Fantastical launches an intelligent new contacts app for the Mac called Cardhop, available today for $14.99 for a limited time, later at $19.99
Flexibits, the team behind the excellent calendar app Fantastical, is out with a brand new Mac app that turns your messy contacts database into something completely usable and interactive.
Internal email details Twitter's plans to update rules on abuse, including expanding reporting options, hiding hate symbols behind warnings, more
WHEN TWITTER COULD take credit for revolutionary political movements like the Arab Spring, it was easy for the company's executives to joke about their liberal stance on free speech.
Adobe turns Lightroom CC into a new cloud photography service, providing 1TB of storage with support for RAW images, and introduces new pricing plans
Adobe's annual Adobe MAX conference kicks off today, and the company is introducing a whole slew of updates to its Creative Cloud platform.
JPMorgan Chase to acquire online payment startup WePay; source says deal is for more than WePay's 2015 valuation of ~$220M
WePay, which serves e-commerce and crowdfunding customers, was valued at roughly $220 million in a 2015 fundraising — J.P. Morgan Chase JPM -.22% & Co …
“Nude” app uses machine learning locally on device to find nude pics of users before moving them to PIN-protected vault, available for iOS, Android app to come
Making the camera roll safe for sharing — Nudes are an inconvenient truth of the mobile era.
WhatsApp to roll out real-time location sharing to Android and iOS users in coming weeks
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service, is giving its over 1 billion users another reason to keep coming back to the app multiple times a day: live location sharing.
Amazon Studios chief Roy Price resigns, company spokesman says, after suspension following sexual harassment claim
Amazon Studios chief Roy Price has resigned, five days after he was suspended by the company after a producer accused him of sexual harassment, an Amazon spokesperson told CNN.
Microsoft says it is in the “second half of the dev process” of testing mobile PCs made with Qualcomm ARM chips
Windows 10 on Snapdragon is coming soon, with the always-connected PCs in the final stages of development and testing while Microsoft and Qualcomm enter discussions with carriers on sales channels.
Sources: Facebook and Google helped Secure America Now, a conservative nonprofit advocacy group, target ads for an anti-refugee campaign in swing states
The big tech companies worked closely with Secure America Now to target an audience the group felt could be swayed by the message.
Apple partners with General Electric to develop industrial mobile apps for managing machinery, factories, and power plants
Businesses want same experiences as consumers, executive says — Apple makes GE's Predix its preferred industrial platform — General Electric Co. is teaming …
A look at Twitter's harassment problem in India, where local language abuse is common and offensive hashtags can appear in the top five trends for hours
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UAE-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala is launching a $400M fund in partnership with SoftBank, a $200M VC fund-of-funds, and is opening a San Francisco office
Mubadala, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund with $125 billion in assets under management, is opening its first U.S. office …
Politifact and Snopes, using Google AdSense, unwittingly hosted ads by fake news publishers; source says AdSense has terminated the ads
SAN FRANCISCO — The headlines are eye-catching. Melania Trump is leaving the White House! Home renovation cable star Joanna Gaines has abandoned her HGTV show and husband Chip Gaines!
Facebook Live adds screen-sharing feature via a Chrome extension, so users don't need to install 3rd-party streaming software
Facebook today added an option to share your screen directly on Facebook Live, thus eliminating the need for other software for many users.
Amazon opens up Alexa's list feature, letting users create a list for any purpose
Amazon today announced it's improving one of Alexa's most-used features: lists. The company is expanding both the Shopping list and To-Do list functionality to allow Alexa device owners to create …
An explainer on cryptocurrencies, decentralized applications and their potential uses, and the current crypto market mania
And anyone else still struggling to understand cryptocurrencies — My name is Adam Ludwin and I run a company called Chain. I have been working in and around the cryptocurrency market for several ye...
Michigan-based SaaS firm Duo Security raises $70M Series D at a valuation of $1.17B, led by Meritech Capital Partners and Lead Edge Capital
Duo Security today announced its Series D funding that puts the company in unicorn territory. The company raised $70 million led by Meritech Capital Partners …
Canadian point-of-sale firm Lightspeed POS raises $166M Series D led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, hopes to be IPO-ready by mid-2019
E-commerce and digitally-based financial transactions have consistently been one of the biggest and most lucrative areas of the tech world …
An in-depth look at how eBay, with 171M users and 1.1B listings, has remained stagnant in the shadow of competition, and is struggling for relevancy
Even with 171 million users, the online shopping giant is grasping for relevancy. — “Fill your cart with color,” read several giant … Tweets: @chavielieber Tweets: Chavie Lieber / @chavielieber : Fo...
Regina Dugan, head of Facebook's Building 8 hardware lab, announces she's leaving the firm within next “several months” after joining 18 months ago
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IBM reports Q3 revenue of $19.2B, boosted by z System mainframes, cognitive and cloud computing; as-a-service annual run rate hits $9.4B, up 25% YoY
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Amazon expands beyond just selling books in Brazil as it opens an electronics and appliances marketplace
Online retailer introduces electronics, appliances marketplace — E-commerce giant has sold books in Brazil for five years — Amazon.com Inc. is ready to commit to Brazil. Kind of, sort of. Tweets:...
Cruise Automation CEO announces GM will deploy fleet of Chevrolet Bolts early next year in 5-square-mile section of lower Manhattan
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Magic Leap closes $502M round of funding led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek; return backers include Alibaba, Google, Fidelity, JPMorgan venture arms
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios :
Major features in Windows 10's latest update: OneDrive Files on Demand, MyPeople app to keep in touch with friends via taskbar, mixed reality headset support
and maybe the revolution Todd Haselton / CNBC : Microsoft's big new Windows 10 update rolls out today, here's what's new Arif Bacchus / On MSFT : How to get the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (if you...
Google unveils first SoC, called Pixel Visual Core, for accelerating HDR+ processing, available on Pixel 2 phones; its API will be open to developers soon
Vlad Savov / The Verge :
Snap and NBCUniversal form a 50-50 joint venture studio to produce original content exclusively for Snapchat and sign indie filmmakers Mark and Jay Duplass
Todd Spangler / Variety :
SEC filings show Blockchain Capital has raised ~$85M for two funds, is seeking to raise $150M in total for both
average ICO returns are 1,320% Thanks: @mattrosoff
Sources: internal Microsoft database for tracking critical bugs in its software, which contained descriptions of unfixed flaws, was hacked in 2013
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ZTE unveils Axon M, a foldable smartphone with two 5.2" displays for multitasking, larger canvas, and mirroring modes, coming Nov., starting at ~$725 on AT&T
Julian Chokkattu / Digital Trends :
Facebook testing return of status messages, up to 101 characters, that can be set to expire
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed :
Intel says Facebook is giving technical input for AI chip, called the Nervana Neural Network Processor, expected to ship on a limited basis later this year
Ted Greenwald / Wall Street Journal :
Uber board member Arianna Huffington says the firm will likely reach a deal with SoftBank within a week
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal :
Canada says Alphabet will invest $50M+ to help develop a section of Toronto's waterfront as a testbed for smart city concepts and will move 300 employees
Tech companies, including Facebook, Amazon, Oracle, expanding operations to Mexico amid Trump's anti-immigration stance
Reuters : Tweets: @inteloperator , @fmarmole , and @byjulialove . Thanks: @sal19 Tweets: The Grey Man / @inteloperator : “Trump has done only one thing - make life easier for us” http://www.reuters.c...
Facebook executives, including its CSO and hardware chief, are increasingly using Twitter to spread Facebook's message and respond to journalists
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @stevekovach , @kantrowitz , and @fabiochiusi Tweets: Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : Facebook's new crisis PR tactic: executives arguing with journalists on Twitte...
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