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Wunderlist Founder Offers To Buy App Back From Microsoft
‘Don’t kill it, rather let me buy it back’, founder of task app Wunderlist pleads with Microsoft
Symantec Consumer Division Sale To Equity Firms – Report
Private equity groups sniff around remaining consumer division of Symantec, after enterprise sale to Broadcom
Juniper Networks Settles Bribery Probe
Networking giant Juniper agrees to pay $11.7 million as part of bribery settlement with SEC
Facebook Breakup Would Be Difficult If Services Are Integrated – FTC
Plans to integrate WhatsApp and Instrgram brands could make it more difficult to breakup Facebook, FTC boss admits
Broadcom Acquires Symantec Enterprise Unit For £8.8bn
Acquisition confirmed as Broadcom continues to expand beyond its traditional chip business
Salesforce Acquires ClickSoftware For $1.3bn
US cloud services provider snaps up Israeli maker of workforce management and service solutions
Broadcom In ‘Advanced Talks’ To Acquire Symantec – Again
Weeks after Symantec walked away after price disagreement, reports suggest the two are close to a deal
UK Data Protection Watchdog Raises Facebook Libra Concern
Facebook’s proposed digital currency faces calls for more information about how user data will be protected
FCA Expresses Concern At Lack Of Cryptocurrencies Safeguards
Financial Conduct Authority warns bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value
Apple Spends $1bn To Acquire Intel Modem Biz
Chip independence? Apple makes its second ever largest acquisition with Intel modem unit purchase
Apple In ‘Advanced Talks’ To Acquire Intel Modem Business
Another report has suggested that Apple is close to acquiring Intel’s smartphone modem business
Vodafone Wins Approval For Liberty Global Asset Acquisition
Deutsche Telekom not happy after European Union gives Vodafone’s Liberty Global deal its antitrust blessing
Symantec, Broadcom Axe Acquisition Talks – Report
Symantec reportedly walks away from acquisition talks with Broadcom, after disagreement about price
Fed Boss Calls On Facebook To Halt Libra Digital Currency
Not so fast Mark. Chief of US Federal Reserve calls on Facebook to halt its Libra digital currency plans
Broadcom In ‘Advanced Talks’ To Acquire Symantec
Another software move for chipmaker, as Broadcom reportedly seeks to acquire security veteran Symantec
IBM’s $34bn Purchase Of Red Hat Gains EU Blessing – Report
Big Blue reportedly gains European approval to acquire open source cloud giant Red Hat
Sainsbury’s Bank Customers Locked Out Of Accounts – Report
Banking outage sees customers locked out of their accounts on Tuesday, but services are now recovered
Oxford University Gets £150m Investment For AI Ethics
University’s largest ever donation from American billionaire will fund research into AI ethics
Apple Explores Purchase Of Intel’s Modem Unit – Report
So long Qualcomm? Apple is reportedly mulling a purchase of Intel’s smartphone modem business
Have I Been Pwned Website Up For Sale
Needs support. Troy Hunt puts popular security website up for sale as admin and coding take him close to burn-out
HPE Bolsters HPC Credentials With $1.3bn Cray Deal
Veteran supercomputer maker Cray is to be acquired by HPE, to power its HPC push in the years ahead
Uber IPO Sets Market Value At $82bn Despite Lack Of Profit
Public offering to raise $8bn to drive expansion and fund driverless cars and food delivery
Hackers Steal $41m In Bitcoins From Binance Exchange
Major crypto-currency exchange is hacked, but wners pledge to cover the millions stolen in the cyber heist
KCOM Acquired For £504m By Pension Fund
Hull-based telecoms group agrees to be acquired for over half a billion pounds by university pension fund
Nvidia Bolsters HPC Push With Mellanox Acquisition
American chip firm digs deep with £5.3bn acquisition of Israeli high performance chipmaker
French Digital Tax To Swell Government Coffers
Nice little earner. French finance minister predicts its digital tax could bring in half a billion pounds a year
EU To Agree Digital Tax By March, Says French Minister
European-wide tax on tech firms to be agreed by March, predicts French finance minister
France Starts Digital Tax On Amazon, Facebook, Google
Tech giants to pay digital taxation from 1 January in France, after EU countries fail to reach agreement
Dell Returns To Public Trading With NYSE Listing
Five years after going private in a bitter battle, Michael Dell braves public trading once again