Q&A with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney about why the Android version of Fortnite will be available exclusively on fortnite.com, bypassing the Google Play Store
Tim Sweeney is quiet as CEOs go. But the head of Epic Games isn't shy when it comes to expressing his opinions about the state of games …
Google Maps is rolling out a feature that shows the battery level of a device used when it is sharing location
Google has gone through several version of location sharing over the years, all the way back to Google Latitude. That feature was inside Maps, but then location sharing moved to Google+.
Facebook says it is testing its dating product internally; sign-up screenshots show the feature calls for a separate profile as described at F8 in May
Let the poking begin — Two months after announcing the product at its F8 developer conference, Facebook is testing its dating app internally with employees.
Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of NYSE, partners with Starbucks, Microsoft, and others to form a new Bitcoin trading platform called Bakkt
- Launch of physical futures contract planned for November — Venture wants to offer merchant and consumer applications
To install Fortnite on Android directly from fortnite.com, users will have to allow app installation from Unknown Sources, making devices vulnerable to malware
not his https://www.cnet.com/... pic.twitter.com/IeZS14ieK4 Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Wow, Fortnite for Android will totally ditch the Google Play Store. Epic Games is giving Google the middle finger...
Sources: Google is in talks with Tencent, Inspur, and other local companies to offer Google cloud services in mainland China
- Local partnerships would give Google political cover to return — Talks began early this year but U.S.-China trade tensions loom
Sources: GameFly, which sold its streaming tech and development team to EA, will shut down its game streaming service on August 31
Gamefly plans to shut down its video game streaming service at the end of August, according to the company's support line and messages being sent to the service's users, Variety has learned.
Arlo, Netgear's connected home security camera spinoff, closes up 38% on its first day of trading after raising $163M in its IPO at about $1.16B valuation
Morning Report: Another day, another IPO. Today Arlo started its first day of trading over 16 percent.
Paris-based music streaming company Deezer has raised $185M at a $1B+ valuation, bringing the total raised to $531M
Deezer has long lagged behind Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon's Music Unlimited offering, but maybe there's room for more. — The Paris-based company announced today …
Apple becomes the world's only company with a $1T market cap
combined! CNBC : After Apple rallies to $1 trillion, even the uber bullish crowd on Wall Street believes it may need to cool off Edward C. Baig / USA Today : How Tim Cook and the iPhone made Apple Ame...
How the renaming of neighborhoods by Google Maps, even if they result from mistakes, can spread in the real world, such as in real estate listings and in apps
SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, the district south of downtown and alongside San Francisco Bay here was known as either Rincon Hill, South Beach or South of Market.
Activists accuse Facebook of suppressing free speech after it removed an event listing it said was part of a disinformation effort with possible ties to Russia
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A look at DingTalk, Alibaba's chat app for companies, used by over 100M users in 7M companies in China that many say fuels an unhealthy work culture
Their installation in the hallowed flat where Ma got his start in the eastern city of Hangzhou reflects DingTalk's place in the pecking order …
Yellowbrick Data has raised $44M Series A from DFJ, GV, and others for all-flash appliance it says can replace up to 7 disk-based data warehouse racks
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Google adds feature to admin console of G Suite allowing customers to opt-in to cyberattack alerts on their accounts
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FCC approves new One Touch Make Ready rule that lets companies prepare utility poles themselves for new fiber services
Why Tech Won't Be Spared When the Next Recession Hits Rhett Jones / Gizmodo : FCC Almost Does Something Right, and It May Give Google Fiber a Boost MacDailyNews : U.S. FCC loosens utility pole rules t...
Source: Didi and Ant Financial, both of which already own stakes in Ofo, are in talks for a joint buyout offer of up to $2B for the Chinese bike-sharing startup
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing and Alibaba's (BABA.N) Ant Financial are in talks …
French startup Blade to expand Shadow, its $34.95/month cloud game streaming service available in California, to 18 states including New York on August 9
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Sources: Awesomeness' value plunge was caused by the loss of $150M-$180M in Go90 revenue and an ownership structure that made unilateral decisions difficult
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HYAS, an infosec startup that identifies cybercriminals and helps law enforcement track their location, raises $6.2M Series A led by Microsoft's M12
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InVia Robotics raises $20M Series B for its robotics-as-a-service platform for warehouse automation
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Video streaming stationary bike maker Peloton raises $550M led by TCV, sources say at a $4.15B valuation, ahead of expected IPO in 2019
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Like the first wave of VCs, Bessemer and Venrock, the ultrawealthy are again moving into VC and enticing startups with their networks outside of Silicon Valley
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @garrytan Tweets: Garry Buidl Tan / @garrytan : In 1986, Microsoft went public at $21 a share, raising about $60M. Today, a Microsoft share is up 147,000%, including sto...
HERE simplifies its maps API access plans, with free plan now offering 250K instead of 15K transactions/month and access to most APIs and premium mobile SDKs
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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