Verizon to start throttling video on smartphones on all unlimited data plans to 720p, with the cheapest “Go Unlimited” plan limiting video to 480p
Cheapest plan limits video to 480p, and there's no way to watch 1080p on a phone anymore — Well, now we know why Verizon Wireless was …
Samsung's Bixby launches in more than 200 countries including the UK, Canada, Australia, and South Africa, is currently available in US English and Korean
But it only recognizes English and Korean — Samsung's voice assistant Bixby is now accessible in more than 200 countries worldwide …
Source: Google plans to launch a new Pixel-branded Chromebook and a mini version of the Google Home alongside new phones this fall
According to a source familiar with the company's plans, Google will launch not just two new Google Pixel phones at a hardware event this fall …
Google's Android O is named Oreo, rolls out soon to Nexus/Pixel devices; update includes background activity limits, picture-in-picture, notification channels
Timed with the total solar eclipse today, Google revealed Android O stands for Android 8.0 Oreo.
The Windows Store has dozens of pirate streaming apps, some of which have pre-roll ads using Microsoft's Ad Monetization platform
In recent years streaming piracy has become a popular pastime for millions of people. A lot of this takes place through ‘rogue’ websites or dedicated pirate devices …
UK's Crown Prosecution Service says it will pursue online hate crime as diligently as offline offenses, expects rise in prosecutions for social media attacks
Changes 'will remind the trolling brigade that there are real consequences for hitting the button' and will ‘undoubtedly lead to an increase in prosecutions’
Facebook launches a dedicated tab for Safety Check, where it lists crises from around world, rolling out over the coming weeks
Facebook has made a permanent page for Safety Check, its feature for letting others know that you're safe during an emergency. — The results are pretty eerie.
IBM announces collaboration with Walmart, Unilever, Nestlé, and other food giants, to apply blockchain tech to food supply chains and improve food safety
Walmart and a group of food giants are teaming up with IBM to explore how to apply blockchain technology …
Big data analytics platform Databricks raises $140M Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz
Databricks, a big data analytics platform built by a team that grew out of the Apache Spark project, today announced that it has raised a $140 million Series D round led by Andreessen Horowitz …
Prisma Labs, whose app turns photos into “artworks” using AI, shifts focus to selling its tools to other firms, says app has 5M-10M MAUs and won't be retired
The startup behind the Prisma style transfer app is shifting focus onto the b2b space, building tools for developers …
Hackers hijack cell phone numbers to drain cryptocurrency wallets, pointing to security weaknesses at both carriers and wallet services
Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal.
Cloud data management and protection firm Druva raises $80M led by Riverwood Capital, bringing its total raised close to $200M
An ongoing trend among businesses to put more of their data into the cloud — bringing ever more smartphones, tablets, laptops and other devices on to their networks …
Skytap raises $45M Series E led by Goldman Sachs to move legacy apps to the cloud
Tom Krazit / GeekWire :
WhatsApp adds colorful text status updates, just like Facebook
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat :
After wave of neo-Nazi bans, tech firms' censorship policies were shown again to be arbitrary, not derived from moral awakening or newfound sense of civic duty
John Herrman / New York Times :
Database provider Redis Labs raises $44M Series D led by new investor Goldman Sachs to challenge Oracle, has now raised $86M in total
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal :
Y Combinator Summer 2017 Demo Day 1: 50 startups, with AI emerging as a top startup trend
TechCrunch :
IoT security firm ZingBox raises $22M Series B led by Dell Technologies Capital and Tri Ventures
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