Facebook rolls out new tools in the US for seeking friend's recommendations on local places or services, discovering local events, and interacting with Pages
People come to Facebook every day to connect and share experiences with friends and family. We share the great places we go and we ask …
Amazon Japan announces 32GB manga model of Kindle Paperwhite, priced at $118 for Prime subscribers, $157 for others, pre-orders open now
Amazon Japan has an unusual challenge with the Kindle: it not only has to cater to your typical bookworm, but to a local fondness for image-heavy (and thus storage-intensive) manga books.
Researcher says some Trump company email servers use unpatched, end-of-life software, including Windows Server 2003, and only use single factor authentication
In what might be one of the more delicious cases of irony to ever grace a presidential election, a researcher has found that a number …
Microsoft AI research group says its speech recognition tech has reached parity with human-level proficiency, with an error rate of lower than 6%
Microsoft: This marks the first time that human parity has been reported for conversational speech — Microsoft researchers say they have created …
Report: Apple is working with Australian startup Sonder on a dynamic e-ink keyboard for future MacBooks, which could be incorporated as soon as 2018
But as rumors go, this one doesn't seem that trustworthy — Apple reportedly plans to put dynamic E Ink keyboards into MacBook laptops by 2018.
T-Mobile fined $48M by FCC for mischaracterizing its “unlimited” plan and throttling user's data when they reached the limit
Federal regulators are slapping T-Mobile with millions of dollars in fines and other requirements after consumers complained that the wireless carrier misled …
Source: Amazon weighs offering internet service in Europe in order to bundle broadband access with Prime Video
Amazon.com is considering offering internet service directly to consumers in Europe, said a person briefed on the discussion. That would allow Amazon to bundle internet access …
Sources: Snapchat to stop sharing ad revenue with media partners within weeks, will change to up-front flat licensing fee as it prepares for 2017 IPO
Evan Spiegel has a new deal for “Discover” publishers: We pay you up front, and we keep all the ad money. — Snapchat says it's done sharing with media companies.
Leaked emails of board member Colin Powell show Salesforce listed 14 acquisition targets at May board meeting, including Adobe, Demandware, and Box
Salesforce eyed 14 companies as possible acquisition targets in May, according to leaked Colin Powell email
Sources: Apple plans to launch new Macs at an October 27 event in Cupertino
Follows MacBook Pro Report Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider : Apple to debut new Macs at Oct. 27 event, report says Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Apple's MacBook Event Rumored For October 27 Jeff Dunn / Busine...
Microsoft to add single sign-on via Skype option for various Microsoft services, including Office, OneDrive, Xbox Live, and Outlook.com, starting this week
Microsoft will allow people to use their Skype names to sign into Office, OneDrive, Outlook.com and other Microsoft services starting next week.
Online travel site MakeMyTrip to buy Ibibo's India business in all-stock deal; Ibibo stakeholders Naspers and Tencent will have 40% stake in the merged entity
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Samsung's uneven handling of the Note7 fiasco in China has angered many, as it initially claimed the phones in that market were safe before issuing recall
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Yahoo management skips scheduling an earnings conference call with investors, dodging potential questions on the impact of its massive breach
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Yahoo reports Q3 revenue of $1.31B, in line with expectations, as Verizon acquisition looms
Yahoo made slightly more money than Wall Street expected — and no one cares at this point. — The company reported its third-quarter earnings, basically falling a hair above what everyone …
Wikileaks: leaked email from March shows Podesta's initial list of 39 suggestions for Clinton's running mate included Tim Cook, Bill Gates, and Melinda Gates
Ok, I can breathe again! Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : Tim Cook was included in the list of potential VP candidates for Clinton campaign Kit McDonald / WinBeta : Bill and Melinda Gates on lis...
Instagram will now show a personalized selection of Stories in the Explore tab from across its global userbase
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Tim O'Reilly, Chris Dixon, Mark Zuckerberg, Yasmin Green, Mary Barra, and Satya Nadella offer ideas for Obama's six tech challenges
Ask not what the government can do for Silicon Valley; ask what Silicon Valley can do for the government. That's President Obama's tack, anyway.
New report says top five US tech firms spent $49M on Washington lobbyists last year, as the five largest banks spent $19.7M
Big tech is outspending banks, alumni get government jobs — Wishlist from trade to antitrust poses challenge to regulators — A political weather map of America …
Walmart debuts Vudu Movies on Us service, which streams free ad-supported movies and TV on demand in 1080p HD, doesn't include new releases or current TV series
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Google Pixel camera review: fast and takes impressive photos, video stabilization works very well, though it has some quirks like choppy focal length adjustment
it already took the shot, It took lots of shots!” http://www.theverge.com/... Brian X. Chen / @bxchen : Try asking Assistant “how do I take a screenshot?” and it loads an iMore tutorial on doing it wi...
Microsoft's Outlook.com Premium service public preview goes live in US with a $20/year promo deal but will cost $50/year when it officially launches
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Facebook debuts live video scheduling, scheduled broadcast sharing, pre-broadcast lobbies to verified Pages, with plans to expand to all Pages in coming weeks
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
SafetyCulture, maker of inspection checklist app iAuditor, raises $23M Series B, led by Index Ventures
How Technology Is Shaking up the $150 Billion Safety … Marketwire : SafetyCulture Raises $23M to Transform the $150B Safety and Quality Assurance Industry Gedalyah Reback / GeekTime : Townsville start...
Qualcomm announces X50 5G modem, enabling 5Gbps downloads and arriving in products in 2018, and says smartphones with X16 gigabit LTE modems coming in 2017
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Facebook launches tool for its Analytics for Apps suite that lets developers send targeted push notifications via their app
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