... likes of Microsoft and Google. Since 2011, a program called Gaza Sky Geeks has helped identify and nurture high-tech startups in Gaza, Reuters reports. The "incubator" has already launched 16 busines ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... quarter. Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. also are competing to rent the data storage and computing power that are the building blocks of Internet-based systems. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
... s. Former Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer reported a 4 percent stake in October, making him the third-biggest shareholder after Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and Saudi billionaire Pri ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... Inc. and Microsoft Corp. that rely on the company’s Xeon processors, The Wall Street Journal reports. That is becoming more difficult to do through Intel’s traditional practice of squeezing more tran ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
China's worsening air pollution can only mean one thing for two of the world's largest technology firms -- big business. IBM and Microsoft, are vying to tap the nascent, fast-growing market for foreca ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... (#3, -4%)Microsoft (#4, +11%)IBM (#5, -10%)Toyota (#6, +16%)Samsung (#7, 0%)GE (#8, -7%)McDonald’s (#9, -6%)Amazon (#10, +29%) Top Risers Facebook (#23, +54%)Apple (#1, +43%)Amazon (#10, +29%)Hermès ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... backed by Microsoft Corp.He got the idea for a massage app after spending hours hunched over his desk tapping code. Kungfu Bear landed angel funding from China Renaissance K2 Ventures and started oper ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
... vision to Microsoft Corp. last year. Finland did undergo a brief economic downturn following the fall of Nokia. However, as a lot of the tech talent formerly employed by Nokia either re-entered the jo ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates unveiled on Monday a "Breakthrough Energy Coalition", an initiative that ropes in top businessmen from several countries for investments in clean-ene ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... ion while Microsoft is about US$430 billion. Amazon, now valued at US$320 billion, may surpass them in five years. The new economy is not directly competing with the old one. The new is overtaking the ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... ted news, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will launch a multi-billion-dollar clean energy research and development initiative on Monday, the opening day of the UN climate change summit. Gates and a gr ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... msung and Microsoft were previously reported to be shifting their handset making operations to Vietnam. Taiwanese touchscreen manufacturer Wintek closed its two factories in Dongguan last year. The go ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
... Facebook, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc. and Alphabet Inc., formerly Google, have been publishing details about the number of government requests for data they receive, the news agency said. -- Contact u ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
... billion. Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates remains the world’s richest, with a net worth of US$85 billion. Last month, Bezos surpassed brothers Charles and David Koch to become the the third richest ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
... g Google, Microsoft and Facebook, said the proposals were a concern. "The bill is a setback for privacy rights and part of a worrisome trend toward more governmental surveillance in Europe while the U ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
Steve Ballmer, the former chief executive of Microsoft, has revealed that he holds 4 percent stake in Twitter Inc, making him the third-biggest individual shareholder in the microblogging service oper ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... Band from Microsoft and the Apple Watch all gave results that varied less than 5 percent from the readings given by professional medical equipment. However, Asus’ Zenwatch, which can measure only rest ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
... e US like Microsoft and Yahoo have been overtaken by nimbler rivals such as Apple. The same thing would apply to firms in this part of the world. If Hong Kong thinks it will continue to have a lead ov ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
... , IBM and Microsoft Corp., has resisted any moves by the government to weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect consumers' privacy. The decision to back away from a law ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... ware firm Microsoft is holding US$108.3 billion in five tax haven subsidiaries, and drug company Pfizer is holding US$74 billion in 151 subsidiaries, the study said. "Congress can and should take stro ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-07