Google opens Waze Rider pilot program to all San Francisco users; drivers and riders limited to two trips per day, with drivers making $0.54/mile
Waze Rider, the ride-sharing version of the popular Google-owned navigation app, is now open to the general public in the Bay Area.
Google Cloud Platform says eight new Cloud Regions launching in 2017: Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Northern Virginia, São Paulo, London, Finland, and Frankfurt
As we officially move into the Google Cloud era, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) continues to bring new capabilities to more regions …
Google Apps for Work rebranded as “G Suite”, to get several machine learning-powered features; “Team Drive” brings team-level content management to Google Drive
Google announced today that its now ten-year old service Google Apps for Work (formerly Google Apps for Your Domain) …
Google combines all of its cloud services under the ‘Google Cloud’ brand
Google for Work, Google's Cloud Platform and the rest of the company's cloud-based services are getting a new name. They have now been combined under the “Google Cloud” moniker. Google's Diane Green...
The CW TV Network releases new Apple TV app that eliminates cable subscription login, but limits content to only five episodes from most recent season of shows
As promised last week, The CW network today released a new Apple TV app that allows all fourth-generation Apple TV owners to watch …
Amazon unveils “Alexa Prize”, an annual university competition to advance conversational AI; first challenge is to build a bot conversing coherently for 20 mins
Amazon will award up to $2.5 million in prizes and sponsorships in a new annual competition called the “Alexa Prize” …
Amazon Game Studios unveils first three games that feature deep Twitch integration
Amazon Game Studios, the gaming development arm of Amazon, today revealed its first titles that feature deep integration with Twitch, the live streaming company that Amazon acquired for $1 billion in ...
HTC's Viveport VR marketplace focused on non-gaming content for the Vive expands beyond China to 30 new countries
Viveport, the marketplace where you can buy virtual reality apps and games for your HTC Vive headset, is now available worldwide. HTC is celebrating its launch with big discounts …
Report: Qualcomm is in talks to acquire NXP Semiconductors in deal likely to be worth over $30B
Qualcomm is in talks to buy NXP Semiconductors, according to Eyk Henning, Dana Mattioli and Dana Cimilluca at The Wall Street Journal. — Qualcomm is worth $95 billion, while NXP has a market cap of ...
KGI: ‘Increasing likelihood’ iPhone 8 will feature glass front and back, stainless steel metal for premium models
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Data center provider Nutanix raises $238M in IPO, valuing the company at $4.05B
Shares of Nutanix Inc (NTNX.O), an unprofitable provider of enterprise data storage, soared more than 80 percent in their market debut on Friday, highlighting demand for tech offerings in what has bee...
FCC votes to expand emergency text alerts from 90 to 360 characters, add support for embedded photos and links
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Mozilla accuses Chinese certificate authority WoSign of back-dating SHA-1 certificates and other violations, proposes no longer trusting WoSign certificates
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European food delivery startup Takeaway.com raises $368M in IPO, valuing it at $1.1B
And it's off to the races for another takeout food delivery business going public. Today, it was Takeaway.com's turn, an Amsterdam-based company with operations across Europe, which listed on Euronex...
Spotify-SoundCloud deal makes sense because it would build Spotify's user base and give SoundCloud investors a return, but sources say deal might not happen
sell itself to another money-losing music startup Anna Washenko / RAIN News : Rumor Fact(ory): Spotify exploring SoundCloud acquisition Financial Times : Sources: Spotify is in advanced talks to acqui...
Stock app Robinhood launches Robinhood Gold, a $10/month set of features including ability to buy on credit, make instant deposits, more
Robinhood says it will never charge commissions to trade stocks, but the $66 million-funded startup is finally ramping up monetization with the launch of “Robinhood Gold” premium features.
Android Wear 2.0 delayed until early 2017, new dev preview adds Play Store on watches, more
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Skype iOS app updated with Siri and CallKit support, allowing incoming calls to be displayed and answered on lock screen
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Microsoft consolidates multiple groups to create new combined AI and Research group, which will include Bing and Cortana teams
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IBM says it is acquiring Promontory, a financial consulting firm with 600 employees; Promontory is expected to help train Watson on regulatory issues
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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
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AOL launches Alto, an email app that shows relevant information like boarding passes, reservation numbers, more in a card-based dashboard, on iOS and Android
Aggregates multiple mail services. Tweets: @chrismessina : How many times will AOL relaunch Alto? Seriously. http://www.fastcompany.com/... Jan Dawson / @jandawson : So now we have a messaging app fro...
Quote-to-cash software company Apttus raises $88M Series D at $1.3B valuation, plans IPO for first half of 2017
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