Apple Has Acquired Faceshift, Maker Of Motion Capture Tech Used In Star Wars
As the market for virtual reality technology continues to grow, Apple has made an interesting acquisition that could further its role in the space. TechCrunch has confirmed that Apple has snapped up ...
Google lists top 10 domains with right to be forgotten requests, says Facebook, YouTube, Twitter most impacted
European privacy requests for search removals — In a May 2014 ruling, Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González, the Court of Justice of the European Union found …
Fossil Q Founder Android Wear smartwatch available November 25 for $275, favors fashion over tech
Fossil's New Smartwatches Favor Fashion Over Tech — The designers at Fossil have been making watches and jewelry for decades. When they set out to make their first smartwatch, though, they had to r...
Google expects to launch Accelerated Mobile Pages, its version of Facebook's Instant Articles, early next year
Google says its version of Facebook's instant articles will arrive early next year — Last month Google introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages, its open-source program designed …
Microsoft reverses course: its media creation tool now installs latest Windows 10 version
Microsoft reverses course, restores downloads of Windows 10 November Update — Last weekend, Microsoft suddenly pulled its online tool for downloading the latest Windows 10 installation files.
Jet.com lands $350M in funding led by Fidelity and says it has verbal agreements for another $150M, at a $1B pre-money valuation
Jet.com Lands $350 Million in Funding, With $150 Million More Coming — Jet.com has closed $350 million in new funding, and says it has verbal agreements for another $150 million.
Tor launches its first crowdfunding campaign as it seeks to be less reliant on US government funds
With US government as top donor, Tor Project looks to crowdfunding — Following up on goals set earlier this year, the Tor Project launched its first crowdfunding project today to expand …
Bing Maps update adds road conditions from more than 35K cameras in 11 countries
Traffic Cameras in Bing Maps — Seeing is believing. Here at Bing Maps we know the value of traffic information, however, there is something to be said about being able to see the current road condi...
Amazon Video, Microsoft OneDrive, and Google Drive for iOS update with 3D Touch support
Amazon Video, Microsoft OneDrive & Google Drive for iOS update with 3D Touch [u] — Amazon, Google, and Microsoft on Tuesday updated key iOS apps with support for 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plu...
While under FTC scrutiny, Google donated $762K to George Mason University as it published favorable studies; GMU professor later became FTC commissioner
Google's insidious shadow lobbying: How the Internet giant is bankrolling friendly academics—and skirting federal investigations
Sources: EMC to retain majority stake in Virtustream, VMware to assume a minority stake
Exclusive: EMC to keep majority stake in Virtustream - sources — EMC Corp (EMC.N) plans to keep a majority stake in cloud services provider Virtustream, abandoning earlier plans to place …
Sources: EMC and VMware shareholders demand changes to Dell buyout deal including VMware stock buyback, shutting down Virtustream, more
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IBM makes its System ML machine learning software freely available to share and modify through the Apache Software Foundation
IBM Turns Up Heat Under Competition in Artificial Intelligence — Programmers of artificial intelligence software got a new tool to work with Monday …
Amazon forces resets of account passwords for some users, citing insecure password handling
here's how to make your account as safe as possible Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire : Amazon reportedly reset some customer passwords over security concerns Adnan Farooqui / Ubergizmo : Amazon Resets Passwor...
Profile of Gery Shalon, the man who prosecutors allege masterminded the JP Morgan hack
Accused Mastermind of J.P. Morgan Hack a Product of Israel's Internet Underbelly — Gery Shalon is alleged to have run a ‘criminal conglomerate’ that reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal...
Twitter adds native video support to its developer kit, available now for iOS, coming soon to Android
Steven Hepting / The Twitter Blog :
T-Mobile gives existing Simple Choice customers three months of unlimited LTE, as long as they use the Binge On feature, which downgrades video streams to 480p
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
HP reports Q4 net revenue of $25.7B, down 9% YoY, misses earnings targets in first report since the split on November 1; stock down over 7% after hours
Rachel King / ZDNet :
Google is burying results from competitors like Yelp and TripAdvisor beneath its own in local search; Google says it's a bug
Google Claims It's A Bug, Yelp Says It's Intentional Chris Smith / TrustedReviews : Google says ‘bug’ to blame for burying rivals' local search results Tweets: Bill Gurley / @bgurley : Pretty Amazing ...
Disposable phone number service Burner opens webhooks to developers, now integrates into IFTTT recipes; some limitations in place to prevent spam
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Amazon Video, Music And More Now Available On Majority Of JetBlue's “Fly-Fi” Enabled Planes
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Sources: Alphabet will ask its “bet” companies like Google X and Google Fiber to pay for corporate services, in attempt to rein in spending
Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal :
Giphy update lets users import photos and videos from their own camera roll to create GIFs
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch :
Beijing based short-video mobile app maker MiaoPai raises $200M series D led by Weibo
Jillian Yue / China Money Network :
Tango, chat app unicorn, lays off 9% of staff, around 30 employees, after its e-commerce move failed despite Alibaba and Walmart partnerships
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Robinhood launches platform to extend its zero-fee stock trading to other apps; StockTwits among first to integrate
More investors can now access Robinhood Thanks: @joshconstine
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