Over 1M US Apple Watch preorders, with two-thirds for Sport line, and black bands most popular, according to shopping data firm Slice Intelligence
Apple Watch pre-orders were 1 million in the US on its first day, a shopping data firm estimates — (Ryan Emberley/Invision for Apple/AP Images)
Sharp announces 5.5" 4K (2160 x 3840) IGZO display with 806 ppi, in mass production from 2016
Sharp not even joking, announces 5.5-inch 4K IGZO display with mind-blowing 806ppi pixel density — Like it or not, 4K smartphone displays are heading towards us, and there's nobody left to stop them...
Activist investor with over $2B stake urges Qualcomm to spin off chip unit from its more profitable patent-licensing business, cut costs, accelerate buyback
Activist Puts Pressure on Qualcomm — Jana Partners urges chip maker to consider breakup, other steps to improve stock price
Sprint Direct 2 U will send workers to customers' homes to deliver and help set up new phones, available today in Kansas City, nationwide by end of the year
Sprint Will Come to Your Home or Office to Set Up Your Next Phone — Sprint is launching a new program that will send a worker …
Asus VivoWatch has a 10-day battery life, stainless steel body, is dust and water resistant, comes with heart-rate monitor and sleep tracker
ASUS' fitness-centric VivoWatch has a 10-day battery — In our review, we became quite fond of ASUS' rather handsome ZenWatch except, perhaps …
Activist investors' near-term obsession slowing M&A for tech incumbents and IPOs for startups
Scott Kupor / Andreessen Horowitz :
Word of mouth after a few months of general availability, not reviews based on early impressions, will decide the success of Apple Watch
Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note :
Amazon launches X-Ray on Fire TV to bring IMDb movie and TV data to the big screen
Amazon is bringing its “X-Ray for Movies and TV” service to the big screen for the first time, with the news that the contextual information offering is rolling out for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stic...
LinkedIn Raises Its Game In Social Media With Elevate, An App To Suggest And Share Stories
LinkedIn, the social platform with 350 million users where people network for business deals, new jobs, news, and soon to learn a thing or two, is now tapping another business area: social media manag...
University of Florida and Yik Yak team up for geolocated student news feeds
University of Florida explores geolocation news feeds — The university has teamed up with social media app Yik Yak to bring its students the latest local news — Credit: Screenshot from UFJSchool o...
People who share revenge porn in the UK can now be jailed for 2 years
Blathnaid Healy / Mashable :
Andreessen on factors slowing IPOs and tech M&A, higher private valuations, how tech investment remains tiny from macro POV, education and health startups, more
WhatsApp, Skype, Concur—account for 40% of the volume. http://blogs.reuters.com/... @semil : Fortune's @danprimack sits down w/ @pmarca: http://fortune.com/... (best part: section revisiting prices of...
High private tech valuations the result of investors betting against doomed public incumbents unable to innovate
Bubble, My Ass: Some Unicorns Might Be Overvalued, But All Dinosaurs Gonna Die. — Summary: pundits argue billion-dollar startups are overvalued, but few realize … Tweets: @mdudas , @mitchellharper ,...
Twitter Is Pushing Celebrities And Publishers To Stop Using Meerkat
Twitter is doing whatever it can to help its live video streaming acquisition Periscope beat independent competitor Meerkat. Multiple sources tell TechCrunch that Twitter has been contacting celebrit...
Xiaomi says it lost more than half of its Mi Power Bank sales to counterfeiters last year
Xiaomi Confronts Counterfeits as Fake Products Eat Into Sales — Xiaomi Corp., the Chinese smartphone vendor that overtook Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. in the world's largest market, now fa...
LG G4 flagship smartphone details leak, will feature a 13MP camera, 5.5-inch screen, removable battery, leather and plastic rear covers
Edit: specs looks like the G3 specs. Samantha Murphy Kelly / Mashable : LG G4 leaked photos reveal 6 beautiful leather casing options Nirave Gondhia / Neowin : LG G4 leaks two weeks ahead of launch Yo...
FireEye identifies cyber espionage group dubbed “APT 30”, likely sponsored by Chinese state, targeting South East Asia since 2005
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
After Tidal launch, Spotify adds “Tweet the Beat”, new feature showing ads to some premium users, encouraging them to tweet about artist's music
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Behind Time Warner's struggle to launch HBO Now without alienating pay-TV providers
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal :
Tech.eu M&A report - Q1 2015: the number of tech exits in Europe has increased by 160% year-over-year
Robin Wauters / Tech.eu :
Growth of hardware accelerators and consultants in last two years making hardware startups easier
Nick Statt / CNET :
Marvell Semiconductor appealing record $1.53B patent award to Carnegie Mellon University in suit over hard drive technology
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica :
Galaxy S6 review: spectacular camera, Exynos beats Snapdragon 810, but TouchWiz and Material Design do not mesh, S-Voice ruins always-on voice support
people with eyes.” http://arstechnica.com/...
AI-powered law for startups
Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.