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Google Buys Cloud Services Startup Orbitera
Google said it plans to continue supporting Orbitera's existing customers across multiple clouds
Microsoft Mobile And Nokia Misery Continues With 2,850 More Job Cuts
Are you watching Stephen Elop? Brutal gutting of Redmond's phone business continues with fresh job losses
BT Gets EE Boost, Now Has 4.3m Fibre Broadband And 16.7m 4G Subscribers
BT gets boost from EE's mobile and SMB businesses as it snaps up 79 percent of all new broadband connections on Openreach in past quarter
Qualcomm Pays £15m To Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Qualcomm claims it has strong defenses against accusations of blocking women in STEM, but will work to make improvements
MasterCard Buys UK FinTech Firm VocaLink For £700m
MasterCard hopes buying BACS and LINK operator will allow it to take a greater interest in mobile payments in the UK
Yahoo Fails To Reveal Buyer, Suffers £332m Loss In Q2
Yahoo also announces £365m write-down of Tumblr
Does £24bn ARM Sale End UK’s Last Hope Of Creating A Tech Giant?
ANALYSIS: ARM will stay in Cambridge and its UK workforce will double, but the UK's biggest hope for a tech titan is now lost
British Chipmaker ARM Is Sold To Softbank For £24bn
Softbank promises to keep ARM's headquarters in Cambridge and double its headcount in the UK
O2 CEO Ronan Dunne Steps Down After Failed Three Merger
O2 CEO decides its time for a change as Telefonica abandons plans to leave the UK market and appoints CFO Mark Evans as new chief
Darktrace Raises £50m Funding For Cyber Defence Push
Another round of funding for cyber-security firm backed by former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch
Box Shuttle Wants To Take The Pain Out Of Cloud Migration
Box wants more people on its cloud platform, so it's going to help them with Box Shuttle
Cisco Buys Cloud Security Vendor CloudLock
CloudLock's technology protects content based on remote services such as Office365, Google Drive and Salesforce
Intel ‘Looks’ To Sell Off Security Unit
The chip maker is reportedly looking into unloading Intel Security amid rising demand from business
BlackBerry Losses Grow As It Considers Ditching Handsets
BlackBerry losses widen as CEO John Chen reportedly admits time is running out for smartphones to return to profitability
Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal May Prove Better Fit Than Earlier Buyouts
ANALYSIS: Although more consumers use Microsoft products, enterprises are its most important customers, and owning LinkedIn can help deepen their relationship.
Salesforce Closes E-commerce Gap With £1.9bn Demandware Deal
E-commerce software maker Demandware snapped up by Salesforce in its biggest ever acquisition
HPE: IT Services Merger With CSC Is ‘Right Step’ For Customers
HPE lines up IT services unit for spin merger with CSC in move to refocus itself on mobile and cloud
Huawei Sues Samsung Over Alleged Smartphone Patent Infringement
Huawei, the world's third biggest smartphone manufacturer, tells Samsung, the biggest, that enough is enough in patent dispute
Nokia Returns To Smartphones As Microsoft Sells Feature Phone Business
Microsoft sells feature phone business to Foxconn subsidiary while Nokia licenses famous brand to HMD global
Vodafone Has 7m UK 4G Customers As Network Investments ‘Pay Off’
Vodafone says £19bn network investment and European recovery are paying dividends as wider group revenues rise for first time since 2008
What’s Next For UK Mobile Industry After Failed O2-Three Merger?
ANALYSIS: Virgin Media and O2 could merge, Three might buy TalkTalk and businesses might get cheaper prices but worse networks
Yahoo Shortlists Cash Bids For Asset Sale
Search company Yahoo has shortlisted nearly 10 bidders, including Verizon
Printing Giant Lexmark Targets Asia After £2.5bn Chinese Takeover
Lexmark finds a buyer as it continues to move away from printers into software
Yahoo ‘Sets Two-Week Deadline’ For Preliminary Bids
The company is reportedly looking to narrow down the field of bidders to the most serious parties
EC Clears £44bn Dell EMC Takeover
European Commission follows US Federal Trade Commission in clearing Dell-EMC merger after raising no competition concerns
Ofcom CEO: O2-Three Merger Is Threat To UK Mobile Market
Ofcom CEO says O2-Three merger will raise prices, harm innovation and damage competition, raising fresh doubts about viability of £10.25bn deal
BT Restructures After EE Acquisition As Fibre Broadband Base Reaches 3.7m
BT divides into six units serving consumer, business and wholesale markets as £12.5bn EE deal concludes
BT Completes £12.5bn EE Takeover
BT-EE are together at least after all the regulatory requirements fall into place
Slowing Smartphone Sales Suggest Mobile Won’t Be Samsung’s Priority In 2016
Tough year ahead for Samsung as smartphone sales slow during 2015, but other areas such as M2M and OLED displays offer hope