Apple accuses Spotify of asking for “preferential treatment” after app rejection complaint, says Spotify is “publicly resorting to rumors and half-truths”
“We find it troubling that you ... are publicly resorting to rumors and half-truths about our service."
Facebook announces 11K bots on Messenger, updates Messenger Platform with star ratings, quick reply buttons, more content types, and other features for bots
Since the launch of the Messenger Platform in April of this year, over 11,000 bots have launched.
Sources: larger HTC Nexus will have 5.5-inch QHD AMOLED display, 4GB of RAM, 3450mAh battery, 12MP rear and 8MP front camera, quad-core Qualcomm CPU
You know about Google's smaller new Nexus phone, Sailfish, but what about Marlin? Everyone's keen to know what the bigger …
Amazon now lets you purchase millions of Prime qualified products via Alexa
Now you can talk into your friendly little home AI tower to order toilet paper. And deodorant and batteries. And tens of millions of other Amazon Prime qualified products, because no one does synerg...
Senate tells staffers it will no longer issue Blackberry smartphones
This is the way the world ends. Not with a clickity keyboard, but with a swipe. — Senate staffers will no longer be issued official Blackberry smartphones. — The reign of the Blackberry lasted a ...
Microsoft didn't have highest bid for LinkedIn, another bidder, likely Salesforce, offered $200/share in cash and stock, but Microsoft's all cash bid prevailed
We knew that before Microsoft paid $26 billion for LinkedIn, the social network was also reportedly in talks with Salesforce, which ultimately couldn't afford to compete.
Google adds WebVR and VR Shell to beta and dev versions of Chrome on Android, potentially allowing all websites to be viewed in VR
Google is working to add fully immersive browsing capability to Chrome, allowing users to browse any part of the web in VR, not just those sites that are specially built for VR.
SEC filing says LinkedIn drew interest from as many as five possible buyers, source says Google and Facebook were among them
LinkedIn had more suitors than we thought. — Google and Facebook were among the suitors that looked at buying LinkedIn, which ultimately sold to Microsoft for $26 billion last month.
How a handful of Chinese companies that control a majority of the Bitcoin network are playing a central role in the community's civil wars
A delegation of American executives flew to Beijing in April for a secret meeting at the Grand Hyatt hotel, just blocks from Tiananmen Square.
Xbox Play Anywhere, which delivers participating games to Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs with a single purchase, launches September 13
PLAY ANYWHERE ... AS LONG AS IT'S AN XBOX OR PC — Xbox Play Anywhere, which delivers certain games to the Xbox One and Windows 10 PC with a single purchase …
US NHTSA opens investigation into fatal accident involving Tesla's Autopilot mode; Tesla says it's the first fatality in 130M+ miles driven with Autopilot
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eBay starts using Google's AMP technology on its mobile site to load pages faster; around 8 million AMP pages are now live
Ecommerce company eBay today announced that it has started using the Google-led open source Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) technology for more quickly displaying webpages on end users' mobile devices.
Sources: Apple in exploratory talks to acquire Tidal, Jay Z's streaming music service; Tidal held similar talks with Rhapsody last year
it has only 3 million Jack Purcher / Patently Apple : Contrary to Tidal's Denial, Sources Say Apple is in Talks with Jay Z and Company Don Reisinger / Fortune : Here's Why Apple Should Buy Tidal Anna ...
Profile of Mario Queiroz, VP of product management at Google, and the man behind Google Home
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Facebook starts rolling out a “multilingual composer” that automatically translates user posts into several languages at once
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Jury awards HP Enterprise $3B in damages from Oracle over 2011 Itanium case; Oracle to appeal
“Five years ago, Oracle made a software … Rich McCormick / The Verge : Oracle owes HP $3 billion in damages for breach of contract, jury says Peter O'Kelly / Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check : Oracle Los...
New Facebook feature will allow US users to create fundraisers for nonprofits, available to some users Thursday, rolling out to all in coming weeks
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Some Alphabet's “Other Bets” divisions like Verily are creating new types of stock tied to division performance to compensate and motivate employees
Plan removes ‘safety blanket’ from employees of growth units — Some staff try to return to Google to avoid riskier stock
Brazilian judge freezes $6.07M in Facebook bank account after WhatsApp fails to turn over messages in drug case
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Sources: self-driving car startup Zoox closes $200M round at a $1B valuation
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HP Inc. to offer PCs and other devices as a service to corporate customers for a monthly fee
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Karma announces support for private networks, bills it as company's first premium feature, plans to offer more premium features in the future
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500 Startups tries its hand at a startup studio, 500 Labs
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