Nest adds 15 new partners, now integrates with smartlocks, lighting, and home appliances
Nest's thermostat gets smarter with support for more third-party devices — Nest is today announcing a handful of new additions to the company's “Works with Nest” program, a designation given …
Apple's marketing priorities are driving the pace of software releases at the expense of quality
Apple has lost the functional high ground — Apple's hardware today is amazing — it has never been better. But the software quality has taken such a nosedive in the last few years that I'm deeply co...
Broadwell U arrives: Faster laptop CPUs and GPUs from Core i7 to Celeron
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Google Asked to Remove 345 Million “Pirate” Links in 2014
In the hope of steering prospective customers away from pirate sites, copyright holders are overloading Google with DMCA takedown notices. — These requests have increased dramatically over the years...
HP unveils its 5K monitor, available in March for $1299, alongside curved, 4K, and 3D displays
HP intros a slew of monitors, including curved, 5K and 3D models — HP just announced a boatload of new monitors here at CES and impressively, they seem to combine every big tech buzzword from the pa...
Parrot's New In-Dash System Gives Any Dumb Car Apple or Android Brains
While Apple CarPlay and Android Auto promise to make your car's in-dash system infinitely more bearable in the not so distant future, you're still stuck in the unfortunate position of having to choose...
Google Cast will offer direct streaming from apps to Sony, LG, and Denon audio products this spring
What will be hot in consumer electronics and computing in 2015? Read VB's full coverage of International CES 2015 to find out. — At CES today, Google announced Google Cast for audio …
Intel begins shipping 14nm “Cherry Trail” chips for tablets
Next-gen Atom SoCs refine the CPU and provide a big boost to the GPU. — In addition to the new Broadwell chips it's announcing today, Intel is also sharing a little information on “Cherry Trail,” it...
Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp suspends trading after suspected security breach
Bitstamp Reports Hot Wallet Issue, Tells Customers to Not Deposit Bitcoin — Bitstamp announced today it had “detected problems” with its hot wallet, saying it had stopped withdrawals and warning cus...
Nvidia's new Tegra X1 chip features an 8-core 64-bit CPU and a 256-core Maxwell-based GPU, powers Drive CX/PX car computers
Nvidia announces Tegra X1 SoC with Maxwell-based GPU [Updated] — LAS VEGAS, NEVADA—Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took to the stage this evening to kick off the company's CES.
How Megan Smith is trying to bring her Silicon Valley sensibility to the White House as US CTO
Her Task Is to Wean the White House Off Floppy Disks — WASHINGTON — President Obama's top technology adviser cringes when she hears highly educated adults say how bad they are at science and math …
Alibaba Competitor Wanda E-commerce Raises $161M At $3B Valuation
China-based Wanda E-commerce, which hopes to position itself as a rival against Alibaba, has raised one billion RMB (about $161 million) in funding from investment funds Centec Networks and Xude Renda...
Tencent launches first online-only private bank WeBank in China
Tencent leads new wave of private, online Chinese banks — China's stock market may have opened 2015 with a roar, the wild rally in Shanghai continuing with a stunning 3.6% rise Monday. — But away ...
Microsoft announces the Nokia 215, a $29 Internet-ready phone headed to emerging markets in Q1
Microsoft launches the Nokia 215, a $29 feature phone touted as its most affordable Internet device yet — Microsoft might be ditching “Nokia” from its flagship Lumia smartphones …
HP takes on Chromeboxes with $180, Windows-based Stream Mini PC
Late last year, HP kicked off the Windows war against Google's Chromebooks with its $200 Streambook 11, and now the company is back again to tackle Chromeboxes with its Stream Mini PC.
PlayStation Now all-you-can play subscriptions hit next week for $20 a month, $45 for three months
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Narrative's Clip 2 wearable camera will boast Wi-Fi sync, Bluetooth and an 8-megapixel sensor
Martin Bryant / The Next Web :
Roku TV to support 4K content, starting with Netflix and a TV set from TCL; Insignia and Haier to offer Roku TV on select models
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge :
Lenovo announces new Broadwell-powered ThinkPad X1 Carbon, refreshed X, T, L, and E series laptops, “ThinkPad Stack” peripherals
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Acer's Aspire V 17 Nitro gaming laptop features Intel's RealSense 3D camera, supports Kinect-like gestures
Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine :
GM cars with OnStar LTE will offer travel information through partners, track driving habits, and provide maintenance alerts
Melissa Riofrio / PC World :
Microsoft publishes Equal Employment diversity stats, shows 75% of employees are male, 60% white, and minorities are underrepresented at exec level
Jacob Demmitt / bizjournals :
Belkin expands its WeMo line of connected devices with door, window, keychain, alarm, and motion sensors; coming second half of 2015
Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom :
At Facebook, Google, and Yahoo minorities are underrepresented in non-technical jobs such as sales and administration
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Four-year-old Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS still ships on some new devices, gets partial support from Google via Play Services updates
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : Tweets: @liliputingnews and @ohthatflo Tweets: Liliputing / @liliputingnews : Even old phones running Android 2.3 can get new tricks thanks to Google Play Services, other ...
Benefits of selling software outside the Mac App Store: lower fees, bundles, getting customers' contact information
Dan Counsell : Tweets: @dancounsell and @drbarnard Tweets: Dan Counsell / @dancounsell : “Apple has taken $600,000 (USD) of that in fees. Ouch!” - http://dancounsell.com/... #AppStore #marketing Davi...
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