Microsoft builds portal for Indian developers (ManoramaOnline)
Global software major Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has built a dedicated portal for its Indian developers with a community-based platform to network and engage, its Indian subsidiary said Thursday. “The collaborative portal will also offer expert guidance to developers and remotely solve their queries, empowering themto be efficient as they go from idea to app (application),” the company said in a statement here. With 1.6 million developers in India, which is its second largest community after the US, the company has designed the portal to offer a rich set of functionality to help them leverage collective computing power.
Apple Tests iPhone Screens as Large as Six Inches (WSJ)
As Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) -0.69% prepares to unveil both a new high-end iPhone and a cheaper version for the first time next week, it is already working on something bigger. The electronics giant has begun evaluating a plan to offer iPhones with screens ranging from 4.8 inches to as high as 6 inches, people familiar with the matter say. That would be a sizable leap from the 4-inch screen of the iPhone 5 released last year, and, at the upper end, would be one of the largest on the market. Such plans signal further that the Cupertino, Calif., company is shifting its smartphone strategy as it searches for new engines of growth, and as competition with Samsung Electronics Co. intensifies 005930.SE +0.29%.
Google Argues Wiretap Act Allows It To Scan User Emails (Law360)
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) urged a California federal judge Thursday to toss a privacy class action accusing it of violating the Wiretap Act by scanning Gmail users’ email to target advertisements, arguing that the law allows an email provider to intercept communications when doing so supports its day-to-day business. The federal act and its state counterparts allow electronic communication service providers such as Google to intercept and read emails under “ordinary course of business” exceptions, argued Google’s attorney, Whitty Somvichian of Cooley LLP. That applies to Google because…
Microsoft To Support The Xbox 360 For 3 More Years (Pulse2)
Good news if you don’t plan on being an early adopter for the Xbox One console. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will be supporting the Xbox 360 for 3 years, announced Xbox CMO Yusuf Mehdi at the Citi Global Technology Conference. Mehdi also claimed that over 100 new games will be shipping for the Xbox 360 over the next 3 years as well. “If you look at 360 that platform lasted for seven to eight years and it’s going to go for another three years,” he explained. “It’s incredibly profitable now in the tail. Some of these things take some time in the launch year in which you invest, and then they they play out over time,” stated Mehdi.
