Sources: Spotify is in advanced talks to acquire SoundCloud after its two earlier attempts proved unsuccessful
Spotify, the music streaming service, is in advanced talks to acquire SoundCloud, as competition heats up with Apple for the future of digital music, said people briefed on the discussions.
Microsoft consolidates multiple groups to create new combined AI and Research group, which will include Bing and Cortana teams
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KGI: ‘Increasing likelihood’ iPhone 8 will feature glass front and back, stainless steel metal for premium models
Reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has released a new report further forecasting that the 2017 iPhone will likely adopt and glass front and back design like the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s.
Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM, Microsoft launch Partnership on AI, a nonprofit to advance best practices in AI; the group isn't intended to lobby government
Five tech giants announced on Wednesday that they are launching a nonprofit to “advance public understanding” …
Raspberry Pi Foundation unveils PIXEL, a new LXDE-based desktop for Raspbian that is designed to be more appealing with new theme, application icons, more
The new desktop environment can be installed right now — Raspberry Pi Foundation's Simon Long proudly unveiled a new desktop environment …
Skype iOS app updated with Siri and CallKit support, allowing incoming calls to be displayed and answered on lock screen
Skype today updated its iOS app to version 6.25, adding support for new features that were introduced with iOS 10. Skype now integrates with Siri …
Sources: Qi Lu, Microsoft's EVP of applications and services, is leaving the company due to health issues; Corporate VP Rajesh Jha to assume many of Lu's duties
Rajesh Jha will assume many of Lu's responsibilities — Longtime Microsoft executive Qi Lu is leaving the company following medical issues …
Apple may release new MacBook Pros in the second half of October; source says Apple is working on optimizing macOS for the new hardware
With the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 launches having dominated the Apple news cycle in recent weeks, attention is now turning back to the Mac lineup …
Security firm InfoArmor says hackers-for-hire, not state-sponsored actors, breached Yahoo, and have sold the entire database three times, once for $300K+
Elite hackers-for-hire were actually behind the breach, according to InfoArmor — Common criminals, not state-sponsored hackers …
Apple to open $45M R&D center in Beijing, China to focus on developing hardware, will have 500 employees
New center will employ 500 workers, Zhongguancun Science Park Administrative Committee says — BEIJING— Apple Inc. 's first research center in China will be a $45 million facility located …
Apple says Search Ads will go live in the App Store on October 5, offers developers $100 credit towards first campaign
First announced at WWDC in June and beta-tested over the Summer, Apple launched Search Ads for iOS apps today. The ads will appear at the top of App Store customers …
Online payday lender LendUp ordered to pay $6.3M in refunds and penalties for deceptive practices
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Multiple Android Wear smartwatches including Tag Heuer, Moto 360 v2, ASUS ZenWatch are unable to pair with iPhone 7; Google reported issue to Apple a week ago
Ben Schoon / 9to5Mac :
Spotify launches in Japan with free ad-supported tier and an ad-free version at $9.70/month
and with song lyrics Robin Wauters / Tech.eu : Spotify lands in Japan, adds Netflix exec to board, gets close to buying SoundCloud, launches ‘Daily Mix’ Tweets: Bloomberg Technology / @technology : Sp...
Leaked document: Apple records some metadata related to whom you're trying to contact on iMessage, including your IP address, and stores it for 30 days
and May Share Them With Police”, goes with “it's just metadata” defense http://theintercept.com/... Eva / @evacide : Apple stores your iMessage contacts and may share them in response to a court order...
A look at Verily's health tracking watch prototype shows e-ink display, long battery life for more constant tracking, plans to use in medical research studies
Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review :
Google releases YouTube-8M, a dataset of 8M video URLs representing over 500K hours of video, along with 4800 distinct labels, for machine learning
Google Research Blog :
Facebook at Work will launch on October 10 in London
Some more details are coming through on Facebook at Work, the social network's big effort to move into enterprise communication services with a business version of its popular platform. Facebook has ...
BlackBerry to end in-house development of phones, will outsource design, manufacturing, and selling of devices, focus on software after taking $372M loss in Q2
Roger Cheng / CNET :
Fitbit Charge 2 review: inaccurate distance tracking spoils an otherwise good device, which has an improved display and week-long battery life
Lauren Goode / The Verge :
Skymind, a company developing an open-source deep learning framework meant to be integrated into companies' existing architectures, closes $3M seed round
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YouTube hires Lyor Cohen as Global Head of Music; Cohen helped build Def Jam label, ran Warner Music, and founded 300 Entertainment in which Google invested $5M
Thursday, September 29, 2016 Ben Popper / The Verge : YouTube hires legendary music executive Lyor Cohen to strengthen ties with artists Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter : YouTube Names Veteran Record Industr...
Apple partners with Deloitte, which will provide more than 5K advisers to help corporate clients work with Apple devices
Julia Love / Reuters :
Mixpanel: iOS 10 reaches 48% adoption after two weeks, lagging slightly behind iOS 9 a year ago
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
Uber plans to offer freight hauling services with trucks equipped with Otto self-driving technology in 2017
Facebook's F8 2017 conference to be held in San Jose April 18-19, tickets will be $595, registration not yet open
and it's expanding Ken Yeung / VentureBeat : Facebook brings app analytics to the web, schedules F8 conference for April 18-19 in San Jose Josh Twist / Facebook Developers : Facebook Analytics for App...
Facebook disabled the accounts of several prominent Palestinian journalists last week, then admitted the error and restored them, a continuing pattern
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