European Commission blocks Three-O2 carrier merger in UK, citing concerns over competition and higher prices
Commissioner Vestager kills takeover plan, citing significant UK competition concerns. — UK mobile operator Three's multi-billion pound bid to merge with O2 has been rejected by competition official...
WhatsApp releases desktop app for Windows and Mac users, available for Windows 8 and above and Mac OS X 10.9 and above
WhatsApp announced today that it has launched a native desktop app that's available for both Windows and Mac. The Facebook-owned company said that the app supports …
Instagram's big redesign goes live with a colorful new icon, black-and-white app and more
Instagram's new icon is pink. Well, it's pink and purple and yellow and orange. It's definitely different. And that's not all the company has changed today. Instagram this morning is rolling …
The Google Store Starts Selling Cardboard VR Viewers In Canada, The United Kingdom, France, And Germany
So you've yet to snag a free Google Cardboard VR headset from a trade show. Or a Star Wars promotion. Or a copy of the New York Times, or a late-night talk show host, or even a freakin' porn website...
Disney ends in-house console game production with cancellation of its Infinity series
So much for Disney remaining a big player in the video game world. As part of its second quarter earnings release, the media giant has revealed that it's getting out of the self-published video game ...
Google to ban ads for payday loans and other lending products from July 13
Google has today announced an update to its AdWords terms and conditions that will ban advertising for some lending products on Google. — The new update will go into effect on July 13 this year …
Mozilla relaunches Firefox Test Pilot to experiment with new features like side tabs
Mozilla is bringing back its Test Pilot program for Firefox. The idea behind Test Pilot is to allow users — and Mozilla's engineers — to test experimental browser features long before they arrive in ...
Salesforce continues to face outage in many parts of US for over 12 hours, due to database failure in its NA14 instance
CEO Marc Benioff took to Twitter to apologize to users — Salesforce.com was having an outage in some locations on Tuesday, prompting the company's CEO to apologize to users on Twitter.
GitHub unlimited private repos now cost $7/month for personal accounts and $9/month for organizations
Collaborative source code repository software company GitHub today is announcing changes to its pricing structure. The company is now starting to let paying users maintain an unlimited number …
How IBM researchers are teaching Watson to analyze and identify cybersecurity threats in hopes of launching to enterprise customers this year
IBM's Watson supercomputer hardly needs any more resumé-padding. It's already won Jeopardy, written a cookbook, and dabbled in revolutionizing healthcare.
UK government's bid to get Lauri Love, a man accused of hacking into US government computers, to reveal his encryption passwords thrown out by UK judge
Salesforce to use AWS for its IoT cloud service, expected to launch midyear
The business software company's IoT Cloud is expected to launch after midyear — Salesforce.com Inc. is building a new service on Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud computing facilities, a notable shift for a c...
Nest releases OpenThread, an open-sourced version of its Thread home automation networking protocol
Nest has released an open-sourced version of its Thread protocol, making its home automation network technology more broadly available to developers. The introduction of OpenThread …
Nokia reports Q1 net loss of $583M, well below expectations, cites sluggish mobile-network sales, charges related to Alcatel-Lucent acquisition; stock down 6%+
Shares Down More Than 3% David Steele / AndroidHeadlines.com : Nokia Experiences Slowdown Due To Alcatel Integration Paul Ausick / 24/7 Wall St. : Nokia Earnings Hammered by Merger Costs
GOP Sen. Thune sends letter to Zuckerberg asking for more details about curation of Facebook's Trending Topics; Facebook says it looks forward to cooperating
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Pebble updates Health, its hub for health-related data, with more information on steps, sleep, workout tips; available now for iOS and Android users
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Amazon unveils Amazon Video Direct, open to any video creator, with four ways to earn money: per-hour royalty, add-on subs, digital rent/sale, or ad-supported
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BigCommerce raises $30M led by GGV Capital to help retailers, merchants, and brands sell across marketplaces, bringing total raised to $155M over seven years
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Tumblr launches Labs, an opt-in way to test experimental features; initial set includes themed posts, scheduling, and more
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Jet.com starts selling fresh groceries in 875 zip codes in “pilot test”; deliveries may take up to two days and will be free for orders over $35
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Facebook Moments private photo-sharing app launches in EU and Canada without facial recognition, now available in all countries worldwide
without the one thing that makes it great (FB) Killian Bell / TechnoBuffalo : Facebook Moments lands in Canada and Europe without its best feature Tim Hardwick / MacRumors : Facebook Moments for iOS G...
Uber partners with a prominent union in New York to create a drivers' group, Independent Drivers Guild, to serve as a forum for dialogue but not a union
Just Don't Call It a Union PYMNTS.com : Uber Strikes Union Deal To Form NYC Driver Guild Jon Fingas / Engadget : Uber lets New York City drivers organize, with limits Ben Popper / The Verge : Uber rea...
Problems with App Store search reduced downloads by 10% for big-name apps, up to 50% for smaller titles, according to Tune report
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Slack launches “Sign in with Slack”, the work chat platform's answer to Facebook Connect, with partners including Quip, Figma, Office Vibes, Smooz, Slackline
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Facebook says 10K+ developers are building chatbots, analytics are coming, and Activision's Call of Duty bot exchanged 6M messages in its first week
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New AI-powered helper bot Ozlo goes live with $14M in funding from Greylock and others, does not rely on human intermediaries, will take up to 10K initial users
Today, I'm excited to introduce you to Ozlo … John Lilly / Greylock Perspectives : Our Investment in Ozlo — I'm extremely happy to be able … Tweets: Greylock Partners / @greylockvc : Meet Ozlo, the ...
HP launches HP Tech Ventures to invest in 3D-printing, VR, AI, wearable, and IoT startups
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VirusTotal cuts back on sharing virus info with firms that don't contribute data, which means many startups are losing access to the critical information
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