NYPD scrapping 36K Nokia-made Windows phones given to staff in last two years as part of $160M program, will replace with iPhones by end of year
The NYPD has to scrap the 36,000 smartphones it gave cops over the past two years because they're already obsolete and can't be upgraded, The Post has learned.
Sources: Apple's talks with Hollywood studios hampered by pricing disagreements over 4K content, ready for new Apple TV, with Apple wanting to charge $20/movie
Tech giant wants to have major Hollywood films available in ultra-high definition on the new device
Google launches preview of ARCore, a platform for Android devs to make AR apps, following iOS' ARKit, to initially target Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy S8 phones
Last week in San Francisco, Google showed me an app called Oz. Oz is a kind of augmented reality picture book …
Amazon now lets Echo play music across multiple rooms, debuts API to let Alexa control music on third-party connected speakers
Amazon Echo devices can now handle music playback across multiple rooms. The company announced today Echo users can now synchronize music across devices in their home.
Six firms including Akamai, Cloudflare, Google team up to disrupt WireX botnet, which compromised tens of thousands of Android devices and launched DDoS attacks
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security :
Apple and consulting firm Accenture partner to help companies integrate better with iOS, build new tools for IoT and legacy app migration
Accenture to Create Dedicated iOS Practice Within Select Accenture Digital Studios; Apple to Co-Locate Experts with These Teams
Interview with Tim Cook on his US mini-tour, Apple's “moral responsibility” to grow economy, political gridlock, climate change, more
AUSTIN, Tex. — “The reality is that government, for a long period of time, has for whatever set of reasons become less functional and isn't working at the speed that it once was.
Stormfront.org, the oldest white supremacist forum that has been online for about 20 years, has been suspended by its registrar Network Solutions
Stormfront, an international supremacist web forum, appears to have been seized by its website host, Network Solutions, LLC. — The forum disappeared Friday.
Uber says it's removing app feature that allows tracking of riders for up to five minutes after a trip, starting this week for iPhone users
PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] is pulling a heavily criticized feature from its app that allowed it to track riders …
Nintendo says it will shut down its Miiverse social network, launched alongside the Wii U, on November 8
Nintendo has announced that Miiverse, its quirky social network launched alongside the Wii U, is shutting down this year. The Wii U's chat app and TVii television service are also set …
Google to offer Play Protect branding for phones and tablets that follow Android security requirements, calling them “Certified Android devices”
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Note8's display earns DisplayMate's highest-ever A+ grade, is 22% brighter than Galaxy S8's with peak brightness of 1,200 nits and an expanded color gamut
Introduction The key element for a great Smartphone has always been a truly innovative and top performing display …
YouTube redesigns its mobile app and adds new features, including new gestures for controlling playback, rolls out desktop redesign to all, and updates logo
Taking the “Tube” out of its tube — For the last 12 years, YouTube's logo has been a pair of anachronisms wrapped inside each other.
Profile of Uber board's pick for CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who has been Expedia's CEO for 12 years and was CFO at Barry Diller's IAC prior to running Expedia
but he hasn't left yet Cory Weinberg / The Information : How Khosrowshahi Oversaw a Comeback At Expedia Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney : Uber's new CEO will have to deal with Uber's old CEO Miriam Gottfrie...
Intel unveils Movidius Myriad X low-power vision processing unit (VPU) for AI acceleration in vision-based devices
Today, Intel subsidiary Movidius is announcing the Movidius Myriad X vision processing unit (VPU), a low-power system-on-chip (SoC) intended for deep learning and AI acceleration …
A look at Dara Khosrowshahi's extended family, including six relatives who found success as entrepreneurs and execs across SV after emigrating from Iran
SAN FRANCISCO — At first blush, the choice of Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to lead Uber may seem a little odd.
Tinder Gold, which shows users those who've already liked them and more, launches in the US for $4.99/month on iPhone today and on Android next month
Can you handle the truth? — Tinder is going to start letting users in the US see who likes them — no swiping necessary.
Facebook says Pages repeatedly sharing articles marked as false by 3rd-party fact-checkers won't be able to buy ads, but the bans won't necessarily be permanent
Kerry Flynn / Mashable :
Microsoft says Steam VR, Minecraft, and Halo are coming to Windows Mixed Reality, provides more details about upcoming hardware for the holiday season
Daniel Rubino / Windows Central :
Whole Foods' first day as an Amazon subsidiary: several items' prices drop, Echo put on sale
Amazon Makes Overdue Price Cuts at Whole Foods Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair : Amazon's Cheap Avocados Are Crushing the Grocery Industry Recode : Recode Daily: Harvey isn't done with Texas, Amazon makes i...
Giphy has 200M+ DAUs, adds view counts to GIPHY GIFs and cumulative GIF view counts to channels of Artists and Partners
Uber says it will give its 450K Uber drivers working in India free life and accident insurance, the largest market it has extended the service to
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times :
Western Digital buys assets of cloud storage firm Upthere after leading a $77M round in the company last year
Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch :
Sources: GE to cut costs and expand partnerships for its software business as its Predix platform faces delays, retrenches from building own data centers, more
NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co (GE.N) wants its industrial software business to cut costs and lift profits next year under … Tweets: @dashlaryea and @reutersbiz Tweets: Dashell Laryea / @das...
Philippines lifts one-month suspension on Uber operations after firm pays $3.72M fine and $5.87M to affected drivers
Fitbit announces $129 Flyer wireless headphones and $299 Ionic smartwatch with water resistance, GPS, Fitbit Pay, heart rate monitoring; both ship in October
Britta O'Boyle / Pocket-lint :
Alibaba and Yunfeng Capital lead $140M investment in Chinese enterprise cloud services provider Qiniuyun
Pan Yue / China Money Network :
Michael Sayman, hired by Facebook as an 18 year old, leaves the company after three years to work for Google as a product manager for Assistant
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg :
Prime has not helped in China as Amazon's market share still hovers around 1% while locals like Alibaba and JD.com offer better deals and shopping experience
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @tcarmody and @shiraovide Tweets: Tim Carmody / @tcarmody : Alibaba ain't Wal-Mart http://twitter.com/... Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : It was two people. Now it's five. h...
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