What’s new LG Display will invest $1.75 Billion for flexible OLED screens OLED is widely expected to replace liquid crystal displays (LCD) for smartphones as the standard technology in a few years, and flexible displays can be curved or folded. LG, in a regulatory filing, said it was building a new production line for small-to-medium…
What’s new Amazon teams up with the UK to make drone delivery a reality This new partnership with the UK gives the company a chance to test its drones the way it can’t in the US. For one, the UK is allowing Amazon to deploy beyond line of sight tests in both rural and suburban…
What’s new Verizon is settling a $4.8 billion deal to buy Yahoo The end of Yahoo as an independent company is near, and Verizon, long considered the leading contender to buy the ageing web pioneer, is the acquirer. This deal will end months of uncertainty about Yahoo’s future after the company announced plans to review strategic…
What’s new Fiat Chrysler launches bug bounty program Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will offer rewards of as much as $1,500 to ethical hackers who tell the auto maker about data security weaknesses in its vehicles, the company said. The program is focused on FCA’s connected vehicles, including systems within them and external services and applications…
What’s new Twitter ups its GIF size limit to 15MB for the web Twitter is continuing its trend of increasing the size limit in regards to media uploads on its platforms, with its latest update concerning GIFs. The previous size limit for both photos and GIFs on Twitter was just 5MB. There are some glaring…
What’s new Apple is paying $25 million for infringing a patent in iOS and OS X interfaces Mirror World Technologies, Inc., a data management software company, will receive the money from Apple for the settlement and fully paid up license for a “Document Stream Operating System.” The initial complaint stated that Apple was using similar…
Important announcements Full disk encryption flaw could affect millions of Android users When it comes to vulnerabilities and security, Google’s Android has never been in the good books of security experts or even its users to a great extent. Security expert Gal Beniamini has now revealed another flaw in Android encryption. He said that Android…
What’s new Google acquires Anvato, a media streaming and monetization platform for broadcasters Anvato is a platform for encoding, editing, publishing and distribution video across platforms. Google says Anvato will join its Cloud Platform team and that Anvato’s technology will complement its efforts “to enable scalable media processing and workflows in the cloud.” With this…
What’s new Facebook’s open-source wireless access platform designed to provide internet to remote areas around the world The social network took the wraps off OpenCellular, an open-source initiative aimed at easing the market barriers to entry for mobile carriers in developing countries. OpenCellular is roughly the size of a shoe box and it can support…
What’s new Google’s DeepMind will use AI in diagnosing eye disease Google will investigate how DeepMind’s technology can be taught to analyze scans for the two diseases, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, the diagnoses of which have been time-consuming efforts for eye doctors due to their complexity. The results could mean earlier diagnoses for…
