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Rima Qureshi to lead Ericsson strategy
Ericsson has announced Rima Qureshi, a 20-year veteran of the company, as its new chief strategy officer, following the resignation of Doug Gilstrap earlier in April. Gilstrap joined Ericsson in 2009. In her new role, Qureshi—now Ericsson’s...
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API specialist Apigee scores $60m for big data...
US API developer Apigee this week secured a further $60m in funding, bringing its total raised to date to $171m for big data analytics development. Pine River Capital Management and Wellington Management Company participated as new...
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Skype makes group video calling free
OTT communications provider Skype, a subsidiary of Microsoft, has announced that it will make its group video calling service available to all users, free of charge. Until now, group video calling was only available to premium...
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Microsoft closes Nokia deal
One of the industry’s highest profile acquisitions in recent years is now complete after Microsoft announced that its acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business has now been approved by shareholders and regulatory bodies around the world.
The Nokia unit will...
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Google+ founder leaves firm
Web giant Google has been left without a leader for its Google+ social networking site after Vic Gundotra has stepped down as senior vice president for social at Google after almost eight years at the firm. Gundotra...
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Ericsson restructures Networks unit for virtualization push
Swedish vendor Ericsson has reorganized its networks division, splitting it into two new business units; Radio and Cloud & IP. The Cloud & IP unit will drive Ericsson’s work on virtualization, an area in which the firm has ground to...
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Apple impresses with quarterly performance
Device manufacturer Apple continued with an impressive financial performance for the quarter to end-March, generating revenue of $45.6bn for the period, as well as net profit of $10.2bn.
The firm’s revenue for the quarter is a 4.6 per cent year...
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