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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

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Around the turn of the century, Autonomy Corporation was one of the darlings of the UK technology industry, specializing in knowledge management and enterprise search. Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue.

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5 pitfalls to avoid when partnering with startups

CIO

Enterprise technology leaders are actively partnering with startups to help make their organizations more innovative and agile. Co-creating with startups can help kickstart innovation , provide CIOs with access to hard-to-find skills in emerging technologies, and round out digital transformational strategies.

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Daily Crunch: Amazon says OEMs won’t build their smart TVs due to ‘concern that Google would retaliate’

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Holding back : Manish has some news from Amazon, which is saying that some hardware vendors are choosing not to form television partnership agreements with the delivery giant over fear of retaliation from Google. When Parker Conrad founded Rippling in 2016, the HR company initially focused on the process of onboarding employees.

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Tiger Global, Blume back Indian startup bringing safety — and intelligence — to EVs

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IIT Kanpur alumnus Asati co-founded the startup with Shivam Wankhede and Adarshkumar B — alumni of IIT Delhi and Indian School of Business (ISB), respectively, in August 2016. An electric vehicle is a technologically advanced product. Before starting their venture, the trio provided pro bono consultancy to e-rickshaw manufacturers.

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Top 7 Gaming Trends and Technologies in 2024

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Technology trends in the gaming industry are growing rapidly due to robust digital transformations. It’s all thanks to the newest gaming technologies shaping the future of gaming. Crypto-based gaming The gaming industry in 2024 will increasingly focus on cryptocurrency-based games due to the use of real money as rewards.

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Egypt’s Pylon gets $19M to scale software for water and electricity distribution companies

TechCrunch

Ashour worked in the metering and utility business for more than a decade and led the implementation of smart metering technologies — particularly hardware– across Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East for various companies. The company said it doesn’t charge its customers an upfront cost for its hardware.

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YC and a16z back virtual reality basketball app Gym Class

TechCrunch

spending billions of dollars on virtual reality tech every fiscal quarter, the wider VR startup ecosystem has been having a tough few years coming down from the highs of 2016, when investors dumped money into the sector expecting Oculus-sized returns only to see most of their investments slowly wilt away. Despite Zuckerberg & Co.