As vendors prepare to ship Windows laptops with Qualcomm CPUs, Intel warns x86 emulation is a patent minefield
Intel doesn't name names, but Windows 10 on ARM is surely the target of its ire. — In celebrating the x86 architecture's 39th birthday yesterday—the 8086 processor first came …
App Store now requires developers to use official API to request app ratings, disallows custom prompts
The App Review guidelines were updated this week to accommodate App Store policy changes and new rules for usage of frameworks introduced in iOS 11, like MusicKit. — One change is the addition of se...
What to expect from Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, and Bethesda at E3 2017
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Apple launches Business Chat for iMessage in developer preview; Business Chat currently works with other customer service platforms like Salesforce and Nuance
Apple launched Business Chat for iMessage today in developer preview, company executives said onstage today at WWDC, the company's annual developer conference.
Updated App Store guidelines classify voluntary tipping via virtual currency as an in-app purchase, making tipping subject to Apple's 30% cut
Apple has activated a new revenue stream that could foster communities of digital content creators around the world like those already thriving in China.
At a Senate hearing, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats backtracked on promise to reveal how many Americans had their communications intercepted by NSA
For more than a year, U.S. intelligence officials reassured lawmakers they were working to calculate and reveal roughly …
Apple's Podcasts app to report to podcasters how many people are listening and where listeners stop or skip, and will enable downloads of full seasons
Today at the Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple made some major announcements about improvements to its offerings to the podcast world.
Isaac Choi, former CEO of defunct job search startup WrkRiot, indicted for allegedly defrauding employees
Following allegations of the now-defunct job search startup WrkRiot scamming employees out of wages and its CEO Isaac Choi of misleading former employees about his credentials …
Cortana will start suggesting better deals as you shop on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, other retailer sites using Edge browser
Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana will now be able to save you money when you're shopping online. The company announced today that it will begin a pilot test …
22 arrested in China for selling data like names, phone numbers of Apple customers; police say 20 worked for firms selling Apple devices or as Apple contractors
To Apple's mounting problems in China, add official scrutiny over privacy. — The Chinese police earlier this week …
Nasdaq closes down 1.8% as shares of Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet fall more than 3%
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Japan passes law legalizing Airbnb, limiting stay in private homes to 180 nights a year and requiring hosts to register with local governments
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Luxury consignment startup The RealReal raises $50M, bringing the total raised to $173M, as it builds on online success to expand offline
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Microsoft to shut down its Docs.com file-sharing site on December 15, advises affected users to use LinkedIn's SlideShare or OneDrive instead
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How Chinese smartphone makers are gaining global market share with competitive pricing and by offering devices with features targeted to local markets
Chinese manufacturers managed to snare more than 40% of the global smartphone market, double what they had five years ago …
Sources: Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, Jeff Bezos, Safra Catz, other tech execs, to visit White House June 19 for first meeting of The American Technology Council
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AR startup Meta sues its former head of optics and his new company DreamWorld, alleging breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets
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Postmates acquihires Secret CEO David Byttow's startup Bold; Bold will shut down its enterprise blogging tool, plus the anonymous publishing space IO
The founder of one of Silicon Valley's most famous flameouts, anonymous social app Secret, is the new product lead for Postmates' app. Tweets: @krogsgard and @joshconstine Tweets: Brian Krogsgard / @k...
Cloudera down more than 15% following disappointing first earnings report post-IPO
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Opendoor says Uber's outgoing finance chief Gautam Gupta is joining the real estate startup as COO
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EU antitrust authorities have opened an investigation into Qualcomm's proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors
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Packagd, founded by Eric Feng, raises $6M Series A round and launches its Unboxed app that offers curated, hosted shows of consumer tech being unboxed
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GoFundMe expands to France and Spain, plans to be in 18 countries by the end of summer, compared to 6 now, says 40M donors made $4B donations as of today
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