Twitter and Vine to support 140 second videos, will share revenue with influential Vine creators
Vine is expanding its video limit to 140-seconds. — There are a lot of places you can go on your phone to watch videos — Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat are a few popular options.
SoftBank President Nikesh Arora to Step Down
Former Google executive has been under pressure from investors — TOKYO—Under fire from investors, SoftBank Group Corp. President Nikesh Arora is stepping down, marking an abrupt end to the tenure of...
Tencent and its partners to pay $8.6B for a majority stake in Supercell, in a deal that values the Finnish game maker at $10.2B
Chinese internet major's deal to buy stake from Japan's SoftBank values Supercell at $10.2 billion — HONG KONG—Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd …
Instagram doubles monthly users to 500M in 2 years, sees 300M daily
Photos transcend language barriers, leading Instagram to hit a major milestone today, Its growth is actually accelerating over time, thanks to popularity overseas in countries like Japan, Germany, Fra...
Twitter's new Engage app makes it easier for celebs to handle their fans
A decent chunk of Twitter's early success came from its adoption by major celebrities as a way to speak directly to their fans — with the occasional chance for those fans to speak back.
Google will soon list possible health conditions when you search for symptoms, will start rolling out the changes on mobile in coming days
From sport results to maps, Google Search now shows a lot more than just 10 blue links. Especially useful on mobile, Knowledge Graph aims …
FAA unveils new rules for low-altitude drones weighing less than 55 pounds, letting US firms operate drones with just a certificate and test rather than license
This morning the Federal Aviation Administration unveiled “Part 107,” a new set of rules to govern the use of drones by commercial operators.
Taylor Swift among 180 artists and organizations signing petition for DMCA reform in ad spot, protesting “safe harbor”, upon which services like YouTube rely
For the last three months, the music industry has been fighting — or at least negotiating in public — with YouTube.
Adobe Creative Cloud update brings Content-Aware Crop to Photoshop, new VR features, more
Today Adobe is shipping updates to its Creative Cloud desktop apps for CC subscribers including new features in Photoshop plus enhancements to After Effects CC, Adobe Experience Design (XD) Preview, a...
Photos app in iOS 10 can distinguish 7 facial expressions, generate 33 Moments categories, and detect 4,432 searchable objects
This is not documented anywhere, so I took the liberty to jot some of these down. Next time when testing, you would have a better idea...
Docker builds container orchestration right into its core Docker Engine
Docker, which is hosting its sold-out developer conference in Seattle this week, today announced a major addition to its core Docker Engine. While the company previously split up many of the features...
Microsoft delivers promised SharePoint mobile app, available for free on iOS
Microsoft SharePoint mobile app for iOS, the first of its three promised new SharePoint apps for mobile devices, is available for free. — In May, Microsoft officials said they'd soon deliver new Sha...
Nest pushes further into energy business with SolarCity partnership and a feature called Time of Savings that tweaks thermostat settings based on utility prices
Will saving dollars on utility bills save the company? — If you live in California, your energy bill may look different soon.
Bank of America offering cardless withdrawals using Apple Pay at over 3K ATMs equipped with NFC in US
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Apple CEO Tim Cook will host a fundraiser for House Speaker Paul Ryan next week, despite Apple pulling support for the GOP convention over Trump
but Tim Cook hosting event for Paul Ryan Chris Preimesberger / eWeek : Apple Won't Offer Financial Support for GOP Convention Nick Statt / The Verge : Apple's Tim Cook is hosting a fundraiser for Hous...
Huawei's Surface competitor, the MateBook, is headed to the US on July 11 starting at $699
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget :
Microsoft Flow, an IFTTT-like tool for managing workflows, launches on iOS; Android version in works
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
China has 167 machines in Top500 list of fastest supercomputers, edging out 165 for US, and China's new Sunway TaihuLight computer is 2x as fast as any machine
and without using US chips Jon Fingas / Engadget : China made the world's fastest supercomputer using its own chips Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica UK : 10 million-core supercomputer hits 93 petaflops, tri...
Tumblr to launch live video on Tuesday with an expanded strategy for real-time content
This should be interesting. Tumblr Support : Happening now: Live video on Tumblr Andrew Dalton / Engadget : Tumblr officially joins the live video party Tim Peterson / Marketing Land : Tumblr's live v...
All of Facebook's board of directors, including Peter Thiel, are re-elected, and shareholders vote to issue non-voting Class C shares
This week the entire media industry is drinking ros? … Nick Farrell / TechEye : Zuckerberg keeps Thiel on board Saqib Shah / Digital Trends : Facebook's leadership talks China, Zuck's future at shareh...
Sources: Craig Wright, who claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, has filed more than 50 patent applications in UK, focusing on cryptocurrency tech
Samsung to invest $1.2B in IoT over 4 years in US, plans to split funds between startups and R&D
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal :
Peter Thiel-backed mobile banking startup Number26 raises $40M in Series B round led by Horizons Ventures, touts over 200K users
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Spotify says it has 100M+ monthly active users, adding 1.8M monthly, with 30% as paying subscribers
Madhumita Murgia / Telegraph :
FCC to vote mid-July on new regulations to lay the groundwork for an ultrafast 5G network
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal :
Facebook will let Page owners use the interactive Canvas ad format for Page posts
Tim Peterson / Marketing Land :
Google sees DMCA takedown notices quadruple from 5.1M in June 2014 to 22M in June 2016
Ernesto / TorrentFreak :
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