Report: Google May Invest $1 Billion in Uber Rival Lyft Huawei Maimang 6...

Report: Google May Invest $1 Billion in Uber Rival Lyft Huawei Maimang 6... xda-developers Sep 15, 2017 10:30 PM • by Doug Lynch Report: Google May Invest $1 Billion in Uber Rival Lyft For those unaware, Google is in the middle of a lawsuit against the popular ride-sharing service Uber for allegedly acquiring trade secrets from a former Google employee. This lawsuit was filed back in February of this year and since then the relationship between Google and Uber has broken down more and more. This opens up a big opportunity for Uber's rival, Lyft, and now a new report says that Alphabet could invest as much as $1 billion in the company. Google's self-driving car spinoff company is called Waymo and back in February they filed a lawsuit against Uber. The claim was that Uber got in touch with and hired a former Google employee by the name of Anthony Levandowski. The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Levandowski took more than 14,000 confidential files on his way out the door and provided them to Uber's self-driving division when the company hired him later that year. So now, Bloomberg is citing "people familiar with the matter" who say Alphabet has held conversations with Lyft concerning a possible investment opportunity. Lyft has a big uphill battle to deal with from their competition with Uber. The company recently launched a major television ad campaign starring Jeff Bridges, but they have been focused on controlling their spending. This investment from Alphabet could allow them to experiment more and not have to worry about finances. Suggested reading: Automate your Uber/Lyft Driving with a Free App! This would help both Lyft as well as Waymo since they have partnered with each other to help test self-driving cars. The people familiar with the meetings say the investment from Alphabet could either come from Google or CapitalG (Alphabet's private-equity arm) — which is interesting to say the least since Alphabet is also a shareholder in Uber through its GV (formerly Google Ventures) venture capital arm. Either way, it shows Google is serious about their self-driving car technology and aren't afraid to invest in anyone who can help them. Source: Bloomberg Android Advices Sep 15, 2017 5:55 PM • by Karunakar Donthamshetti Huawei Maimang 6 (Huawei G10) To Launch on September 22nd with 18:9 Aspect ratio Chinese handset maker Huawei will be going to launch Mate 10 series of phablets on October 16th at an event held in Munich. However, another smartphone is also planning to unveil the before Mate 10 series of smartphones which is named as Huawei Maimang 6 in China on September 22nd, which has been shared a teaser image on microblogging website on weibo. The Huawei Maimang 6 is the successor of the Maimang 5 which was launched in China and outside of the China this phone was introduced as Huawei G9 Plus. This same phone would be expected to be launched globally as Huawei G10. Also, the company has shared few specifications of the upcoming smartphone. It is the first full-vision smartphone from the company which features an 18:9 aspect ratio display. Recently, many handset makers have been launching the full-vision display smartphones at an affordable price such as Micromax released the Canvas Infinity, and LG has introduced the Q6 smartphone. So, the Huawei company is planning to launch a bezel-less smartphone in this category and is expected to be priced at Rs. 15,000. As per the leaked specifications, this phone would rock a 5.9-inch display with 2160 x 1080 pixels resolution with 18:9 aspect ratio and would offer a 409ppi of pixel density. Under the hood, it would be packed with a mid-range chipset which is Kirin 659 SoC and would be enclosed with an Android 7.0 Nougat operating system with EMUI 5.1 laid on top of it. It is a dual SIM smartphone accompanied by 4G LTE network and also comes with standard connectivity options. For the memory, this phone would house a 64GB of built-in storage coupled with 4GB RAM, which would also support external memory through microSD card slot. The device would be expected to be measured as 156.2 x 75.2 x 7.5 mm in dimensions and will be 164 grams of weight. Another noticeable thing on this upcoming smartphone would be packed with four cameras two are in the front, and other two are on the rear side. This phone would be fuelled with a 3240mAh or 3340mAh capacity battery. This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). It is the potion result of 'Tech: Topic watch' from the dashboard 'Personal Dashboard', tab 'Tech > Android'. Unsubscribe © Netvibes 2005-2017 | Terms of service | Privacy Policy Find Netvibes also on: Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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