Source: Tim Cook was spotted at the Apple campus test-driving a prototype glucose-tracker connected to his Apple Watch
- Tim Cook has been test-driving a glucose monitor to understand how his blood sugar responds to factors like food and exercise — CNBC reported last month that Apple …
Telegram 4.0 update brings support for chatbot payments, video messages, and Telescope, a video hosting platform
Messaging app Telegram has dropped a major update today that sees its service gain support for chatbot payments. It has also added short video messages and new design options for its Instant View rea...
Sources: Apple told WeChat and other Chinese social apps to disable “tip” functions, says tips are in-app purchases, entitling Apple to a 30% cut
Apple's challenges have multiplied in the all-important China market over the past year or so and its effort to wring more revenue …
Google unveils voice chat system and shared room feature for YouTube VR in Daydream update coming later in 2017
Google is adding a shared rooms feature to YouTube VR as part of an update to the app as well as an update to the Daydream platform in general.
Vevo updates tvOS app with curated playlists, artist stations, and “peek-inside-playlist” feature allowing playlist viewing during video playback
Following up on the experience it brought to iOS, Vevo is bringing its reimagined 10-foot interface to tvOS.
Google announces Payment API for faster checkouts in apps, targeted Android Pay loyalty offers, and sending/receiving money via Assistant in coming months
As part of its Google I/O announcements this week, Google announced its latest new payments features today, including new targeted offers coming …
Google to update Daydream VR platform later this year with 2D function panel overlay, Chrome, screen capture, Google Cast support, and more
Google's Daydream VR platform is getting its first major software revamp later this year, nudging the interface toward being a more full-featured operating system.
Restaurant search and food delivery service Zomato hacked, says 17M email addresses and hashed passwords were stolen
Restaurant search service Zomato is the latest in a long line of companies to be hacked. The company has revealed that millions of its customer accounts were accessed …
Lobbying records in New York state show Apple, Verizon, and tech trade orgs oppose the Fair Repair Act that would prohibit software locks that restrict repairs
Behind the scenes, Apple is trying to kill legislation that would make it easier for normal people to fix iPhones.
Spotify acquires French machine-learning music recommendation startup Niland
- Spotify bought a French AI start-up called Niland that has a unique approach to music recommendations. — It's in a race with Apple and Pandora to use AI and other methods to give music customers th...
Medium launches audio versions of stories, narrated by actors or post writers, for subscribers, with 50+ available now, and more coming
Medium is hoping to sweeten the pot in order to get you to become a paying member. The publishing platform provider said that members will now be provided …
Salesforce beats expectations with Q1 revenue of $2.39B up 25% YoY, says unbilled deferred revenue is up 26% YoY to $9.6B
Update Julie Bort / INSIDER : Salesforce tops earnings, raises revenue and profit outlook (CRM) Reinhardt Krause / Investor's Business Daily : Salesforce.com Beats Profit, Revenue Views, Tweaks Full-Y...
Uber officially launches Uber Freight, an on-demand service that pairs truck drivers with firms that need cargo shipped across US; driver signups now open
which is anti-union and wants to automate trucking—launched a platform for truckers Marisa Kendall / SiliconBeat : Uber takes on trucking with launch of Uber Freight Andrew Krok / Roadshow : Uber Frei...
Data shows equity crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act has failed to take off, with only $38M being invested across 142 startups since May 2016
Equity crowdfunding generated $38 million for 142 startups — High costs and low fundraising cap to blame, analysts say
Alibaba reports Q4 revenue up 60% at $5.6B beating estimates, and net income of $1.55B; online sales of retail goods in China rose 26% in four months this year
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Facebook signs non-exclusive deal with MLB to offer live broadcasts of 20 Friday night games this season, with the first stream coming this week
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Google says there are 2B pages and 900K domains using AMP; pages now load twice as fast
Improving speed and user experience … Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat : AMP pages from Google Search now load twice as fast Tweets: Chris Ciaccia / @chris_ciaccia : AMP much better than FB Instant arti...
How Amazon is eliminating internal inefficiencies and avoiding technological stagnation by exposing its internal operations to external competition
Zack Kanter / TechCrunch : Tweets: @frontofstore , @markmuro1 , @damianburns , and @r0h1n Tweets: Philip Downer / @frontofstore : “Amazon's uncatchable... not sure we'll see a mass-market retailer co...
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