iPad Mini 4 teardown: 2048x1536 LED-backlit display, smaller single-cell 19.1 Wh battery, 2GB RAM; smaller form factor with the power of an iPad Air 2
iPad Mini 4 Teardown — Everyone knows that Fall is the season for Apples, and they're finally starting to drop.
Leaked documents show second-gen Chromecast has new backdrop feeds, improved Wi-Fi, “Fast Play”, to be announced September 29
Exclusive: This is the 2nd gen. Chromecast w/ backdrop feeds, better WiFi, ‘Fast Play,’ more — According to internal documents that 9to5Google has obtained …
Documents show Apple held discussions with California DMV for self-driving car; Project Titan gets an Engineering Program Manager
Apple meets California officials to discuss self-driving car — The meeting in California, which is developing regulations for driverless vehicles …
Google set to announce this month that Spotify will gain Chromecast support alongside new device
Exclusive: Google and Spotify launching Chromecast support later this month — While Chromecast has long supported Google Play Music, Netflix, Pandora, and other subscription services …
Periscope launches web profiles with recent videos, followers and following details, and total hearts received
Periscope Adds Profile Pages For The Web — Twitter-owned video streaming app gives broadcasters a landing page for the desktop. — Periscope today launched web profiles …
Microsoft to spend $70 mln to boost computer science in schools
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft will invest $75 million over the next three years in initiatives to increase access to computer science education for youth. — Microsoft's Satya Nadella made the announceme...
Facebook opens its first office in Thailand, says 34M Thais use the service
Facebook opens first office in Thailand — Facebook is opening its first Thailand office, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said on Thursday. — About 34 million Thais use Facebook and post three times …
Facebook to start using browsing data from Like and Share buttons in its ad targeting system next month, opt-out setting available
Facebook's Like Buttons Will Soon Track Your Web Browsing to Target Ads — Facebook's “Like” buttons have been logging data on our browsing for years …
Intel Invests $67M Into 8 Chinese Companies, Including Segway Owner Ninebot
Fresh off a $60 million deal with Shanghai-based drone maker Yuneec, Intel is continuing to ramp up its investment in Chinese tech startups after the U.S. firm revealed it has pumped $67 million into ...
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission defines Bitcoin and other virtual currencies as commodities
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Insurance startup Clover Health raises $100M equity and debt funding, with $4M equity from First Round Capital
How this startup is trying to upend health insurance — As the health insurance industry consolidates, Silicon Valley is starting to focus on making it more efficient to better serve patients and hos...
AT&T sues former workers and California-based Swift Unlocks, alleging scheme to download malware to AT&T computers to unlock hundreds of thousands of phones
AT&T sues former workers, alleging secret scheme to unlock hundreds of thousands of phones
Snapchat signs one-year deal with NFL, will curate Live Stories including league and fan content; both Snapchat and NFL will sell ads and split revenue
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Researchers release Anonize for iOS and Android, designed to enable cryptographically anonymous surveys
New Crypto Tool Makes Anonymous Surveys Truly Anonymous — At the end of a semester teaching an undergraduate math course a few years ago, Cornell Tech researcher …
GitLab Raises $4M Series A Round From Khosla Ventures For Its Open Source Collaboration Platform
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Amazon advises its Webstore users to switch to Shopify before Amazon shuts down Webstore; Shopify shares surge 24%
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Adobe reports better-than-expected Q3 earnings of $174.5M, revenue of $1.22B on subscription growth amid exec changes
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
ZenPayroll rebrands as Gusto, moves beyond payroll to take on Zenefits with workers' compensation and health benefits
Today is a big day for the whole ZenPayroll community. Catherine Clifford / Entrepreneur : ZenPayroll Moves Into Benefits, Changes Name to Gusto Chris Rauber / bizjournals : Former Zenefits partner tu...
Google's Project Zero team finds address space layout randomization offers less protection against Stagefright than Google PR claims
There's been a lot of attention recently around … Tweets: Christopher Soghoian / @csoghoian : Android team: Stagefright isn't that bad. Android has additional security measures. Google security team: ...
Sources: VR startup Jaunt expected to announce $50M+ Series C funding as early as next week
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Carly Fiorina's record as CEO at HP assailed during second Republican debate
Kyle Cheney / Politico :
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