Twitter unveils user safety roadmap through Jan. 2018: expand definitions of non-consensual nudity, update policy around hate, add info for suspended accounts
As we said last week, we're updating our approach to make Twitter a safer place. This won't be a quick or easy fix, but we're committed to getting it right.
Review of Harman Kardon Invoke, a $199 smart speaker with Microsoft's Cortana assistant: great sound, sharp design, but it's twice as costly as Amazon's Echo
A smart speaker for Microsoft's world — For a company that makes a voice-controlled assistant, it has become table stakes …
Facebook Messenger now lets users send money to friends via PayPal, adds PayPal's first bot for customer service
PayPal users in the U.S. will now be able to send and receive person-to-person payments over Facebook Messenger, the company announced this morning.
Journalist Quinn Norton says author and tech evangelist Robert Scoble sexually assaulted her at an O'Reilly unconference in the early 2010s
Foo Camp, the original unconference thrown by O'Reilly every year, is one of my favorite events in the technology world.
Cisco to acquire machine learning startup Perspica and integrate its real-time data processing tool into AppDynamics
Real-time data processing tool will be integrated with AppDynamics — Cisco today announced plans to acquire San Jose-based startup Perspica, a company that specializes …
Sources say launch of Verizon's new live online TV service, which is separate from Go90, is delayed until Spring 2018 at the earliest
Programming deals still in negotiation, strategy seen adrift — Online streaming TV is ‘absolutely critical,’ CEO said
Docs show Uber, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, others are forming “The Coalition for the American Dream” group to lobby for DACA; Uber confirms participation
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly two dozen major U.S. companies in technology and other industries are planning …
Coda, a collaborative editor with word processor and spreadsheet tools, launches in private beta, reveals $60M in funding over two rounds, Reid Hoffman on board
From rows and columns to custom apps — When Shishir Mehrotra worked at YouTube, he was struck by the relatively pedestrian tools that kept the site running.
Founders of company that owns Tezos code seek to oust head of the Swiss foundation set up to manage its $232M ICO, putting project at risk
Anna Irrera, Steve Stecklow, Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi — ZUG, Switzerland/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just three months ago, a tech project called Tezos …
Only 22 big tech companies out of 211 surveyed revealed their government-mandated EEO-1 diversity data
When the popular messaging platform Slack won a fastest-rising startup award last year, the company sent four black female engineers to accept it. — Onstage at the TechCrunch awards show …
Intel and Amazon partner to release a new development kit enabling Alexa voice-control capabilities in third-party smart home devices
Intel Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday they're teaming up to deliver a new development kit that allows developers to embed Amazon's Alexa voice-control capabilities …
China-based Horizon Robotics, which makes chips that are optimized to run neural networks, is raising $100M Series A+ led by Intel Capital
Horizon Robotics, a startup that makes computer chips, is set to complete a $100 million funding round led by Intel Capital as it targets building …
Google Play rolls out “Try It Now” button for Android Instant Apps, updates Editor's Choice section and Play Console
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PayPal beats Q3 estimates with $3.24B revenue, up 21% YoY, vs. $3.18B expected, net income of $380M, up 18% YoY, and total payments volume of $114B, up 30% YoY
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Pew survey of 1,116 technologists and other experts: most say political and social divide feeds misinfo online; 51% say things won't improve over next decade
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab :
Southeast Asian gaming and e-commerce firm Sea Limited, formerly Garena, prices its shares above range at $15, set to raise $884M in NYSE IPO
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Atlassian beats with Q1 revenue of $193.8M, up 42% YoY, subscription revenue up 69% YoY to $84.4M; stock up 12% after hours
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Online personal shopping startup Stitch Fix files for IPO, says it lost just under $1M on $977M in revenue for the year ending July 29, will trade on Nasdaq
Dan Primack / Axios :
How Amazon uses an in-house team of specialists to gain incentives from local and state governments for building projects, including its second headquarters
Wall Street Journal :
CoinList, provider of ICO management and compliance services, spins out of AngelList into a separate company led by former Sidewire CEO Andy Bromberg
CoinList, a provider of financial services for staging and managing initial coin offerings (ICOs), is spinning out of AngelList …
MongoDB closes up 34% on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, at a market cap of around $1.6B, after raising $192M in its IPO
Katie Roof / TechCrunch :
Verizon's Q3 earnings match estimates, with revenue of $31.72B and net addition of 603K postpaid customers
Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC :
Intel Capital announces investments totalling $60M in 15 big data startups, says it has invested a total of $566M in startups in 2017 overall
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Tony Fadell, co-founder and ex-CEO of Nest, launches Future Shape, an investment and advisory firm for startups in agriculture, robotics, transportation, more
From Paris Don Reisinger / Fortune : Here's What iPod and Nest Creator Tony Fadell Says About Apple and Google Yoni Heisler / BGR : Tony Fadell is back with a new VC firm - and he already has beef wit...
Denver-based email delivery platform SendGrid files for IPO, says it lost $3.9M on $79.9M in revenue last year
Tamara Chuang / Denver Post :
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.