White House team led by Jared Kushner to work with tech titans like Cook, Gates, and Benioff to modernize tech and data infrastructure of all federal agencies
President Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy …
Sources: Amazon exploring retail store concepts for furniture, electronics, and more, including plans for grocery stores in India's vast market
SEATTLE — Last Sunday in Palm Springs, Calif., Jeffrey P. Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, climbed into the cockpit of a 13-foot robot …
Facebook Messenger now lets you share your live location to a group of friends or just one person for one hour at a time, on iOS and Android
Facebook Messenger wants to be an offline social gathering tool, not just an online chat app. Today it's adding a new Live Location feature …
Users unwittingly exposed sensitive docs on Microsoft's Docs.com due to default “share publicly” setting; Microsoft initially responded by turning off search
Microsoft has quietly removed a feature on its document sharing site Docs.com that allowed anyone to search through millions …
UK regulator Ofcom proposes rules that would force ISPs to automatically compensate customers for slow repairs or missed deadlines and appointments
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Korean regulator that fined Qualcomm $865M says firm blocked Samsung from selling modem-equipped Exynos chips, in unfair licensing of standard essential patents
Qualcomm blocked Samsung Electronics from selling its own Exynos series of mobile chip-set through a licensing deal, Korea's Fair Trade Commission says.
Spotify to acquire and shut down content recommendation startup MightyTV, founder Brian Adams to become VP of technology at Spotify
Spotify has acquired MightyTV, a New York-based startup that uses AI to provide video recommendations based on personal preferences and opinions of friends.
Microsoft adds automated call routing and analytics features to Skype for Business, as Amazon and Google push into the space with Chime and the new Hangouts
Microsoft is adding new features to its high-end Skype for Business service, just as Amazon and Google are trying to get into the enterprise cloud-conferencing game.
Profile of Kirsten Green, who never worked at a VC firm before founding Forerunner Ventures in 2012, and has backed Dollar Shave Club and Jet.com
SAN FRANCISCO — Kirsten Green had only dabbled in investing in start-ups before she began a venture capital fund in 2012. Tweets: @eurie_kim , @dealbook , @ktbenner , and @msquinn Tweets: Eurie Kim / ...
Uber resumes testing self-driving cars in San Francisco after halt following crash in Arizona; autonomous cars in Arizona, Pennsylvania remain halted for now
Driverless vehicles operated by Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] were back on the road in San Francisco on Monday …
PietSmietTV, a startup that streams gameplay videos 24 hours a day via Twitch and YouTube, ordered to apply for broadcast TV license by German regulators
You might want to think twice about running a non-stop livestream just because you can — at least in Germany, regulators will want to have a word with you.
Sources: Emaar Malls, the shopping-center unit of Dubai's largest publicly-traded property developer, has offered ~$800M for Souq.com, challenging Amazon's bid
Offer of about $800 million said to have come last week — Emaar Chairman Alabbar focusing on technology investments
As Netflix spends an expected $6B+ on 70+ original shows this year, TV rivals who once saw Netflix as a partner say the firm is driving up costs, hogging talent
The streaming-video service is hogging talent and pushing up prices, spurring pushback from rival TV producers who once saw it as a partner; 70 new titles this year
Behind the Amazon Marketplace, where top third-party sellers compete using rules-based algorithms and AI, adjusting prices sometimes thousands of times each day
Beneath the placid surface of product pages lies an unseen world of bots, algorithms, flash crashes and fierce competition. Tweets: @chadsquitieri , @wsjbusiness , and @mims Tweets: Chad Squitieri / @...
Sources: Hollywood studios may soon release new movies for video-on-demand fewer than 45 days after their big screen debut, priced between $30 and $50
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal :
Performers increasingly turn to virtual tip jars on platforms like YouNow, musical.ly's live.ly; the top 20 content creators on live.ly make ~$31K/month in tips
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj and @pascalbouvier Tweets: @wsj : The burgeoning live-stream economy is a potentially lucrative gig for newcomers to the music industry http://www.wsj...
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