Microsoft unveils Steam-like refund system for Xbox One and Windows 10 games and apps with a 14-day return window
Refunds are already live for many users, come with 14-day window, Steam-like caveats. — Xbox One is officially the first video game console to support digital purchase refunds by default.
Sources: Apple has hired a small team of biomedical engineers to develop non-invasive sensors to monitor blood sugar levels; efforts have been going on 5+ years
- Apple has a secret group of biomedical engineers developing sensors to monitor blood sugar levels, sources tell CNBC
Instagram says Stories has 200M daily active users, passing 161M DAUs Snapchat reported in S1; update today brings selfie stickers, pinning stickers to videos
Instagram is seeing continued growth in the number of people using its Snapchat Stories-like feature.
Sources: secret Uber program “Hell” created fake Lyft rider accounts to track Lyft driver locations, and identified individual drivers using Lyft vulnerability
As the ride-sharing market was exploding in the U.S. between 2014 and the early part 2016, Uber had an advantage …
Spotify Apple Watch companion app in the works as Spotify collaborates with third-party developer Snowy
Over the past few months, users on Reddit have been voicing excitement for a new app being developed and beta tested that would finally bring Spotify onto the Apple Watch.
Google launches food delivery and home services app called Areo in India, currently operational in Bengaluru and Mumbai
Areo aggregates food dishes and home services across various local service providers, allowing users to order food or schedule appointments with a local beautician …
Yelp Eat24 partners with robotics startup Marble for new autonomous robot food delivery in two San Francisco neighborhoods
Rules governing the use of food delivery robots remain to be seen across the US. But major food businesses are investigating the possibilities already.
Mark Shuttleworth to take over as Canonical CEO in July as current CEO Jane Silber announces her departure and move to board of directors
Ubuntu is in a very weird and uncertain place right now. If you have been following the Linux distribution lately, you would know that Canonical dropped …
New Burger King ad for prime time TV aims to trigger Google Home by asking “OK Google, what is the Whopper burger?”; Google intervenes to stop Home responding
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Google launches a hub for WebVR content and adds support for its Cardboard headset
Today, Google made some WebVR updates to Chrome, adding support for Cardboard while also building a home for all of its online VR web content. — WebVR Experiments is a bit of a storefront for online...
Microsoft to unveil Project Scorpio Xbox console at E3 on Sunday, June 11
Microsoft just sent out invites to members of the media for its big reveal of Xbox Project Scorpio, the upgraded console that will be the “first true 4K console for gamers” according to the company.
BlackBerry awarded a preliminary $815M in arbitration dispute with Qualcomm over royalty payments, with final award to be determined on May 30; stock up 15%+
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Yext prices IPO at $11 per share, above the initial offering range, raising $115.5M+ and valuing the company at about $940M ahead of a NYSE debut on Thursday
Dan Primack / Axios :
Yext starts trading at $14 per share, up 27% from IPO price
Yext, a 10-year-old enterprise tech business that manages “digital knowledge” — mmmkay! — started trading this morning on the New York Stock Exchange at $14 per share, up by more than 27 percent from ...
Filing: General Motors is planning to add 1,163 staff to its Cruise self-driving car unit in San Francisco by 2021 tax year
General Motors is adding 1,163 employees to its self-driving car unit in San Francisco, according to a state filing flagged by Bloomberg's Dana Hull .
Payment processing company Adyen, whose clients include Spotify and Uber, says 2016 revenue grew 99% YoY to $727M and the company has no IPO plans
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