• Oracle takes stake in ingestible health sensor maker

  By Chris Kanaracus | 01 May, 2013 15:47

  Aiming at health care as a key vertical market, Oracle has taken a minority stake in medical device maker Proteus Digital Health, which sells ingestible and wearable sensors for tracking health-related information.

• Samsung and Intel invest in speech analysis company Expect Labs

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 30 April, 2013 12:17

  Intel Capital, Samsung Venture Investment and Telefónica Digital have all invested in Expect Labs, whose technology is used to analyze and understand conversations in real-time and find related information.

• Alibaba invests in Sina Weibo to build links with users of the Twitter-like service

  By John Ribeiro | 30 April, 2013 03:17

  Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group has acquired an 18 percent stake in the Twitter-like Weibo service from Sina, as part of a partnership focused on social commerce and giving merchants on Alibaba the opportunity to connect and build relationships with Weibo users.

• Report: Verizon wants to buy Clearwire spectrum

  By Stephen Lawson | 15 April, 2013 18:47

  Verizon Wireless reportedly has offered US$1 billion to $1.5 billion for some of Clearwire's spectrum leases, possibly complicating Sprint Nextel's attempt to buy out the company in conjunction with its acquisition by Softbank.

• Intel sets up joint lab with China's Baidu for mobile apps

  By Michael Kan | 12 April, 2013 06:17

  Intel is hoping to get more Chinese developers to back its products by forming a new joint innovation lab with the nation's largest search engine Baidu.

• Opinion: Dell has its work cut out for it

  By John Dix | 11 February, 2013 11:55

  Taking Dell private is a bold move, but won't ensure success. If you can't recognize opportunities and execute properly as a public company, buying yourself shelter from investors only takes you so far. The bigger challenge will be rejiggering the corporate culture and core processes to make more innovation possible.

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