More than 2K Google employees across eight campuses, including Sundar Pichai and Sergey Brin, stopped work to protest Trump's executive order on immigration
Google employees in offices around the world staged a walkout on Monday afternoon in protest of President Donald Trump's executive …
Amazon and Expedia file sworn statements in court, join Washington State's lawsuit against Trump's travel ban; Microsoft cooperating with the State AG office
It sounds a bit silly at first blush … Reuters : Microsoft working with Washington State on suit against Trump immigration order Bryan Chaffin / The Mac Observer : Trump Reportedly Drafts Executive Or...
Walmart drops membership fee for its free two-day shipping program on purchases of $35 or more, discontinuing its $49/year ShippingPass program
The only catch is a $35 order minimum. — If Walmart.com is ever going to put a dent in Amazon's dominance, this will have to be the starting point.
Nintendo reports $569M profit as Pokémon game sales get off to a good start, beats analyst estimates though revenue was down 22% YoY
Nintendo only takes a fraction of the revenue from Pokémon Go, the smash hit game of 2016, but its popularity has certainly boosted …
Lyft surges as high as #4 in Apple's App Store top free chart, surpassing Uber at #13, in wake of the #DeleteUber campaign
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Streaming media app Plex acquires news video startup Watchup, which will now be integrated into the Plex app, with an expected launch of Q2 2017
In recent months, streaming media app Plex has expanded its focus from offering tools to organize and stream your home media collection of photos …
Facebook to begin a limited trial of Delegated Recovery, a system for recovering third party accounts that aims to obviate email's role in that process
Getting locked out of your account sucks. Almost everyone has experienced the frustration of forgetting a password …
American Civil Liberties Union joins Y Combinator's winter batch of startups, giving access to mentoring and Demo Day
The American Civil Liberties Union will learn how to turn the $24 million it raised over the weekend into growth and progress with help from top Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator.
Dropbox takes Paper, its Google Docs competitor, out of beta for global launch and tests new features including a project organization tool with task management
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Uber strikes deal with Daimler to add self-driving Mercedes-Benz to Uber's fleet
Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has signed another deal with a major automaker as the popular ride service accelerates efforts to build out one of the world's first fleets of autonomous vehicles.
SoundHound raises $75M from NVIDIA, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and others, to expand its voice-enabled AI everywhere
SoundHound has been around for 10 years and, before today, had raised around $40 million in financing as it's worked to build a massive conversational AI platform.
Razer acquires Nextbit, maker of Robin smartphone; Nextbit will stop selling Robin phones but will continue providing support for six months
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How Paper fits into the enterprise strategy at Dropbox, which is now on pace for $1B+ in annual revenue, according to CEO Drew Houston
To recapture its mojo, the decacorn is expanding from your file cabinet to your office. — Dropbox became a darling company of the cloud computing startup wave by keeping users' files in sync.
CB Insights Report: 3,358 tech exits in 2016 from 3,260 M&A exits and 98 IPOs, down 4% over 2015; 25 unicorn “births”, down by 68%
As we kick off 2017 with a surprise acquisition of what was planned to be the first big IPO of the year — Cisco snapping up AppDynamics for $3.7 billion …
Microsoft completes $17B bond sale, will use proceeds for repayment of debt used to help fund its acquisition of LinkedIn
Tech giant will use proceeds to refinance short-term debt — Credit graders maintain AAA rating on Microsoft debt — Microsoft Corp. found ample demand …
Some Snapchat users obsessively snap back and forth with friends to keep the streak of snaps alive, often for hundreds of days
The photo sharing app is dangerously addicting, and that's by design. — by — Abby Rogers, a 15 year-old from California's Bay Area, recently took extreme measures to help a buddy in Michigan.
WhatsApp testing features to recall or edit sent messages that haven't been read and share moving location in chats to help friends find one another easily
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Analytics firms and social media stars say Snapchat Stories view counts have plummeted between 15% and 40% since Instagram launched its Stories clone
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How Airbnb head of policy Chris Lahane, a former Bill Clinton aide, is helping the company navigate regulatory challenges by striking deals with city officials
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Recent presentation for Capital One investors shows 81% of the firm's $690M in loans for taxi medallions are at risk of default as a result of ride-sharing apps
Ride-sharing apps are distressing traditional cab companies (and their debt). — by — Shahien Nasiripour
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