A $44 billion deal is going down the drain because it needs approval from Chinese regulators. The US and China are in a complicated relationship right now.
The second-largest wireless carrier just got bigger, but not in the way that would help build its network. Instead, it’s building its content offerings.
After leaving Nokia, Withings will go back to digital health on its own
Eric Carreel, one of the original co-founders of Withings, has taken the company back and will work on tracking more chronic health issues with future products.
HTC made a rare profit during Q1 2018, largely thanks to Google
HTC’s quarterly revenues were down again in the January – March 2018 timeframe, generating an operating loss of around $175 million, but thanks to a recent Google deal, the Taiwanese company actually posted a net profit.
NPR and other public media companies acquire Pocket Casts app
No major changes are coming to the Pocket Casts app immediately and all five members of its developing company, Shifty Jelly, will join the joint venture.
Nokia will sell its struggling digital health division back to the co-founder of Withings
There’s no word on how much Nokia can hope to recoup from a failed $191 million investment in an ecosystem of digital health products originally created by Withings.
Qualcomm 1Q18 earnings beat the street, but there are plenty of aches
Given the stumbling blocks Qualcomm has in front of it, such as Apple, Chinese regulators and grabby investors, the company has done a good job with the bottom line.
ARM denies talking with potential dark horse buyer for Qualcomm
The designer of the processor cores that are somewhat likely in your phone right now says it has not talked with the man that wants to take the company that makes your phone’s main processor private.
GoPro’s renown has shrunken over the years, but it still could bring a pretty good name to Xiaomi’s action camera line as well as the Chinese company as a whole.
Even after losing Qualcomm, Broadcom went ahead with its now-completed US redomiciliation
President Trump’s recent blocking of Broadcom’s proposed Qualcomm takeover on national security grounds hasn’t stopped the company from changing its legal domicile back to the US.
Lytro employees shuffled to Google, company shutting down
Lots of word of mouth around this developing story, but what’s known for certain is that the startup centered around light field cameras is going away.