RIM
RIM filed the company's annual information form this week and it highlights a very changed company. The AIF is one of those mandatory regulatory filings. It's a typically dry overview of the company's business. But sometimes, it can provide insight..
AT&T and DIRECTV today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire DIRECTV in...
Defense Mobile, the only wireless service platform built exclusively for current and former members of the U.S. Military, has announced it has completed a total of $20 million of Series A financing. The investment will enable the company to aggressively expand its distribution and marketing efforts in 2015.
Mobile network Three is reportedly set to acquire its rival O2 for more than £10bn in cash. Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing is set to become one of the biggest foreign investors in the UK when his Hutchison Whampoa conglomerate acquires the O2 network from its Spanish owner Telefónica.
BT Group
BT has agreed to buy EE, the UKs largest mobile phone network, in a cash and shares deal worth £12.5 billion. The deal, which BT said would create the UK's leading communications provider, will be partly financed by a £1 billion share issue.
Visa Europe today announces its plan to launch a tokenisation service customized for the needs of the European market. Tokenisation technology will be at the heart of new mobile payment solutions and has been hailed as one of the best data protection and fraud prevention methods available.
Hutchison Whampoa will become the UK's biggest mobile phone operator after agreeing a deal to buy O2. The 10.25 billion-pound ($15.3 billion) price includes an initial sum of 9.25 billion pounds in cash, with a deferred payment of £1 billion
Apple today announced ResearchKit, a software framework designed for medical and health research that helps doctors, scientists and other researchers gather data more frequently and more accurately from participants using mobile devices, is now available to researchers and developers.
SAP today announced its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2015. SAP again delivered exceptionally strong growth in the cloud. First quarter non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue grew 131% year-over-year.
LG today announced unaudited first-quarter net profit of KRW 38.4 billion (USD 34.91 million) and operating profit of KRW 305.2 billion (USD 277.45 million), up significantly from the previous quarter.
Apple Pay UK
Apple Pay has officially launched in the UK. Apple Pay will allow iPhone users to "tap-and-pay" with their smartphones and Apple Watch for the first time, marking the first time the software will be available outside the US.
Microsoft today announced that revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 were $22.2 billion. Gross margin, operating loss, and loss per share for the quarter were $14.7 billion, $(2.1) billion, and $(0.40) per share, respectively.
LogMeIn today announced that it has agreed to acquire LastPass, the popular single-sign-on (SSO) and password management service. LastPass will immediately bolster LogMeIn's position in the multi-billion dollar identity and access management (IAM) market.
LG has unveiled plans to develop and deploy its own mobile payment service which will be called LG Pay. LG has currently completed agreements with two large Korean credit card companies, namely Shinhan Card and KB Kookmin Card.