Airbnb files lawsuit against city of San Francisco saying recent ordinance breaks federal law
Airbnb sued San Francisco on Monday over a new regulation requiring short-term rental companies to list on their websites only legal housing listings. — The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court …
Google signs licensing deal with LyricFind to display lyrics in search results
Starting today, music publishers and songwriters will have a brand new source of revenue. — Google has signed a multi-year licensing deal with Toronto-based LyricFind to display song lyrics in its s...
Documents reveal Google's Sidewalk Labs is working on technologies to fix public transit in US
Exclusive: Documents reveal Sidewalk Labs is offering cloud software Flow to Columbus, Ohio, to upgrade bus and parking services - and bring them under Google's management
Sources: Lyft hires M&A banker Qatalyst Partners, possibly seeking a sale or new funding
Lyft was last valued at $5.5 billion by investors including GM — Ride-hailing startup Lyft Inc. has hired Qatalyst Partners LP, the boutique investment bank best known for helping tech companies fin...
Microsoft reaches $10K settlement with a small business over an unplanned Windows 10 update
With about a month left for many PC users to upgrade to Windows 10 at no charge, Microsoft is being criticized for its aggressive — some say too aggressive — campaign to get people to install the new ...
New Chinese rules for mobile app developers require user verification with real-name registration and preservation of user activity logs for 60 days
China has tightened rules for mobile app developers including requiring real-name registration and preserving users' activity logs …
Microsoft, Codeven, and Red Hat announce open source Language Server Protocol (LSP) for IDEs
Codenvy, Microsoft, and Red Hat have announced they are adopting a universal Language Server Protocol for integrated development environments. — Microsoft — yes, Microsoft …
Android Pay launches in Singapore, is available for devices with NFC running Android 4.4 or higher
SINGAPORE: Google's mobile payment system, Android Pay, on Tuesday (Jun 28) joined the mobile payments bandwagon in Singapore, making the city-state the first in Asia to have the system.
Cisco to acquire API-based app security startup CloudLock for $293M
Twilio isn't the only company that is banking on API-based services as the way forward for enterprises. Today, Cisco announced it plans to pay $293 million in a mix of cash and equity to acquire Clou...
Japan WhatsApp Rival Line Sets Price Range for Potential $1.1 Billion IPO
WhatsApp rival sets a $26.50-$31.50 per-share price range for Tokyo, New York IPO in July — TOKYO—Japanese messaging-app operator Line Corp. said it had set its price range for an initial public off...
655K patient records from three healthcare breaches are up for sale on the dark web after hacking victims refused extortion demands
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Acer and game studio Starbreeze to jointly invest $25M into Acer Starbreeze Corp, a new venture to work on StarVR headset; each company will have 50% stake
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The temporary follow feature in Twitter Moments is indispensable when big news hits, but too hard to find
Two major news events unfolded this week with the kind of incremental and quickly evolving updates that made Twitter an ideal place to follow both.
A look at the payola deals landlords, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), and developers make with ISPs
When building owners get kickbacks from big providers it's the tenants who lose — I live in an apartment. Chances are good that you do, too: Tens of millions of Americans live … Tweets: @stevenlevy...
Microsoft's open source .NET Core project, which brings .NET Core and ASP.NET Core to Linux, OS X, and other OSes, reaches version 1.0
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Microsoft is ending Xbox Fitness, citing content costs, with full shutdown on June 30, 2017
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Twitch debuts Cheering beta feature, so you can tip streamers with animated “emotes”
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Geospatial big data startup Orbital Insight raises $15M Series B, led by GV, and a $5M investment from the CIA's In-Q-Tel
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Google launches Cast for Education to let students cast their screens to the classroom projector, debuts quizzes feature for Forms, and opens up VR Expeditions
The Most Magical Field Trip Is in VR Lucas Matney / TechCrunch : Google for Education partners with TES to expand the reach of VR Expeditions content in classrooms Peter O'Kelly / Peter O'Kelly's Real...
HPE CEO Meg Whitman announces several organizational changes, including the departure of CTO Martin Fink
Again James Niccolai / Network World : HPE's CTO is leaving amid more change at the company Julie Bort / Business Insider : Meg Whitman is reorganizing Hewlett Packard Enterprise, just 9 months after ...
Behind Citigroup's response to startup competition, Citi FinTech, a 40-person skunkworks team
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Facebook launches human-curated Featured Events, currently for iOS users, in 10 US cities
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Facebook rolls out Slideshow movie-maker feature on iOS to compete with Google Photos and Apple's Memories feature coming in iOS 10
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Thrive Market, an online grocer where customers can pay $60/year for discounts, raises $111M, says it has 5M registered users and 300K paid members
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MeetMe acquires mobile flirting app Skout for $55 million in cash and stock
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Former Megaupload programmer Andrew Nõmm, who spent a year in US prison, tells his story
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Uber partners with Pandora to give drivers streaming music option, first 6 months ad-free
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Mobcrush Officially Launches Live-Streaming Platform for Mobile Games
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