Cisco acquires video collaboration company Acano for $700 million
Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to acquire London-based Acano Limited for $700 million in cash.
The deal is set to expand Cisco’s videoconferencing and other collaboration...
Airbnb raised over $100 million in latest round of funding
Airbnb, a website for people to list and rent lodging, raised over $100 million in its latest round of funding.
The round values the San Francisco-based...
Tesla issues voluntary recall of 90,000 Model S vehicles
Tesla Motors announced the largest-ever voluntary recall of all Model S cars on the road (approximately 90,000).
The company issued the recall based on a...
Yahoo mail blocking users with Ad Block software
Yahoo users in the US are complaining that they are not able to access their email unless Ad Block is turned off.
Users affected by...
FTSE 100 recorded best weekly increase in a month
The blue-chip FTSE 100 recorded its best weekly increase since early October. The UK equity index closed 0.1 percent higher on Friday at 6,334.63...
Polar bear numbers to plunge by 30% due to shrinking sea ice
Polar bear numbers globally are set to plunge by 30% because of shrinking sea ice over the next thirty-five to forty years. Arctic sea...
UK government borrowing reaches six-year high in October
UK public sector net borrowing increased £1.1 billion in October to £8.2 billion from £7.1 billion a year earlier, marking the highest level of...
Mars rock just like Nabu, Assyrian God of wisdom, say alien enthusiasts
A NASA picture of a Mars rock looks just like Nabu, the Assyrian and Babylonian god of wisdom and writing dating back to 2000...
Graphene produced super cheaply, making it commercially viable, say scientists
Graphene can be produced one hundred times more cheaply using commercially-available copper for it to form on, scientists from the University of Glasgow claimed....
Lightning-speed songbird tap dance captured by high-speed camera
A beautiful lightning-speed songbird tap dance, too fast for the naked eye to see, has been recorded by scientists using a high-speed camera. The...