Oracle to Buy Cloud-Software Provider NetSuite for $9.3 Billion
Larry Ellison is largest holder of NetSuite, which is led by an ex-Oracle executive — Oracle Corp. agreed to buy NetSuite Inc. for $9.3 billion, among the largest acquisitions in its history, bolste...
Keys to Chimera crypto ransomware allegedly leaked by rival crime gang
First, Mischa devs stole their rival's code. Now, they may have killed its business. — Sometimes, the fierce competition in the booming crypto ransomware market works in the favor of the victims wh...
Didi Chuxing and Uber to become legal in China starting November; drivers must be licensed, have three years experience, and no criminal record
HONG KONG — Ride-hailing services in China have attracted billions of dollars in investments. They have pulled in money from some of the …
Apple says it has now sold over a billion iPhones
Cupertino, California July 27, 2016At an employee meeting in Cupertino this morning, CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple recently sold the billionth iPhone. — “iPhone has become one of the most import...
Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2016 Results
Cortana in Windows 10 Anniversary Update can't be turned off fully, but its reach can be limited
...but you can lessen her awareness. — Microsoft made an interesting decision with Windows 10's Anniversary Update, which is now in its final stages of development before it rolls out on August 2.
Samsung reports Q2 revenue of $45.2B, up 5% YoY, and profit of $7.22B, up 18% on strong Galaxy S7 sales
Samsung Electronics has published its full second-quarter earnings, confirming earlier guidance that indicated the company's strongest profits in over two years.
Upthere, a cloud storage service letting all your devices see the same files, exits beta, announces $77M in funding led by KPCB and Western Digital
Upthere isn't your parents' personal cloud storage service. The team behind the service, which is coming out of beta today with $77 million …
Facebook reports Q2 revenue of $6.44B vs $6.02B expected, $0.97 EPS vs $0.82 expected; mobile ad revenue 84% of total ad revenue, up from 76% last year
Coming off an all-time high stock price of $123.34, Facebook in Q2 2016 smashed earnings again. The social network continued steady growth …
Qualcomm to pay $19.5M to settle with 3,300 female employees who said they received lower pay and fewer chances for promotion
Women said they received lower pay and fewer chances for promotion — Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. will pay $19.5 million to settle claims that women …
Apple Partners With Parkopedia to Bring In-Depth Parking Data to Apple Maps
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Groupon stock up 20%+ after hours as company tops estimates with Q2 rev. of $756M vs. $711M expected, adjusts guidance to $3B-3.1B, up from $2.75B-$3.05B
Scott Olson / Getty Images — Blue Sky Innovation — Groupon stock jumped 25 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday …
Preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report says Tesla on autopilot was going 9 mph over the limit when it crashed; full report expected in a year
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Facebook daily active users rise 17% year-over-year to 1.13B for the month of June, mobile DAUs rise 22% year-over-year to 1.03B; stock up 6%+ after hours
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LaunchKit team heads to Google and open-sources its tools for helping devs launch their apps; LaunchKit's hosted services will be discontinued in 12 months
The team behind LaunchKit, a set of tools that helps developers launch their apps, is heading to Google and joining the Developer Product Group.
Xiaomi unveils $750 Mi Notebook Air laptop in 13.3" and 12.5" sizes, launches in China August 2
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Tumblr launches ads on all users' blogs Thursday, will unveil revenue program for partners later in 2016; users can opt out of ads on their blogs
Ads on your blog by default, opt in to make $, opt out to hide them http://staff.tumblr.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : If Tumblr's display ads are even half as ugly as its Dashboard ads, it's a...
Microsoft launches Pix, a free camera app for the iPhone that uses AI to enhance photos
iTunes — Open iTunes to buy and download apps. Emily Price / The Technology Chronicles : Microsoft's new Pix replaces the camera app on your iPhone Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Microsoft r...
Facebook reports searches up 33% over past nine months to 2B per day, as it hopes to attract more of the chatter that ends up on Twitter
Facebook wants to be known as a place to search for mentions of current news in hopes of drawing more public chatter that normally ends up on Twitter. Tweets: @jasonlk , @joshconstine , @mikeisaac , @...
Sources: AR motorcycle helmet startup Skully effectively shuts down after co-founders are forced out, but remaining leadership still hopes to get new funding
Last week AR motorbike helmet maker Skully's CEO … Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : Sorry petrolheads, Skully's AR motorcycle helmet is dead
GoPro Q2 revenue down 47% YoY to $220.7M, but exceeds estimates of $194.3M
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