In a surprising turn of events, Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced this morning that they are merging; Amazon will acquire the high-end organic food company for approximately $13.7 billion cash. Whole Foods is retaining its CEO, cofounder John Mackey, and they will continue to operate their stores independently. The company’s headquarters will remain in Austin, Texas. Developing… Source: Business Wire
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Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion
Hear that? It’s Austin, being weird enough to add yet another reason to live within its city limits. As rumored , Google Fiber will be rolling down to one of Texas’ most esteemed towns in the near future, joining the Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri metro as the only locales (so far) in the US of A offering the outfit’s Fiber-based TV, phone and 1Gbps broadband services. Mum’s the word on an exact rollout, but we’ll update this post as we learn more. Filed under: Internet , HD , Google Comments Source: Gig.U
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Google Fiber is officially coming to Austin, Texas
Samsung’s plans for a substantial renovations at hits semiconductor factory in Austin have been approved. Completing talks with the government of Texas, the world’s biggest memory chip-maker will be expanding the capacity of its already substantial production lines, hoping to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for mobile components. Filed under: Misc , Samsung Comments Source: Reuters
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Samsung gets go-ahead on $3.9 billion chip production line expansion in Texas