FAA announces drone owners must register by February 19th, 2016
Regulation of drones in the hands of civilian pilots took a big step forward today. The Federal Aviation Administration announced that all units weighing between 0.55 pounds and 50 pounds must be reg...
Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour Live video, debuting on December 20, will be exclusive to Apple Music; Apple gets rights to Swift's name for store promotions
Apple Gets a Giant Taylor Swift Concert Exclusive (Because It Paid Taylor Swift) — Remember when Taylor Swift and Apple didn't get along …
Sources: Samsung Galaxy S7 to have pressure-sensitive display, USB Type-C port for full-day's charging in 30 minutes
Samsung Adding Pressure-Sensitive Display, High-Speed Charging Port to Galaxy S7 — South Korean tech major is also considering a retina scanner for some versions of the new flagship smartphone
Pandora launches Thumbprint Radio, a personalized radio station based on your thumb ups
Thumbprint Radio: A Uniquely Personal Station Inspired By All of Your Thumbs Up — Today we launched Thumbprint Radio - a hyper-personalized station for each listener.
Source: Huawei to announce it's bringing the Honor 5X smartphone to the US at CES in January
Huawei's Honor brand to enter the US at CES 2016, likely with the Honor 5X — We told you a few days ago that Honor, a brand of primarily low-end smartphones owned by Huawei, sent out invites for an ...
Sources: Dell is looking to sell Perot Systems for more than $5B to raise cash for EMC deal
Dell Looks to Sell Perot Systems for More Than $5 Billion to Raise Cash for EMC Deal — Dell is looking to sell Perot Systems, a key piece of its technology outsourcing business, for more than $5 bil...
VMware Walks Away From Virtustream Joint Venture With EMC
Cloud software company VMware says it will not participate in a previously announced cloud services joint venture called Virtustream with its parent company EMC. — Shares of VMware initially rose bu...
SHA1 sunset will block millions from encrypted net, Facebook warns
Companies unveil controversial fallback plan for tens of millions of browsers. — Tens of millions of Internet users will be cut off from encrypted webpages in the coming months unless sites are perm...
New York Attorney General encourages public to send in speed test results as part of broadband provider probe
New York attorney general solicits help from the public in broadband probe — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman invited the public on Sunday to test the speed …
Los Angeles-based eSports live-streaming startup Azubu raises $60M to take on Twitch and YouTube
How This Startup Plans to Take on Twitch and YouTube in ESports — When it comes to the video game live-streaming market, Amazon-owned Twitch leads the pack.
Google debuts a preview of Cloud CDN service to compete head-on with Akamai and Amazon
Google has quietly launched an Akamai competitor — Google has quietly started offering Google Cloud CDN service, a new content-delivery network (CDN) that should appeal to independent developers who...
Piracy Sites Collect $70 Million a Year by Installing Malware (Study)
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Proposed EU rules would let users access streaming services while traveling abroad within EU
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Dutch pay-per-article startup Blendle plans beta launch in US in early 2016
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Microsoft plans to revive the Xbox by collaborating with outside studios on games like ReCore, Crackdown 3, and Quantum Break
Save Point — In its first eight years, the Xbox 360 established the company as a powerhouse in the games industry, and one of the best options for streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu, and Pandora.
Experian sells traffic measurement company Hitwise and Simmons, publisher of National Consumer Study, to Connexity for up to $52M
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Dell XPS 13 (late 2015) review: improved battery life and trackpad, along with a great display and build quality make it the best Windows laptop out there
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Researchers develop algorithm to teach a new concept to a computer using just one example
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Uber is testing UberHop, a bus-like service, in Seattle, and carpooling service UberCommute in Chicago
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Teens find fame on live streaming app YouNow, whose 100M users send $1.5M in tips to broadcasters every month
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Fossil Q Founder review: looks nice from a distance, but weaker battery life than competitors, display isn't a complete circle, and missing a heart-rate sensor
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Computers, which excel at big data analysis, can help doctors deliver more personalized care
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Public Chrome OS commits suggest Google originally planned to launch the Pixel C with Chrome OS, instead of Android
which would explain the bad reviews (GOOG) Abhishek Joshi / Trak.in : Google Just Hinted at Split-Screen Multitasking in Android N David Ruddock / Android Police : [Weekend Poll] Are You Buying A Pixe...
GoEuro, a travel search engine that compares and combines air, rail, bus and car rental options across Europe, announces $45M Series B led by Goldman Sachs
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Just 28 tech companies entered the US public markets in 2015, and half of those now trade below their IPO price
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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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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.