Apple Stops Selling Jawbone Up, Nike FuelBand in Stores — Making Way for the Apple Watch
Apple has removed competing fitness bands from its retail stores as the company prepares to ship its own wearable, the Apple Watch. — Checks of major stores in San Francisco, Palo Alto …
BBC to give 1M mini-computers to 11-year-olds across UK as part of Make it Digital initiative
BBC in school computer giveaway — The hardware is a nod to an earlier scheme to put BBC Micros in schools during the 1980s — The BBC will be giving away mini-computers to 11-year-olds across …
In under 24 hours, 11K people signed up for Stanford's cardiovascular study using ResearchKit
Thousands Have Already Signed Up for Apple's ResearchKit — (Bloomberg) — Stanford University researchers were stunned when they awoke Tuesday to find that 11,000 people had signed …
Sources: Alibaba to invest $200M in Snapchat at a valuation of $15B
Snapchat Is Raising Money From Alibaba at a $15 Billion Valuation — (Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to invest in Snapchat Inc., the mobile application for sending disappearing photos ...
After its sale from Sony, Vaio launches first mid-range nondescript Android phone in Japan
Here is VAIO's first smartphone — No longer a part of Sony, VAIO likes the look of that smartphone market, and has decided to go up against its former parent company's Xperia series with its own cre...
Lyft Has Raised $530 Million In Series E Funding Led By Rakuten, Is Now Valued At $2.5 Billion
Ride-hailing startup Lyft has closed $530 million in new funding led by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, TechCrunch has learned. The new financing, which is slated to be announced tomorrow …
Cyanogen OS 12 will ship with Boxer as default email app
Boxer will be the default email app for Cyanogen OS devices, starting with the Lollipop-based release 12, due in the following months. — Through its boisterous CEO, Kirt McMaster, Cyanogen has made ...
Facebook to face U.S. class action over children's online purchases
(Reuters) - A federal judge said Facebook Inc must face a nationwide class-action lawsuit seeking to force the social media company to provide refunds when children spend their parents' money on its w...
Twitter updates privacy policy, prohibits uploading intimate photos and video taken without subject's consent
Twitter Takes Steps To Combat Stolen Nudes And Revenge Porn — The company issued new rules that prohibit uploading nonconsensual nudes and says it will lock the accounts of users who have posted the...
Apple Watch Edition won't appeal to the technologist, the collector, or the gold lover, only the douchebag
The Gold Apple Watch Is Perfect For Douchebags — Editor's Note: Kevin Rose is the founder of Digg, a technology investor, and CEO of North Technologies, creator of the watch news aggregator, Watchvi...
Nielsen: 36% of US households subscribe to Netflix, 13% to Amazon Prime, 6.5% to Hulu Plus; traditional TV time falls almost 10% in second half of 2014
Nielsen Charts Reach of Video Streaming — About two in five American households now subscribe to a video streaming service like Netflix …
Judges reject Uber, Lyft requests that drivers be deemed contractors, say juries must decide
Uber, Lyft rebuffed in bids to deem drivers independent contractors — (Reuters) - Ride hailing apps Uber and Lyft failed to persuade separate U.S. judges on Wednesday to rule that their drivers …
With its design prowess, retail stores, and customer base, Apple is best positioned to make the wearable market
How Apple Will Make the Wearable Market — Last fall, Apple CEO Tim Cook described the Apple Watch as the “next chapter” in Apple's history, placing it at the same level as the Mac, iPhone and iPod.
Kleiner Perkins Portrays Ellen Pao as Combative and Resentful in Sex Bias Trial
SAN FRANCISCO — The esteemed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, its star partner, John Doerr, once said, “is a family, with occasional disputes.” — Maybe, if by “family” …
Google launches new Chromebook Pixel at a lower price with two USB Type-C ports, $999 for Core i5, $1,299 for Core i7, now for sale on Google Store
Meet Google's New Chromebook Pixel — Google's Chromebook Pixel has always been an aspirational machine meant to show off Chrome OS at its best.
One of Google's Project Loon balloons can cover an area the size of Rhode Island with LTE service; remote locations still primary target for commercial service
Google balloons, “cell towers in the sky,” can serve 4G to a whole state — A single Project Loon balloon can cover an area the size of Rhode Island.
Intel Lowers Q1 Revenue Forecast By $900M To $12.8B Amid PC Sales Slump
The shift away from desktop PCs to smartphones and other smaller computing devices is having a big impact on a major player in the PC market. Chipmaker Intel today lowered its revenue expectations by...
Clinton email server not encrypted or authenticated by a digital certificate for first three months of her term at State Department
Digital Certificate Forensics: What Venafi TrustNet Tells Us about the Clinton Email Server — 3-month gap before encryption enabled for browsers, smartphones, and tablets starting in 2009
Review: New Chromebook Pixel is still lovely hardware with limited appeal
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Medium lets select publications host Medium stories at their own domain in limited beta
Custom domains for publications — Everyone's stories and ideas, in more places. — Everyone who posts on Medium already owns the rights to the original content they publish …
Microsoft to Create Free Online Programming Courses for EdX
Microsoft is dipping its toe in the world of free online education, partnering with Cambridge, MA-based EdX to create courses for software developers. — EdX announced Tuesday that the courses would ...
Google launches new web store for Chromebooks, Nexus devices, and more
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Apple Pay enables hackers to use credit cards stolen online in retail stores, which were previously only useful for online fraud
Apple Pay: Bridging Online and Big Box Fraud — Lost amid the media firestorm these past few weeks about fraudsters turning to Apple Pay is this stark …
FCC releases full net neutrality rules in 313-page document
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Verizon signs deal for original content from DreamWorks Animation's AwesomenessTV for its digital video service; expected this summer
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Dropbox Patches Remotely Exploitable Vulnerability in SDK
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Team behind Facetune releases Enlight, a powerful mobile photo editing app to challenge Adobe
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Teardown Reveals New 13-Inch MacBook Air SSD is Nearly Twice as Fast as SSD in New 11-Inch MacBook Air
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DHS launches Emerge accelerator program for startups bringing wearable tech to first responders
Last year, DHS Under Secretary … Mark Hoover / Washington Technology : CIT launches initiative to bring wearable tech to first responders Jonah Comstock / mobihealthnews : Homeland Security taps two a...
Cisco, Microsoft target cloud vendors with new platform combining Azure and Cisco's networking devices
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Business intelligence startup Looker raises $30M Series B to expand engineering and commercial operations, will open office in London
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Nokia relaunches HERE navigation app for iOS with maps available offline and live traffic data when online
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Guardian corrects, clarifies articles on Whisper app privacy, takes down commentary post
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Sony to offer PlayStation Vue Internet TV service in New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia within two weeks, plans nationwide rollout by the end of the year
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Indian mobile ad network InMobi not currently in acquisition talks with Google, plans to stay independent
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Box reports fiscal Q4 earnings: $62.6M revenue, loss of $1.65 per share, share price falls 13% after hours
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With $2M In Funding, Bento Creates A Smart And Personalized Android Home Screen
We're thrilled to announce Bento for Android. Conor Dougherty / New York Times : Bento Wants to Be Your App Matchmaker Stephen Sard / AndroidHeadlines.com : Intelligent Homescreen App Bento Enters Pri...
India's cab-hailing firm Ola to raise $400M from DST Global and others at a valuation close to $3B
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After 11 hours, the App Store and iTunes are back online
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