SmartThings' new hub supports 200 sensors and switches, video monitoring, has 10 hour battery backup, goes on sale today for $99
SmartThings' new hub uses Samsung cameras to monitor your home — SmartThings, the open-platform smart home company that sold itself to Samsung a year ago …
New iPhone 6S/6S Plus to retain same storage tiers as iPhone 6: 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB, despite 4K video, increased photo resolution, and other improvements
Apple Event: New Apple Watch bands, 16GB iPhones confirmed with 7000 series aluminum — Starting with the iPhone 3GS …
Sources: Twitter board meets Thursday to discuss CEO search; Jack Dorsey remains a leading internal candidate, Padmasree Warrior among external candidates
Twitter CEO Search Gains Urgency as Stock Slips, Executives Exit — Pressure on Twitter Inc.'s board is mounting.
Samsung launches SleepSense, a smart sleep-tracker that connects to your home appliances
Samsung has launched a new “Internet of Things” (IoT) healthcare device designed to improve your sleep. — At the IFA consumer technology event in Berlin, Samsung unveiled the cylindrical device …
Sources: Google will unveil LG and Huawei Nexus smartphones in San Francisco on September 29
Google will hold Nexus event Sept. 29 in San Francisco — The search giant will introduce two smartphones at the event, one made by LG and the other by Huawei.
AOL Confirms It Is Buying Millennial Media In $238M Deal To Expand In Mobile Ads
This just in: AOL, itself acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion earlier this year, has announced that it is making another purchase of its own. It is buying Millennial Media as it continues to build …
Men's rights activists are using a 1950s California law to file lawsuits against women-only tech events
These men's rights activists are using a 1950s law to shut down women in tech — Stephanie Burns came up with the idea for Chic CEO, a free online platform for female entrepreneurs, in 2008, when she...
Netflix releases Sleepy Puppy, an open-source tool to track XSS vulnerabilities across multiple apps
Netflix Sleepy Puppy Awakens XSS Vulnerabilities in Secondary Applications — Most automated scanning and security tools that ferret out cross-site scripting vulnerabilities don't do much analysis be...
Judge gives final approval to $415M settlement from Apple, Google, Adobe, and Intel for anti-poaching suit
U.S. judge approves $415 mln settlement in tech worker lawsuit — A U.S. judge on Wednesday granted final approval to a $415 million settlement that ends a high profile lawsuit …
Asus announces GX700 water-cooled laptop with 17-inch 4K display and overclocked Skylake chip; ROG gaming laptops updated to G752 series, starting at $1,500
Asus updates ROG gaming laptops, and teases liquid cooling — Asus is known for its powerful gaming PCs, such as the ROG G751 …
FAA allows drone-as-a-service firm Measure to fly 324 data-collecting commercial drones, provoking ire from privacy advocates
FAA Approves Corporation's Use of Drones To Collect Data, Prompting Protest from Privacy Advocates — The Federal Aviation Administration's recent approval …
Twitter names developer platform lead Jeff Seibert head of consumer product in product team restructure
Twitter Restructures Product Team, Promotes Jeff Seibert — Twitter has promoted Jeff Seibert, the man who's been running the company's developer products for over a year.
PhantomAlert files suit against Waze, claims Waze copied its database, incorporated it into its own application before sale to Google
Rival traffic app PhantomAlert wants to shut Waze down after alleged theft — CEO says he was “crushed” by Waze, which Google bought in 2013 for over $1B.
Improved Simplocker Android malware disguises as an NSA app, has infected tens of thousands of devices using XMPP
Android ransomware uses XMPP chat to call home, claims it's from NSA — Improved Simplocker lurks disguised as legitimate Flash or video player app.
Skype redesigns its Android and iOS apps with easier navigation, enhanced search, and better multi-tasking
Microsoft today updated its Skype apps for Android and iOS with a big focus on the look and feel. You can download the new apps now directly from Google Play and Apple App Store (iPhone, iPad).
Cloud security firm Netskope raises $75M round led by Iconiq Capital
Security Financings Continue Their Heat Wave With A New $75M Round For Netskope — Netskope, which sells a technology service protecting businesses' cloud-based software, has joined the ranks of the ...
Tumblr redesigns reblog chains on dashboard, with goal of making comments easier to read
Tumblr Finally Makes “Reblogs” More Readable, Especially On Mobile Devices — One of blogging site Tumblr's flagship features, the reblog - meaning the reposting of another person's content onto your...
Sony Pictures and former employees reach agreement in principle to settle lawsuit stemming from data breach last year
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. agreed to settle claims … Steven Musil / CNET : Sony Pictures reaches settlement with ex-employees over hacking Nick Statt / The Verge : Sony Pictures reaches settleme...
On-demand valet service Zirx announces strategic multi-million investment from BMW's iVentures
Biz Carson / Business Insider :
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 twice as fast, power efficient as predecessor thanks to quad-core Kryo CPU; Symphony System Manager to handle heterogeneous computing
Joshua Ho / AnandTech :
iPad Pro and refreshed iPad mini may debut at Apple's September 9 event; iPad Pro expected to ship November
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac :
FTC settles with gaming network Machinima for paid, undisclosed Xbox One endorsements
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IBM and ARM partner for data analytics from industrial, health, car, and wearable IoT devices
IBM And Chip Designer ARM Want To Monitor Every Device They Can — The term “Internet of things” is a bit like “Web 2.0” was a decade ago—a buzzword for some big change in the Internet that no one ca...
Source: Verizon will launch its Go90 mobile video service in coming days, with free ad-supported shows from AOL, Awesomeness TV, Vice Media, and Viacom
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New Moto 360s: men's 46mm and 42mm, women's 42mm with narrower strap mounts, priced at $299.99- $429.99; sport version later this year, others shipping in weeks
Dan Seifert / The Verge :
Samsung and Barnes & Noble launch the Galaxy Tab S2 Nook, a $400 8-inch tablet for readers
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Google adds dining recommendations to Explore feature in Maps for Android, available in San Francisco, New York City, and London
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land :
Alibaba launches Netflix-like subscription video streaming service TBO, priced at about $57 per year
Steven Millward / Tech in Asia :
Moto X Pure Edition review: great value with a sleek design and useful software add-ons, greatly improved camera, but still not great in low light
Chris Velazco / Engadget :
Lenovo intros 6.98" Phab, 6.8" Phab Plus, Vibe S1 with 2 front-facing cameras, Vibe P1 and P1m with switches for power saving; retailing outside North America
Dieter Bohn / The Verge :
Google Docs update includes integrated search for Android, voice transcription in 40 languages, and advanced change tracking for web
Casey Newton / The Verge :
Apple News app to include more than 50 publishers when it launches this fall
Fresh useful insights … Sneha Johari / MediaNama : Apple's yet to launch News app comes preloaded on iOS 9 Nick Salerni / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple's News App in iOS 9 Grows to Over 50 Publishers ...
Images of demo site for Comcast's online video service Watchable show an emphasis on editor-driven curation and featured playlists
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Google Introduces Uncomplicated Pay-As-You-Go Model For Its Maps API
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch :
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