Xiaomi unveils $750 Mi Notebook Air laptop in 13.3" and 12.5" sizes, launches in China August 2
It wouldn't be a Xiaomi event if it was just announcing one product. In addition to the new Redmi Pro smartphone, the Chinese company threw in a huge surprise by launching its first-ever laptop line ...
Tim Cook says Apple Pay now accounts for 75% of all contactless payments made in the US
Apple reported better than expected earnings this afternoon, and one nugget shared on the call by CEO Tim Cook could be a good sign for the company's mobile payments service.
Apple beats expectations with quarterly net income of $7.8B, down from $10.68B last year; iPad revenue grows for first time in 10 quarters, to $4.9B
Revenue drops for second straight quarter, but shares rise as results still top views — Apple Inc. said its quarterly profit fell 27% …
Apple Q3 revenue down 15% YoY to $42.4B, forecasts Q4 revenue of $45.5B-47.5B; iPhone unit sales for the quarter fell 15% YoY to 40.4M
Just Not As Many Reuters : Apple sells more iPhones than expected, shares jump after hours Marius Nestor / Softpedia News : Apple's Online Services Still Generate Revenue As iPhone Sales Continue to F...
Microsoft Pix is a free camera app for the iPhone that uses AI to enhance photos
Born in the company's research labs, Microsoft Pix focuses on taking better pictures of people. — Don't look now, but Microsoft is becoming a serious player in the world of iPhone apps.
Nintendo reports operating loss of $48.6M and revenue of $587M, down 31.3% YoY, as Wii U sales fall 53%
Nintendo made an operating loss of 5.13 billion yen ($48.6 million) in the first quarter of its 2016 fiscal year as Wii U sales plunged 53 percent year over year to just 220,000 units.
Apple's quarterly Greater China revenue dropped 33% YoY to $8.85B, accounted for a little more than 20% of overall company revenue
China impacted Apple's bottom line quite a lot this quarter — and not in a good way. But the company still plans to invest in the country …
Inside the development of Facebook's $30K Surround 360 Camera, which was just open-sourced
Today, Facebook is releasing the open-source design of its 360-degree 3D camera. Fast Company got an exclusive look behind the curtain. — Stapled to the wall outside a lab near Facebook's …
LinkedIn acquires presentation creation and sharing software startup PointDrive, will integrate technology into its Sales Solution business unit
PointDrive, whose CEO is Bill Burnett, left, has been acquired by LinkedIn. — Blue Sky Innovation — Privacy Policy
Pokémon Go hits 75M+ worldwide downloads, has launched in 32 markets and is top for App Store revenue in all of them
By A Lot Samantha Rhodes / CNET : Pokemon Go cinches 75 million downloads Stan Schroeder / Mashable : ‘Pokémon Go’ shatters records on its way to estimated 75 million downloads Jeffrey Burt / eWeek : ...
Reddit to debut Promoted User Posts on August 4, a new ad offering that lets marketers sponsor user-generated posts
Marketers Will Be Allowed to Sponsor (Consenting) Redditors' Posts — Picture this: It's 2020 and Reddit is the third most downloaded app in Apple's App Store …
President Obama announces the Cyber Incident Severity Schema, a new way the feds will codify the threat level of hacking attacks, but it lacks specifics
United States Cyber Incident Coordination Mark Rockwell / Federal Computer Week : White House policy defines cyber roles Stephanie Condon / ZDNet : Obama publishes directive for cyber attack response ...
Popular wireless keyboards from HP, Toshiba, GE, others don't use encryption, can easily be snooped on and exploited to send malicious text to linked device
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Oculus Home update enables tracking with up to four Oculus camera sensors, potentially opening the door for roomscale VR
A recent update to Oculus Home has enabled support for tracking the Rift and Touch with up to four trackers, enabling robust coverage of a roomscale space.
Twitter reports Q2 revenue of $602M, an increase of 20% YoY, 313M MAUs, up from 310M last quarter; stock drops on low Q3 guidance of $590M-610M in revenue
Dear Shareholders, We look forward to discussing our second quarter 2016 financial results with you at 2:00 p.m. PT today.
Mobile gaming company Scopely raises $55M Series B round led by Greycroft
Scopely is announcing that it has raised a $55 million Series B round of funding. — The Los Angeles-based company has built tools for promoting and monetizing mobile games — some of those games are ...
The genesis story of Niantic, a gaming skunkworks overlooked at Google, and Pokémon Go, which began as an April Fool's Google Maps prank
It's not hard to spot players of the most popular smartphone game of all time. They have a peculiar way of carrying their devices in front …
Cybersecurity startup SafeBreach raises $15M Series A round, investors include Sequoia Capital, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, HP Pathfinder
SafeBreach, a cybersecurity startup that simulates hacks on companies' systems to help them identify holes, has closed a $15 million series …
Citrix to merge GoTo with competitor LogMeIn in $1.8B tax-free deal, LogMeIn CEO Bill Wagner to lead combined company; LogMeIn stock up 19%+ after hours
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Twitter's Q3 revenue forecast of $590M-610M is well below analysts' estimates of $681M, a sign it's struggling to win ad dollars as user growth stagnates
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Mobileye won't supply Tesla self-driving tech beyond current EyeQ3 processor
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Analog chip maker Analog Devices to acquire rival Linear Technology for $14.8B, a premium of 24% to its closing price Monday
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Vizio acquired by Chinese tech company LeEco for $2 billion
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BlackBerry announces $300 DTEK50 all-touchscreen Android smartphone with the hardware specifications and design of the Alcatel Idol 4
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T-Mobile Binge On gets 16 new video services, including video content from Apple Music
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As it shores up city support for its Menlo Park headquarters expansion, Facebook pledges to build 1,500 units of housing for the general public
But There's a Huge Catch Lynn La / CNET : Facebook to pledge 1,500 housing units for general public Tweets: Eliot Brown / @eliotwb : Silicon Valley's imbalance, now available in bar chart form (via ht...
Runkeeper's new Running Groups feature lets you make virtual running clubs with up to 25 friends
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Zynga launches Words With Friends EDU, adding teacher lesson plans, student progress tracking, educational content and new in-game bonuses, more
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