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Rackspace Defeats Patent Troll to Nullify Screen Rotation Patent

Rackspace has defeated patent troll Rotatable Technologies in court, removing a patent from the screen rotation technology common to smartphones and other displays, according to a Rackspace blog post. Other companies sued under the same now invalidated patent include Apple, Netflix, Electronic Arts, and others. Continue reading

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OpenStack Silicon Valley 2014: Video Interview with Jonathan Bryce

Last week at the 2014 OpenStack Silicon Valley conference, the WHIR spoke to Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director of the OpenStack Foundation. Continue reading

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Ericsson Buys Majority Stake in Ex-VMware CTO’s Startup Apcera

Ericsson has acquired a majority stake in Apcera, a startup formed by former VMware CTO Derek Collison, which also unveiled its policy driven enterprise application platform called Continuum today. Continue reading

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Yahoo Acquires Indian Cloud Startup Bookpad

Yahoo has acquired Indian startup Bookpad on Monday. Bookpad is known for its Docspad platform which allows developers to embed cloud-based documents in their applications. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Continue reading

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J2 Global Acquires Melbourne Hosting Company Web24

Los Angeles-based Internet services company j2 Global announced on Monday that it has acquired the assets of Melbourne, Australia web hosting provider Web24 Group. The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. Continue reading

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