How the shutdown of Cyanogen services and the forking of CyanogenMod to Lineage OS will affect one of Android's most stable custom distributions
The King is Dead, Long Live the King! — Cyanogen Inc. has finally delivered a bullet to the brain - of CyanogenMod.
Apple Pulls All Withings Accessories From Apple Online Store Following Nokia Lawsuit
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Cyanogen announces it will stop issuing Cyanogen-supported nightly builds and shut down all services for the OS on December 31
It's been a rocky few months for Cyanogen, the ambitious startup that aimed to build a better version of Android than Google. It has laid off staff …
Four-year-old Israeli AR startup Cimagine Media acquired by Snap for $30M to $40M, to become Snap's Middle East R&D center, according to Israeli news report
Snap has reportedly made an investment in augmented reality, purchasing Israeli-based startup Cimagine Media in a deal that's …
Apple's patent battle with Nokia escalates rapidly: Nokia now suing Apple over 40 patents in 11 countries as Apple adds Nokia as defendant in antitrust suit
Yesterday, Apple's antitrust lawsuit in the Northern District of California against certain Nokia privateers (patent assertion entities …
California AG Kamala Harris files new criminal charges against Backpage.com CEO and two controlling shareholders, accusing them of pimping and money laundering
Carl Ferrer, from left, James Larkin and Michael Lacey were charged in a pimping case in connection with international classified ad website Backpage.com.
Dutch regulator rules that T-Mobile's “zero rating” music streaming service is illegal; T-Mobile says it will appeal, will offer service until court verdict
Dutch regulators on Friday said T-Mobile must end its offer of zero-rated music streaming because the practice violates that country's net neutrality regulations.
Apple publishes an artificial intelligence paper for the first time, after recently promising to open up its AI research
Earlier this month, Apple made a splash when it told the artificial intelligence research community that the secretive company would start publishing AI papers of its own.
Google algorithm change appears to be moving Holocaust-denial and other controversial sites down in search results
Several days after Google put a search ranking change into place, the first page of results for “did the holocaust happen” now appears to be entirely free of denial sites.
Federal Court of Australia fines Valve three million Australian dollars over Steam store refund policies
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Jawbone says Fitbit is no longer seeking to block sales of its products
Of course, Jawbone isn't selling that many fitness trackers these days either. — Jawbone said Saturday that one part of its legal battle with Fitbit has been resolved. — In a statement to Recode …
Chinese connected device OS maker Thundersoft buys Rightware, a Helsinki-based automotive system UI developer, for $68M
Thundersoft, a company out of China that designs operating systems for drones and other connected devices, has made an acquisition to drive deeper into automotive technology …
CB Insights report: top 5 companies most likely to have an IPO in 2017 are Qualtrics, Blue Apron, Zuora, Okta, and Pluralsight, among 369 firms in pipeline
There will be more tech companies going public in 2017 than this year. — That's the takeaway from CB Insights' fifth annual Tech …
Samsung Gear VR Internet app gets WebVR support
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China's “Uber for trucks” Huochebang raises $115M at $1B valuation from Tencent, others
Tencent-backed Huochebang raised $115 million for expansion — IFC, All-Stars Investment co-led the new funding round — Truck Alliance Inc., an Uber-type service for trucks known …
Report: 79% of US consumers have shopped online, up from 22% in 2000, while 51% have shopped using a mobile phone, 15% buy something online weekly
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Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima says company plans to release 2-3 mobile games a year, starting in 2017
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After launching on PlayStation VR, Jaunt's app with 150+ VR experiences is now available on all major VR platforms
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Japanese TDK to buy US-based motion sensor chip maker InvenSense for $1.3B, a 20% premium to the pre-announcement closing price
Robert Fenner / Bloomberg :
Facebook removes precise location sharing in Nearby Friends, starts testing new “Wave” feature for sending waving emoji to nearby friends
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Talkspace therapists reveal major issues with the therapy-by-text service, which blurs employee/contractor distinction and has a problematic anonymity policy
Cat Ferguson / The Verge : Tweets: @biocuriosity Tweets: Cat Ferguson / @biocuriosity : the big take-aways are: anonymous therapy can be dangerous, and the gig economy is coming for medical professio...
How shopping online, shared Amazon accounts, web browser histories, and targeted advertising make it hard to keep holiday gifts secret from family and friends
Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj Tweets: @wsj : “Before you used to check mom's closet for all your presents, and now you check her online account.” http://www.wsj.com/...
Automile, maker of fleet management software and a vehicle tracking device, raises $7.5M Series A from SaaStr, Salesforce Ventures, Niklas Zennstrom, and others
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