Google Wallet Will Now Let You Send Money To Anyone With A Phone Number Via SMS (US Only)
In an upcoming update to the Google Wallet app for Android, Google will let you send money to anyone in your contacts list with a valid phone number. The new feature was announced on Google's Commerc...
EA launching esports division, will be led by Peter Moore
Start practicing your no-scope headshots and your touchdown dances. Electronic Arts is pushing into esports with a new branch of the company: the EA Competitive Gaming Division, CEO Andrew Wilson ann...
Microsoft updates Band with music controls, activity reminders, and improved exercise tracking
Stay on top of it all during the holidays and have fun too, with the new Microsoft Band — Today, we are excited to announce several new features exclusively for the new Microsoft Band …
T-Mobile Giving Verizon Users Free Year of Hulu to Switch
T-Mobile continues to dole out Christmas promotions, and this time is taking direct aim at Verizon Wireless. The company today announced that it's giving customers that switch from Verizon Wireless t...
Alibaba Buying South China Morning Post, Aiming to Influence Media
The Alibaba Group, the Chinese Internet giant, is making an ambitious play to reshape media coverage of its home country, taking aim at what company executives call the “negative” portrayal of China i...
New York judge orders daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings to cease operating in state
NY judge shuts down daily fantasy sports in state — A New York judge on Friday ruled that daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings must cease operating in the state …
Kickstarter hires reporter to probe mini-drone Zano project that failed after raising $3.4M from 12K backers
Kickstarter hires journalist over Zano take-off failure — The crowdfunding site Kickstarter has hired a journalist to investigate the demise of a mini-drone project that failed, despite record fundi...
Atlassian closes at $27.78 per share, up 32% from its IPO price, valuing the company at $5.8B
Atlassian Gains in Stock Debut, Sets High Bar for Tech IPOs — Shares gain 32% from $21 IPO price in first day of trading — Company makes collaborative technology used by Twitter, NASA
Ted Cruz using UK behavioral targeting firm Cambridge Analytica, which harvests psychological profiles of millions of unwitting US Facebook users
Ted Cruz using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users — Exclusive: Documents reveal donor-funded US startup embedded …
Google Play adds family groups, allowing family members to make purchases using a family payment method
Google's new family plan lets everyone buy more than just music — Google's new family plan for Play Music is probably the best deal you can get in streaming, but it actually extends way beyond just ...
Google launches 2nd generation of its Cloud SQL service, with up to 10TB per instance
Google is today announcing the beta availability of the second generation of the Google Cloud SQL service, a hosted version of the MySQL database. The second generation offers greater performance …
Yahoo Mail gets multiple mailbox support for Gmail and Google Apps accounts
Yahoo Mail has expanded its server-side IMAP support to now include Gmail and Google Apps accounts. In doing so, you're now able to further consolidate your emails under one umbrella inbox and servic...
Tumblr for iOS now supports sharing Live Photos & 3D Touch
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Steam tightens trading security amid 77,000 monthly account hijackings
Recently we've seen the community … Chris Scott Barr / SlashGear : 77,000 Steam accounts stolen every month, according to Valve Help Net Security : New Steam escrow system drives impatient users to fa...
UK firm Chubb to offer insurance against online harassment, provide up to £50K for counseling, lost income
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Chromecast Audio update adds multi-room support, high-resolution audio
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Co-creator of FarmVille Amitt Mahajan, ex-HTC exec Phil Chen, and startup vet Paul Bragiel create Presence Capital, a $10M seed fund for VR/AR games and apps
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The Exodus Continues: Yahoo Loses Ad Product Chief Prashant Fuloria
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Yahoo's new Video Guide app offers universal search across streaming services
Open iTunes to buy and download apps. Killian Bell / iPhone Hacks : Yahoo introduces new Video Guide app for universal search across streaming services, adds Gmail support to Yahoo Mail Horia Ungurean...
Facebook Open Sources Its AI Hardware as It Races Google
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DJI teams up with thermal imaging firm FLIR to create the Zenmuse XT, an infrared camera for use on drones
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Israeli analytics firm SimilarWeb acquires mobile measurement startup Quettra, sources say for about $10M
Today I am happy to announce that Quettra … Alastair Goldfisher / PE Hub Blog : SimilarWeb buys VC-backed Quettra for about $10 mln Roy Goldenberg / Globes Online : Israeli web analytics co SimilarWeb...
Adobe sees strong Q4 with $1.31B in revenue, 833K new Creative Cloud subscribers
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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 …
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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.