Google adds fact-checked and reviewed health information to Knowledge Graph in search
A remedy for your health-related questions: health info in the Knowledge Graph — Think of the last time you searched on Google for health information. Maybe you heard a news story about gluten-free...
Apple's iOS 9 to have ‘huge’ stability and optimization focus after years of feature additions
Following the success of OS X Snow Leopard for Macs in 2009, one of iOS 9's standout ‘features’ will be a directed focus on stabilizing and optimizing the operating system.
iOS 8.4 to be released after Apple Watch starts shipping, possibly with redesigned Beats-based music service
Apple working on iOS 8.4 update, may include new music service — In addition to working on iOS 8.2, iOS 8.3, and iOS 9.0, Apple is working on yet another update to iOS 8: iOS 8.4.
JetBlue to accept Apple Pay on select flights to buy food, drinks, amenities, and upgrades
Apple Pay takes to the skies via JetBlue — NEW YORK — Apple Pay is poised to take off — quite literally. — Starting next week, passengers on select JetBlue Airways flights can use Apple Pay …
US forming Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center to collate intelligence against cyberattacks
New agency to sniff out threats in cyberspace — The Obama administration is establishing a new agency to combat the deepening threat from cyberattacks, and its mission …
Swift 1.2 features an improved compiler and Objective-C interactions
Apple's youngest programming language, Swift, received a fairly substantial update with today's first beta of Xcode 6.3, at least in beta form. The Swift 1.2 beta features an improved compiler that's...
VESA publishes eDP 1.4a standard, supporting devices with 8K displays
Here come the 8K smartphones and laptops. — VESA, the standards body responsible for such luminary technologies as DisplayPort and the omnipresent VESA monitor mount, has published the specification...
Yelp Buys Delivery Network Eat24 For $134M To Ramp Up In Food Operations
Another acquisition for Yelp that will take the local listings company even deeper into commerce and food-related services. It's gobbling up Eat24, a U.S. food delivery business that competes with Gr...
iOS 8.3 brings wireless CarPlay, improved Google login, new Emojis, China Apple Pay
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Facebook Takes Internet.org And Its Free Mobile Data Services To India
Facebook's Internet.org project to provide basic mobile internet services for free just took its biggest step to date after it launched in India. — The service, which is run by non-profit organizati...
RootMetrics: Verizon, T-Mobile lead in consistently fast 4G
Independent mobile network tester RootMetrics has completed its latest round of nationwide speed and reliability tests, and while the best overall performance award goes to Verizon, the speed prize th...
Samsung rejects TV privacy concerns: we do “not retain voice data or sell it to third parties”
Samsung rejects concern over ‘Orwellian’ privacy policy — Smart TV voice recognition software could transmit ‘personal or other sensitive information’ to a third party, Samsung's policy warns
Apple CEO to speak at White House cyber summit
Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak at the White House cybersecurity summit this Friday at Stanford University, according to an invitation to the event. — The White House is expected to reveal its next ex...
Many original Thiel fellows say they learned more in fellowship than they would have in college
The Rich Man's Dropout Club — Whatever happened to the teenage entrepreneurs whom Peter Thiel paid to forgo college? — Peter Thiel paid teenagers to forgo college. Here's how that turned out:
IBM and Softbank team up on cognitive computing, Watson to learn Japanese
IBM's Watson Turns Japanese and Moves Into Robots — IBM and SoftBank Telecom Corporation have agreed to bring the technology behind Watson — the IBM computer that won the television game show “Jeopa...
IBM Sues Priceline, Kayak Over Royalties for Late '90s Patents
Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — IBM is suing Priceline Group Inc. and its subsidiaries, travel website Kayak and restaurant-reservation tool Opentable, after failing to reach a patent-licensing agreem...
Ross Ulbricht's closest confidant at Silk Road, known as Variety Jones, remains elusive
Ross Ulbricht Didn't Create Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts. This Guy Did — More than 14 months after his arrest, Ross Ulbricht has been convicted of being the Dread Pirate Roberts …
Two congressional panels investigate whether Obama improperly influenced FCC on net neutrality
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San Francisco's antitech movement has fizzled before it ever really took off
Is the antitech movement obsolete? — Wearing a pig mask and sequined suit jacket, Amy Gilgan stood outside of Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday night to accept the McMansion award at the second annua...
French government can now block sites that advocate terrorism or contain images of child abuse without a court order; ISPs must comply within 24 hours
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Facebook updates “For Sale” Groups to make it easier for members to list their items
Facebook Adds A New Way To Sell Items In Groups — Facebook on Tuesday announced the addition of a new feature for Facebook Groups designed to make it easier for members of a “For Sale” group to list...
Microsoft, Samsung settle contract dispute over Android patent payments
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China Fines Qualcomm $975 Million, Sets Patent Licensing Rates
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Deezer brings its lossless Elite music-streaming service to Sonos music systems globally
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Skype for Android now lets you share photos offline and use other apps while on a call
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Rescue drone that can search buildings wins $1 million prize
Most commonly associated with spying … Adrien Taylor / See it First : New lifesaving use for drones Amy Thomson / Bloomberg Business : Drone ‘World Cup’ Goes to Bot That Bounces Off Obstacles Greg Kum...
Samsung creates independent team to work on VR, drones, robots, 3D printing, unmanned vehicles
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Imgur drops Pro subscriptions, makes unlimited image uploads and analytics free
Anyone Who Paid In The Past 30 Days Will Get A Refund Amit Chowdhry / Forbes : Imgur Pro Is Now Free For Everyone Chris Chavez / Phandroid : Imgur now gives you unlimited photo uploads for free, kills...
Among America's top 50 philanthopists, tech industry figures gave 47% of total donations in 2014
America's biggest donors gave $9.8-billion … Gregory Ferenstein / VentureBeat : Tech elite account for half of the money given by top 50 U.S. donors (in 2 graphs) Chris Rauber / bizjournals : Nearly h...
Packages with people: Sidecar launches same-day delivery service, partners with Eat24
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HP acquires data-security firm Voltage to build out its cloud offerings
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DexCom's body sensor paired with Apple Watch app will track and display glucose levels
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LG Dabbles In VR With Free Google Cardboard-Like Headset For G3 Buyers
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OnePlus will sell One without invites for 24 hours every Tuesday starting at midnight PT
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Google Chrome to ditch SPDY — implementing HTTP/2
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