iPad Pro review: not a laptop replacement, too bulky, disappointing and costly optional keyboard case, few optimized apps
Mossberg: The iPad Pro can't replace your laptop totally, even for a tablet lover — I am a tablet man, specifically an iPad man. I do love my trusty, iconic, MacBook Air laptop.
New York attorney general says that DraftKings and FanDuel games constitute illegal gambling under state law, orders them to stop accepting bets in New York
Attorney General Tells Daily Fantasy Sports to Stop Taking Bets in New York — The New York State attorney general on Tuesday ordered …
iPad Pro review: excellent performance, nice hardware and speakers, but expensive, suffers from iOS 9's limitations, and takes a long time to charge
iPad Pro review: Mac-like speed with all the virtues and restrictions of iOS — There's some promise here, but iOS makes this a very different kind of computer.
Alibaba's Singles Day Blowout Racks Up $5B in Sales in First 90 Minutes
The world's biggest shopping day is happening right now, and you probably don't even know it. — In China, it's already November 11, or 11/11, and the massive e-commerce event known as “Singles Day” ...
Apple pulls popular Instagram client ‘InstaAgent’ from iOS App Store after malware discovery
A popular Instagram profile analyzer was on Tuesday pulled from the iOS App Store after being outed as malware by a German developer who recently discovered the app harvesting usernames and passwords.
Amazon Echo coming to 3K+ retail stores in US including Home Depot, Sears, Staples, in smart home push
Amazon Echo coming to traditional retail stores in new smart-home push … Amazon's strategy to bring its intelligent home speaker to market has been a little ... different.
iPad Pro Now Available for Purchase From Apple Online Store
Apple is now accepting orders for the iPad Pro, both through its online storefront and through the Apple Store app. The first iPad Pro online orders will arrive on Friday, November 13 when one-day sh...
US charges three men with widespread hacking whose targets included JP Morgan
Suspects allegedly used Heartbleed to hack into a global financial institution. — On Tuesday federal prosecutors unsealed charges against three men, revealing details of a sprawling criminal enterpr...
Periscope gets a revamped global map, ability to skip ahead in replays, and 3D Touch shortcuts
Skip Around The World — We're excited to announce two major updates to Periscope on iOS and Android: a revamped Global Map, and Skip Ahead on replays! — Global Map
Google will retire Chrome support for Windows XP, Vista, OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 in April 2016
Google today announced it is extending Chrome support for Windows XP until April 2016. The company will also end Chrome support for Windows Vista, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, OS X 10.7 Lion, and OS X 10....
NVIDIA announces Jetson TX1 module for autonomous drones, robots, and vehicles, with developer kit available November 12 for $599
NVIDIA Jetson TX1 Brings Supercomputer Performance To Autonomous Drones, Vehicles — NVIDIA may be a graphics powerhouse when it comes to add-in boards …
Microsoft launches German data centers controlled by a third-party to shield customers from US government surveillance
Microsoft unveils German data plan to sidestep US snooping — Murad Ahmed in Berlin and Richard Waters in San Francisco — Microsoft will allow foreign customers …
Amazon Brings Restaurant Delivery To L.A., Will Expand To All Prime Now Markets In U.S.
Amazon's debut of its restaurant delivery service through its one-hour delivery app Prime Now, is no longer looking like an experiment. Since its debut in Seattle this September …
T-Mobile unveils Binge On free streaming service from 24 providers excluding YouTube; exempts video from data caps, resolution lowered to DVD-like quality
T-Mobile Will Let Customers Stream HBO, Netflix and ESPN Without Racking Up Data Charges — T-Mobile will allow some subscribers …
Microsoft partners with ConsensYs to launch cloud-based blockchain platform for financial institutions using Azure
Microsoft launches cloud-based blockchain platform with Brooklyn start-up — Microsoft launched a cloud-based blockchain platform on Tuesday with Brooklyn-based start-up ConsensYs …
Tinder's big new update lets you use your job and education to snag a date
Dating app Tinder just released a major new update that lets you add job and education information to your profile. — Tinder will also now display a “smart” snippet of text below the picture of a po...
Facebook launches Notify, an iOS app that sends notifications for news and other timely content, with 70 media partners, including CNN, NYT, and Techmeme
Facebook's New App ‘Notify’ Pushes Even More Content to Your Lock Screen — Facebook is already dominating peoples' phone time …
US government spent over $1B over a decade to digitize 100 immigration forms, but only one form now online
A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration forms, just 1 is online — Heaving under mountains of paperwork, the government has spent more than $1 billion trying to replace …
T-Mobile's Binge On zero rating video service works against net neutrality despite short-term benefit to consumers
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Tenable Network Security raises $250M Series B led by Insight Venture Partners and Accel
Tenable raises $250 million in record cyber funding round — Privately held software maker Tenable Network Security Inc said on Tuesday it is raising $250 million in venture capital funding, a record...
Mobile Heart Monitor Maker AliveCor Taps Former Google Exec Vic Gundotra as CEO
AliveCor, which makes a smartphone-connected heart monitor, plans to announce Wednesday it has hired former Google executive Vic Gundotra as chief executive. — AliveCor — Gundotra, who left Google...
Instagram Introduces Partner Program To Help Businesses Market Better On Instagram
Facebook-owned network launches program with 40 partners to help with ad tech, community management and content marketing. — Instagram continues to mature as a marketing tool.
Time Warner Cable confirms TWC TV trial in NYC area, gives participants Roku 3 to access 300+ live TV channels and 20K+ on demand programs
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CircleUp, an equity crowdfunding platform for consumer goods companies, raises $30M Series C led by Collaborative Fund
$140M for 120 companies Leena Rao / Fortune : Where The Next Ben & Jerry's Can Find Investors
Udacity raises $105M round at a $1B pre-money valuation, led by media firm Bertelsmann with Google Ventures, others among new investors
Today marks one year and one month since …
LinkedIn says it's sending 50% fewer emails, launches system for smarter, less frequent notifications
Sending Less Email on LinkedIn is Just the Beginning via @EricaLockheimer http://blog.linkedin.com/...
iHeartMedia releases iHeartRadio Family standalone Android and iOS apps with Build-A-Bear, offers live radio and curated playlists for 4-11 year-olds
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VC Chamath Palihipitiya wants to go after US giants like Verizon, AT&T with new carrier Rama; success in FCC spring spectrum auction critical
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Consumer version of Samsung Gear VR available for preorder for $99.99, will ship on November 20
Spark Capital's growth fund gets a Silicon Valley GP as Megan Quinn, veteran of KPCB, Square, and Google, joins the firm
Three and half years ago … Bijan Sabet : Welcome, Megan! — Today I am super psyched to announce Megan Quinn … Jeremy Philips / Medium : Spark Growth growing. Tweets: John Lilly / @johnolilly : @bija...
Sources: Pandora seeks rights to play songs outside US as it plans to push into global markets, prioritizing the UK
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Leaked documents show the FBI never charged the hacker in the Matthew Keys case, despite knowing his identity for at least two years
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Dell insiders concerned EMC merger could result in $9B tax bill, which might derail the deal
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Tumblr Rolls Out Instant Messaging On Both Web And Mobile
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Microsoft Surface Book review: great hardware and performance, good display, keyboard, trackpad, but software glitches and high price make it hard to recommend
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Twitter says new users engage with likes at a 9% higher rate than they did with favorites; overall, engagement is 6% higher with likes than favorites
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Fidelity wrote down the value of its stake in Snapchat by 25% in the third quarter
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HotelTonight lays off 37 employees, 20% of its workforce; CEO says firm is on track to be profitable next year
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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