Facebook lets users set a legacy contact, who will be able to manage their accounts in a limited way when they pass away
Facebook Heir? Time to Choose Who Manages Your Account When You Die — The social network now lets you designate a ‘legacy contact’ for your digital afterlife
Over 720K Android Wear devices shipped in 2014, with Moto 360 being the clear leader
Over 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 — Palo Alto, Shanghai, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Wednesday, 11 February 2015 — Over 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 out of a total...
Pinterest pairs with Apple to launch App Pins, helps discover apps without going to App Store; Apple to launch own curated App Store board
Aiming to Ease App Discovery, Apple Pairs With Pinterest — There are more than 1.4 million mobile applications in Apple's App Store.
Fitbit responds to complaints that its latest fitness trackers cause skin irritation, advises affected users to “take a break from the device”
Fitbit Advises Rash Sufferers to Take a Break from Wearing the Wearable — Fitbit has already been through a recall.
Facebook to show live relevance scores for ads based on expected feedback from target audience, to let advertisers tweak ads for higher relevance, lower cost
Showing Relevance Scores for Ads on Facebook — On Facebook, we try to show people the ads that are most pertinent to them.
Twitter acquires Niche, a service that helps connect social media stars with brands
Baljeet Singh / The Twitter Blog :
Microsoft acquires Sunrise, creator of an innovative calendar app for mobile devices
I'm pleased to announce that Microsoft has acquired Sunrise, provider of a next-generation calendar app for iOS and Android. We are making this acquisition because we believe a reinvention …
Expedia buying Orbitz for $1.6B at $12 per share, will acquire all of Orbitz's brands
BREAKING: Expedia Buying Orbitz for $1.6 Billion — Barney Harford, the CEO of Orbitz. Orbitz Worldwide — Skift Take: It's just Priceline Vs. Expedia now in the U.S., at least for now. — Dennis S...
Facebook fixes vulnerability reported by security researcher that could have allowed hackers to delete every photo on Facebook
How one man could have deleted every photo on Facebook — Facebook is probably the biggest database of photographs ever compiled.
Qualcomm faces antitrust probe from South Korea's Fair Trade Commission following similar investigations from the US, EU, and China
South Korea antitrust body investigating Qualcomm: source — (Reuters) - South Korea's Fair Trade Commission is investigating Qualcomm Inc …
Dell is launching a new Chromebook 11 alongside a $299 Windows-based counterpart
Dell's education-focused Chromebook 11 was surprisingly one of the best Chromebooks we've ever used, even though it was notoriously difficult to actually purchase for much of last year.
Twitter to pay about $30M for Niche, and possibly up to $60M with earnouts and employment contracts included
Twitter Buys Niche, a Social Media Talent Agency, for at Least $30 Million — Twitter has acquired Niche, a small startup that connects advertisers with social media stars …
Apple Bans ‘Bonded Servitude’ at Supplier Factories Worldwide
Tim Higgins / Bloomberg Business :
Sources: Microsoft acquires Israeli digital pen company N-trig, creators of the Surface Pro 3 stylus, for $200M
Microsoft buys digital pen co N-trig for $200m — The Kfar Saba based company has been in financial difficulties. — Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) is buying Israeli digital pen company N-trig...
Microsoft courts Silicon Valley with Azure's $500K credit for Y Combinator startups to compete with Amazon's $100K AWS offering
Microsoft Wants To Buy Love In Silicon Valley — Y Combinator and Microsoft announced a program this week that will pour free access to the Azure cloud computing platform onto …
Microsoft issues patch for 15 year old Windows flaw dubbed Jasbug that could allow remote code execution; Windows Server 2003 unpatched
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
WPP To Pay $46.13/Share For 15-20% Of ComScore In New Kantar Partnership
Some consolidation in the world of market analysis. Kantar, the research division of advertising giant WPP, has entered into a global alliance with comScore, the company that measures traffic and oth...
Driverless cars can be tested on UK public roads as of now
but first come the driverless pods Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo : This Is the UK's First Driverless Car Lizzie Dearden / The Independent : Driverless cars officially trialled on UK roads for first time in f...
NextEra Energy's wind turbines to power Google's California HQ with 43MW electricity annually
Jaikumar Vijayan / eWeek :
YouTube experimenting with personalized radio feature, based on YouTube Mix video playlists
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System :
Senate renews plan to ban internet taxes forever
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom :
Yet-to-launch marketplace Jet raises $140M, at a valuation of nearly $600M; round led by Bain; new investors include Google Ventures, Goldman Sachs
Now All It Has To Do Is Launch Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times : Jet.com Gets Investment That Values It at $600 Million Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat : Jet.com secures a $600M valuation — before it's eve...
Apple Confirms Aperture to Be Removed From Mac App Store After Launch of Photos for OS X
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
LinkedIn revamps its developer program to focus on partnerships, will limit its APIs on May 12, 2015
Today we are announcing some significant changes … Mic Wright / The Next Web : LinkedIn takes aim at developers with plans to lock down most of its APIs JP Mangalindan / Mashable : LinkedIn tightens g...
Dropbox replaces CFO Sujay Jaswa with former Motorola Mobility CFO Vanessa Wittman
Kara Swisher / Re/code :
Cisco reports $0.53 EPS on $11.94B revenue for Q2, beating analyst estimates for both
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC :
Nvidia's earnings beat Wall Street's expectations as visual computing spreads
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Facebook launches new open-source modular switch platform 6-pack
and dissed it a little, too Brendon Morgan / KitGuru : Facebook unveils its data centre scale open-source switch Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal : Facebook Introduces Own Designs for Networking Equi...
Apps Search Pioneer Quixey Poised to Raise $60 Million From Alibaba, Twitter, SoftBank
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