1. Expedia to acquire Orbitz for $1.3 billion
Expedia is buying
rival online travel site Orbitz for approximately $1.33 billion to extend its
reach in the travel-booking industry. It's Expedia's second major deal in the
past month as the industry consolidates. Expedia announced the $280 million
acquisition of another rival, Travelocity, in late January.
2. Apple working on a car, poaching Tesla staff
It seems Tim Cook is
working on making one of Steve Jobs's dreams come true: making an iCar. A
report by Apple-focussed blog Mac Observer, the iPhone maker is poaching
aggressively from Tesla, the biggest electric carmaker in the world.
3. Seoul to launch premium taxi service to take on
Uber
The Seoul city government has said that it plans to
launch a premium taxi service in August to rival online ride-service provider
Uber, adding to the challenges to the US company's expansion plans in Asia's
fourth-biggest economy.
4. Apple Watch can ‘make you jump’ if you sit too
long
Apple joined the smartwatch bandwagon six months
ago with the unveiling of its Apple Watch, with health as one of the focus
areas of the yet-to-be-launched gadget.
5. Lava not buying Nokia’s Chennai handset unit
Lava International has dropped out of the race to
buy Nokia's Chennai handset factory, once the world's biggest but now
non-operational, as the fast-growing home-bred smartphone maker concentrates on
developing its own manufacturing facilities in Uttar Pradesh.
6. Microsoft buys Israeli digital pen maker
Microsoft is buying N-trig, an Israeli provider of
digital pens and chips for touch screens, for at least $200 million.
7. Only 7.2 lakh Android Wear watches sold in 2014
Just around 7,20,000 Android Wear smartwatches were
sold during 2014, of a total of 4.6 million wrist-worn wearables. The
best-seller? Unsurprisingly, it was the Moto 360.
8. Samsung teases “intelligent” Galaxy S6 camera
With the launch of Galaxy S6 around the corner,
Samsung has started teasing the public by dropping hints about its
next-generation flagship smartphone.
9. Xiaomi to sell Redmi Note 4G without flash sales
The company tweeted through its official India
handle, "Good news! We now have sufficient stock of #RedmiNote4G for all
Mi fans. No registration required, open sale starts on Feb 12th
@Flipkart."
Gopinath T B,
CEO, Meteora Gaming
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