To 700 Million Users
WhatsApp has been going forward in leaps and bounds with regards to user numbers – the messaging network now boasts a user base of 700 million, and apparently messages sent on the service every day total to around 30 billion. The numbers we see today in the tech world get more staggering every year, and…
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PC Accessory Maker Razer Now Worth $1Bil.
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Gaming peripheral maker Razer has just been valued at over a billion US dollars, according to a leaked internal memo passed to technology site TechCrunch by an anonymous source, obviously keen to hype the company’s continuing growth and awesome presence in gaming today. The undisputed king of high end keyboards and mice for the serious…
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Microsoft Has Indeed Bought Mojang
We heard yesterday, and earlier in the week that Microsoft was going to make a big purchase of Mojang AB, the company behind Minecraft, for an estimated sum of 2,5 billion US dollars. The rumors have turned out to be true as of today, Microsoft Does indeed own Mojang. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Tweeted today…
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Microsoft May Buy Mojang for $2.5b
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After nearly a week of rumors surrounding the purchase of Minecraft developer Mojang AB, a move which apparently goes against what Mojang has previously said about keeping their independence, rumors are now flying around that tomorrow on Monday the deal between the two companies will finally be signed, with Mojang reportedly taking away close to…
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PSY’s Gangnam Style hits 1 billion YouTube views
Last month we reported that the Korean sensation PSY’s Gangnam Style video had become the most viewed video on YouTube…
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Microsoft Buys Business-Focussed Social Networking Site Yammer For $1.2 Billion
Microsoft confirmed today that the software-giant has purchased business focussed social networking site Yammer for $1.2 billion.