Twitter Polls start rolling out to everyone, remain live for 24 hours, votes remain private
Introducing Twitter Polls — We're excited to share that in the coming days, everyone will be able to create polls on Twitter. And, with just a couple of taps, people can weigh in on all the topics ...
Apple, Dropbox, Yelp, reddit, Twitter, Wikimedia, join Google, Facebook, and Yahoo in voicing opposition to current CISA proposal days before vote
Apple says it's against a key cybersecurity bill, days before a crucial vote — Apple said Tuesday that it opposes a controversial cybersecurity bill that …
Surface Book review: really does replace your laptop, great screen, keyboard, and trackpad, but can get very expensive
Surface Book review: The hybrid that really does replace your laptop — It ain't cheap, but it is pretty. — This is the machine that I've wanted Microsoft …
Apple tells federal judge it's impossible to access user data on locked iPhone running iOS 8 or higher
Apple Tells Judge It Can't Unlock New iPhones — Apple Inc. told a federal judge that it “would be impossible” to access user data on a locked iPhone running one of the newer operating systems …
Western Digital to Buy SanDisk for $19 Billion
Western Digital is facing challenges to its core hard-disk-drive businesses from flash and solid-state drives — Western Digital Corp. agreed to buy SanDisk Corp. for about $19 billion in cash and st...
Facebook launches TechPrep, a computer science resource hub, for minorities and women
Announcing the Launch of TechPrep — Exposing learners, parents and guardians to computer science — By Maxine Williams, Global Director of Diversity — Diversity is central to Facebook's mission …
Surface Pro 4 review: best workhorse productivity tablet with its build quality, performance, and accessories, but expensive
The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Review: Raising The Bar — It is almost hard to believe that only a few short years ago, Microsoft had no hand in the PC systems or tablet markets.
Spotify removes thousands of songs from Victory Records' catalog amid royalties disputes
Publishers Said to Be Missing As Much as 25 Percent of Streaming Royalties — By some industry estimates, as much as 25 percent of mechanical royalties due publishers and songwriters are going unpaid...
Nexus 5X review: great value, quick and accurate fingerprint sensor, but mediocre battery, and no microSD card slot
Nexus 5X review: Google's triumphant return to smaller, cheaper phones — While the Nexus 6 received plenty of praise when it debuted last year, it also got its fair share of flack.
Misfit releases Shine 2 fitness and sleep monitor, with notifications and vibrations for “move” reminders for $100
Misfit Debuts The Shine 2, A Bigger, More Powerful Version Of Its Flagship Activity & Sleep Tracker — Over two years ago, Misfit launched an activity monitor called …
Yahoo and Google make search deal: Yahoo will call on Google to provide some results and ads for Yahoo search queries
Yahoo reaches search deal with Google after loosening Microsoft ties … : Yahoo just announced a search deal with Google, taking advantage an earlier revision …
Google's Shopping Insights tool offers retailers product search data from over 16K US cities
Google Discloses More Search Data to Woo Retailers — Shopping Insights tool shows products searched for in more than 16,000 U.S. cities — Google is offering retailers an unusual peek …
Giphy releases GIF Maker tool to create GIFs from video
Giphy launches a super simple GIF creator for the web — As a denizen of the internet, I frequently find myself wanting to turn YouTube videos into GIFs, but I've never been very good at doing it on ...
Huawei Nexus 6P review: uncommon USB Type-C, photo processing can be slow, but great camera, fast and accurate fingerprint reader, the best Android phone yet
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Samsung Pay officially arrives for Verizon customers in the U.S.
Almost one month after launch, Samsung Pay has officially arrived for Verizon customers in the U.S. — Thus far, Samsung Pay has only been available to Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, and the Galaxy No...
As Apple Music Trials Wrap, Spotify Snags The #1 Top Grossing Spot In US App Store For First Time
Apple CEO Tim Cook yesterday may have been touting the number of Apple Music music paying subscribers - 6.5 million, but at the same time rival Spotify was quietly hitting a milestone of its own.
1Password switches its default encryption format from AgileKeychain to OPVault
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Docker snaps up Tutum to expand its cloud offering into DevOps
Now joining forces with the Docker Hub cloud platform is the Tutum service for dev and ops teams working with production containers. — After sealing a number of acquisitions over the past 18 months,...
Amazon Prime Music now available in beta for Sonos speakers
Amazon Prime Music now works with Sonos — A few weeks after securing a deal with Universal Music Group to bring musicians like Drake and Katy Perry to the service, Amazon Prime Music is gaining Sono...
Angry Birds' Rovio Cuts 213 Jobs, Axes Learning To Refocus On Games And Video
After announcing in August that it would cut up to 260 jobs, Rovio — maker of the Angry Birds games — today released details of the final number: the Finland-based company is letting go of 213 employe...
Google Maps for Android now lets you add multiple destinations to your route, check gas prices
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Yahoo Q3 sales fall short of estimates amid sluggish ad demand, with revenue of $1B, excluding revenue shared with partner websites, down 8.3% from last year
Another disappointing quarter … Rachel King / ZDNet : Yahoo's Q3 disappoints; expect cutbacks on products, workforce spending Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch : Yahoo Shares Fall On Q3 Profit Miss, Recover M...
EMC And VMware Spin Out Virtustream As Jointly Owned Company
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Apple TV Gains CBS All Access, NBC, and Made to Measure Channels
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
Twitch finally gets a proper PS4 streaming app
Jon Fingas / Engadget :
With 100 Million Monthly Users, Google Is Ready to Talk About Numbers With Google Photos
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OneNote adds support for FiftyThree's Pencil stylus on iPad, announces Ink Shape Recognition feature coming in November
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Music Download Site eMusic Gets Acquired Again, This Time By Israeli Media Startup TriPlay
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Microsoft to add new Surface warranty, trade-in programs for businesses
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Sony Pictures settlement of cyber attack lawsuit includes identity theft protection through 2017, $4.5M in reimbursement funds
Ted Johnson / Variety :
Sky-high valuations begin to backfire on some Silicon Valley companies trying to raise more money or go public
most sense to look at public & private markets together.
Uber nabs Jill Hazelbaker, the Snapchat communications head poached from Google just one year ago, to be VP of communications and public policy
Kara Swisher / Re/code :
Collective Health Closes On $81 Million, Adds Google Ventures To List Of High-Profile Investors
Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch :
Google Invests In Mobvoi, Its Android Wear Partner In China
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Former YouTube exec's startup, Krypton, now valued at $400M, has raised at least $25M to compete against Microsoft Office; latest round led by Khosla Ventures
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg Business : Tweets: @jyarow Tweets: Jay Yarow / @jyarow : Everyone wants to kill Office. Nobody has. Seems like such a juicy target, but Microsoft very strong there. http://w...
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.