RIAA report: streaming accounted for more US recorded-music revenue than downloads in 2015, rising from 27% in 2014 to 34% in 2015
US recorded-music revenues rose slightly in 2015 says RIAA — US music industry body the RIAA has published its figures for 2015, revealing …
Sources: Google developing third-party iOS keyboard with gesture-based typing, integrated web search, and GIF search
Google is making a keyboard for the iPhone — Google has been developing a third-party keyboard for iOS that would put the company's search engine in a highly used part of the interface, The Verge ha...
US Government Charges Three Suspected Members of Infamous Syrian Electronic Army
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) unsealed myriad computer hacking charges against three men for their alleged links to the hacking group Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).
Intel says in 10-K filing it will move away from “tick-tock” development cycle as it utilizes process technologies for longer
Intel's ‘Tick-Tock’ Seemingly Dead, Becomes ‘Process-Architecture-Optimization’ — As reported at The Motley Fool, Intel's latest 10-K / annual report filing …
Microsoft's New AI-Powered Chatbot Mimics A 19-Year-Old American Girl
Microsoft's new AI-powered chatbot, Tay, won't book you a reservation or draw you a picture, but, unlike Facebook's M, she's more than willing to take a position on the “Would you kill baby Hitler?” t...
Google Photos will automatically suggest new albums, curate what it thinks are the best shots, tag location, and add maps in new update
Albums in Google Photos get smarter, now let you add maps, locations, and captions — Google Photos launched last year with numerous smart features …
Blendle launches pay-per-story app in the US with articles from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and Financial Times, starting at $.09 each
Paid journalism startup Blendle launches in the U.S. — Blendle, the Dutch journalism start-up developing an iTunes-style payment method …
Uber starts bug bounty program with HackerOne, reveals network details to aid researchers, and offers bonuses for multiple discoveries; rewards range up to $10K
Uber Will Pay $10,000 ‘Bug Bounties’ to Friendly Hackers — Uber's business model is based on a simple notion …
Google will kill its Chrome app launcher for Windows, Mac, and Linux in July
Google today announced plans to kill off the Chrome app launcher for Windows, Mac, and Linux in July. The tool, which lets users launch Chrome apps even if the browser is not running, will continue t...
Thousands of web apps dependent on JavaScript module Left-Pad broken for a few hours after developer yanks it from NPM in protest
How one developer just broke Node, Babel and thousands of projects in 11 lines of JavaScript — left-pad pulled from NPM - which everyone was using
Why the FBI's alternative method to unlock iPhone may involve NAND mirroring by an external forensics firm to enable brute force guessing of shooter's PIN
Report Danny Yadron / Guardian : Government keeping its method to crack San Bernardino iPhone ‘classified’ Chris Strohm / Bloomberg Business : Thank You for Hacking IPhone, Now Tell Apple How You Did ...
All 60 startups that launched at Y Combinator Winter 2016 Demo Day 1
Josh Constine, Greg Kumparak and Megan Rose Dickey — “You'll notice we have many more startups that aren't in the traditional software category,” said Y Combinator President Sam Altman at the start ...
Square launches Facebook ad integration to let firms buy and target Facebook ads using Square's software, link ad spend to actual sales data
Square Teams Up With Facebook to Offer Ads That Can Be Gauged — SAN FRANCISCO — Square has long pitched itself to small businesses as a one-stop shop …
Google renames Chromecast app Google Cast; Vizio P-Series TVs launched with Cast support and a 6-inch Android tablet
Today, we are proud … Jon L. Jacobi / TechHive : Vizio's new P-series TVs offer affordable HDR and Google Cast support Tweets: David Chen / @davechensky : “The era of having a...physical remote that s...
Shopify launches SDK for merchants to integrate its platform into sites and apps, lets companies manage analytics, shipping, inventory through its SDK
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Facebook and Facebook Messenger to drop support for BlackBerry OS later this year
Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch :
UK IT firm Micro Focus to acquire Serena Software in $540M deal
Financial Times :
HTC's next flagship phone will be unveiled on April 12th
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
New 9.7-inch iPad Pro has embedded Apple SIM, offering users choice of more carriers, excluding Verizon and AT&T, which require separate SIM card
Ina Fried / Re/code :
Google and PayPal join Airbnb and Stripe in offering services in Cuba as tech execs join President Obama on his tour of Cuba
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business :
Adobe launches Marketing Cloud Device Co-op to help marketers track users across devices, offers opt-out
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider :
Instagram starts showing notifications on the Web for all users
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
Samsung Gear S2 3G review: limited capabilities, slim app store, lack of third-party music integration, short battery life; better to buy any other smartwatch
Dan Seifert / The Verge : Tweets: @martinsfp Tweets: Martin Bryant / @martinsfp : This is the ultimate Techmeme headline rewrite. http://twitter.com/...
SV Angel co-founder David Lee launches Refactor Capital fund, seeking $50M; sources say fund will focus on seed-stage startups on the West Coast
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DoorDash announces $127M Series C led by Sequoia Capital, discusses how it raised in a down market
and avoids getting crunched too badly Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal : DoorDash Raises $127 Million in “Down” Round Tweets: Marcela / @mssapone : Well good, let the strong survive. “Standards hav...
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