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Microsoft is reportedly in acquisition talks with GitHub, according to sources privy to the matter. Based on the Bloomberg report, the deal to purchase one of the biggest code repository companies will be announced as early as Monday. Founded in 2008, GitHub was a popular hosting...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of its serverless application service. After a brief beta testing phase, the AWS Serverless Application Repository, which was first announced in November of 2015, works as an app store where consumers can try out a...

Fbtftp, Facebook’s implementation of a dynamic TFTP server framework, is now on GitHub. The offering lets you create custom TFTP servers and wrap your own logic into it. The company currently uses fbtftp, and it’s deployed across its data centers. It was created by...

Google said this morning that local search on mobile devices is growing faster than mobile search overall — 50 percent year over year. Partly in response, Google has been regularly adding new features to the Knowledge Panel and Google My Business (GMB). Today, Google announced a...

Microsoft rolled out a number of intelligent search features for Bing at a press event recently held in San Francisco. Since it will be powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the search updates are expected to lead to enhanced utilization of object recognition, provide more...

One of the minor inconveniences plaguing the modern day workplace is the proliferation of different apps and tools that might not be totally compatible with each other. Thankfully, users of both Dropbox and Google Suite will have it easier in the near future as cross-platform...

Firefox Quantum for Enterprise has now entered the Beta stage. This is the final step before Mozilla can officially release what is being touted as the latest and best version of the popular open-source browser, but with a few improvements specifically for business users. This...

At F8, Facebook announced that it is opening up the Live API, which will let developers build the ability to stream to Facebook Live from any device. As part of the announcement, which came from Mark Zuckerberg himself, a drone floated above the stage. It’s using the API to...

It looks like Google is bent on diversifying its businesses as it moves further into hardware. In fact, its latest billion dollar deal suggests the company is determined to stake its claim in the smartphone market which inevitably puts it on the warpath with Apple’s iPhone....

Facebook may have pulled the plug on its digital assistant plan, but that does not mean it’s backing out entirely from the lucrative smart device market. In fact, there are indications that the social media giant could be making a big splash this year by launching a...