Microsoft to split chief operating officer duties between five executives as current COO Kevin Turner leaves
Turner had served as head of Microsoft's sales team for the past 11 years. — Kevin Turner, the former Walmart executive who has led Microsoft's sales team for the past 11 years …
Apple Launching Public Betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra Today
Two days after releasing the second developer betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra for testing, Apple today is launching its public beta program for the forthcoming updates, allowing a broader cross secti...
Snapchat is rolling out Memories, a searchable in-app archive for sharing past photos and videos, including from your phone's camera roll, on iOS and Android
At a time when its social networking rivals are racing to promote more real-time sharing, Snapchat is turning its attention to the past.
Source: Google is working on two Android Wear smartwatches with Google Assistant integration to be released after the new Nexus handsets are announced
Speaking to Android Police, a reliable source has told us that Google is currently building two Android Wear devices - possibly Nexus-branded …
Twitter tests sports coverage, starting with Wimbledon stream, featuring video and scrollable tweets on dedicated Live page
Twitter is streaming Wimbledon, our first glimpse at live sports on Twitter. — Twitter wants to get into the business of streaming live sports …
Antivirus software firm AVG acquired by Avast Software for $1.3 billion
Antivirus software company AVG Technologies has been acquired by rival Avast Software for $1.3 billion. — Both companies were founded in the Czech Republic and expanded globally with AVG going publi...
Google updates Now on Tap with text translations from any screen, search by QR or bar code, and “Discover mode” for getting a stream of related visual content
With Now on Tap, Android Marshmallow users can get quick help from Google without having to stop what they're doing.
Walmart brings Walmart Pay to all of its 4,600+ stores in the US
Announced in December, Walmart Pay is pitched as a free mobile payments service for use in the retail giant's stores. — Walmart said it has made the mobile payment app Walmart Pay available in its m...
Facebook's OpenCellular is a new open-source wireless access platform for remote areas; hardware plans are freely available to researchers and manufacturers
Facebook is clearly very serious about its mission to connect the world and in the process, it has launched solar-powered drones …
LG to produce connected car platform with Volkswagen that works with smart home devices
South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said on Wednesday it will work with German carmaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) to jointly develop a connected car platform to enable vehicles to communicate with extern...
Justice Department closes Clinton email probe without charges
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Microsoft combines its enterprise resource planning and CRM software to create cloud-based Dynamics 365, launching this fall
Company seeks to better compete in markets where it trails SAP and Oracle — Microsoft Corp. plans to update its business software line called Dynamics on Wednesday …
Tech VCs, to their own detriment, are increasingly investing in businesses that aren't software-driven
One sign that technology markets often exhibit at the tail end of a cycle is a fast diversification of the types of startups getting funded. For example, following the core internet boom … Tweets: @e...
Source: new entry-level iPhone will have a starting point of 32GB storage instead of 16GB
Apple's next-generation iPhone 7 … Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Latest iPhone 7 Design Renderings Show Stereo Speakers and Larger Cameras MacDailyNews : Why you should wait until September to buy your ...
Huawei sues T-Mobile over 4G FRAND patent infringement
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Appeals court rejects challenge to CFAA anti-hacking law, gives broad leeway to prosecute password theft; critics say ruling may affect routine password sharing
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Google buys machine learning startup Moodstocks to help your phone's camera identify objects
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Sources: Zenefits co-founder Parker Conrad, former director of engineering Prasanna Sankar working on startup that configures company devices for new employees
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Mozilla unveils its Context Graph service, a “recommender system for the web” that analyzes browsing activity at scale and will be integrated into Firefox
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Starship to begin testing six-wheeled autonomous delivery robots in UK, Germany, and Switzerland
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EU passes its first cybersecurity law, which imposes security and reporting rules on businesses and mandates EU nations cooperate on network security matters
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Court documents in Silent Circle, Geeksphone case reveal Blackphone maker has laid off 15% of its staff, faces uncertain future
it made less than $10 million http://www.forbes.com/... Don A. Bailey / @donandrewbailey : Security and privacy are not a products. They are core components of great products. The numbers help prove t...
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