Google enables ordering and delivery from restaurants directly from mobile search results in US, via Seamless, Grubhub, Eat24, and other providers
Whether you're craving deep dish pizza or pad thai, starting today you can order food from some of your favorite restaurants directly from Google search results.
Sources: Uber has submitted a bid for Nokia's HERE mapping service, for as much as $3B
Uber Joins the Bidding for Here, Nokia's Digital Mapping Service — Uber is best known for allowing people to book a taxi through its smartphone application. But the fast-growing company has far bro...
Windows 10 described as “the last version of Windows” because it will receive regular, incremental updates rather than big releases
Why Microsoft is calling Windows 10 ‘the last version of Windows’ — “Right now we're releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 …
Facebook's news polarization study is flawed because it only counted users self-reporting their ideological affiliation
The Facebook “It's Not Our Fault” Study — Today in Science, members of the Facebook data science team released a provocative study about adult Facebook users in the US …
Ericsson takes lawsuit against Apple to Europe, wants up to $725m per year
Claiming that Apple is infringing on several of its patents, Ericsson has ramped up its lawsuit efforts against the company by expanding them to cover Germany, Britain and the Netherlands.
Facebook study: our News Feed algorithm makes you just 5-8% less likely to see news from the opposing political side
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Google may debut an à la carte app permission system for Android, similar to App Ops in Android 4.3, at Google I/O
Android could finally be getting back à la carte app permissions — As it stand right now, app permission control in Android is frustratingly monolithic.
Fitbit files for $100M IPO, revealing $132M net income in 2014, plans to trade on NYSE under symbol FIT
Fitbit files for $100 million IPO, shows big profits — Fitbit, a maker of fitness tracking devices that is being challenged by Apple's AAPL new watch product, has filed for a $100 million IPO.
Alibaba in talks to buy $1.2 billion stake in India phone maker Micromax: sources
Alibaba Group Holding (BABA.N) is in talks with India's Micromax Informatics (IPO-MINF.NS) to buy an about 20 percent stake in the smartphone maker, helping the Chinese e-commerce giant expand …
Facebook's app install ads can now deep link to information in an app opened for the first time
Facebook Launches In-App Purchase Install Ads — Facebook is combining its lucrative app install ads with deep linking so a specific in-app purchase page opens once the app downloads.
GlobalWebIndex study finds 42% of people using Tinder have a partner, 30% are married, 62% are male, and 45% are aged between 25 and 34
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OnePlus handsets in India will get Cyanogen updates after companies resolve legal dispute
Micromax & OnePlus resolve legal dispute; OnePlus handsets will get Cyanogen updates — OnePlus said that all legal proceedings have been resolved and both the cases have been withdrawn through mutua...
Cyanogen partners with Truecaller to bring web-enabled caller ID and spam reduction opt-in features to its phone dialer
Truecaller helps identify unknown incoming calls … Vivek Pai / MediaNama : Cyanogen to integrate Truecaller into its OS; Reason for security concerns? Sneha Bokil / Fone Arena : Truecaller teams up wi...
In Europe, Google is considered a search monopolist, but its entry into wireless and broadband in the US could make it a champion of competition
Not to Be Stopped, Google Takes On the Wireless World — Call it the Google paradox. — Last month, the European Union's antitrust chief accused Google …
Snapchat debuts 10-second video ads for Discover publishers that cost two cents per view
Snapchat Debuts Video Ads for 2 Cents a View — Snapchat wants companies to know its not just for millennials: Advertisers can find a home there as well. At the Daily Mail/Elite Daily Digital …
Flickr head Bernardo Hernandez has left Yahoo citing personal reasons
Kara Swisher / Re/code :
AOL Q1 Beats With $625.1M In Sales, EPS Of $0.34 On Back Of Ad Growth
TechCrunch :
$4.99 app ‘Redacted’ hits #8 spot for paid apps on Mac App Store with just $302 in first day profit, suggesting profits on platform are low
and it's shockingly low Dave Mark / The Loop : A cold splash of water on Mac App Store sales
About 14% of Zappos employees accept severance as Zappos transitions to holacratic management structure
14% of the staff — take buyouts after CEO ultimatum to embrace self-management or leave Tweets: Christopher Mims / @mims : Zappos eliminates all titles and hierarchy, 14% of staff jump ship http://www...
Oracle Hires Engineering Team From Shuttered Cloud Startup Nebula
Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code :
AT&T customers with unlimited data using LTE now throttled only when network is congested, instead of when they go over 5GB/mo
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
Nvidia's Q1 mixed, hints at layoffs, restructuring charges between $100M-$125M tied to future Icera sale
Rachel King / ZDNet :
T-Mobile and BlackBerry end awkward feud with launch of BlackBerry Classic
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Source: Sony removes music by Adele, Hozier, Kelly Clarkson, and others from SoundCloud due to “lack of monetization opportunities”
Andrew Hampp / Billboard :
Sources: Yelp is exploring a sale; shares soar over 18% after news
Wall Street Journal :
Verizon partners with Lyft, pre-loads app on select Android devices, gives drivers 15% discount on Verizon bills
Evie Nagy / Fast Company :
Google study finds 5.5% of unique visitors to Google sites had some form of injected ads, affecting more than 3000 advertisers
Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land :
Filing shows mobile shopping app Wish is now valued at $3B+ after possibly raising more than $500M
Ryan Mac / Forbes : Tweets: @forbestech . Thanks: @bupbin Tweets: @forbestech : Wish is now valued at $3B (after raising possibly more than $500M this funding round): http://onforb.es/1H3wtdJ pic.twi...
Accel and DJI Will Partner on Special Fund Focused on Drones
Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code :
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