Twitter launches Periscope: replays are its killer feature, push notifications are noisy
Periscope, Twitter's answer to Meerkat-style live streaming, is now available — Live-streaming apps are the thirstiest of all media. A Facebook post wants a like, a tweet begs for favs, and a snap ...
Galaxy S6 release date is April 10th, and US pre-orders start tomorrow
Samsung today announced that the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge will be available on US carriers starting April 10th, the same time as they are scheduled to be available for sale across the world.
Facebook introduces Messenger Platform for building apps that integrate with Messenger and Businesses on Messenger, which lets users communicate with businesses
Here's How It Will Affect You Wendy Lee / The Technology Chronicles : Facebook Messenger app opens platform to businesses, developers Owen Thomas / ReadWrite : Say Hello To Hipster Facebook Chloe Alba...
Meet Periscope, Twitter's New Live Video App
The interactive video app is gorgeous and fast. But is it enough to beat Meerkat's head start? — BuzzFeed News San Francisco Bureau Chief — There's a whistle and a vibration in my pocket and I pu...
Profile: since replacing the legendary Jobs, Tim Cook has led Apple to even greater financial success and changed the culture of the company
Apple's Tim Cook leads different — Tim Cook assumed he was ready for the harsh glare that shines on Apple's AAPL CEO.
HTC One M9 to go on sale for $649 unlocked tonight
Never mind that M9+ thing in China. Back in the US, it's all about the M9 for local HTC fans, as the device is about to hit the official online store at midnight ET for $649 unlocked (it'll have the ...
Samsung Galaxy S 6 and S 6 Edge: Preview
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Amazon Cloud Drive goes unlimited: $11.99/year for photos and $59.99/year for everything
Amazon has announced two unlimited storage plans for its cloud-based storage service, Amazon Cloud Drive, which sees a massive price reduction for its giant hard-drive in the sky. — The plans focus ...
Apple Watch launch retail stock to be limited for many models, reservations favored
If you want to buy the Apple Watch model of your choice at an Apple Store at launch, you should consider pre-ordering online or through an Apple Store reservation, sources have told 9to5Mac.
Apple acquired UK-based data analytics company Acunu in late 2013 to expand its cloud-computing services
Apple's FoundationDB Acquisition Builds on Earlier Database Buy — (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc.'s acquisition of FoundationDB LLC gives it some top engineering talent …
Microsoft working on successor to Surface 2 tablet running full Windows instead of Windows RT, and Intel Atom or Core M processor
EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft is building a successor to the Surface 2 (RT), here are the first details — The Surface 2 is currently Microsoft's latest iteration of its Windows RT based tablet line-up.
David Marcus: Messenger Platform will help Messenger users discover apps, facilitate sharing, won't produce spam
Nir Eyal's book Hooked … Nina Ulloa / Digital Music News : Facebook Goes After YouTube With Improved Video Features and Analytics Caitlin McGarry / Macworld : How Facebook Messenger will help you disc...
Apple unable to persuade record labels to lower licensing costs for Beats streaming music service; will be priced similarly to rivals at around $10
Apple and Beats Developing Streaming Music Service to Rival Spotify — In what would be the biggest change to its music strategy in years …
Facebook is poised to become the gateway to the mobile internet by building an app ecosystem to rival that of Apple and Google
Facebook Is Eating The Internet — For years now there've been two competing versions of Facebook. It's either an app on your phone or it's your entire homescreen.
Apple to expand iPhone trade-in program to China as soon as March 31 in partnership with Foxconn
Apple Plans China IPhone Trade-In Program With Foxconn — (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. plans to introduce a trade-in program for iPhones in China, people familiar with the effort said, after a similar pr...
Google to improve scrolling in Chrome with support for Pointer Events, a standard introduced by Microsoft in Internet Explorer
Google will finally improve Chrome scrolling using a Microsoft invention — Google is finally adopting a standard that supports both mouse and touch navigation for its Chrome browser.
Tinder hack fools men interested in female bait profile into unwittingly flirting with each other
A brilliant Tinder hack made hundreds of bros unwittingly flirt with each other — Man is a thirsty beast, and nowhere is that thirst more acutely exemplified than on Tinder …
Zuckerberg downplays claim that Analytics for Apps, embeddable videos compete with Google products, talks about Facebook as a collection of services, more
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FTC Denies Report That Agency Ignored Staff Recommendation on Google
Three Federal Trade Commission members denied media reports that the agency essentially ignored a staff recommendation to sue Google during its 2012 investigation of the search giant's practices.
Lyft adds optional user profiles for drivers and passengers to its app
Lyft Adds Profiles to Make Ride Sharing More Personalized — In 1971, Herb Kelleher, a founder of Southwest Airlines, had an idea: As competition in the burgeoning airline industry intensified, he wa...
Meerkat's Series B investors includes an array of Hollywood names along with lead Greylock
Meerkat Confirms It Raised A Round Led By Greylock, Josh Elman Joins Meerkat's Board — Late last week, our own Jordan Crook reported that Meerkat, the trendy, Twitter-centric livestreaming app …
Google's frequent visits to the White House during FTC antitrust probe highlight the company's reach in Washington
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EU: Don't use Facebook if you want to keep the NSA away from your data
Court case could make it harder for US companies to take personal data out of EU. — In a key case before the European Union's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European ...
Cloud ERP firm FinancialForce that runs on Salesforce's platform raises $110M
FinancialForce raises $110 million in funding — Summary:The cloud ERP player is now hitting an annual revenue run rate of about $50 million and plans to spend the dough on product development, sales...
SoftBank leads group in talks to buy up to $1 billion stake in India's Micromax: sources
(Reuters) - A group of investors led by Japanese mobile telecom firm SoftBank Corp is in talks to buy a 20 percent stake in Indian handset maker Micromax Informatics for up to $1 billion, two people a...
Zynga must face lawsuit alleging fraud tied to IPO
(Reuters) - Zynga Inc must face a lawsuit accusing the online gaming company known for “FarmVille” of defrauding shareholders about its prospects before and after its December 2011 initial public offe...
Google Will Not Integrate Its Dart Programming Language Into Chrome
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Ingres RDBMS creator Michael Stonebraker wins the $1M 2014 A.M. Turing Award
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Exclusive: Amazon makes even temporary warehouse workers sign 18-month non-competes
Contract says it can limit jobs across the globe — Amazon is the country's largest and most sophisticated online retailer, but it still runs largely on manual labor. Scattered around the country …
Jury begins deliberations in Ellen Pao vs. Kleiner Perkins case after five weeks of testimony
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Kickstarter now lets funded campaigns customize their project pages
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Australia passes law requiring telcos to retain customer data for two years for warrantless access
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Comcast/TWC merger review to last until mid-2015 after months of delays
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Samsung to make devices with iris recognition in partnership with SRI
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PayPal reaches $7.7M settlement with US Treasury for violating sanctions, allowing money transfers linked to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction
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New York Police to use IdeaScale social crowdsourcing platform to solicit tips and concerns from residents
New York Times : Tweets: @rosefox Tweets: Dandy McFopperson / @rosefox : Actual LOL at NYPD modeling its online customer service efforts after... the airline industry. http://www.nytimes.com/...
Red Hat beats Q4 earnings targets, announces $500 million stock buyback program
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Smart home security device Canary, which started on Indiegogo, is now available at Best Buy, Amazon, and other major retailers for $249
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Twitter to Surpass Yahoo in U.S. Display Ad Revenue, eMarketer Says
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Nanigans Raises $24M To Fuel Asian Growth And Expand Its Ad Tools Beyond Facebook
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Loosely-organized online vigilantes battle ISIS by reporting suspect accounts to Twitter
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FTC rules Napster co-founder John Fanning's site jerk.com misled consumers, orders deletion of all personal data from the now-defunct site
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Amazon's On-Demand Services Marketplace Launches Monday
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