Month: February 2020
Google is teaming up with Adidas and EA for a new Jacquard product
Google, EA Sports’ FIFA Mobile brand, and Adidas’ soccer arm are teasing some kind of collaboration involving Google’s touch-sensitive fabric, which is made under the Jacquard name (via 9to5Google). In the short GIF in the teaser tweet, the Adidas, FIFA Mobile, and Jacquard logos all appear along with a “Play…
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Google will spend billions on data centers and offices in the US this year
Google will spend more than $10bn in offices and data centers across the US this year according to a new blog post from Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The search giant currently has a presence in 26 states across the country but in 2020, the company’s new investments will…
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Konami Code creator leaves behind a legacy spanning over three decades
Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the programmer of the famous Konami Code, died this week at the age of 61. His code, ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B, A, Start, has lived on for over three decades and continues to be a comical Easter egg in many games today. Hashimoto’s…
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Microsoft says Windows and Surface businesses will miss expectations due to coronavirus
Microsoft said late on Wednesday that it would miss the third quarter guidance it set out earlier this year for its personal computing segment, which includes money it makes from licensing Windows and selling Surface devices. The culprit, as is the case with many other tech companies, is supply chain…
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Outdoor Voices founder Tyler Haney says adios altogether to the company amid layoffs
Last week, the Business of Fashion broke the news that cofounder and CEO Tyler Haney was stepping down from her role as CEO of the activewear label, citing slowing growth for the company and reporting that mismanagement was one reason for executive turnover at the top of the organization. The…
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Amazon all set to enter India’s food delivery market
Weeks after Uber exited India’s food delivery market, conceding defeat to local giants Swiggy and Zomato, a new player is gearing up to challenge the heavily-backed duopoly: Amazon. The e-commerce giant plans to enter the Indian food delivery market in the coming weeks, a person familiar with the matter told…
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