Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has offered to buy off all the shares of Chinese video streaming company Youku Tudou Inc that Alibaba does not already own. Reports said that Alibaba has offered a deal of at about $5.2 billion for the shares of the company that is known as "China's YouTube". This...

Rejecting claims from a group of authors that the book scanning project illegally deprives them of revenue, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that Google's massive effort to scan millions of books for an online library does not violate copyright law.   Infringement claims from the Authors...

The fall in the number of US subscribers for the video-streaming service provider Netflix Inc is blamed on a transition to chip-based cards.   The company reported lower subscriber in the third quarter which was well below its forecast.   Netflix is known for its original shows such...

From Thursday users of Yahoo Mail app on both iOS and Android will not have to key in passwords as the new service called Yahoo Account Key will use smartphones to verify identities in lieu of traditional passwords.   This is Yahoo's next step in password security and that is to eliminate...

Model S autopilot car from Tesla Motors would now be able to steer and park themselves under certain conditions. However the car maker advised drivers not to let their hands off the steering wheel.   The new Model S autopilot car from Tesla was unveiled on Thursday.   Tesla said that...

A number of top pharma companies are being investigated for of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – some for the second time.   The list includes names like GlaxoSmithKline, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Sanofi, AstraZeneca, UCB, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly.  ...

Today in China, the Swiss manufacturer Swatch watches presented a new watch model Swatch Bellamy, with which users can pay for goods and services. Model, costing $ 95, will be available in January 2016, first in China and later in Switzerland and the United States, and may be a direct competitor...

Ducommun Incorporated secures a “multi-year” contract from Boeing Company for manufacturing “Trident Navigation System” and “resolvers”. Ducommun Incorporated or the Ducommun Company broke the news that it has been engaged with “a multi-year award from the Boeing Company” in an announcement that...

Apple has been charged and found guilty of illegally using technology that was owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's licensing arm.   A U.S. jury on Tuesday found the iPhone maker guilty and Apple Inc could be facing up to $862 million in damages.     The court viewed...