Google weaves Olympics highlight videos into your search results
Logically, Google is promising plenty of raw Olympics news at the same time. Searches will turn up athlete bios, medal tallies and schedules, while the Google mobile search app can notify you when there are event and medal wins. While this kind of integration isn’t completely new, it could be more than a little helpful if you’d rather not visit sports or TV sites just to get a quick recap. More here: Google weaves Olympics...
Apple Announces Record iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Sales
CUPERTINO, California — September 28, 2015 — Apple® today announced it has sold more than 13 million new iPhone® 6s and iPhone 6s Plus models, a new record, just three days after launch. iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will be available in more than 40 additional countries beginning October 9 including Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain and Taiwan. The new iPhones will be available in over 130 countries by the end of the year.“Sales for iPhone...
Uber China merges with rival Didi Chuxing
While the deal comes just days after China legalized ride-hailing apps in the nation, the companies have reportedly been in talks for a long period. Interestingly, Apple recently bought a large chunk of Didi Chuxing, so it now has a tenuous financial tie to Uber. As part of the deal, Didi is investing $1 billion in Uber, giving the US ride-sharing firm a valuation of $68 billion. The merged giant will continue to run Uber under its...
Uber China merges with rival Didi Chuxing
While the deal comes just days after China legalized ride-hailing apps in the nation, the companies have reportedly been in talks for a long period. Interestingly, Apple recently bought a large chunk of Didi Chuxing, so it now has a tenuous financial tie to Uber. As part of the deal, Didi is investing $1 billion in Uber, giving the US ride-sharing firm a valuation of $68 billion. The merged giant will continue to run Uber under its...
Google teams up with GSK to develop ‘bioelectronic medicines’
Under the agreement, both companies will invest up to £540 million ($715 million) to form a new company, Galvani Bioelectronics. It’s named after Luigi Aloisio Galvani, an 18th century Italian scientist who was one of the early pioneers of bioelectricity (he was also the guy who found that frogs legs twitch when exposed to an electric current). According to GSK’s press release, it’ll be headquartered in the UK, with...
