WhatsApp hits 800M monthly active users, stays on pace to reach 1B users by year's end
WhatsApp Hits 800 Million Users — 1 Billion by Year-End? — “What I'd say around messaging is we're pretty early in that cycle,” Zuckerberg said during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call.
Comcast to bring two-gigabit Internet service to Bay Area, boost existing tiers
Comcast said Friday that it will bring its 2-gigabit symmetrical Gigabit Pro service to San Francisco Bay Area consumers in May, sidestepping Google and its own fiber plans. The company also said it ...
Comcast, TWC will meet with Department of Justice for the first time since the merger was announced to negotiate concessions that could ease regulatory approval
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Bad software update kills many Wink smart home hubs
Now for the downside of a house loaded up with “smart” devices to allow remote control and monitoring: turning your home into a computer means computer-like problems. Today's example comes from the W...
Google makes Android for Work available for any device running Android 4.0 or higher
Google makes Android for Work available on nearly all Android devices — Google pushed Android for Work to its Play Store on Thursday, making the container technology it announced in February availab...
After years of testing, Google has replaced the URL with the site name and breadcrumb trail in the mobile search snippets
Google Replaces A Site's URL In Search Results & Uses Its Site Name & Breadcrumb Path — Google announced they've begun replacing the URL within the search result snippet area …
French Senate Backs Bid To Force Google To Disclose Search Algorithm Workings
It's been a bad week for Google in Europe, with the Competition Commission on Wednesday adopting a Statement of Objections regard its shopping comparison service — marking an escalation of a five-year...
ACLU: at least 28 inspector general websites for whistleblower reports and the State Department terrorist tip site do not use HTTPS
Why confidential tips to the government may not be confidential after all — Got a hot tip about federal waste, fraud or corruption?
Google says experimental UDP-based transport protocol QUIC improves Google search load times by 3%, ramps up usage in Chrome
Google Wants To Speed Up The Web With Its QUIC Protocol — You may have never heard of it, but if you are a Chrome users, chances are you've used Google's QUIC protocol already.
Funds left in Google Wallet Balance will now be FDIC insured
YAHOO FINANCE EXCLUSIVE: Google Wallet just got a lot safer — Google (GOOGL) is making a big change to its mobile payment service, Google Wallet, Yahoo Finance has learned. Funds that are left in G...
British company Social Chain prospers running a network of big viral Twitter accounts, faces accusations about plagiarism and troubling advertising practices
Meet The Company Secretly Running All Your Favourite Social Media Accounts — A group of twentysomethings in Manchester are taking … Tweets: @margarita and @lukelewis Tweets: Margarita Noriega / @mar...
Microsoft's new Maps app comes to phones with latest Windows 10 Technical Preview build, with guided navigation features from HERE maps, traffic data from Bing
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Recently patched Windows flaw seen exploited in the wild for DDoS attacks; web servers of 70M sites at risk
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Major Update to Office Sway Adds Focus Points, Interactive Charts and More
create interactive charts, image Focus Points, Accent, easier document embeds and Sway for iPhone updates Jordan Novet / VentureBeat : Microsoft Sway gets interactive charts, Accent formatting, and Fo...
Microsoft supports many groups lobbying for regulatory action against Google in Europe and US
Europe is right to worry that it lacks big digital platforms.
Galaxy S6, S6 edge review: Exynos is SoC to beat in Android space for the next 6 months, battery life effectively the same as S5, camera comparable to iPhone
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French privacy watchdog received 260 Right to be Forgotten complaints last year and referred around 90 cases to Google
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Google Says “Vast Majority” Of Ads On Its Platforms Will Be Encrypted By June 30
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Klout co-founder Joe Fernandez steps down as CEO about a year after firm's acquisition
Kurt Wagner / Re/code : Tweets: @marshallk Tweets: Marshall Kirkpatrick / @marshallk : Thanks & congrats to Klout's now departing CEO @JoeFernandez for blazing a trail in the market & being a good gu...
Xiaomi CEO says company has invested in 20+ startups and plans to invest in a hundred more
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