Developers earned $20B from App Store in 2016, up 40% from 2015; January 1, 2017 saw biggest ever single day sales of $240M
Cupertino, California — Apple today announced that the App Store welcomed 2017 with its busiest single day ever on New Year's Day, capping a record-breaking holiday season …
Nvidia announces GeForce Now, a cloud-based game streaming service coming to Macs and PCs in March priced from $25 for 20 hours of play
Nvidia's GeForce Now video game streaming service, previously exclusive to its own Android-based Shield devices, is coming to PC and Mac.
Medium says it's laying off 50 employees, about a third of its staff, and closing its NY and DC offices, as it refocuses on a “less proven” means to pay writers
We've decided to make some major changes at Medium. — I'll start with the hard part: As of today …
Google Assistant coming to TVs running Android 6.0+ in “coming months”, and to Android Wear 2.0 and Android-powered in-car infotainment systems “over time”
When we announced the Google Assistant, we said that we wanted to help you get things done across a number of different places, contexts and situations.
Nvidia debuts $200 4K Shield TV with built in Google Assistant, and Nvidia Spot, a mic device to offer always-on listening, coming later this year for $50
Nvidia has a new Shield streaming device that has 4K streaming capability, with built-in streaming support for 4K content via Netflix and other services.
Apple removed news apps made by The New York Times from its App Store in China, complying with what it vaguely described as a request from Chinese authorities
Apple, complying with what it said was a request from Chinese authorities, removed news apps created by The New York Times from its app store in China late last month.
Nvidia partners with Audi to bring a self-driving AI car to market by 2020
Nvidia announced several new partners for its efforts to bring autonomous cars to public roads in a production capacity today, but the biggest by far was Audi. Nvidia is working with the carmaker to ...
Vine app to shutter January 17, will be replaced with Vine Camera app; users can download their Vines before shutdown date
Back in October, Twitter announced that it was shutting down the popular 6-second video sharing service Vine. After outcry from users, however …
Amazon says it will open a 4,000-square-foot store in Manhattan's Time Warner Center in New York in spring
Online retailing giant Amazon.com Inc. plans to open its first New York City bookstore in Manhattan's Time Warner Center, the company said late Wednesday.
Samsung re-enters gaming with 15.6" and 17.3" Notebook Odysseys, with up to 32GB RAM and good portability, shipping this Feb. from $1,200
Samsung makes perfectly nice PCs and all, but it's been years since we've seen it try to court the gamer market with a rig of their own.
Snapchat accused of misleading investors to drive up its IPO in ex-employee lawsuit; company says the claims have no merit
An ex-Snapchat employee says he was fired just weeks after the company poached him from Facebook and is being blackballed. Snap says his claims have no merit.
Samsung debuts two stylus-enabled 12.3" Chromebooks that run Android apps: ARM-based Plus, shipping in Feb. for $449, and Intel-based Pro, coming in spring
Google blog) John Velasco / Android Authority : Samsung Chromebook Plus & Pro hands on Gabriel Nunes / Neowin : Best Buy hints at possible Samsung Chromebook Plus Tweets: Patrick Moorhead / @patrickmo...
At least five publishing partners say they had no advance notice Medium would stop selling its native ad unit “Promoted Stories”
On Wednesday, Medium co-founder Evan Williams announced in a blog post that the publishing platform would abandon its strategy to sell native advertising …
ASUS unveils 5.5-inch ZenFone 3 Zoom with dual-cameras, 5,000 mAh battery, on sale in February with pricing TBD
The phone has less optical zoom than its predecessor, but a a new, impressive 5,000 mAh battery — Asus has unveiled the ZenFone 3 Zoom — a successor to the ZenFone Zoom …
ASUS unveils ZenBook 3 Deluxe with 14-inch 1080p display, three USB-C ports, i7 Kaby Lake CPU, up to 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD, available in May starting at $1,699
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Huawei to start selling its 5.9-inch Mate 9 in the US on January 6 for $600 unlocked
Following Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 debacle, Huawei looks to please “phablet” smartphone fans with the Mate 9 in the US. — Huawei will launch its monstrous, 5.9-inch Huawei Mate 9 in the US starting J...
With Alexa, Amazon is building the operating system of the home, a strategy that's more evident with each new Alexa-integrated device announcement
The concept of an operating system is pretty straightforward: it is a piece of software that manages a computer, making said computer's …
Slack makes investments in 11 new bot makers as part of Slack Fund, including startups that integrate Salesforce, improve search, more
Slack announced today that it has invested in nearly a dozen new bot startups to bolster its Slack App Directory. — The team collaboration chat app …
ASUS debuts the 5.7-inch ZenFone AR, with Tango and Daydream VR support, Android 7.0, 23MP camera, Snapdragon 821 CPU, 6GB RAM, coming Q2 with pricing TBD
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Amazon says Alexa now has 7K+ skills, up from 3K in September and 5.4K in December 2016
Nat Levy / GeekWire :
New PCs at CES prove the industry remains exciting: 2-in-1s like Dell's updated XPS 13, desktops like ASUS' VivoPC X, and new laptops like LG's Gram 14
All the potential and possibilities of the modern Windows machine — It's a fascinating time to purchase a PC. Tweets: @nickstatt Tweets: Nick Statt / @nickstatt : CES is full of weird, fascinating, ...
Sources: details from Mark Zuckerberg's candid weekly Q&A sessions almost never leak because staffers fear reprisal, such as firings and peer pressure
The CEO opens up to 16,000 employees once a week. Why don't you hear more about it? — On a Friday afternoon in July 2015 …
HTC announces TPCast, an add-on that makes Vive wireless, available Q2 for $249, and unveils Vive Tracker, a device that lets devs track objects in VR, more
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget :
Taboola buys e-commerce personalization firm Commerce Sciences, and will offer its services for publishers as Commerce Sciences shuts down its existing business
I'm very excited to share our acquisition … Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal : Taboola Acquires Website Personalization Specialist Commerce Sciences Anat Bein-Leibovitz / Globes Online : Taboola ac...
UK's NHS partners with Babylon Health to trial AI-powered chatbot as alternative to non-emergency telephone helpline in London
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
Department of Labor sues Google for withholding data during anti-discrimination audit, asks judge to compel Google to comply or cancel its government contracts
Jessica Guynn / USA Today :
Comcast acquires video metadata tech firm Watchwith to boost search and discovery capabilities for its X1 platform
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News :
China's Didi leads $100M investment in Brazil's ride-hail service 99; Didi executive to join 99's board of directors
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode :
Hulu's live TV service, expected in Q1 2017, will cost under $40 per month and will include CBS, Hulu's VOD offering, and cloud DVR
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety :
LG's claim that its Gram laptop will last 24 hours on one charge comes from decade-old benchmark assuming minimal use without Wi-Fi, low brightness on screen
Sean Hollister / CNET :
Lyft more than doubles Q4 ridership year-over-year to 52.6M, with 18.7M in December alone compared to Uber's 78M
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj Tweets: @wsj : Lyft more than doubled its quarterly ridership from a year before http://www.wsj.com/...
Samsung says company has sold 5M Gear VR headsets and users have viewed over 10M hours of video in VR
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Minecraft has now sold over 25M copies on PC and Mac, six months after crossing the 100M sales mark across all platforms
Usama Jawad / Neowin : Thanks: @usamajawad96
BMW, Intel, and Mobileye partner to test 40 autonomous vehicles in urban areas starting in second half of 2017, with aim of fully autonomous cars by 2021
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Apple confirms $1B investment in SoftBank's $100B technology-focused Vision Fund; SoftBank is investing $25B, and Saudi Arabia's government is investing $45B
Thursday, January 5 Christian de Looper / Digital Trends : Apple is investing a whopping $1 billion in the SoftBank Vision Fund for emerging tech Data Center Knowledge : Watts to Bits: Your Daily Data...
SEC docs show that Zuckerberg could run Facebook while serving in government indefinitely, with stricter limitations if he owned under 30% of the capital shares
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Samsung announces $150M NEXT Fund targeting pre-seed to Series B for startups specializing in VR, AI, IoT, more
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Sources: Dropbox's annual sales are $750M+, up from around $400M in 2014, though its previous $10B valuation still appears heady as IPO looms
Peter Burrows / MIT Technology Review :
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