Apple's MacBook gets faster dual-core Skylake processors, longer battery life, 8GB memory, faster graphics, and Rose Gold finish, starting at $1,299
Apple Updates MacBook with Latest Processors, Longer Battery Life & New Rose Gold Finish — CUPERTINO, California April 19 …
Apple confirms June 13-17 for WWDC 2016; ticket applications begin at 10 a.m. PT on April 22, with recipients notified April 25
Siri announces WWDC 2016 will be held June 13th through June 17th in San Francisco [Update] — [UPDATE: Apple has confirmed what Siri told us earlier today.
Supposed pictures of 2016 Moto G show a fingerprint reader, and an extra sensor above the camera
The 2016 Moto G gets photographed, complete with fingerprint reader — See what is probably the first Motorola phone made under Lenovo's direction. — A supposed picture of the new Moto G …
Sources: Apple hires former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt for “special projects”, a likely candidate to lead Apple's electric car initiative
Exclusive: Apple hires former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt for ‘special [car] project’
Android security 2015 annual report: Google checks 6B+ installed apps per day for malware, and fewer than 0.15% of devices using only Google Play have malware
Android Security 2015 Annual Report — Posted by Adrian Ludwig, Lead Engineer, Android Security
Microsoft's Azure Container Service is now generally available
Azure Container Service, Microsoft's container scheduling and orchestration service for its Azure cloud computing service, is now generally available. — The service, which allows its users to choose...
Viber adds end-to-end encryption and hidden chats as messaging app privacy wave grows
Following WhatsApp's move to add end-to-end encryption to its platform, another big messaging company is joining the wave of apps turning on expanded privacy features. Viber — a messaging app …
Study: 1 in 5 US households are using mobile-only internet, ditching wired broadband, compared to 1 in 10 in 2013
New data: Americans are abandoning wired home Internet — For the most part, America's Internet usage trends can be summed up in a few phrases.
Gamestop launches GameTrust, a publishing division that plans to launch 5-10 games every year
GameStop launches full publishing division and signs Ready at Dawn, Insomniac, Frozenbyte and Tequila Works — US retail giant GameStop has launched a publishing division called GameTrust.
How scammers are making thousands of dollars via Kindle Unlimited by publishing fake e-books that are free to buy
KU Scammers on Amazon - What's Going On? — This is extremely long and probably only of interest to indie authors, but it does impact readers who shop Amazon, so I'm putting it here for anyone.
Sources: Apple held secret talks with A-listers at Sundance and in LA, plans to move into original content alongside Facebook, YouTube, and Alibaba
Apple, Facebook, Google, and Alibaba Take Hollywood — Since Netflix and Amazon proved that outsiders can thrive in entertainment …
A look at the people working behind the human-assisted AI personal assistants and bots like X.ai, Clara, and GoButler
The Humans Hiding Behind the Chatbots — Behind the artificial intelligence personal assistants and concierges are actual people, reading e-mails and ordering Chipotle.
At a security-focused press briefing Friday, Apple emphasized its efforts to balance security with ease of use
Apple's Penchant for Consumer Security — At a security “deep dive” at Apple on Friday, executives went into depth on Apple security philosophy and technological approach to the matter.
FLIR and Movidius unveil Boson, a smart miniature thermal camera with a 12-core System-on-Sensor
FLIR and Movidius create the smartest thermal camera out there — Even though they are a 38-year-old company, FLIR System's advanced, miniaturized thermal imaging sensors and cameras keep …
Bill Campbell, legendary “Coach” to Silicon Valley execs, and former Intuit CEO, has died of cancer at age 75
Adam Lashinsky is on assignment. Erin Griffith is a writer at Fortune. Pete Carey / Mercury News : Bill Campbell, coach to Silicon Valley's top executives, dead at 75 Jon Callaghan / True Ventures : ...
Vista Equity Partners to acquire Cvent, makers of cloud-based event management software, for $1.65B and take firm private; shares jumped 66% on news
Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg :
Labeling giant Avery Dennison partners with IoT firm Evrythng to put smart tags on over 10B pieces of apparel over next three years
David Meyer / Fortune :
Supreme Court declines appeal by the Authors Guild to challenge Google Books, leaving in place the 2015 ruling in favor of Google, and ending the copyright suit
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters :
Amazon to offer $8.99/month stand-alone video streaming option in US; Prime membership to be offered monthly for first time for $10.99/month in US
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal :
Sequoia Capital's newest partner is Mike Vernal, an eight-year Facebook veteran
Kurt Wagner / Re/code :
Netflix net subscriber growth was better than expected with 2.23M in US and 4.51M overseas, but company gave weak guidance; stock down about 10% after hours
stock tanks in response Jordan Novet / VentureBeat : Netflix is now spending 5% of its content budget on original movies Wall Street Journal : Netflix Drops on Weak-Growth Forecast Matthew Lynley / Te...
Tencent launches Enterprise WeChat, an office communications and administration service, for mobile and desktop in mainland China
Juro Osawa / Wall Street Journal :
MIT's new AI platform, which incorporates input from human experts, can predict 85% of cyberattacks, which is 3x better than previous benchmarks
Adam Conner-Simons / MIT News :
IBM beats Q1 earnings targets with quarterly revenue of $18.7B; strategic businesses including cloud and analytics grew revenue 14% year-over-year
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Google Play Music gets podcast support on Android and the Web
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Sources: YP Holdings, once called YellowPages.com, plans first-round Yahoo bid as it works with Goldman Sachs on strategic options
Tuesday, April 19 Eugene Kim / Business Insider : Yahoo could get bought by the Yellow Pages Hollywood Reporter : Yellow Pages Parent Company to Bid for Yahoo (Report) Brian Solomon / Forbes : At Yaho...
A look at the Latin American countries that bought Hacking Team exploit packages and then used them to spy on political opposition
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard : Tweets: @lorenzofb , @decespedes and @rondeibert Tweets: Lorenzo Franceschi-B / @lorenzofb : Here's how the vigilante hacker only known as Phineas Fisher...
Crackle, Sony's free, ad-supported streaming network, will launch on Comcast's Xfinity On Demand on April 20
Todd Spangler / Variety : See also Mediagazer
LinkedIn launches LinkedIn Students app for Android, iOS in the US to help college grads find a job
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Ebay's mobile Craigslist competitor Close5 has quietly grown to 7 million downloads
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
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