Cisco plans to effectively kill off its misguided Cius enterprise tablet, the company has announced in a blog post.
“Cisco will no longer invest in the Cisco Cius tablet form factor, and no further enhancements will be made to the …
Dell is in talks to buy network applications maker Quest Software for more than $2 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Quest originally agreed to be acquired by Insight Venture Partners for $2 billion, but those talks may have …
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If there is one application that personifies how Apple’s mega-popular iPad is transforming the enterprise, it could very well be the intuitive, luscious, and just-plain-cool Roambi, a business intelligence app that brings mundane data to life in unimaginable ways.
Roambi, …
The closely watched SpaceX flight, the first private spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station, has been successfully captured by the robotic arm of the ISS.
The capture occurred at 9:56 a.m. ET Friday and was broadcast by NASA …
Hot social media service Pinterest has hired Facebook Corporate Communications Director Barry Schnitt to lead communications and public policy, VentureBeat has confirmed. He will start in mid-June.
“Barry brings incredible relevant experience to Pinterest and will be pivotal as we …
Facebook has launched a stand-alone camera application for the iPhone to help people share photos faster and easier on the massive social network, the company announced today.
Although Facebook paid $1 billion to acquire photo-sharing service Instagram, the Facebook Camera …
Google has updated its Google+ app for Android with beautiful new flourishes and the ability to start a video chat Hangout on the go, the company announced today.
The app update makes a lot of sense in light of Google+’s …
Finnish phone maker Nokia has shrunk the size of its usually huge Nokia World event into several small events and moved up the date of the first event by a few weeks, the company announced today in a blog post.…
Enterprise cloud storage startup Box has added a slew of updates to its main product, including universal administrator search, more mobile security features for iOS and Android, and multiple e-mail domain support, the company announced Thursday morning.
Box now has …
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Six companies battled it out for dominance at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield today, but only one came out in top. That company was UberConference, a promising conference call startup from the creator of Google Voice.
Craig Walker, the inventor of …
The CTO and CIO of the U.S. government have announced a new digital roadmap for the U.S. that encourages the further use of open data, and tries to inspire developers to work for the government.
“We have an opportunity to …
Google Vice President David Lawee said today that two-thirds of Google’s acquisitions over the years have been successful, an important statement following the close of its $12.5 billion Motorola buy this week.
Lawee was being interviewed on stage by CrunchFund …
It’s fairly common for drinks to be had at tech conferences, but this morning beer startup Churchkey got things started a little earlier than usual by cracking open brews on-stage at 10:30 a.m.
Churchkey Can was started by actor Adrian …
Facebook has settled a lawsuit concerned “Sponsored Stories” that could have cost the company billions if the plaintiffs had won, according to a Reuters report.
In light of Facebook’s team taking the company public last Friday, it will have to …
German business software titan SAP has agreed to acquire Sunnyvale, Calif.-based e-commerce business Ariba for an astounding $4.3 billion, the company announced today.
SAP will pay $45 per share for Ariba, a nearly 20 percent premium over its May 21 …
Microsoft has launched its second accelerator for cloud-related startups, the company announced today. This one is located in emerging tech startup hotbed Bangalore, India.
Ten startups will be selected and will start Sept. 3, 2012. For four months, they will …
After a failed launch Saturday, SpaceX successfully launched a private unmanned spaceship early this morning on a mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX hopes replace now-retired American Space Shuttles with missions to space. Eventually the private company hopes to …
Google has finally closed its much-talked-about $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google CEO Larry Page announced today on the company’s blog.
“Motorola is a great American tech company that has driven the mobile revolution, with a track record of …
Streaming music startup Spotify has launched in Australia and New Zealand, which brings the service to 15 total countries, the company announced today.
As the company expands to new territories, we’ve heard it is seeking a new mega-round of funding …
Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility will finally close this week and some of Moto’s staff could be axed in the process, according to a TechCrunch report.
Chinese antitrust authorities approved the $12.5 billion deal Saturday, clearing the final hurdle for …
