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New networking company XCOM, led by former Qualcomm CEO, acquires Seattle-area startup M87

M87, a Seattle-area networking startup led by former T-Mobile executive Cole Brodman, was acquired last month by XCOM, a new… Read More

Why someone needs to step up and challenge Intel in the data center chip market

For all the discussion of the higher-level technologies that power the modern data center, the processor remains the most fundamental… Read More

Is Azure the cloud for the internet of things? Microsoft doubles down at Build

Microsoft’s rebranding of the internet of things as “the intelligent edge” is arguably an improvement over the original moniker, but… Read More

Microsoft shows first ‘Always Connected PCs’ from Asus and HP, running on Qualcomm-ARM chips

Microsoft today unveiled its first line of “Always Connected” PCs, a new generation of computers with built-in LTE connectivity and… Read More

Qualcomm’s Centriq 2400 ARM-based server processor ready to take on Intel

Qualcomm’s new ARM server processor is ready for commercial deployment, the company announced Wednesday, officially launching the latest effort to… Read More

With ITC complaint and new lawsuit, Qualcomm settles in for a long patent battle with Apple

Just when you thought the mobile patent wars might be behind us, Qualcomm and Apple seem determined to keep them… Read More

Look out, Intel? Microsoft tries ARM processors in the cloud with Qualcomm partnership

Microsoft has started testing out ARM processors, power-efficient chips best known for running smartphones and other mobile devices, to run portions of… Read More

Qualcomm launches new Windows 10-friendly Snapdragon 835 processor

LAS VEGAS — Qualcomm launched the latest version of its widely used Snapdragon mobile processor line today, laying the foundation for… Read More

IBM wins more U.S. patents than anyone else in 2015 — depending on how you count

IBM received more U.S. patents than any other company in 2015 — a total of 7,355 granted utility patents — marking its 23rd… Read More

Snapdragon-based drone

There’s a new drone in town: Social-friendly Ying, from Qualcomm, Tencent and Zerotech

China’s largest Internet service portal, Tencent, is teaming up with chipmaker Qualcomm and drone-maker Zerotech to field the Ying drone,… Read More

Firefly drone

Intel goes deeper into drones with acquisition of Germany’s Ascending Technologies

Intel says it’s acquiring Ascending Technologies, its German partner in the drone business, in a deal that demonstrates how quickly robotic… Read More

CloudFlare raises $110M as Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm embrace cyber security startup

CloudFlare brought on some impressive strategic investors today, announcing a $110 million funding round that included participation from tech giants… Read More

Apple sides with Microsoft in closely watched patent dispute with Google

Lawyers for Microsoft and Google will appear Wednesday morning at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a long-running dispute… Read More

John Legere

T-Mobile looks to fill network gaps using LTE over WiFi in 2016

T-Mobile is looking for another way to improve its coverage map. Today, at Mobile World Congress, the wireless industry event… Read More

Qualcomm wants its technology everywhere, from smartphones to smart homes

LAS VEGAS — Qualcomm’s technology is everywhere. That’s one takeaway from the chip-maker’s CES press conference today in Las Vegas,… Read More

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