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Everybody has to grow up sometime, and for Germany-based streaming service Soundcloud, it appears that time is now. Broken first by the Wall Street Journal, Soundcloud announced today a new deal with Warner Music Group, marking its first licensing contract with one of the major music labels. Under t
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company that held the world’s largest initial public offering in September, reported strong sales growth in its first earnings report as a public company on Tuesday. For the three months ending on September 30, Alibaba’s net profit fell 38.6% to $494 million, or 20 ce
HP did try to make their way into the world of 3D printing at the turn of the decade, where they rebranded a Stratasys desktop 3D printer. However, that particular effort of theirs failed to be impress, and hence, it must have taken them all this while to regroup and think over their strategy. Basic
It seems the new TV box from Google, known as the Nexus Player, alongside Android TV, do carry one particular major drawback – neither of them happen to provide official support for many of the games that are out there in the market, not to mention selected apps. Amazon, which is Google’s rival in t
Xiaomi just announced on its official Weibo account that it plans to invest $1 billion in online video content to support its smart television ecosystem. The investment will be overseen by two Xiaomi executives who have considerable experience building online content. They are Chen Tong, the former
Analysts expect Sonyto continue to have a strong presence in China’s smartphone market, despite its announcement last week of plans to reduce its exposure to the world’s largest handset market by cutting jobs. Market speculation suggests the Japanese electronics giant is buckling under g
It wasn’t very long ago that airlines offered a dozen or so pre-programmed radio stations you could shuffle through during your flight. Fast forward to 2014 and things have really changed. Starting today, Southwest Airlines is teaming up with Apple and Beats Music to offer the music streaming servic
Small in size it may be, Singapore has emerged as the world’s largest adopter of smartphones with a penetration rate of 85%. That’s up from 72% in 2013, and higher than the adoption rate for personal computers in the country which stands at 60%, according to Google’s Consumer Barom
Back at the helm of his company after recovering from surgery, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has responded that the company must address one of the biggest glaring missteps of its current two consoles: region-locking. Iwata tackled the subject at a Q&A on the company’s recent financial reports
It looks like snapping selfies with bears in the background are a no-go, but those are not the only kind of selfies that will be banned. A Russian government agency that hails from Kursk’s regional department of Rospotrebnadzor, has issued a warning to younger folks out there that snapping selfies c
Global ad giant Publicis is spending big to position itself as the top agency for brands riding the digital wave, after it announced a deal that sees it acquire Sapient for $3.7 billion. Publicis is paying $25.00 per share in an all-cash transaction at a total valuation that is a 44% premium to Nasd
BlackBerry isn’t shy about borrowing features to keep BBM relevant in the messaging world; it added stickers to challenge WhatsApp, and now it’s taking a page from Snapchat’s book. The latest version of BBM introduces a timed messaging feature that lets you determine when messages
