Facebook Finalizes Deal for QuickFire, a Leading Video Startup Firm

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- World's largest Internet social network Facebook Inc. has officially announced that it has come to an agreement over the acquisition of QuickFire Networks, a startup that helps view high-quality video with low bandwidth.

QuickFire also confirmed the deal on its blog this week, yet both giant companies did not disclose the terms of the agreement.

“Facebook's acquisition of the video technology company comes a day after it said in a blog it averaged more than 1 billion video views every day since June 2014,” Reuter reported.

Verizon CEO McAdam Denies AOL Acquisition Claims

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- Verizon Communications Inc. CEO Lowell McAdam has played down claims that the New Jersey-based giant firm is pursuing AOL Inc., a US’s multinational mass media corporation which spans digital distribution of content, products, and services.

“I think AOL along with lots of other media companies are potential for us to do partnering, on a commercial basis or whatever,” said McAdam at a conference.

“But to say that we are having significant acquisition discussions is really not accurate.”

Prior to the Verizon CEO’s response, Bloomberg had reported that Verizon was trying to sign an acquisition or joint venture deal with the digital media company to expand its mobile-video offerings.

The Iconic Pillars’ Image from NASA

Here is a new image has been released by NASA, which can be the most of its iconic, leading to Digital Marketing Agency reported. 

By this way, the image is about “Pillars of Creation,” which the space agency describes as “three giant columns of cold gas bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light from a cluster of young, massive stars in a small region of the Eagle Nebula, or M16”. 

The previous photo of these pillars, taken in 1995, went on to stand out from all the rest of NASA's space images, the agency said.

“The Hubble image is so popular that it has appeared in movies and television shows, on T-shirts and pillows, and even on a postage stamp”.

The new sharper and wider image was taken “in near-infrared light, as well as visible light,” NASA said.

“The infrared view transforms the pillars into eerie, wispy silhouettes seen against a background of myriad stars.

That's because the infrared light penetrates much of the gas and dust, except for the densest regions of the pillars. Newborn stars can be seen hidden away inside the pillars”. 

Saygus Introducing V2: A Smartphone with 320 GB of Storage

(Digital Marketing Agency) – A startup firm Saygus has made its first ever smart phone, V2, public that can house 320 GB of internal storage.

Described by the firm as “super smartphone,”, the V2 has a 5-inch 1080p display, a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor paired with 3GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage with two MicroSDXC slots which are able to store up to 128GB microSD cards each, making the total storage summing up to 320 GB.

The handset also has a 21-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash and 13-megapixel front-facing shooter.

Moreover, other specification of the phone include Harman Kardon speakers, a biometric fingerprint scanner, support for Wireless Qi charging, root access for developers out of the box, and a 3,500mAh battery.

Report: Yahoo Search Share increases After Firefox Deal, Google decreases

Digital Marketing Agency, Yahoo has seen a nearly 2 point search market share gain in the US in the past month, according to new data from StatCounter.  StatCounter, attributing it to the recent Yahoo-Firfox default search deal, reported that Yahoo had a share of 10.4 percent vs. 8.6 percent a year ago.

Google’s December share was 75.2 percent and Bing 12.5 percent. Google had a 67 percent share, Bing 19.6 percent and Yahoo 10.2 percent in the US, according to the most recent data available from comScore, which pre-dates the Firefox deal.

StatCounter described Yahoo’s post-Firefox position as its “highest US search share since 2009,” saying by comparison that Google was at its lowest share “yet recorded by StatCounter.”

Vuzix Confirms Intel Bid for Internet-Connected Eyewear

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- New York-based Vuzix Corporation reveals that it has recently received Intel Corp’s $24.8 million for accelerating the roll-out of internet-connected glasses as the globally renowned chipmaker is striving to be at the forefront of future trends in mobile computing and expand into new markets, including smart watches and other wearables.

Intel officials, though, are yet to comment on the matter.

According to Reuter, Intel just joined forces with Italian firm Luxottica back in December with a view to developing glasses combining top fashion brands with technology that could allow wearers to access information about their health or location.

“Intel has also teamed up with watch retailer Fossil Group and Fashion brand Opening Ceremony to develop wearable devices such as fashion bracelets with communications features and wireless charging,” the source reported.

The Preview of Mini Specs from H

There are two small spaces desktop have been released on Monday by HP, leading to Digital Marketing Agency reported. 

They are e Pavilion Mini and the Stream Mini, and both will be available in the United States via HP's website on 14th January.

One more thing, The HP Pavilion Mini is available with a number of options, priced accordingly. CPUs used are an Intel Pentium 3558U or an Intel Core i3-4025U. It has up to 1 TB of storage and up to 8 GB of expandable memory. 

Anyway, The HP Stream Mini has a 32-GB solid state drive and a two-year subscription to 200 GB of storage on Microsoft OneDrive.

It will come with a $25 gift card for the Windows Store. It draws up to 45W of power, compared to 250W for a typical tower PC.