Japanese sportswear company ASICS acquires Runkeeper
Runkeeper and ASICS are Joining Forces — I have some big news today! I am proud and excited to announce that Runkeeper has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by ASICS Corporation.
Study: criminals would be able to easily avoid any mandatory backdoors by switching to one of many encryption methods developed outside US
Encryption Is Worldwide: Yet Another Reason Why a US Ban Makes No Sense — If a handful of lawmakers in the US and abroad have their way …
UK police arrest teen hacker thought to be Cracka, who is allegedly behind CIA and FBI breaches
Teen Allegedly Behind CIA, FBI Breaches: 'They're Trying to Ruin My Life.' — The months-long series of hacks and pranks by a group of alleged teenage hackers on the US government …
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X16 LTE modem supporting 1 Gbps downloads and 150 Mbps uploads
Qualcomm promises gigabit LTE speeds with its new Snapdragon X16 modem — And there are new low-end phone and wearable Snapdragon chips for later in 2016. — Qualcomm's lead in the mobile SoC …
Netflix shuttered its last data center in January after a seven-year migration to the cloud, now everything runs on AWS
Netflix Shuts Down Final Bits of Own Data Center Infrastructure — It's done and dusted. Since someday last month, everything Netflix does runs on Amazon Web Services …
SoundCloud files financial results showing $44.27M loss in 2014 with revenue of $19.7M; board forecasts it will need more capital investment in 2016
SoundCloud financial results show €39.1m loss in 2014 — SoundCloud's revenues rose 54% to €17.4m in 2014 …
Sources: Google developing stand-alone VR headset that won't require smartphone, computer, or game console, uses Movidius chips to track users' motion
Google Developing Stand-Alone Virtual-Reality Headset — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is developing a virtual-reality headset that doesn't rely …
Facebook is testing SMS integration in Messenger on Android, launches multiple account support
Facebook has confirmed that it is looking to bring back SMS support in Messenger and has also launched multiple account support. At least for now, both features are only for Android users.
Zenefits created software tool to let sales reps fake completion of legally required course
Zenefits Program Let Insurance Brokers Fake A Mandatory Training Course — A secret software program inside Zenefits made it seem that brokers were completing a legally required 52-hour online traini...
Sources: Pandora has held preliminary discussions about selling itself
Pandora Is Said to Have Held Talks About Selling Itself — Pandora Media, the largest Internet radio service, has held discussions about selling the company, according to people briefed on the talks.
Uber agrees to pay $28.5M to 25M riders in US and rename its “safe ride fee” to settle class-action lawsuit over safety claims
Uber Settles Class-Action Suit Over Safety Background Checks — Uber has agreed to pay $28.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that took issue …
Zenefits is under investigation by the California Department of Insurance to see if the company complies with regulations
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Qualcomm bringing LTE connectivity to wearables with new Wear platform
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UK's Streetmap loses ‘anticompetitive’ search abuse case against Google
UK internet mapping company to appeal after High Court rejects lawsuit claiming Google's conduct led to ‘dramatic loss of traffic’ — UK-based digital map provider Streetmap has lost its High Court a...
Uber Picks Up Another $200M From LetterOne To Push Into Emerging Markets
Along with its new branding, it looks like Uber has picked up some new funding, too. LetterOne (L1), a fund based out of Luxembourg and headed by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, is putting $200 ...
15% of US adults have used dating sites or apps; usage by 18- to 24-year-olds has nearly tripled since 2013
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Pandora has mixed Q4 earnings with revenue up 25% year-over-year to $336M, 3.8% growth to 81.1M listeners; stock is down over 18%
stock slides after-hours Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Pandora is a tough business. After royalties there isn't enough to cover expenses. It expects $60M-$80M loss in 2016 http://techcrunch....
Visa discloses it has 4.19M Class B shares in Square from 2011 investment; Square stock up over 6%
Visa Details Stake in Payments Startup Square — Square shares rise as disclosure raises questions about Visa's plans for the stake — Square Inc. shares jumped as much as 13% Friday …
Time Inc Acquires Viant, Owner Of Myspace And A Vast Ad Tech Network
Parent Company of MySpace Andrew Nusca / Fortune : Myspace Acquired by Time Inc, Fortune's Publisher Lauren Keating / Tech Times : Time Inc. Buys Myspace Thanks: @ingridlunden
Quartz's new iPhone app uses a chat interface and push notifications to deliver curated news stories
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PayPal launches Commerce, a toolkit for integrating buy buttons into apps, in closed beta
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Zillow Group Q4 revenue up 7% YoY to $169.4M, net loss of $25.7M includes $8.1M for ongoing litigation with News Corp over Move Inc.
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Groupon stock jumps as much as 20% after hours as company reports revenue of $917.2M against expectations of $845.9M
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