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Apple, Tesla 'Poaching' Employees: Start Of Silicon Valley's Biggest Talent Rivalry?
Friday, February 6, 2015 - 3:10pm | 451The war for talent at Silicon Valley is more brutal than ever. A recent report by Bloomberg highlights that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) “poaches” more employees from tech giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) than any other company, while at the same time Elon Musk has previously gone...
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Why Google, Microsoft And Amazon Are Paying The Playground Bully
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 3:21pm | 476A host of tech giants that make money through advertising, including the likes of Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), have started paying Adblock Plus -- an organization that makes a free browser add-on that allows...
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Google To Unveil Real-Time Voice To Text Translation App; Competition With Skype?
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 2:05pm | 325There is buzz on the Street that Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is planning to unveil an updated version of its Google Translate App for Android, which will recognize speech and translate it to text in real-time, following the launch of similar program last month by Microsoft...
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How Google Helps Increase Smartphone Penetration On A Global Scale
Monday, December 22, 2014 - 5:22pm | 354Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) is not resting easy after launching its Android One phones in India this September. The company is ready to launch those phones in the other countries of the subcontinent, including Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Mark Spoonauer, editor-in-chief at Tom...
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New Netflix App Receives Mixed Reviews Across The Web
Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 4:32pm | 1146What do consumers think of the new Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) app for TVs and TV-connected devices? Thus far, the reaction seems to be fairly mixed. Netflix developed the new app to bring a universal menu experience to all of its users. Now when they turn on an Xbox 360, for example, they will see...