Google launches Accelerated Mobile Pages for faster mobile web, partners with Twitter, Pinterest, Adobe, LinkedIn, WordPress, and more
Introducing the Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, for a faster, open mobile web — Smartphones and tablets have revolutionized the way we access information …
Samsung third quarter profit forecast up nearly 80%
Electronics giant Samsung has estimated its third quarter operating profit will be 7.3t won ($6.29bn; £4.13bn) - up 79.8% from a year earlier. — The guidance numbers for the three months to Septembe...
New York Attorney General opens inquiry into fantasy sports sites, asks DraftKings and FanDuel for internal data and details on how they prevent fraud
New York Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Fantasy Sports Sites — The New York attorney general began an inquiry Tuesday into the prospect …
Pandora Acquires Ticketfly For $450M To Sell Concert Tickets
Pandora has a new tool in its belt to fight against Apple Music and Spotify. The music streaming just announced it will purchase Ticketfly, a Ticketmaster-type site, for $450m in cash and stock.
Notes from Google's AMP event: open source code available on GitHub as of Thursday; The Guardian, Washington Post, Vox, and others are already using it
Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, Backed By Google, Promises Faster Pages — Google, along with Twitter, is expected to announce …
FAA proposes $1.9M fine against drone photo firm SkyPan International for 65 unauthorized flights in Chicago, largest civil penalty yet against a drone operator
FAA Proposes $1.9 Million Fine Against Drone Operator For Alleged Airspace Violations — This file photo shows a rescue drone being flown during a demonstration.
Google Creative Lab launches Meter, a live wallpaper that shows battery, WiFi, and notification info
Google Creative Lab, the same group responsible for a few quirky photo …
Surface Pro 4 hands-on: brighter and crisper display, 40% larger glass-surface trackpad, improved Pen with nibs of different textures for sale
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Jet.com Overhauls Business Model, Kills $50 Membership Fee to Broaden Appeal
Jet.com launched less than three months ago, but it's already pivoting its business model. — The startup shopping site, which gives discounts to shoppers who place large orders, has decided to do aw...
Verizon merges its cellphone tracking supercookies with AOL's ad network, will be able to match users' online habits with personal details
Verizon's Zombie Cookie Gets New Life — Verizon is giving a new mission to its controversial hidden identifier that tracks users of mobile devices.
How the Surface Book compares to the iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Surface Pro
Microsoft made a big deal today about going after Apple. And today more than ever, it's worth believing. There are two reasons why: first, Surface sales are on the rise. They accounted for $888 mil...
Google's AMP, unlike Facebook and Apple news initiatives, works without business relationship with Google
Google reveals AMP, its plan to speed up the mobile web — First Facebook launched Instant Articles, then Apple launched Apple News. Now Google is the latest in on the news business …
PHP pioneers Zend Technologies acquired by Rogue Wave Software
Rogue Wave Software, a Colorado-based provider of cross-platform software development tools, has acquired PHP app-development and deployment company Zend Technologies. Terms of the deal were not disc...
Facebook and Pro.com partner to let you use Messenger to find qualified contractors and get instant quotes for home projects
Facebook Plunges Into Home Repair Matchmaking Service — Social network expands Messenger app as e-commerce platform — Startup Pro.com will connect Messenger users, contractors
Study: among 71 top VC firms, 92% of individuals on senior investment teams are male, 78% are white, 1.3% are Hispanic, and less than 1% are black
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IBM announces 2K-employee Cognitive Business Solutions unit that provides big data analysis
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Sony to spin off image sensor business into its own company, Sony Semiconductor Solutions
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AT&T Receives FCC Waiver Needed for Wi-Fi Calling, No Launch Date Yet
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Synaptics announces ClearForce pressure-sensitive screen technology, expects force-enabled smartphones to ship early 2016
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Postmates launches 15-minute-or-less food delivery service Pop at $1.99 per delivery, available only for lunch and in San Francisco's SoMa for now
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Office 2016's marquee collaboration features are buggy and more limited than those of Google Docs and others, making the $150 price tough to justify
It's Time for Microsoft to Reboot Office — Office 2016 arrives with enough issues to raise the question: Why do we need it at all?
Wireless chip maker Skyworks to buy networking chip provider PMC-Sierra in $2B all cash deal
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Google rolling out in-app translation for Android 6.0 Marshmallow users this week, available in 90 languages for apps like TripAdvisor, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn
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Researchers detail how to use drones, phones, and apps to intercept documents sent to WiFi printers in secure offices
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Apple planning to launch new 4K 21.5-inch iMac next week, iPad Pro in early November
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Silicon Valley companies make side agreements with EU to continue transferring data to US, build data centers in Europe to enable long-term compliance
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Microsoft's new Display Dock connects a Windows 10 mobile to a monitor, creating a PC-like experience that runs universal apps, price & availability undisclosed
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Facebook's Doodle lets users draw on photos, adding new feature to built-in photo editor
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Adobe CIO Gerri Martin-Flickinger leaves to become Starbucks' first CTO
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Apple approves an app, Been Choice, that blocks ads in native apps through its VPN content-removal service, offers rewards to users that share behavioral data
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Design Platform Canva Scores $15 Million Series A, Valued At $165 Million
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