Samsung strikes deal to produce Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 processor
Samsung announced today that it's begun mass production of chips using the 2nd generation of its 14nm process, the technology that will power both the company's own Exynos 8 Octa processor and that of...
Google Cardbaord SDK upgraded with new tools for positional audio to provide 360 degrees of sound
Google Cardboard Gets a Big Upgrade With Realistic 3D Audio — When you strap on a VR headset, you're immediately in awe of the new digital world that's slowly manipulating your brain.
An exclusive look behind the scenes at Google's autonomous car testing center
I have backed out of a lot of parking spaces in my life, but today is different. As I adjust the mirrors, fasten the safety belt …
All Skype for Windows users get real-time translation
Skype today announced that its Skype Translator tool is now built directly into its main app for all Windows users. This means Skype for Windows users no longer need a separate app to translate conve...
IBM was granted 7,355 utility patents in 2015 according to US Patent Office data, more than any other company and its 23rd straight year at the top of the list
IBM wins more U.S. patents than anyone else in 2015 — depending on how you count … IBM received more U.S. patents …
GoPro to cut 7% of staff, will take restructuring charge of $5M-$10M, reports weak Q4 revenue guidance for 2015; stock down over 22% after hours
GoPro cuts jobs and warns its sales are a disaster — GoPro shares dropped to all-time lows after the company said it was cutting about 7% of its staff and sales were not great.
Sources: Apple phasing out in-house iAd sales team as it updates platform to be more automated
Apple Steps Back From Its iAd Advertising Business — Six years after launching its advertising platform, Apple is moving to phase out its in-house iAd sales team in favor of a new publisher-driven s...
Sony's $600 Xperia Z5 and $500 Xperia Z5 Compact smartphones will be available to purchase unlocked in US starting February 7
The Sony Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact are coming to the US — Sony's latest flagship phone, and its smaller sibling, will finally be sold in the US starting next month.
Microsoft buys Skype for Business management technology from Event Zero
Microsoft is acquiring assets from Event Zero, an Australian vendor of management software for Skype for Business — its first purchase of 2016. — Microsoft is acquiring assets from Australia-based E...
Looker Analytics Platform Scores $48 Million Led By Kleiner Perkins
Looker is trying to simplify the way companies use analytics and today it announced $48 million in Series C funding to continue the mission. — The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (...
App Annie raises $63M Series E round led by Greenspring Associates
Analytics Firm App Annie Raises $63 Million in Series E Funding — App Annie, the nearly six-year-old, San Francisco-based app analytics firm that long ago became the first stop for developers, inves...
Netflix says it will block proxy and VPN access, used to bypass country restrictions, in the coming weeks citing content-licensing restrictions
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Microsoft open-sources ChakraCore, a standalone version of the JavaScript engine that powers its Edge browser
ChakraCore is the core part of Chakra … Brad Sams / Petri : The Open Source Community Can Now Help Improve Microsoft Edge Michael Larabel / Phoronix : Microsoft's JavaScript Engine Code Released, Want...
Slack, Snapchat, Udacity, Vice, Pinterest among 50 unicorns hiring the fastest; Warby Parker, Kabam, Jawbone, BuzzFeed, among 50 unicorns losing most employees
The 50 Unicorns Hiring The Fastest And The 50 Losing The Most Employees — Every day, we're starting to hear …
GrabTaxi, the Uber of Southeast Asia, is opening an engineering center in Seattle, but says it has no plans to launch in the US
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Yahoo settles e-mail privacy class-action: $4M for lawyers, $0 for users
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GoPro entertainment head Zander Lurie to become SurveyMonkey CEO, replacing Bill Veghte, who was there for six months
Super Bowl fever is beginning to grip San Francisco … D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media : Musical chairs Silicon Valley: GoPro exec Zander Lurie leaves to become CEO at SurveyMonkey Quentin Hardy / New...
British digital health startup Babylon raises $25M Series A, source says at “significantly higher than” $100M valuation
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Venture capital firms raised $28.2B last year, down from $31.1B in 2014; number of VC funds closed decreased 13% from 2014 to 2015
But In Fewer Ventures
Google reports 13 near-miss incidents with self-driving cars over 14-month period, with 272 total occurrences requiring human intervention
But Improvement Seen Sarah Berger / International Business Times : Google's Self-Driving Cars Had 13 Near-Miss Incidents: Report Katie Collins / CNET : Google's self-driving cars still need that human...
Shape Security now protects apps in addition to websites from automated hacking, raises $25M from Beijing-based Northern Light Venture Capital
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In Letter To Google CEO, Sen. Franken Raises Questions Regarding Student Data Collection
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Intel leads $15M round for robotics startup Savioke, joining a robotics investing boom that saw $923M last year
Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal :
CoinDesk acquired by Digital Currency Group, source says for around $500-600k
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