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Telenor Group has on 29 January 2016 entered into an agreement to acquire approximately 95% of Tapad Inc., a leading marketing technology firm. The purchase price is USD 360 million, on a debt and cash-free 100% basis. The acquisition enables Telenor to take a position within the rapidly growing market for advertising technology, and secures important competence within digital marketing and analytics. (Fornebu, Norway, 1 February 2016) –Tapad, a New York-based startup, was established in 2010 by Norwegian entrepreneur Are Traasdahl, the company’s Chief Executive Officer. The company delivers unified…

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Google has announced it will roll out a new compression algorithm to its Chrome browser, boosting speeds by up to 26 per cent. The tech, called Brotli, will compress the information sent to and from the browser Called Brotli, the technology will compress data, including web font compression and other intensive elements of a web page commonly sent to and from pages, to make them load faster. It replaces the previous Zopfli algorithm Google was using to cut down the volume of traffic throughput, which was released two years ago.…

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As Satya Nadella announced today, we’re committed to putting the Microsoft Cloud to work for the public good. That’s why Microsoft Philanthropies, with support from Microsoft Research and Microsoft Business Development, will donate $1 billion in Microsoft cloud services to nonprofits and university researchers over the next three years. Our goal is to support 70,000 nonprofits through this initiative during that time. I wanted to provide some more detail on what we’re doing and the commitments we are making today. Our rationale for today’s announcement is simple. Cloud computing has…

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The new Google Maps feature tracks your most frequent destinations, such as home or work, and might suggest leaving ASAP or waiting a bit due to traffic. Google Maps can now give users real-time traffic advice, for example, if it is a good time to head home or to work, or if it would be wise to have a cup of coffee and read for a bit before braving the traffic on nearby roads.The new driving shortcut feature was announced by Brian Ferris, a Google Maps software engineer, in a…

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Microsoft completes its rollout of Skype Translator for Windows and announces an integration with the Slack team communications platform. For nearly three and a half months, Microsoft has beenrolling out its Skype Translator technology to millions of Windows users. This week, the company crossed the finish line. “This takes Skype one step closer to our mission of empowering people to do more, even across languages,” stated Microsoft in a Jan. 13 announcement on the company’s Website. “We hope that our customers can achieve their goals through relationships that would have previously…

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Nixu Corporation and Nokia Networks have entered an agreement to collaborate on developing and delivering cybersecurity services for Nokia’s clients worldwide. For cybersecurity company Nixu widening international market reach is a strategic way of reaching growth targets. Nixu and Nokia Networks have signed a collaboration agreement that makes it possible for Nixu’s comprehensive cybersecurity services to be included as part of Nokia’s client offering.  This agreement gives Nokia’s network operator clients access to Nixu’s cybersecurity expertise through one partner. “This collaboration model enables Nokia to include our productized cybersecurity services…

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Last-minute addition to Brussels directive could force companies to obtain parental consent European regulators could prevent under-16s from using social media without parental consent. The changes have been proposed as a last-minute amendment to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a draft directive currently being debated by EU lawmakers. The amendment states that companies handle the personal information of those under 16 with the consent of “the holder of parental responsibility over the child”. Effectively, this would require explicit consent from a parent or guardian before teenagers signed up for…

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IBM today announced the opening of its global headquarters for Watson Internet of Things (IoT), launching a series of new offerings, capabilities and ecosystem partners designed to extend the power of cognitive computing to the billions of connected devices, sensors and systems that comprise the IoT. These new offerings will be available through the IBM Watson IoT Cloud, the company’s global platform for IoT business and developers. As part of today’s launch, the company announced that Munich, Germany will serve as the global headquarters for its new Watson IoT unit, as…

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Air Serbia, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, has launched a modern new website that provides guests with an enhanced online experience when booking air tickets and accessing special flight deals with Air Serbia. The website, airserbia.com, features a mobile-friendly design that adapts to various screen sizes, offering an optimal browsing experience across both desktop and portable devices, including smartphones and tablets. In addition, the booking engine has been redesigned to enable a faster and more user-friendly way of searching for and purchasing seats with Air Serbia. Dane…

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RackHD project aims to make managing storage much easier EMC, recently bought by Dell, has launched an open source project focused on making the management of commodity storage hardware easier. Originally launched as Project OnRack in May, RackHD is an open source physical hardware management and orchestration (M&O) layer that automates discovery, description, provisioning and programming across a broad range of commodity servers, switches and storage. According to EMC, the technology provides an API as a component in a larger orchestration system or creates a user interface for managing hardware services,…

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