First consumer version of Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headset to ship Q1 2016, pre-orders to start later in 2015
Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will ship in early 2016 — After months of rumours that the first commercial model of VR headset would slip beyond 2015, company confirms the news
EU court rules Skype's name is too similar to Britain's Sky broadcasting, preventing Microsoft from registering trademark
Court says Skype's name is too similar to Sky's — The court said Skype's logo resembled a cloud — Video chat software Skype's name is so similar …
Paypal co-founder Max Levchin's lending startup Affirm raises $275M
Lending Start-Up Affirm Raises $275 Million — Affirm, a San Francisco-based consumer lending start-up, is adding $275 million in debt and equity to accelerate its growth plans. — The big Series B ...
Chinese drone maker DJI raises $75M from Accel Partners, sources say at a valuation of $8B
Chinese Drone Maker DJI Raises $75 Million From Accel Partners — Accel investment values SZ DJI Technology Co. at around $8 billion, sources say — Chinese drone maker SZ DJI Technology Co. secured...
Zenefits raises $500M round led by Fidelity Management and TPG at a valuation of $4.5B
Zenefits Tagged With $4.5 Billion Valuation After Just Two Years — The latest software company valued at over $1 billion doesn't make a dime selling software. — Rather, San Francisco startup Zenef...
Sources: Apple working with US researchers to offer DNA testing via ResearchKit
Apple Has Plans for Your DNA — The iPhone could become a new tool in genetic studies. — Of all the rumors ever to swirl around the world's most valuable company, this may be the first that could i...
Google Launches Cloud Bigtable, A Very Fast NoSQL Database For The Enterprise
With Cloud Bigtable, Google is launching a new NoSQL database service today that, as the name implies, is powered by the company's Bigtable data storage system. — The added twist here is that the ne...
Reddit launches a video division to create original content
The social news service Reddit has grown to a truly massive size, garnering 170 million monthly visitors and 6.7 billion pages view this January, while maintaining a fairly bare-bones service. It hel...
Home Depot announces it will accept Apple Pay after equipment upgrade, making it the biggest retailer to do so with more than 2K stores
Home Depot to Become Largest Retailer to Accept Apple Pay — Home Depot Inc. plans to enable Apple Inc.'s mobile-payment platform at its more than 2,000 stores …
Apple details new ‘AppleBot’ web crawler used by Siri and Spotlight
Apple has confirmed the existence of a long-rumored web crawling service — first noticed last November — and provided some details of its operations in a recently-updated support document.
As part of a $300M multi-year plan, Comcast will hire 5,500 new customer service employees, credit customers $20 if technicians are late for appointments
Comcast to Pay Customers $20 If Technicians Are Late as Part of Customer Service Revamp — Comcast is going to pay you $20 …
Google Ventures' Bill Maris likens the $6M cash-out by founders of portfolio company Secret to a “bank heist” in interview
The Lessons Google Ventures Learned From Secret — For many in Silicon Valley, the rapid rise and precipitous fall of Secret, the prominent start …
EU's digital single market initiative doesn't take a strong stand on some essential issues, such as the need for a single telecom and digital regulator
EU digital single market: Death by compromise — The long-awaited, much-ballyhooed Digital Single Market strategy is set to be published …
Facebook and IBM partner to combine retail data and Facebook user data to improve ad targeting
Facebook and IBM Team Up To Supercharge Personalized Ads — Facebook and IBM are teaming up to help retailers better target advertising on the world's largest social network.
A profile of Frank Wang Tao, founder of the world's biggest drone company DJI, who is worth $4.5B
Bow To Your Billionaire Drone Overlord: Frank Wang's Quest To Put DJI Robots Into The Sky — Frank Wang Tao has never been arrested. He pays his taxes on time. And he rarely drinks. Thanks: @bupbin
App Annie buys app data provider Mobidia to combine app download and usage analytics in 60 countries
Data Vendor App Annie Buys Mobidia, Looking to Grow, Stay Independent — Mobile analytics company App Annie said Wednesday it is buying Vancouver-based app data provider Mobidia in a cash and stock d...
Mophie's H2PRO, a $130 battery case for iPhone, protects in shallow water for up to 30 minutes
Mophie's latest iPhone battery case is also waterproof — Battery cases can prove to be a must-have for iPhone 6 owners, and the same goes for ruggedized cases that protect Apple's smartphone against...
Ex-Apple retail boss Ron Johnson launches Enjoy e-commerce site, with personal delivery and in-home setup service at no cost
Former Apple Retail Boss Ron Johnson Unwraps New Web Startup ‘Enjoy’ — Ron Johnson, the former Apple retail chief who was ousted as J.C. Penney's boss two years ago …
French parliament advances bill to give the government broad domestic surveillance powers with little judicial oversight
Lawmakers in France Move to Vastly Expand Surveillance — PARIS — The lower house of France's Parliament overwhelmingly approved a sweeping intelligence bill that …
Automated Savings Startup Digit Raises $11.3M From General Catalyst
It's only been a few short months since automated savings startup Digit opened to the public, but it's already garnered serious interest from consumers who want more money in their bank accounts, as w...
PlayStation Now, Sony's cloud gaming subscription service, will be available for PS3 on May 12
Vita to follow
OpenTV files lawsuit against Apple alleging iTunes software violates five streaming patents
Interactive TV Pioneer OpenTV Sues Apple, Alleging Patent Infringement — Interactive television pioneer OpenTV has sued Apple, alleging that the Cupertino technology giant infringed on its patents.
Peruse launches natural language search tool, works with all file types, but only available for Dropbox and Box for now
Peruse Reads Your Spreadsheets So You Don't Have To — The time-consuming tedium of file search is San Francisco-based startup Peruse's jumping-off point.
NetSuite launches new e-commerce platform, inks cloud deal with Microsoft
Summary:NetSuite is making considerable use of Microsoft's cloud portfolio, both internally with its workforce and externally with its developer community. — Building off years of development and mi...
NSA had broadly deployed technology to convert spoken words from phone calls into searchable text by 2006, Snowden documents reveal
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Netflix urges FCC to reject AT&T/DirecTV merger “as currently proposed”
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Foxconn is struggling to expand its automated manufacturing capabilities in the face of high development costs and fast changing technologies
Foxconn's Robot Army Yet to Prove Match for Humans — iPhone Maker's Robot Turns Its Hand to Noodles: A robot created by Foxconn is becoming … Tweets: @wsjd and @sub8u Tweets: @wsjd : Foxconn once en...
Sources: Apple to announce new Beats at WWDC on June 8 with consumer non-beta launch late June
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Comcast expands home automation platform with nine new partners including Nest, August, and Automatic, plans SDK later this year
Comcast's Xfinity home platform adds Nest, August, and more — Comcast has expanded its home automation lineup by adding support for devices … Tweets: @gigastacey Tweets: Stacey Higginbotham / @gigas...
Microsoft's Outlook.com will be powered by Office 365, but the name will remain the same
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IBM's Watson to guide cancer therapies at 14 centers, analyzing tumors' genetic make-up with the findings of scientific papers and clinical trials
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Nvidia Gives Up on Modem Effort, Offers Icera for Sale
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Sources: SunGard Data Systems prepares for IPO, seeks to raise $750M, targets $7B market valuation
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Microsoft evaluates possible bid for Salesforce though companies are not in talks
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US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses decision, rules citizens have no expectation of privacy when third party company holds data such as cell phone records
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal :
Groupon reports Q1 revenue of $750.4M vs $812.2M expected, EPS of $0.03 vs $0.01 expected
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch :
Apple's Ahrendts was the top-paid woman in the US last year with $83M, Marissa Mayer was the country's highest-paid female CEO making $59.1M
Madeline McMahon / Bloomberg Business :
GOG's DRM-free Steam competitor is finally open to everyone
Andrew Webster / The Verge :
A British court discloses documents in HP's $5B fraud lawsuit against former Autonomy executives
Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code :
Source: Twitter CFO Anthony Noto to head marketing department as search for CMO continues
Nitasha Tiku / The Verge :
Elance-oDesk Rebrands As Upwork, Debuts Slack-Like Chat Platform
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
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