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Qualcomm fined $975 million in China over anti-monopoly law

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 5:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Insider

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Chip manufacturer Qualcomm was fined $975 million in China by anititrust regulators after it was found to have violated anti-monopoly laws in the country. The company has agreed to honor China’s National Development and Reform Commission’s decision, which includes the near-$1 billion fine and rectified licensing conditions on its royalties for devices sold in the country. Going forward, Qualcomm will offer licenses to its current 3G and 4G essential Chinese patents separately from licenses to its other patents, allowing the company’s customers to implement its technologies in a cost-effective manner. In addition, Qualcomm will charge a licensing rate of 5%…

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Watching people code could be the next big thing in live streaming video

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 1:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Opinion

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Twitch made streaming video games into a hugely popular phenomenon, so what could be next big livestreaming thing? Perhaps it’s watching other people code. An emerging trend appears to be live streams in which viewers can tune in to watch people code things like Minecraft servers, writing a compiler from scratch or building a search engine. There are tons of streams already popping up around the internet. Pair programming is already a popular way to learn how to code in businesses, but it’s not always realistic to have someone shadow you while you work. Livestreaming a coding session, it turns out, is gaining popularity…

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