Chinese regulator shut down iBooks Store and iTunes Movies in China last week say sources; Apple working on making them available again soon
Apple Services Shut Down in China in Startling About-Face — For years, there has been a limit to the success of American technology companies in China.
Uber reaches settlement in class-action suit in CA and MA; drivers in those states to remain independent contractors; firm to pay drivers as much as $100M
Uber Settles Cases With Concessions, but Drivers Stay Freelancers — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has long been embroiled in a debate …
UK intel agencies spy indiscriminately on millions of innocent folks
The UK's intelligence agencies (MI5, MI6, and GCHQ) are spying on everything you do, and with only the flimsiest of safeguards in place to prevent abuse, according to more than a thousand pages of doc...
Facebook's News Feed starts prioritizing time spent on content, and reduces how often it shows posts in a row from the same source
News Feed FYI: More Articles You Want to Spend Time Viewing — As we work to improve News Feed, we make updates to help make sure you see the most relevant stories at the top.
FBI paid over $1.3M to break into San Bernardino iPhone, the most the FBI has admitted to paying for a hacking technique
FBI paid more than $1.3 million to break into San Bernardino iPhone — Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said on Thursday the agency paid …
Microsoft Q3: Surface-related revenue up 61% YoY to $1.1B; Lumia sales fall 73% to 2.3M devices; Windows OEM revenue outperforms rest of PC market but falls 2%
Microsoft's Q3 2016: Surface up and Windows Phone down again — Microsoft has published its Q3 fiscal 2016 earnings report …
Microsoft, Google agree to stop complaining to regulators about each other
Microsoft and Google say they have recently reached an agreement under which they will drop pending regulatory complaints against one another across the globe. The pair have also agreed that they wil...
Windows Ink, Cortana improvements and more arrive in the latest Windows 10 build out now
It's going to be a good Friday for those testing the latest releases of the Windows 10 operating system, as Microsoft is today rolling out a new build of its PC and mobile OS which will allow users …
Number of users accessing Facebook over Tor reached one million in the last 30 days
1 Million People use Facebook over Tor — People who choose to communicate over Tor do so for a variety of reasons related to privacy, security and safety. As we've written previously it's important...
Two hackers behind the SpyEye botnet creation kit sentenced to a combined 24 years in Georgia
SpyEye Makers Get 24 Years in Prison — Two hackers convicted of making and selling the infamous SpyEye botnet creation kit were sentenced in Georgia today to a combined 24 years in prison …
Microsoft reports Q3 net earnings of $3.76B, down from $4.99B YoY, adjusted revenue $22.08B, below analyst expectations of $22.09B
here is objective proof BBC : Microsoft Windows hurt by PC sales slump Vishal Srivastava / The Tech Portal : Microsoft's Q3 Results Miss Estimates, Cloud Business Hits $10 Billion Annual Run Rate Bogd...
Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2016 Results
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SecureWorks starts trading at around its $14 IPO price, raising $112M and valuing company at about $1.1B
SecureWorks Trading Flat After Downsized Public Offering — Company priced shares at $14 a piece to raise $112 million — Cybersecurity company owned by Dell valued at $1.1 billion
Medium raises $50M Series C led by Spark Capital, adds Ben Horowitz, Judy Estrin to board; source puts value at $600M, up from $400M in Sept when it raised $57M
Ev Williams's Medium raised $57 million in September — now it's raised another $50 million — You may have heard there's …
Alphabet posts Q1 revenue of $20.26B on analyst expectations of $20.38B as cost-per-click continues to decrease, down 9% YoY
Alphabet slides 5% after missing earnings expectations on revenue of $20.3B — For a split second, Alphabet was the most valuable company in the world.
Acer announces range of new devices including Switch Alpha 12 liquid-cooled 2-in-1 notebook, new gaming PCs, durable Chromebook 14 for Work, and more
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Analysis shows that Amazon Prime same-day delivery serves predominantly white neighborhoods better than black ones in cities like Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago
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Snapchat update lets you swap faces on photos from camera roll, drops extra $0.99 replays, making snaps replay-once only
here's how Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : SNAPCHAT UPDATES FACE-SWAP FEATURE, REMOVES PAID SNAP REPLAYS Dan Thorp-Lancaster / iMore : Snapchat now lets you create horrifying face swaps all b...
HBO Now heads to consoles with Xbox One and Xbox 360 apps (and some Samsung Smart TVs too)
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Twitter integrates with Yelp for location tags in the UK and Japan, bypassing Foursquare
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IAB: digital ad revenue rose to $59.6B in 2015, up 20% from previous year, driven by mobile ad spend, up 66% to $20.7B, and social media revenue, hitting $10.9B
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Bitcasa to discontinue its Drive cloud storage service May 20, focus on ‘growing platform business’
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HotelTonight expands its in-app concierge service, Aces, to 30+ cities
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Social networks like Facebook and Snapchat face challenge of getting parental consent for under-16 users in EU after new rules go into effect 2018
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