New “On-Body Detection” Smart Lock Mode In Android Seems To Be Hitting Some Devices
If a tipster's screenshots are to be believed (and I think in this case, they are to be believed), Google is testing and / or rolling out a new smart lock mode called on-body detection.
Apple provides a peek into its Watch fitness testing facility, reveals it collected 18K hours of health and fitness data in testing
Inside Apple's Top Secret Health and Fitness Lab for Apple Watch Development … Apple, known for keeping its product developments under the strictest of lock-and-key …
Kleiner defense rests its case, and judge rules Ellen Pao may indeed seek punitive damages
Pao Vs. Kleiner Defense Rests Its Case, Showcasing A Different Side Of The Story — Yesterday afternoon, the legal team representing venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers rested …
Ola, Indian rival of Uber, launches food delivery service, is raising $500M round at an estimated $2B valuation
Ola now allows you to order food — The service will be available as one of the options in the existing Ola app in select localities across four cities.
Market saturation, rising monthly fees, lack of innovation, and broadband expansion make cable TV's decline inevitable in the US
Peak Cable — Paying for TV has been a curious consumer phenomenon. There was a time when TV was free to consumers. It was delivered as a broadcast …
Despite recent advances by HoloLens and Magic Leap, miniaturization of components essential for commercializing augmented reality tech
Reality Check: Comparing HoloLens and Magic Leap — I've seen two competing visions for a future in which virtual objects are merged seamlessly with the real world.
Broadwell 13" Macbook Pro and Air reviewed: good specs for price and size, marginal difference in speed, display on Air is inferior to similarly priced laptops
13-inch Broadwell MacBook showdown: Should you go Pro or get an Air? — Review: The 2015 Broadwell refreshes are similar, but not identical.
Apple's new haptic trackpad suggests a future in which we won't just see interfaces but also feel them
Apple's Haptic Tech Makes Way for Tomorrow's Touchable UIs — If you're into magic tricks, stop by an Apple Store and park yourself in front of a new 13-inch MacBook Pro.
How Kodak mines its legacy R&D assets while it plots its post-bankruptcy future
At Kodak, Clinging to a Future Beyond Film — After the Kodak Moment After the Kodak Moment — Kodak has prioritized its patent portfolio and the Eastman Business Park since it declared bankruptcy i...
A look at the history of Richard Stallman's GNU Manifesto and its impact as it turns 30 this month
The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty — Unix, one of the earliest computer-operating systems, was developed between the late nineteen-sixties and the early nineteen-eighties …
Pebble pledges $1 million to crowdfund development of Pebble Time smartstraps
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Newly merged Kuaidi-Didi reportedly controls 99% of Chinese taxi-hailing market, claims 6M rides per day, putting Uber's future in China at risk
In Wake Of Kuaidi-Didi Merger, Uber Faces An Even Tougher Battle In China — During the Lunar New Year in China, taxi-hailing app Kuaidi showered its riders with red envelopes. Tweets: @chen_liyan an...
Apple Stops Supporting Windows 7 in Boot Camp on New MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Models
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BlackBerry launches encrypted enterprise messaging service BBM Protected for iOS and Android
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Facebook testing app that provides info on callers and automatically blocks calls from commonly blocked numbers on Android
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US Customs facial recognition pilot program at Dulles airport raises privacy concerns
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Sources: Meerkat raises a $12M Series B led by Greylock at a $40M pre-money valuation
|LIVE NOW| Meerkat Raises $12M From Greylock At A $40M Valuation — If you're reading TechCrunch right now (you are, by the way), chances are you have at least heard of Meerkat.
Pinterest Explains How “Pinnability” Drives Its Non-Chronological Home Feed
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Amazon is working on a storefront called Unlocked to offer paid apps for free; no launch date set
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At Pwn2Own, researchers exploit fully patched versions of Firefox, Chrome, IE 11, and Safari, while payouts total $557K
Sean Michael Kerner / eWeek :
Windows 10 to make the Secure Boot alt-OS lock out a reality
Peter Bright / Ars Technica :
Chrome extension Ugly Mail identifies which of your Gmail emails are being monitored using pixel tracking
Brian Barrett / Wired :
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