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This rumor follows a similar one that popped up in August, which claimed that Apple, Google, Samsung, HTC, LG, and others had agreed to work together to buy Kodak's patents. As Chris Foresman wrote at that time, "[t]he interest here seems to be mutual benefit, as Kodak has aimed its digital imaging patents in lawsuits against Apple, RIM, HTC, Samsung, and other smartphone makers." … [Read more...] about Apple, Google said to be pooling $500+ million for Kodak patents

Work from home has become quite the norm for many big and small companies. The idea of having a ‘normal’ office life with workers at full capacity is a thing of the past and one remains unsure when workplaces will get anywhere close to that. At least Amazon has made it clear that it does not see it happening till 2021. According to a report by CNBC, Amazon has confirmed that it won’t be calling back employees till January 8. “We continue to prioritise the health of our employees and follow local government guidance,” an Amazon spokesperson told CNBC. “Employees who work in a role that can effectively be done from home are welcome to do so until January 8.” It’s not clear how many employees will get affected by this. However, as per CNBC, this is part of the global guidance policy, so it means for Amazon employees all over the world. Earlier in May, Amazon had announced that the work from home policy would be effective until October 2. … [Read more...] about Amazon will not call employees back to office till January 8

In a rather unprecedented cyber ‘attack’ Twitter accounts of big names and companies were reportedly hacked. According to multiple online reports, a bitcoin-related cyber scam was the origin of the hack and accounts of Apple, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, were among others that were hacked. As per a report by The Verge, the ‘scam’ first came to light when a tweet was sent out from Musk’s account. The tweet read, “I‘m feeling generous because of Covid-19. I’ll double any BTC payment sent to my BTC address for the next hour. Good luck, and stay safe out there!” A bitcoin address was also mentioned in the tweet, which was soon deleted. Soon, another tweet was sent out, which read, “Feeling grateful doubling all payments sent to my BTC address! You send $1,000, I send back $2,000! Only doing this for the next 30 minutes.” However, a few minutes later this particular tweet was … [Read more...] about Twitter accounts of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Apple hacked

NEW DELHI: Considering the present situation, virtual meetings, remote collaboration, flexible hours are here to stay. Keeping all these factors in mind tech giant Google has unveiled a massive redesign of Gmail for G Suite business users. The company made this announcement ahead of its Google Cloud conference which is scheduled to take place next week. Google has unified its communication platform which includes Gmail, Chat, , and Meet. The company also said that it will be available as part of early access preview to G Suite customers this week and all the G Suite users will be able to use the feature by later this year. The company said, “it is actively thinking through how and when to bring this experience to the consumers who might want it.” The main objective of integrating all the communication platforms is to help users to easily move from one app to another without feeling lost. For those unaware, Google Chat enables users to message individuals or small groups … [Read more...] about Google to take on Microsoft with Gmail, Google Chat, Rooms, and Meet integration

Developer Coronavirus: From startups to supercomputers, how tech is trying to help tackle COVID-19 Programming language Julia: Version 1.4 is even faster and brings these new features Visual Studio 2019: Now IntelliSense linter for C++ programming language cleans up code Hackathons: Best practices and winning strategies (ZDNet YouTube) The Best Web Hosting Providers (CNET) How to get a developer job (TechRepublic) … [Read more...] about Microsoft: We want to bring VS Code to Apple’s Mac-on-Arm silicon