Chromecast can be controlled by select TV remotes; feature made possible by HDMI-CEC protocol
Chromecast now works with your TV's remote control — One of the most frequent complaints about Chromecast has been that it doesn't come with a remote control, requiring users to fiddle …
App Submissions On Google Play Now Reviewed By Staff, Will Include Age-Based Ratings
Google Play, Google's marketplace for Android applications which now reaches a billion people in over 190 countries, has historically differentiated itself from rival Apple by allowing developers …
Jury finds Apple did not infringe on Nokia-filed patents now owned by Conversant subsidiary Core Wireless
U.S. jury clears Apple of infringing wireless tech patents — (Reuters) - A federal jury in Texas on Monday said Apple Inc did not infringe five wireless technology patents owned …
Nintendo Partners With DeNA To Bring Its Games And IP To Smartphones
Nintendo is finally bringing its games and characters to mobile after the company surprised the tech world with an alliance with Japanese mobile gaming firm DeNA. — The duo announced a collaboration...
Sources: Apple aiming to launch online TV service in September with about 25 channels, anchored by ABC, CBS, Fox
Apple in Talks to Launch Online TV Service — Service would have about 25 channels, anchored by broadcasters such as ABC, CBS and Fox — Shalini Ramachandran and Daisuke Wakabayashi
Carbon3D's 3-D printing grows objects from a pool of resin, is 25-100 times faster than conventional layer by layer method
Startup Says New 3-D Printing Technique Could Shift Use From Prototype to Production — Already, 3-D printing has emerged as a means for rapidly making prototypes of new products.
Microsoft Band expanding to Amazon, Target and Best Buy, launching in UK, with increased supply
Microsoft will expand the availability of its Microsoft Band wearable device, boosting inventory at its own online and physical retail stores and offering the device through third-party retailers …
Microsoft's new modern browser, codenamed Project Spartan, will have a distinct name and brand in Windows 10, says CMO Chris Capossela
Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand — While Microsoft has dropped hints that the Internet Explorer brand is going away …
Adobe unveils Document Cloud service with electronic signature support, launching April, to cost up to $15/month
Adobe takes another swing at DocuSign with new Document Cloud — Adobe's work productivity business is getting a subscription overhaul with the announcement today of the company's new Document Cloud.
IBM unveils developer tools and cloud-based data analysis services mining Twitter data
IBM Introduces Twitter-Fueled Data Services for Business — When IBM announced its partnership with Twitter last October, the move seemed both promising and logical.
Tweet-analysis firm Dataminr raises $130M Series D round led by Fidelity, valuing the company at about $700M
Tweet-Analysis Firm Dataminr Raises Funding — Deal values firm at about $700 million — Dataminr Inc., which analyzes tweets and other information streams to create alerts for traders …
Etsy's Success Gives Rise to Problems of Credibility and Scale
Depending on whom you ask, Alicia Shaffer, owner of the hit Etsy store Three Bird Nest, is a runaway success story — or an emblem of everything that has gone wrong with the fast-growing online marketp...
Sling TV launches on Xbox One today, and you can try it free for a month
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Windows 10 to compress system files, eliminate separate recovery image to increase disk space
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Top level .sucks domain may cost some brands $2500 a year to own
at up to $2,500 per domain David Coursey / SiliconANGLE : How Google and Microsoft can stop .sucks Leo Mirani / Quartz : This internet address costs $2,500 annually—and it sucks Matt Weinberger / Busi...
The new Steve Jobs documentary is an unforgiving look at tech's most complicated man
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Apple will offer Android switchers gift cards to trade-in rival smartphones for iPhones
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Birst Banks $65 Million for Business Intelligence and Analytics
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Neptune Suite aims to power phones, tablets, TVs and more from its hub smartwatch
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eBay launches high-end auctions with Sotheby's
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HSA 1.0 specifications announced, framework allows developers to write applications once and run it on multiple devices
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Uber CFO Brent Callinicos Steps Down, Memo Says
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Pinterest has raised $367M at a $11B valuation for international expansion, may raise up to $211M more
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Cablevision to Offer HBO Now to Broadband-Only Customers
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Sources: Lyft forecasts $1.2B revenue in 2015, profitability in 2016 on $2.7B in gross sales, monthly rides to grow from 2.5M to 13M in 2015
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Berlin Mobile Ad Outfit Glispa Gets $77M From Property/E-Commerce Firm Market Tech
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LinkedIn Buys Careerify To Build Out Its Big Data Recruitment Business
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