Jeff Williams named Apple COO, Phil Schiller takes over App Store leadership
Apple Names Jeff Williams Chief Operating Officer — Johny Srouji Named to Executive Team; Phil Schiller Adds Ecosystem Responsibilities — Tor Myhren Joins Apple — Apple® today announced …
Brazilian judge orders lifting of 48-hour WhatsApp ban, recommends WhatsApp pay higher fine instead; services restored after several hours
Brazil court lifts suspension of Facebook's WhatsApp service — A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered the lifting of a 48-hour suspension …
Google says proposed DMV rules requiring steering wheel, pedals, and licensed drivers with special certification would inhibit progress
California DMV proposes ban on ‘driverless’ cars — Google ‘gravely disappointed,’ says rules would hold back progress
Early iPhone hacker George Hotz is building a self-driving system using off-the-shelf components that controls an Acura ILX
The First Person to Hack the iPhone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage — George Hotz is building a self-driving car by himself.
Microsoft opens a HoloLens playground for developers at its New York store
Millions of people have seen Microsoft's astonishing HoloLens videos. Far fewer have seen the limited, but still impressive, reality. And that's something Microsoft wants to change.
California DMV seeks public comment after releasing draft rules for self-driving cars, detailing vehicle and driver certification, privacy, cybersecurity
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Facebook partners with Uber to let users in US request rides from within Messenger, first Uber ride's free; Facebook says more ride-hailing services to be added
Facebook and Uber Follow Asian Rivals in Plan to Enhance Messenger App — For years, Asia's technology giants have been one step ahead …
IBM, JP Morgan, and others build the Open Ledger Project, a blockchain for business services, overseen by the Linux Foundation
Tech and Banking Giants Ditch Bitcoin for Their Own Blockchain — Several major companies from across both the technology and financial industries—including IBM …
Microsoft updates SmartScreen tech to block drive-by attacks for Internet Explorer 11 and Edge on Windows 10
Microsoft expands SmartScreen to block drive-by attacks in IE and Edge on Windows 10 — Last month, Microsoft rolled out the first major Windows 10 update for PCs and tablets.
Facebook's former director of product on how media and investors overestimated Facebook's “Yelp killer” while overlooking a truly profound shift at the company
How to Swallow $200 Million Accidentally — Analyzing Product Launches for Fun and Profit
Spotify adds curated party playlists and a “mood tuner”, available now for Android and iOS
Lance Whitney / CNET :
Pandora to pay royalty of 17 cents per 100 songs, up from 14 cents, after copyright board decision, with rates rising with inflation through 2020
but not as much as music labels wanted Peter Kafka / Re/code : Pandora Will Need to Pay More for Its Songs, but It Could Have Been Worse Nathan McAlone / Business Insider : Pandora stock plunges then ...
Canada's Shaw Communications to buy Wind Mobile in deal valued at C$1.6B
Daniel Bader / MobileSyrup.com :
Sources: three of the nation's largest apartment landlords in talks with Airbnb on revenue sharing partnership
Rent Your Place on Airbnb? The Landlord Wants a Cut — Revenue-sharing model would allow apartment dwellers to market rooms through lodging website
Apple Continues To Showcase Its Own Apps In The App Store's Top Charts
It seems Apple is continuing to use the App Store's “Top Charts” section to promote its own applications, by allowing apps like iMovie and those from its iWork suite to appear in the Top 10 Free apps ...
Tastemade Raises $40 Million From Goldman Sachs To Make Food Videos
Tastemade, the maker of food and lifestyle videos, has raised a $40 million financing round led by Goldman Sachs. Participating investors in the Series D round include, Redpoint Ventures, Comcast Ven...
Database administration firm Datavail raises $47M led by Catalyst Investors
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Flipboard Overhauls Publisher Pages With Verified Badges, ‘End Card’ Links And Ad Tech
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Oracle tops Q2 earnings target with net income of $2.2B and cloud SaaS and PaaS revenues up 34%, maintains cloud sales goals for 2016
Rachel King / ZDNet :
Target's mobile wish-list app exposed sensitive personal data, using an API that lacked authentication
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Chinese President Xi Jinping argues for Internet sovereignty in rare speech about regulating cyberspace; leaders of countries such as Russia echoed his remarks
Gillian Wong / Wall Street Journal :
Textio, the smart word processor with real time, inline analysis of text, raises $8M Series A, led by Emergence Capital
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch :
Microsoft launches Skype for Business app out of preview on Android
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Source: Salesforce in talks to buy Salesforce-based “quote-to-cash” sales and billing tool SteelBrick for $600M
Steve Nellis / The Information :
Janrain raises $27M Series D to expand its social log-in technology, landing Oregon's largest venture round of 2015
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Goodbye, Dubai: Yahoo to Shutter Final Office in Mideast
Kara Swisher / Re/code :
Google Launches Equity-Free Accelerator Program For Mobile Startups In Brazil, India And Indonesia
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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.