ASAP IT Technology Blog

AT&T announced that it will expand and open its 1Gbps fiber optic broadband service to 38 more additional cities. This will bring the city total to 58 locations. Read more >>

Ford Motor Company is teaming with Apple to create a safer and more convenient way to drive by installing Siri into their vehicles. Read more >>

Adobe decided to rename Adobe Flash Professional to Adobe Animate CC. New material using the new name will roll out in early 2016. The Animate CC will incorporate the native HTML5 Canvas and WebGL support. It has been almost two decades since Flash Professional was first released. Read more >>

Apple Inc. has acquired the rights to Faceshift, a start-up motion capture company that gained notoriety from their work in the Star Wars films. Read more >>

Chip manufacturer Microsemi has just acquired PMC-Sierra in an all-cash deal worth upwards of $2.5 billion. Microsemi beat out fellow chip manufacturer Skyworks to land PMC-Sierra by upping the offer from $2 billion to $2.5 billion. This acquisition is merely the latest example of the consolidation efforts taking place throughout the semiconductor industry. As customers look to purchase from fewer suppliers, chip manufacturers must scale up production, and the simplest way to accomplish this is to buy other smaller chip companies. Essentially, larger semiconductor companies are able to offer customers the most competitive pricing. Read more >>