Samsung may unveil VR headset at September 3 event; image shows similarities to Google's Cardboard
This is Samsung's VR headset — Samsung will be showing its rumored virtual reality headset at its upcoming product event in early September, The Verge has learned, where the company widely expected ...
Apple's Diversity Report: 70 percent Male, 55 percent White in U.S.
Apple is the latest company to release a report on the diversity of its workforce, saying Tuesday that its numbers represent a work in progress to the diversity it hopes to achieve over time. — Curr...
Ex-Siri engineers promise consumer-friendly digital assistant “Viv” that can teach itself
Forget Siri: This Radical New AI Teaches Itself and Reads Your Mind — Viv was named after the Latin root meaning live. Its San Jose, California, offices are decorated with tsotchkes bearing …
Uber says Lyft cancelled 12.9K Uber rides, and Lyft investors pressured Uber to buy Lyft
Accusations Fly Between Uber and Lyft — All is fair, they say, in love and war. And Uber and Lyft, two smartphone-based car services, are most certainly at war.
Apple in talks with Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Allscripts about its HealthKit service
Exclusive: Apple prepares Healthkit rollout amid tangled regulatory web — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has been discussing how its “HealthKit” service will work with health providers …
Verizon to launch VoLTE in Q4, but delays first LTE-only phones to 2016
Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) intends to launch Voice over LTE service in the fourth quarter of this year, and the carrier plans to use the technology to introduce new, high-definition telepresence serv...
Twitter admits that as many as 23 million of its active users are automated
This piece has been updated to clarify the kinds of accounts in question. — Twitter raised eyebrows last month when it suggested that many of its active users aren't actually human. Now we know how...
OnePlus asks women to participate in degrading contest to get a smartphone
The startup OnePlus recently launched its first smartphone, the One, and to deal with production issues it's been letting people buy them by invitation only, slowly offering them to more people as mor...
Microsoft will offer a $499 Call of Duty Xbox One bundle with 1TB of storage, but no Kinect
New Xbox One bundles include two new designs and more storage — Microsoft is preparing two new Xbox One bundles ready for the holiday season. A white Xbox One console, previously reserved …
iOS drops to 67% enterprise share in Q2 2014, Android grows to 32%, and Windows Phone stays flat at 1%
Apple's iOS still rules the enterprise space, even after having fallen 5 percentage points to 67 percent of total device activations in Q2 2014. Android device activations increased …
Xbox One to offer TV streaming on SmartGlass, video playback via USB and DLNA network streaming
Just before its Gamescom presentation kicked off, Microsoft announced some hefty updates for its Xbox One video game console affecting some of the core apps, SmartGlass and live TV.
Yahoo Acquires ‘Pandora For Places’ App Zofari
Another acquisition for Yahoo, this one focused on improving the company's local search capabilities: it has bought Zofari, a local recommendation app that uses machine learning, natural language proc...
Exclusive: 5-inch Moto G2 to ship on Sept 10 for €250
The successor of Motorola Moto G, rumored as Moto G2 and Moto G+1, should be available for purchase on September 10. The information comes from a retailer, which got the info straight from a Motorola...
Uber is launching an API to enable “Request A Ride” buttons in more apps
Uber Is About To Launch An API — Uber wins when you hit the “Request A Ride” button, so shouldn't it try to put that button everywhere? It seemed like a smart plan, so I did some digging …
Sony has sold 10 million PlayStation 4 consoles worldwide
Sony is on a roll. During its press conference at Gamescom 2014, the company announced it has now sold 10 million PlayStation 4 consoles worldwide. — To be clear, this is the number of consoles tha...
HTC builds separate business unit to make software for more than just HTC phones, launching Zoe video app for Android this week
HTC Builds Software Business Amid Tough Phone Market — Despite building some of the sexiest smartphones this side of Apple, HTC's hardware and financial challenges have been well documented.
Square killed prototype credit card due to legal hurdles and fear it would alienate partners
Why Jack Dorsey Killed The Square Credit Card — Square, the payments startup from Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, has prototyped a Square credit card. The plastic card is all black …
Reversible USB Type-C connector finalized: Devices, cables, and adapters coming soon
The USB Promoter Group has announced that the greatest invention in the known universe — the reversible Type-C USB connector — is finally ready for mass production. The USB Implementers Forum …
Yo now lets you send links, “Yo” hashtags and set up IFTTT-style alerts with other services
Yo, a simple messaging app that sends nothing but the word “Yo,” just got a little more complicated. — In its first major update, the iOS app now gives you the option to show a photo and your full n...
Skylanders to test waters with dual-release to consoles, tablets
Breaking with convention, Activision will launch a top-tier console title on tablets at the same time it's coming out for the PlayStation, Xbox, and Wii. Skylanders toys will, of course, join the fra...
Gartner: Chromebook sales will grow 79% to 5.2 million units in 2014, but ‘will remain a niche market’
Chromebooks are expected to reach 5.2 million units in 2014, a 79 percent increase from 2013, according to Gartner. While the growth is certainly notable, the overall figures aren't impressive just y...
Rob Glaser announces layoffs at RealNetworks, cuts 10% of workforce, 86 positions worldwide
More layoffs at RealNetworks as 85 employees receive pink slips — Rob Glaser is not wasting any time cleaning house. — Two weeks after the company reappointed the founder as CEO …
Apple Stores to start offering iPhones via carrier financing on Aug. 20th
A significant number of Apple Stores in the United States will likely begin offering iPhone sales via the latest carrier financing programs later this month, according to several sources.
Google Opens Classroom, Its Learning Management Tool, To All Teachers
Back in May, Google announced the limited preview of Classroom, a tool that aims to make it easier for teachers to stay in touch with their students and to give them assignments and feedback.
Internal documents from LinkedIn explain how the Bizo acquisition could lead to a $US1B B2B marketing platform by 2017
Leaked: Here's How LinkedIn Plans To Have A New Billion-Dollar Business In 3 Years — LinkedIn plans to break into the $50 billion business-to-business marketing space …
Meet Marques Brownlee, the 20-year-old tech reviewer with over 1.5M subscribers on YouTube
Meet ‘The Best Technology Reviewer On The Planet,’ Who Is Only 20 Years Old — Marques Brownlee is just 20 years old, but there's arguably no one better on the internet when it comes to explaining ne...
Mobile publishing startup Onswipe acquired by Beanstock, service will live on
TechStars alum and former Bloomberg reality TV headliner Onswipe today addressed acquisition rumors, confirming its sale to publisher-centric ad tech company Beanstock Media in a stock and cash deal.
BuzzFeed's valuation reflects how the Internet is narrowing the difference between media and software distribution
Is BuzzFeed a Tech Company? — It's telling that Chris Dixon, in a blog post explaining Andreessen Horowitz's $50 million investment, goes out of his way to explain …
How Twitter's planned revamp of its DM feature could reduce email overload
Twitter's Small Chance To Maim Email — There was a time, years ago, when Twitter almost killed their direct messaging product. The thought process seemed to be that it was an odd bit of cruft aroun...
Bitcoin Slips As US Consumer Finance Agency Warns Of Cryptocurrency Risks
Remember bitcoin? Today the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a lengthy set of risks that the cryptocurrency poses to early adopters. The list is somewhat decent in its content …
Condé Nast's Lucky Magazine Merging With Online Retailer BeachMint
Move to Strengthen Shopping Title's Web Presence Amid Focus on Digital — Magazine publisher Condé Nast is merging its Lucky shopping magazine with an online retailer, strengthening the title's Web p...
Twitter launches Promoted Video ads in beta, only charging advertisers when a user hits play
Twitter today introduced Promoted Video ads in beta. The company is offering advertisers a new Cost Per View (CPV) ad buying model which means they only get charged when a user starts playing the vid...
FCC task force to study use of “Stringray” cell network spying tools by spies and crime gangs
Feds to study illegal use of spy gear — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler testified before the House Communications and Technology panel on Capitol Hill in December. (Reuters/Gary Cameron)
With $12M in new cash, EverString wants businesses to boost sales with machine learning
The big data startup uses machine-learning algorithms to weed out the good leads from the bad leads in a company's marketing database. — EverString, a big data startup that helps companies identify ...
The war Uber faces: how it's battling GrabTaxi and Easy Taxi in Southeast Asia
Whoever could have predicted that private car-for-hire and taxi-booking apps would one day be one of the hottest things in the tech scene? In Southeast Asia, a fierce battle is unfolding between thre...
Private cloud group Platform9 launches in beta with $4.5M series A from Redpoint Ventures
VMware Vets Get $4.5M In Series A To Launch Private Cloud Management Platform — Back in 2009 I saw a talk by then VMware CTO Steve Herrod, now a partner at General Catalyst Partners …