Apple, the Cupertino-based company, on Wednesday, May 28th, 2014, officially announced its acquisition of Beats Music and Beats Electronics, by agreeing to pay $3 billion for the audio equipment and subscription streaming music service founded by producer Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre (Andre Young).
Facebook has been known to be a place where sharing have limitless boundaries. For years, the social network giant urges users to share more and more, giving less space for internet privacy.
Kakao, the Korea-based company behind the KakaoTalk messaging app, is merging with Daum, the country's second largest internet portal. The deal gives Kakao a valuation of 3.1 trillion won ($3.03 billion).
SAP AG, the German-based multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations, launches a set of solutions for more streamlined cloud deployments.
The social network giant Facebook released an update to its mobile app on Wednesday, May 21st, 2014, that allow users to automatically identify the song or TV show they're watching, and put it on their Facebook posts.
Google, the search engine giant, updates its search engine algorithm by introducing Panda 4.0. Google's latest change has made marketers, webmasters and business owners wonder how it'll impact their websites and SEO efforts.
Pinterest, the content discovery website that has achieved massive mainstream popularity by letting people clip and share their favorite photos and videos online with virtual "pinboards," is making itself clear that the company means big business by raising $200 million on May 16th, 2014.
The internet preserves a lot of data, and these data can have a permanent electronic trace about something you may not want. A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called "right to be forgotten".
The internet has become a part of the lives of many people in the world. With the internet, people can connect with others in a networked space where content and information are abundance and easy to find.
On May 7th, 2014, a coalition of more than 100 technology companies has written to the U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC), opposing potential changes to net neutrality rules.