Tim Cook says Apple will start $1B fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in US and announce the first investment later this month
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that his company will start a $1 billion fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United States. — “We're announcing it today.
Google says it has disabled the accounts responsible for the widespread phishing email that mimicked Google Docs' design
If someone invites you to edit a file in Google Docs today, don't open it — it may be spam from a phishing scheme that's been spreading quickly this afternoon.
Source: Qualcomm plans to ask the International Trade Commission to halt iPhone imports from Asia into the US as part of ongoing patent dispute
Appeal to trade agency could pressure Apple in legal fight — ITC has authority to halt product shipments into U.S. market
Imagination Technologies starts formal dispute process with Apple, plans to sell core MIPS and Ensigma business units to focus on graphics chip division
British chip design firm to sell-off MIPS group to shore up beleaguered business. — Imagination Technologies has placed its patents row …
Facebook posts Q1 revenue of $8.03B, up 49% YoY, as DAUs reach 1.28B, up 18% YoY, and MAUs reach 1.94B, up 17% YoY
Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. — “We had a good start to 2017,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
Google rolling out new anti-phishing security check in Gmail for Android with pop-up warnings when users click on suspicious links
Google today has announced a new security feature for Gmail on Android that makes it easier for users to protect themselves against phishing attempts.
Rackspace CEO Taylor Rhodes says he has resigned to become CEO of an unnamed smaller private firm; Rackspace president Jeff Cotten will become interim CEO
This morning, I announced to my fellow Rackers the toughest decision I've ever had to make: I'm leaving the company that I love …
In its effort to create TV-like content, Snap has signed original show deals with NBCUniversal, Turner, others, and is in talks with CBS and Fox, sources say
Snap Inc.'s ambitious effort to create television-like content has old and new media companies alike clamoring to learn …
EU accepts Amazon's commitments to withdraw strong-arm clauses in e-book contracts with publishers to settle antitrust case
The European Commission has accepted Amazon's changes to how it sells its e-books. Following a 2015 investigation over the retailer's anti-competitive behaviour …
Judge says Waymo has yet to offer “smoking gun” that Uber knew of stolen docs after Waymo said Levandowski made deal with Uber, took 9.7GB data
valued at $250M— the day after he left Google. Biz Carson / @bizcarson : Uber spox now says stock grant was back-dated from acquisition. Uber lawyers haven't addressed it though in court http://read.b...
Facebook launches Express Wi-Fi commercially in India in four states with 700 hotspots for 15-30 cents/day; Bharti Airtel to launch an additional 20K hotspots
Facebook is having another go at how it can bring more people online, including in places that aren't a big fan of the company's earlier attempts.
WhatsApp service restored after two-hour outage
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross platform mobile … Vincent Lanaria / Tech Times : Whenever WhatsApp Goes Down, The Internet Goes Crazy: Here Are The Reactions This Time Around Josh Levenson / TechnoBuffa...
BlackBerry KeyOne review: no-frills productivity phone for email diehards, with a good keyboard, great battery life, but is heavy and has a small display
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Snap launches Snapchat Ad Manager, which lets marketers buy targeted Snapchat ads without using Snap's sales team or ad partners
Snap Inc. is launching a new tool that small- and mid-size advertisers can use to buy targeted ads on the vanishing-message app and pay with a credit card.
A look at the history, allegations, and tech in Waymo's lawsuit against Uber as the companies head to trial
“This is not your garden variety trade secrets case. This is a case that involves what potentially may be the most lucrative business in history, and Google is trying to keep its main competitor on t...
Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp Status, its Snapchat Stories clone, has 175M DAUs after 10 weeks
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : WhatsApp Status rockets to 175M daily users in 10 weeks despite living in a separate tab. Now bigger than Sn...
DeepMap, founded by Google veterans for building maps for autonomous vehicles, has raised a $25M round led by Andreessen Horowitz
DeepMind is creating maps for autonomous vehicles, with backing from top venture capitalists. — A mile away from where Google builds the maps used … Tweets: @hunterwalk Tweets: SecretHealthcareBill ...
Bonsai raises $7.6M Series B from Microsoft Ventures, Samsung, and others to help companies build AI for their own businesses
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat :
HBO will pull its shows from Amazon's streaming service in mid-2018, when its current agreement ends, as it focuses on growing HBO Now's subscriber base
Cynthia Littleton / Variety :
Fitbit beats Q1 expectations on revenue of $299M vs $281M est, sold 3M devices as average selling price declined 4% to $96.45 per device; stock up 9%+
Natalia Wojcik / CNBC :
Tableau reports Q1 revenue of $199.9M, up 16% YoY but below expectations as it shifts to subscription pricing during the quarter
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Square beats in Q1 with revenue of $462M, up 22% YoY, vs $451M est, and per share loss of 4 cents, half of what was estimated; stock up 5%+ after hours
Katie Roof / TechCrunch :
App Annie: 35% of Snapchat users can't be found on Facebook, 46% can't be found on Instagram on an average day in Q4, suggesting users are loyal to Snapchat
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg :
Agolo raises $3.5M seed funding from Microsoft Ventures and others to expand AI-based summarization software for news and other information
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Ubiquity of WeChat in China means Apple cannot differentiate iPhones with iOS as it does elsewhere, hurting sales and putting pressure on new hardware releases
but the details are vague Lance Ulanoff / Mashable : Cry us a river: Tim Cook blames iPhone rumors for iPhone sales problems Mary Beth Quirk / Consumerist : Apple CEO Tim Cook Blames iPhone 8 Rumors F...
Slack updates its search function to suggest users who are knowledgable on the subject, available to paid teams of over 50 people
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