LG unveils 55-inch, 0.97mm thick, wallpaper OLED panel that sticks to walls with magnets as demonstration of future OLED products
LG Display unveils wallpaper OLED panel — South Korean flat panel maker LG Display Co. showcased on Tuesday a detachable organic light-emitting diode …
Logjam vulnerability downgrades encryption in HTTPS connections, affects tens of thousands of web and mail servers; browsers being updated with fix
HTTPS-crippling attack threatens tens of thousands of Web and mail servers — Diffie-Hellman downgrade weakness allows attackers to intercept encrypted data.
Sources: Google to unveil new photo service, independent of Google+, at I/O later this month
Google Is Close to Unveiling New Web Photo Service — Google Inc. is set to reveal an online picture sharing and storage service that will no longer be part of the Google+ social network, people fami...
Microsoft looks to be building a new light-weight email app called Flow
Summary:Microsoft appears to be building an app for fast, light-weight, real-time conversations called Flow, which is likely to debut on iPhone, according to leaked information. — Microsoft seems to...
Adblock Plus launches Adblock Browser: Firefox for Android with built-in ad blocking
Adblock Plus today launched Adblock Browser for Android. Currently in beta, the company's first browser was created by taking the open source Firefox for Android and including Adblock Plus out-of-the...
Twitter and Google partner to bring more tweets into Google search results, rolling out on mobile in the US today and desktop soon
A new way to discover Tweets — We're excited to team up with Google to bring Twitter's unique, real-time content to Google's search results.
Critical vulnerability in NetUSB driver exposes millions of routers to hacking
Millions of routers and other embedded devices are affected by a serious vulnerability that could allow hackers to compromise them. — The vulnerability is located in a service called NetUSB …
Spotify announces new version with podcasts, video, and playlists tailored for listener's day
Spotify Introduces Video Clips, Podcasts, And Activity-Based Playlists — Spotify has just unveiled the newest version of the product at a media event here in New York City.
Tweets get more prominent placement in Google results after Google-Twitter deal; Twitter doesn't earn directly off display but will gain new traffic
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Oppo launches 5-inch R7 and 6-inch R7 Plus with 3GB RAM, 13MP camera; available globally in June
Oppo R7 and R7 Plus officially announced — As expected, Oppo has just unveiled the highly anticipated pair of high end smartphones, the R7 and the R7 Plus.
TechCrunch co-editor Alexia Tsotsis leaves to study at Stanford Graduate School of Business; Matthew Panzarino to continue as editor
TechCrunch's Top Editor Tsotsis Steps Down — Alexia Tsotsis will be stepping down from her high-profile job as co-editor of TechCrunch today.
You Can Now Use ‘Netflix for Torrents’ Popcorn Time in Your Browser
It's over a year since Popcorn Time burst on to the scene, allowing you to stream torrents rather than download them. It's had its ups and downs—but now you can use it in your browser.
Amazon names Maria Renz as shadow to Jeff Bezos, or more formally, technical adviser to CEO, the first woman to hold the role
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Names First Woman Executive to Coveted Top Role — For more than 15 years, one role at Amazon has stood out as perhaps the most coveted …
Tim Cook: Apple Watch in stores ‘by June’, in talks for Apple Pay in China
During his trip last week across China, Apple CEO Tim Cook held a meeting at Apple's China headquarters with several employees in attendance, according to sources with knowledge of the briefing.
Proper Google Maps app appears on Android Wear via latest phone app update
With the latest update to Google Maps on your phone, Android Wear gains some mapping functionality. — After updating to Google Maps version 9.9 on your phone — which brings a neat new transparent st...
US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau orders PayPal to pay $25M in fines and refunds for signing users up for its online credit service without permission
US regulator says PayPal to pay $25 mln over credit product problems — The U.S. consumer financial watchdog on Tuesday accused PayPal …
Facebook acquires and shuts down payment startup Tugboat Yards
Facebook has acquired Tugboat Yards, a startup with a tool that publishers and other groups could use to let fans make contributions in exchange for subscriptions and other services. — The Tugboat Y...
Digital payments startup Ripple Labs raises $28M Series A
Ripple Labs Raises Massive $28 Million Series A Round — Co-Produced By FinTech Today and Breaking Banks Radio — Ripple Labs, the innovative startup focusing on the distributed ledger and supports ...
Facebook expands free Messenger video calling to almost every country
Facebook has rolled out video calling on its Messenger app to more countries around the world, following the introduction of the feature in 18 countries last month. — “We're happy to share we've now...
Mastercard introduces Send, a P2P payment service that works with most debit cards and other services like Western Union, to transfer funds within 30 minutes
MasterCard Launches (Almost) Real Time Payments — MasterCard has entered the realm of real-time payments.
Twilio launches $50M investment fund to back companies using its technology
Twilio Launches $50 Million Development Fund — Twilio, the cloud software platform that gives developers the ability to add phone calls, text messaging and other communications features to their app...
St. Louis Federal Reserve confirms DNS hijack of affiliated sites in April, including FRED, its economic database, plus archival and geographic databases
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Switch Raises $35 Million In Strategic Funding To Expand Its Cloud-Based Phone System
Just four months after Switch Communications made its cloud-based communications suite generally available, the company has raised another $35 million in funding to get customers signed up.
Six Chinese residents charged with stealing phone technology from two US companies, Avago Technologies and Skyworks Solutions
Six China residents charged with stealing US mobile phone technology — Six residents of China face economic espionage and theft of trade secret charges …
Etsy reports total operating expenses up 73% year-over-year, revenue of $58.5M, missing estimates of $59M for Q1; shares down 17.34% in after-hours trading
Tess Stynes / Wall Street Journal :
Google releases Tone, an experimental Chrome extension for sharing links with nearby computers using only sound
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Yahoo's efforts to exit stake in Alibaba possibly complicated by potential changes to IRS's spinoff rules
it's fine Yahoo : Yahoo Issues Statement Regarding IRS Comments Matt Levine / Bloomberg View : Yahoo May Not Get Rid of Alibaba So Easily Seeking Alpha : Yahoo up 2.8% following response to IRS offici...
Sources: Spanish mobile marketplace Wallapop is raising $100M from Accel, Fidelity Growth Partners, and others
Wallapop Is Poised To Disrupt Classifieds, As Accel, Insight, Fidelity Pack Its War Chest — Back in November rumors surfaced in the Spanish-speaking press that little known Wallapop … Thanks: @ripta...
Topher Conway Becomes Co-Managing Partner Of SV Angel As David Lee Steps Down
Partner, SV Angel — Conway's a partner … Tweets: David Lee / @davidlee : 1/ After a great run at @svangel, I'm moving on to life's next chapter.
Samsung launches Flow, an app that lets you transfer activities across devices, in beta in the US for select devices including Galaxy S5/6/6 Edge, Note 4/Edge
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Oculus announces Rift event for June 11; invite image teases new hardware design
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
WordPress parent Automattic acquires WooCommerce, maker of a popular e-commerce WordPress plugin, sources say for more than $30M
Today marks a significant … Don Davis / internetretailer.com : WordPress owner buys e-commerce software provider WooCommerce Sarah Gooding / WordPress Tavern : Automattic Acquires WooCommerce Nicole H...
Pinterest unveils new ad pricing models and first video ad unit, a Promoted Pin called Cinematic Pin, which animates as the user scrolls down or taps on it
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch :
CSC to split into two publicly-traded companies, one to serve commercial and government clients globally and one to serve public sector clients in US
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Instagram introduces Layout app on Android for making better collages, after its iOS debut in March
Instagram's newest app lets you create fun … Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch : Instagram's Layout Comes To Android Chris Chavez / Phandroid : Instagram's collage making Layout app is finally availabl...
Apple renews contract with TomTom for digital maps, TomTom's shares rise
Mike Kail, hired by Yahoo last summer as CIO, has left the company in the wake of a suit filed by Netflix; Laurie Mann, SVP of search products, named new CIO
Steven Norton / Wall Street Journal :
Meteor, a startup that provides tools for developing mobile and web apps using Javascript, raises $20M led by Matrix Partners
Kyle Russell / TechCrunch :
MixRadio, the streaming music service sold by Microsoft to Line last year, launches iOS and Android apps
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Airbnb rolls out support for professional property managers in some markets, moving further from its roots as it faces increasing regulation
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal :
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