Tag: merger
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Apple May Be Buying Tidal
The biggest and best stars in the music industry today are always getting cosy with a streaming service, with Drake’s open endorsement of Apple Music plain to see, as well as Jay Z’s own Tidal streaming service. However, Tidal hasn’t been faring too well against the corporate mega-entity that is Apple, and, if reports are…
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Justice Department to block Comcast / Time Warner Merger
A year after Comcast announced they were planning to merge with rival American internet giant Time Warner Cable in a £30 billion contract things may not be looking so good. It has emerged that the deal does not have the authority or indeed the approval of many American regulators and authorities. Info has been leaked anonymously…
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A tycoon may be about to spend £9 billion to buy O2 and merge it with Three?
Mobile network operator O2 is reportedly in talks with one of Asia’s richest men who may buy it for £9 billion. O2 is Britain’s second largest mobile operator. This deal if true would unite O2 and Three according to The Sunday Times. Telefonica, which owns O2, is in talks with Three’s owner, the corporate group…
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Facebook Buys Voice Sensor Startup Wit.ai
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Facebook has picked up voice acquisition and recognition start-up Wit.ai, a company who have been working in that field for the last 18 months. Amazingly, the small company includes 6000 developers on their platform, and specialize in creating development kits for integrating voice recognition in other apps. SEE ALSO: Microsoft has not killed Nokia! –…
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BT Shares Rise As O2 Bidding War Begins
The other day we reported on the rumor that’s going around concerning BT’s desire to either purchase or affiliate themselves with an existing UK mobile network with the objective of establishing a network of their very own. Those rumors have created quite the buzz in both the tech community and the stock market. Following the…
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Warner Bros May Buy Xbox TV Studio
Microsoft scrapped their television programming department back in July, which was going to be a service which delivered content to the Xbox Live mostly on the Xbox One. The department, known as Xbox Entertainment Studios, was to focus on bringing original programs to Xbox Live. The Hollywood Reporter has now claimed that the studio is…
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Dixons and Carphone Warehouse Partner as Dixons Carphone
£3.8-billion merger will save both companies £80-million per year, with a 3,000 store electronics superforce rebranding and launching nationwide..
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EE 4G UK: What does it mean for Orange and T-Mobile customers?
EE = Everything Everywhere, the new name for the Orange/T-Mobile merger…
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Everything Everywhere to Bring 4G LTE to UK by Before Christmas
EE = Everything Everywhere, the new name for the Orange/T-Mobile merger…
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Virgin to offer customers Orange network access for calls, texts and internet
Virgin Media has revealed that plans to broaden its service by allowing its customers to make use of the Orange network for calls, texting and mobile internet. Speaking to a fellow tech blog, a representative for the digital media and tele-communications company stated that Virgin Media does not own its network outright, but at present…