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Verizon Closes $130 billion deal for Vodafone Stake
0By: Zain Nabi | August 29th, 2013 | Business, News
Vodafone Group Plc’s is soon buying a 45 % stake for about $130 billion of Verizon Communication Inc in their U.S. joint venture, according to the latest report of Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the matter. Several banks are working with Verizon Communication to raise $10 billion from each in funding of $60 billion of the contract and they will soon by September 2 announce the news. ...
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BlackBerry Considers Spinning Off Messaging Service
By: Zain Nabi | August 28th, 2013 | News
BlackBerry is considering spinning off its messaging service as a separate unit, according to the Wall Street journal, quoting people that are familiar with the news. BBM Inc is the new name of the subsidiary, said the newspaper. The company refuses to comment on this news say...
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Palestinian Programmer Hacks Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Profile
By: Talha Bhatti | August 28th, 2013 | News, Social Media
There have been a number of bugs and glitches on Facebook throughout the years, but a Palestinian programmer was able to take advantage of one he recently found. Khalil Shreateh, an unemployed programmer, hacked into Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal page and insisted on collecting $500.
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Cellphones seen as Root Cause in Distracting Drivers as Fatal Collisions Rise
By: Talha Bhatti | August 28th, 2013 | News
Drivers do not usually consider the impact that the use of such a small thing as a cellphone could potentially have on their lives. Reiterating former studies and research, it is again being seen as something that is a major cause in the rise of fatal collisions across provinces in Canada. Various campaigns and educational movements held by the pol...
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Amazon Launches Mexico Kindle Store, Offers 70,000 Spanish eBooks and 1,000 Titles at Just $.70 Cents
By: Ali Raza | August 28th, 2013 | Business, News
In an effort to further boost its customer base, the world’s leading e-commerce company, Amazon launched its Mexico Kindle Store on Thursday, August 29th for consumers in Mexico. With the launch of new Mexico Kindle Store Amazon has now further extended its online eBook retail platform. The people of Mexico will now be able to ...
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Hawaiian Airlines to Deploy 1500 iPad Minis on its Aircrafts to Replace Old In-Flight Entertainment Systems
By: Ali Raza | August 28th, 2013 | Apple, Business, Games, iOS, Living, News, Tablets
Hawaiian Airlines has announced that from September 1st it will swap its in-flight entertainment systems with Apple's iPad Minis, but this facility is not offered on all routes and is limited to specific routes. With this announcement, Hawaiian Airlines has become the first U.S.-based airline that is going to offer iPads as entert...
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Google’s Hugo Bara Vacates His Post to Join China-Based Xiaomi as VP
By: Ali Raza | August 28th, 2013 | Android, Business, Google, News, Smartphones
When Hugo Bara, the president of product management for Android at Google was flashing the latest Nexus 7 tablet in front of the audience at its launch, no one would have wondered that soon he will resign from his post. Yes that’s right, Bara has decided to vacate his post, as he is soon going to join China-based smartphone mak...
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BlackBerry Looking to Turn BBM into a Separate Company – Report
By: Ali Raza | August 28th, 2013 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones
According to the latest report from the Wall Street Journal, BlackBerry is looking to turn BBM into a separate company that would enable it to work more independently. The news did not came as a surprise because after the failure of its latest BlackBerry 10 hardware and software BlackBerry the company showed losses in the las...
