Sundar Pichai lays out priorities for Google in his first Founders' Letter, with machine learning and AI playing a key role
This year's Founders' Letter — Every year, Larry and Sergey write a Founders' Letter to our stockholders updating them with some of our recent highlights and sharing our vision for the future.
Uber tests wait-time fees and a shorter cancellation window in NYC, New Jersey, Dallas, and Phoenix, in response to driver complaints
Uber Tests New Rider Rules: Two Minutes to Cancel or Show Up...or Else — Pilot program to allow charges for customers making drivers wait or canceling rides late, addressing complaints
Microsoft has launched an IFTTT-like automation tool called Flow
LEAKED: Microsoft is working on a new tool to help automate your life — Meet Microsoft Flow: A free way to connect all of your cloud services — including Slack, GitHub, Twitter, and Google Drive — t...
Intel's Changing Future: Smartphone SoCs Broxton & SoFIA Officially Cancelled
The past two weeks have been a busy - if not tumultuous - period for Intel. Driven by continued challenges in various semiconductor markets, culminating in weaker-than-desired earnings in the most re...
Smartwatch shipments grew 223% year-over-year in Q1 2016; Apple had 52% marketshare, down from 63% in prior quarter
STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Apple Watch Slips to 52% Global Smartwatch Marketshare in Q1 2016 — According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch …
YouTube responds to music industry's complaints about low artist payments, says it is more like radio than Spotify
YouTube hits back at ‘noise’ around its music payouts — It's been a bruising month for YouTube as labels, music industry bodies and artists have attacked Google's video service …
Report: Yahoo reaches deal to sell 48.6-acre undeveloped site in Santa Clara to Chinese tech firm LeEco
Yahoo Reportedly Selling Huge Silicon Valley Site To Chinese Firm — Yahoo (YHOO) has reached a deal to sell a 48.6-acre undeveloped site in Santa Clara, Calif. …
ITC judge rules that Jawbone patents in its case against Fitbit are invalid
Fitbit Wins Ruling Knocking Out Jawbone Patents at Trade Agency — Fitbit Inc. won a ruling that invalidated the last of the Jawbone Inc. patents that were the subject of a dispute at the U.S. Intern...
Twitter quietly retires Magic Recs, a DM bot that recommended viral accounts and Tweets
As Twitter tries out bigger things to spur growth activity — like changing the orderandlengthof tweets — it is turning away from others. Twitter has quietly retired Magic Recs …
Vivaldi browser review: ultra customization and clever tab management great for power users, but no mobile version and some glitches in version 1.0
Even at 1.0, Vivaldi closes in on the cure for the common browser — Review: Ultra customization, clever tab management breaks from Chrome, Firefox.
New Google Trips app is a smart assistant for your vacations, currently in beta testing
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TV stations agree to sell 126MHz of spectrum in FCC auction, paving the way for fast, reliable 5G
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Internet retailers like Adore Me, JustFab, and Birchbox are placing customers into unwanted, hard-to-cancel subscriptions, leading to complaints and lawsuits
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Cypress Semiconductor buys Broadcom's IoT business for $550M as Cypress CEO steps down
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FTC is investigating Venmo over “deceptive or unfair practices”, PayPal's SEC filing shows
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Snapchat strikes a non-exclusive deal with NBC to show Olympics highlights in US via live stories and Discover channel curated by BuzzFeed
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Sources: Postmates in talks to raise $100M-$150M, aims to avoid setting too high a valuation target
Postmates Seeks Up to $150 Million as Food Delivery Competition Heats Up — Food delivery startup aims to avoid overpromising on valuation — Financial docs show revenue forecast of $225 million for...
Rovi buys TiVo for $1.1B at $10.70 per share, will adopt TiVo brand as new company name
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IBM raises its blockchain game with secure cloud services and Docker integration
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Microsoft releases public preview of PowerApps business-app building service
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GCHQ Has Disclosed Over 20 Vulnerabilities This Year, Including Ones in iOS
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CloudFlare activates HTTP/2 Server Push protocol, expects it will decrease page and app load time by up to 15% across its network within a year
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Sources: China considers acquiring 1% stakes, taking board seats in country's major internet companies like Tencent and Baidu
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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