Opera introduces native ad-blocking feature to its browser, claims it is about 45% faster than Chrome with AdBlock Plus extension
Introducing native ad-blocking feature for faster browsing — If there were no bloated ads, some top websites would load up to 90% faster.
MIT researchers develop Polaris, a software framework that they say can make web pages load up to 34% faster
MIT May Have Just Given the Web a Huge Speed Boost — An open source tool may help tame the hobbled mess of autoplaying videos and advertising trackers that is the modern web.
Sources: The Screening Room, backed by Sean Parker, pitches film industry on service that would offer $50 home movie rentals on theatrical release day
Studios, Exhibitors Consider Revolutionary Plan for Day-and-Date Movies at Home (EXCLUSIVE) — Tech moguls Sean Parker …
Sonos announces layoffs, greater focus on voice technology and paid streaming music services
Sonos has announced that it will be “letting go of some employees,”; part of reshaping the company in a new direction. In an (admittedly vague) blog post, CEO John Macfarlane doesn't say exactly …
Nest launches family accounts and Home/Away feature that will use phones' locations to tell when house is empty
Nest can now use your phone to tell when you've left the house — Nest's products are about to get better at telling when you're out of the house and when you're about to come back home.
Oculus to roll out social features and games to Samsung Gear VR on Thursday, will add personalized Facebook content to 360 videos next week
Join Friends in VR with New Oculus Social Features — Now you can experience games, videos, and more with friends in VR!
The Android N developer preview with split-screen multitasking, bundled notifications, improved Doze for better battery, more, available today as an OTA update
The Android N developer preview with split-screen multitasking is available today — Well, this was unexpected.
Microsoft releases Dynamics AX ERP as a cloud-first service in 137 markets and 40 languages
Microsoft's new Dynamics AX ERP-as-a-service offering is truly cloud-first — Microsoft is making generally available its latest Dynamics AX ERP service offering in 173 markets.
Sources: Twitter offering additional restricted stock and cash bonuses to employees companywide to stem talent drain
Twitter Bets on Payouts to Rein In Talent Flight — Social media company offers additional restricted stock and cash bonuses to employees
Sources: tech companies may face civil penalties like contempt of court for withholding encrypted data in new Burr-Feinstein bill
Senators close to finishing encryption penalties legislation: sources — Technology companies could face civil penalties for refusing to comply with court orders …
Google discounts Pixel C tablets by 25% for limited time but leaves keyboard at full price, following Android N developer release, promo only applies in US
just $349 for Google's latest tablet Bruno Ferreira / The Tech Report : Android N brings power-saving and performance improvements Christian de Looper / Digital Trends : If you say you're a developer,...
Google joins Open Compute Project, which Facebook founded five years ago to help open source IT infrastructure hardware
Google joins the Open Compute Project — Google today announced that it is joining the Open Compute Project (OCP), a five-year-old project founded by Facebook …
YouTube Gaming expands to several new markets, adds 60fps playback, DVR mode, and pop-out player support to Android
YouTube Gaming expands to new markets, improves its browsing and viewing experience on mobile — YouTube Gaming, the video network's dedicated application for streaming …
LINE launches group voice calls that can support up to 200 people; service will first be released to countries outside of Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, and Indonesia
Mobile messaging giant Line now supports group voice calls for up to 200 people — Mobile messaging giant Line has announced …
Facebook says it will let users disable all notifications for live video within the next few weeks
Facebook will soon let you disable seeing all notifications for live videos — Relief is on the way. If you've noticed an influx of Facebook notifications from brands or publishers every …
Facebook buys popular selfie filter app Masquerade, will keep it operational as a stand-alone app, integrate its technology
they're totally over Yik Yak Michael Hafford / Refinery29 : Facebook Just Bought This Popular Face Swapping App Steven Loeb / VatorNews : Facebook acquires face-swapping app Masquerade Sandeep Sarma /...
Microsoft open sources SONiC, Linux-based software components for switches and other network devices, submitting it to OCP
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
As Google confirms it is removing Toolbar PageRank scores, a look at how those scores accelerated web spam
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land :
German engineering group Bosch launching Internet of Things cloud service for internal use, will offer service to others in 2017
Christopher Alessi / Wall Street Journal :
Alibaba says it has signed a deal for a $3B five-year loan, which will aid expansion overseas and in China
Adam Jourdan / Reuters :
WeWork has raised $430M in new round of financing to fuel a major push into Asia, giving the firm a valuation of about $16B
Over the past few months … Dan Primack / Fortune : WeWork Is Raising $780 Million at a Huge Valuation Ronny Kerr / VatorNews : WeWork picks up another $430M for China expansion Matt Weinberger / Busin...
China's internet censors shut down the South China Morning Post's accounts on Sina Weibo, Tencent, and WeChat, eradicating its online presence in the mainland
Kenneth Tan / Shanghaiist :
Ola, Indian rival of Uber which has raised $1.4B from investors, ends its food and grocery ordering experiments one year after launch
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Box beats estimates with Q4 revenue of $85M, up 36% YoY, full-year revenue of $303M, up 40% YoY; stock up 11%+ after hours
Katie Roof / TechCrunch :
Square beats estimates with revenue of $374M, up 49% YoY, gross payment volume of $10.2B, up 47% YoY, in first quarter as a public company
@jack on CNBC @mikeisaac : Square CFO Sarah Friar: “Seeing 4x growth year over year on caviar orders”
Imgur names Ajay Arora VP of product, launches dedicated iPad app, adds 3D Touch to iPhone app, material design to Android app
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