Qualcomm ends $44B NXP bid after China approval fails
Qualcomm has walked away from a US$44 billion deal to buy NXP Semiconductors after failing to secure Chinese regulatory approval.
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Qualcomm has no plans to abandon data centre business
Qualcomm has no plans to abandon its efforts to create processors for data centres, the company's president, who oversees the chip division, said.
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Qualcomm to depose Apple’s services chief in Samsung saga
As part of Qualcomm's effort to determine whether Apple worked with Samsung to focus regulatory scrutiny on the chipmaker.
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Qualcomm flags job cuts in $1B cost reduction drive
Qualcomm has begun cutting jobs as part of its promise to investors to cut annual costs by US$1 billion.
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Broadcom looks for smaller deals as Qualcomm bid collapses
Broadcom is likely to pursue smaller acquisitions of chipmakers after its failed hostile takeover bid to acquire rival Qualcomm.
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MWC 2015: Vendors search for best approach to LTE in unlicensed spectrum
Before the halfway point of the first day of MWC 2015 Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Qualcomm, and SK Telecom had already spoken about using unlicensed spectrum in conjunction with LTE over licensed spectrum.
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A guide to the confusing Internet of Things standards world
Google recently announced a new networking protocol called Thread that aims to create a standard for communication between connected household devices.
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Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants
Politics collided with the world of technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst both among the country's citizens and foreign governments, and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky start. Meanwhile, the post-PC era put aging tech giants under pressure to reinvent themselves. Here in no particular order are IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 tech stories of the year.
