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Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion; LNKD shares jump 47%

14/06/2016(0)
Microsoft announced a $26.2 billion deal on Monday to acquire professional social platform LinkedIn for $196 per share.  Shares of LinkedIn surged 47 percent after the announcement to near $193, while Microsoft’s ... Read More
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Microsoft to trim smartphone business, plans to cut 1,850 jobs

25/05/2016(0)
Microsoft said today it will trim down its smartphone business by cutting 1,850 jobs, most of them in Finland, and write down $950m from the operation. The US company ... Read More
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Nokia phones are back

18/05/2016(0)
Nokia is coming back to phones and tablets The brand will be revived through new licensing agreement With Microsoft’s epic mishandling of Nokia’s mobile business coming to an end today, ... Read More
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Asian Stocks Retreat as BOJ Negative-Rate Proposal Weakens Yen

22/04/2016(0)
Microsoft, Alphabet, Sony profits fall short of estimates Topix rebounds as currency weakens; Shanghai Composite falls Asian stocks retreated from a four-month high as companies including Sony Corp. and ... Read More
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Virtual Currency that is rival to Bitcoin, attracts attention and has soared in value

28/03/2016(0)
A new virtual gold rush is underway. Even as Bitcoin, riven by internal divisions, has struggled, a rival virtual currency — known as Ethereum — has soared in value, ... Read More
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Apple ‘raised technological barriers’ to stop warrant in iPhone case: U.S. government

11/03/2016(0)
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) rhetoric was “false” in a high-profile fight over the government’s bid to unlock an encrypted iPhone belonging to one ... Read More
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Microsoft, Google Join Rivals to Back Apple in FBI Fight

04/03/2016(0)
Tech competitors argue privacy, security threatened in case San Bernardino shooting victim among those supporting Apple Tech giants including Microsoft Corp. and Google set aside often fierce rivalries to ... Read More
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Microsoft buys UK AI firm SwiftKey

03/02/2016(0)
UK-based artificial intelligence firm SwiftKey has been acquired by Microsoft, the company has confirmed. The Financial Times reports the deal is worth $250m (£174m). SwiftKey is known for its ... Read More
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Microsoft blockchain-as-a-service embraces Ripple

08/12/2015(0)
Microsoft is working with Rippleto add a pure play transactional financial services angle to its recently released blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) toolkit, Microsoft announced in October plans to provide a blockchain ... Read More
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Microsoft and MIT Explore Unique Applications of the Bitcoin Blockchain

30/07/2015(0)
Microsoft New York and MIT Media Lab presented a 70-minute report called #Blockchain4good this week. Speakers included Brian Forde, MIT Media Lab director of digital currency and former senior ... Read More
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