Twitter suffers large outage on web and mobile
Social network has been suffering an ongoing outage across all platforms since 8:20am GMT — Twitter was unavailable for users worldwide on Tuesday morning, with the site apparently suffering a total...
Microsoft acquires MinecraftEdu, a modified version of Minecraft tailored for use in schools, used in 7K classrooms in over 40 countries
Microsoft Acquires MinecraftEdu, Tailored for Schools — SEATTLE — When Microsoft acquired the creator of the game Minecraft in 2014 …
Social networking site Friends Reunited shuts down after 15+ years as founder works on new private sharing site Liife
Friends Reunited founder Steve Pankhurst says the site is closing — It allowed countless adults renew friendships and even rekindle old relationships long before Facebook arrived on the scene.
Google testing option to install apps directly from search results on Android without opening Play Store
Google Is Rolling Out The Ability To Install Apps Directly From Search Results — Google is always testing one or two little things in search results, but this is a more significant change.
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo joins Index Ventures as partner, cofounds new fitness startup
Six months after stepping down as CEO of Twitter, Dick Costolo has revealed what his next move will be, now that he's handed control of the social network back to Jack Dorsey.
GM buys Sidecar assets for less than the company raised, hiring 20 including CTO, as it plans possible commute-sharing service for GM owners
General Motors Salvages Ride-Hailing Company Sidecar for Parts — The automaker is buying the startup's technology and assets
Verizon Wireless to begin selling data cap exemptions to content providers January 25 with beta trial of its new FreeBee Data 360 service
Verizon Wireless selling data cap exemptions to content providers — Video, music, app downloads, and ads can be exempted from caps for a fee.
First Amazon Dash-Powered Devices Go Live, Will Automatically Reorder Supplies For You
Your household appliances are getting smarter: think printers that re-order ink when you're low, or washers that dispense just the right amount of detergent then send you more before you run out.
CB Insights and KPMG: funding to VC-backed companies worldwide reached a record $128.5B in 2015, but slowed down in Q4
Global Venture Capital Report - Q4 2015 — KPMG and CB Insights' Q4 2015 quarterly VC report highlights a banner year for venture capital funding …
Pakistan ends three-year YouTube ban after Google offers government easy option to restrict offensive content
Pakistan lifts ban on Youtube after launch of own version — Pakistan said on Monday it had removed a three-year ban on YouTube after the Google-owned video-sharing website launched …
Amnesty International report alleges 16 companies including Apple, Samsung, Microsoft source cobalt from mines which employ child labor
Apple, Microsoft, Samsung And Other Tech Firms Implicated In Child Labor Report — Apple, Samsung and Microsoft are among a host of tech companies …
Apple acknowledges iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus bug showing inaccurate battery meter percentages, says it is working on a fix, suggests temporary workaround
Apple admits that its battery life meter is busted John Kennedy / Silicon Republic : Apple promises to fix bruising battery bug on iPhone 6s Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : Apple investigating inac...
Apple will increase App Store prices in Canada, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, and South Africa by Friday due to exchange rate changes
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Google's AMP, launching late February, will support native ads, paid subscriptions, analytics tools, and have positive effect on ranking
Google's AMP Poised To Take The Lead From Facebook's And Apple's Walled Gardens — By the end of February, Google will deploy at full scale …
China's e-commerce giant JD.com's subsidiary JD Finance raises $1.01B at $7.1B post-money valuation led by Sequoia China
JD emulates Alibaba with black-box finance unit Leena Rao / Fortune : Chinese E-commerce Giant JD.com Raises $1 Billion For Finance Unit GlobeNewswire / NASDAQ.com : JD.com's JD Finance Subsidiary Rai...
Lenovo responds to inaccurate reports, says new Moto G and E not cancelled, not all Moto phones may come with fingerprint sensors or 5+ inch displays
And by the way, the Moto G and E aren't guaranteed fingerprint sensors — An interview with Lenovo SVP Chen Xudong has been strung …
Facebook, Google, Dell, eBay, EFF, others back Samsung's appeal to Supreme Court in Apple patent case
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Karma restores 5 Mbps speeds for $50 Neverstop unlimited data plan but will throttle to 64-128 Kbps after 15GB a month
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Facebook allocates €1M to NGOs and launches Initiative for Civil Courage Online, a Europe-wide campaign against extremist posts on social media
Silk Road's dream of a free-trade zone on the dark web is dead: a collection of untrustworthy black market bazaars have failed to replace the Silk Road
Andy Greenberg / Wired : Tweets: @rsingel Tweets: Ryan Singel / @rsingel : “The resplendent dream has been replaced by a dirtier reality.” The Dark web's narco-utopia is dead, dead, dead. http://www....
Trello hits 12M users, launches Power-Ups Platform with partners Giphy, Join.me, SurveyMonkey, and Zendesk
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Selfie focused Oppo F1 smartphone with an 8MP front-facing camera, 13MP rear camera, an octa-core Snapdragon 616, and 3GB RAM goes on sale in Europe for €230
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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.