Apple likely to drop the ‘5’, call new 4-inch model the ‘iPhone SE’
In January, we reported that Apple is preparing a new 4-inch iPhone that is essentially 2013's iPhone 5s with upgraded internals. At the time, we heard that Apple would call the device the “iPhone 5s...
Apple To Debut New iPad, 4-Inch iPhone On March 21, Day Before FBI Hearing
Apple's first media event of 2016 will occur one day prior to the company's March 22 showdown with the government over a motion that would compel it to help hack an iPhone used by one of the San Berna...
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo: new 4-inch iPhone to cost $400-$500, have 12MP rear-facing camera, 1,642 mAh battery; iPhone 5s to receive 50% price cut
New 4" iPhone With 12MP Camera Said to Cost $400-$500, iPhone 5s to Receive 50% Price Cut — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued …
WhatsApp to end support for BlackBerry, Nokia, and other older operating systems by the end of 2016
WhatsApp is to cease support for a number of operating systems by the end of 2016, the company announced yesterday. — With Android and iOS dominating the smartphone realm …
Mark Zuckerberg Is ‘Obsessed’ With Livestreaming, Making Live a Top Priority at Facebook
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken a heightened interest in livestreaming over the past few months, redirecting internal resources to help build out the company's Live product that lets people bro...
IRS now says hackers accessed 700K+ taxpayer accounts, not 334K it disclosed in August, will begin mailing affected taxpayers on Feb. 29
Hack Brief: Last Year's IRS Hack Was Way Worse Than We Realized — Last year, a hack of the US Office of Personnel Management exposed the personal information …
Nissan pulls the Leaf's phone app after security vulnerabilities come to light
Just a day after news spread that Nissan Leaf's NissanConnect app could be compromised by hackers to control fan settings (potentially draining the battery) and download logs of past drives …
YouTube creates a team to minimize copyright violations, more changes in the coming months
In the past weeks, several large YouTubers have been hit with apparent copyright violations that have led to video removals and loss of revenue. In response, YouTube has announced they are working …
Zumper acquires Padmapper for under $10M to take on Craigslist in apartment listings
Apartment Hunting Sites Padmapper And Zumper Are Joining Forces — It's 2016. Rooms full of people are strapping virtual reality googles to their faces, automated personal assistants are appearing i...
Really understanding Apple's legal brief in the FBI case
The fight between Apple and the FBI over the security protections on the San Bernadino iPhone has been fierce for the past few weeks, but it's mostly been a PR battle thus far. From a legal and proce...
Phone makers like Samsung embrace Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chipset for 2016 flaships after avoiding last year's problematic 810
Qualcomm is back with a vengeance — The biggest winner of Mobile World Congress 2016 wasn't a phone or a phone manufacturer, but a phone chip manufacturer: Qualcomm.
US appeals court overturns $120M jury verdict against Samsung, ruling two patents covering iPhone's slide-to-unlock and auto-correct invalid
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Oculus Has Hired Former Flipboard, Hulu Product Exec Eugene Wei to Run Video
Oculus, the Facebook-owned virtual reality company, has hired former Hulu SVP Eugene Wei as its new head of video. Wei was most recently head of product at Flipboard, and also spent seven years at Am...
University of California Berkeley notifies 80K of cyber attack from last December that accessed its financial management software
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Google unveils PlaNet neural network that outperforms humans at guessing the location of an image
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Zenefits lays off 17% of its workforce, about 250 employees, mostly from sales
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Regulatory hurdles stymie lenders' efforts to use social media to judge creditworthiness
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Sources: on-demand parking startup Luxe is raising tens of millions at $100M+ pre-money valuation, in round led by Hertz
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Weird Facebook, filled with memes that were once reserved for 4chan and Tumblr, is making Facebook fun for teens again
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Venmo Halts New Developer Access To Its API
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30K of the 100K Mobile World Congress 2016 attendees used Airbnb, according to company VP of engineering Mike Curtis
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