iPhone text crash bug also works via Snapchat text chats and Twitter DMs or mentions
iPhone text crash bug hits Twitter and Snapchat — Unfixed iOS bug allows booby-trapped messages to break Snapchat text chat and can be sent via Twitter direct messages or mentions
Apple releases temporary fix for iMessage-crashing text bug, says update coming soon
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Path and Path Talk acquired by Daum Kakao; services to continue
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Diversity in Google I/O keynote featuring women and people of color onstage raised the bar for other technology companies
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Google announces Android Pay, will allow users to pay in over 1000 apps and at 700K US stores
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Hola Better Internet sells users' bandwidth and resources to turn its VPN into a botnet
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Sources: Snapchat in the process of raising $650M in equity at $16B valuation
Snapchat stock sale values company at up to $16B — Snapchat is in the process of raising $650 million in equity, which would value the company at 16 billion, sources told CNBC.
Apple Acquires Augmented Reality Company Metaio
Apple has acquired Metaio, an augmented reality startup that launched way back in 2003 as an offshoot of a project at Volkswagen. The company's site said it stopped taking new customers, and now a le...
Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2015 in one handy list
That's a wrap on all things Google. In case you missed the keynote, here's a recap of all the highlights you may have missed. — Android M — Kicking off the keynote, Google Senior Vice President S...
New 15-inch MacBook Pro is first MacBook to support 5K and 4096×2160 4K displays
New 15-inch is the first MacBook to support 5K displays, 4096×2160 4K — Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro is the first of Apple's notebooks to officially support single-stream 4K displays at a full re...
Google Play services 7.5 includes Smart Lock for Passwords, App Invites beta, Google Cast, Remote Display API, Google Fit, more
A Closer Look at Google Play services 7.5 — At Google I/O, we announced the rollout of Google Play services 7.5 that deliver new capabilities and optimizations to devices across the Android ecosyste...
Google Photos launching today on Android, iOS, and web with unlimited storage to help you organize and share photos and videos for free
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Google's I/O keynote suggests Google is poised to surpass Apple when it comes to mobile design
Google's Quest For Complete Control Of Your Digital Life — Today's keynote suggests Google is poised to surpass Apple when it comes to mobile design. — Ninety minutes into today's Google … Tweets:...
Google announces Brillo, a cut-down Android-based OS for the Internet of Things, and Weave, a communications layer for those devices
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U.N. report: Encryption is important to human rights — and backdoors undermine it
This is not what encryption looks like. (REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Files) — A new report from the United Nation's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights says digital security and privacy …
NVIDIA Shield Android TV review: gaming performance exceeds other set top boxes but media playback disappoints
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Google gives developers new AdWords, Analytics, and AdMob tools to monetize their apps with ads
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Nvidia launches Shield 4K Android TV set-top box for $200 with 16GB of flash storage, $300 with 500GB hard disk drive
The Android TV box is the third Nvidia Shield … Matt Wuebbling / The Official NVIDIA Blog : The Battle for Your Living Room Has Begun Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority : Nvidia Shield Android TV no...
Google VP of Streams, Photos, and Sharing Bradley Horowitz: Google Photos is like Gmail for your images
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Google announces Jump, an ecosystem for creating and sharing virtual reality content, includes camera rig, software, and YouTube-based player
Google Jump is an entire ecosystem for virtual reality filmmaking — Near the end of the opening keynote at Google's I/O developer conference …
Google's Places API for iOS exits beta, letting any developer add better location data to their apps
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FCC considering extending $1.7B Lifeline telecommunication subsidy program for the poor to cover broadband access
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Amazon planning to expand its private-label goods under its Elements brand to include grocery items such as milk, cereal, razors, vitamins, cleaning products
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Pebble Time teardown: display not fused to front glass making them independently replaceable, small battery
Summary:While the Apple Watch … Jacob Kleinman / TechnoBuffalo : Pebble Time is the easiest smartwatch to repair
Google redesigns Cardboard VR headset to fit larger phones, updates SDK with support for iOS, partners with GoPro to develop 16-camera 360-degree VR recorder
Conor Dougherty / New York Times :
Netflix, HBO Streaming Video Traffic Increases As BitTorrent Declines
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Chromecast Gets Autoplay, Queuing, Second Screen And Multiplayer Game Powers
without a console Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority : Autoplay, queuing, second screen and multiplayer gaming comes to the Chromecast Kyle Wiggers / Digital Trends : Chromecast is about to get a ho...
Digital advertising startup GumGum raises $26M at a $200M valuation led by Morgan Stanley
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Google Brings Turn-By-Turn Directions To Offline Maps
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Gracenote expands its media metadata platform into sports with the $54M acquistion of 2 data firms
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HBO Now is coming to Android and Chromecast this summer
Richard Lawler / Engadget :
Sources: Postmates is raising over $50M at $400M valuation
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Gmail Now Has 900M Active Users, 75% On Mobile
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