Enlarge / T-Mobile and Sprint stores in Herald Square in New York City in 2011. (credit: Getty Images | Richard Levine ) T-Mobile USA and Sprint today finally gave a definitive answer about whether they will merge. The telecomm giants said that they have stopped negotiating and will remain independent entities. The wireless carriers “were unable […]
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Akzo Nobel is in talks to merge with a smaller US rival (AXTA)
Reuters/Toby Sterling and Bart H. Meijer Akzo Nobel is in talks to merge with US rival Axalta Coating Systems. A deal would create a $ 30 billion company. (Reuters) – Dutch paints maker Akzo Nobel , under pressure after rejecting a lucrative takeover offer and two profit warnings, has confirmed merger talks with smaller U.S. rival […]
Sprint and T-Mobile could merge in late October
There have been hints that Sprint and T-Mobile are seriously talking about a merger (again), but how likely is that union, really? Quite likely, if you ask Reuters‘ sources. They understand that the two carriers are “close” to agreeing on terms, and they could have a deal ready by late October. There are the usual […]
Gram Games’ puzzle masters unleash Merge Town
Gram Games has generated more than 165 million downloads for its mobile catalog, and the company is launching its sixth puzzle game today, Merge Town. The new iOS puzzle game (which the company spells Merge Town!) is the latest in the Merge series, which uses the mechanic of merging two puzzle pieces together to solve a […]
Hulu will soon merge its two iOS apps into one
Say goodbye to confusing one Hulu app on your iOS device for another. Soon, the streaming service will condense both of them into a single one and phase out the Hulu Live TV app introduced earlier this year when the livestreaming service debuted. For now, opening the Hulu Live TV app will redirect you to […]
YouTube Red and Google Play Music may merge into one service
(credit: Flickr: Rego Korosi ) Google is notorious for having many services that do similar things, like its array of chat apps. Google’s music services have been fragmented for years, but the company may change that soon. According to a report from The Verge, YouTube’s head of music Lyor Cohen stated at the New Music Seminar conference in […]
Uber and Yandex merge their ridesharing services to form a new company targeting Russia and neighboring markets
Here’s a bolt out of the blue: Uber is partnering with Yandex, the Google of Russia, to launch a new standalone company that merges their respective ridesharing services to target Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, and Georgia. The new company, tentatively titled “NewCo,” will be 59.3 percent owned by Yandex, 36.6 percent owned by Uber, […]
Elon Musk wants to merge man and machine – here’s what he’ll need to do
AP Photo/Jack Plunkett Computers and brains already talk to each other daily in high-tech labs – and they do it better and better. For example, disabled people can now learn to govern robotic limbs by the sheer power of their mind. The hope is that we may one day be able to operate spaceships with […]
Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a venture to merge the human brain with AI
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is backing a brain-computer interface venture called Neuralink, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company, which is still in the earliest stages of existence and has no public presence whatsoever, is centered on creating devices that can be implanted in the human brain, with the eventual purpose of […]
Star Wars: WATCH Rogue One ending merge DIRECTLY into A New Hope
Gareth Edwards’ movie finished shortly before Episode IV began, showing Princess Leia receiving the Death Star plans. Now, a fan-made supercut links the two together, proving all the dots are in fact correctly joined. The nine-minute effort has been shared by Barre Fong on Vimeo, accumulating tens of thousands of views. Watch below. Over recent […]