Softbank Japan has Ice Cream Sandwich, knows how to treat a lady
Tweet Today, Japanese carrier Softbank introduced 9 new Android phones, one of them an Ice Cream Sandwich device. While most of these will probably not make it to many places outside of Japan, we...
View ArticleT-Mobile merger with Sprint looks more likely as Softbank and Deutsche...
Tweet Softbank is making an end-run around concerns about a merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US by instead hitting up T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom. As reported by Japanese news agency...
View ArticleIt’s official: SoftBank is buying ARM for $31 billion
Tweet Japan’s SoftBank is acquiring ARM Holdings for $ 31 billion (£24 billion). The British chip design firm dominates the smartphone market, with its lineup of chips used in 95% of handsets today....
View ArticleSoftBank reportedly seeking Sprint merger with T-Mobile
Tweet When it comes to merger rumors, one of the hallmark cases goes to Sprint and T-Mobile, which has been put on the table more than a few times over the years. Now, Reuters reports that SoftBank,...
View ArticleSoftbank still wants Sprint and T-Mobile to merge
Tweet If at first you don’t succeed … CNBC reports that Softbank still has goals of a Sprint / T-Mobile merger becoming a valid number three carrier in the U.S. and it has a novel way of getting it to...
View ArticleSoftBank eschews $100 million investment in Andy Rubin’s ‘Essential’...
Tweet Money from tech-focused ‘Vision Fund’ is flowing, but not to Andy Rubin this time. After first hearing about Andy Rubin’s upcoming phone company called “Essential” back in January, information...
View ArticleSprint and SoftBank start informal talks over T-Mobile merger
Tweet Sprint’s parent company starts mulling a merger with T-Mobile. Executives from SoftBank — Sprint’s largest shareholder — have started “preliminary conversations” about an eventual merger with...
View ArticleBoston Dynamics and its lifelike robots have been sold to SoftBank
Tweet Boston Dynamics is getting a new owner again. Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. has decided to sell Boston Dynamics, which it bought back in 2013, to technology holdings group SoftBank for...
View ArticleSoftBank likes what Bear Robotics has on the menu
Soon a robot will be the one to spit in your food instead of a human. What you need to know Bear Robotics makes Penny, a robot food server assistant. The company recently raised $ 32 million in Series...
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