PitchBook and the NVCA: global VC activity declined in Q3; VC investments in Asia hit $14.9B, the lowest figure since Q1 2017, impacted by China's deep decline
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Snap CFO Drew Vollero says the company made $8.3M in revenue from its “other” category, which is predominantly Spectacles, in Q1 2017
Biz Carson / Business Insider :
Pandora announces it's laying off 7% of its US workforce, excluding Ticketfly group, in Q1 2017 in a bid to reduce costs
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Hong Kong-based Hubblo says its portable 360-degree camera for personal VR broadcasting will ship in Q1 2017 for $1K
Hubblo is launching a new 360-degree camera to enable personal virtual reality broadcasting. — Hong Kong-based Hubblo is announcing the Hubblo VR camera …
eMarketer cuts growth forecasts for US smartwatch market in 2016 from 60% to 25% YoY, citing lack of clear use case
and now I want an Apple Watch Ashley King / Phandroid : Here's the list of wearables that will receive Android Wear 2.0 Brad Linder / Liliputing : Report: Smartwatches and other wearables fail to meet...
AMD announces Ryzen brand for Zen processors, will be available in Q1 2017 with neural net prediction and 8-core CPU running at 3.4GHz+
now renamed Ryzen—is its best chip family in a decade Chris Angelini / Tom's Hardware : Farewell Zen, Hello Ryzen: AMD's Eight-Core CPU Runs At 3.4GHz+ Marco Chiappetta / HotHardware : AMD To Attack P...
Cloudflare acquires app platform Eager, will sunset service in Q1 2017
Cloudflare is making moves to beef up its app store by acquiring Eager Platform. Cloudflare will integrate its newest purchase to help its customers make their web properties not only more secure, bu...
Pandora unveils its on-demand, personalized music streaming service Premium, with launch expected in Q1 2017
That Pandora was planning to launch a full fledged Spotify competitor was no secret. The company said as much last year when it bought the ashes of Rdio, which had filed for bankruptcy.
Intel and Amazon plan to work together on smart home initiatives, to release reference design and SDK for Intel-based, Alexa-powered smart speaker in Q1 2017
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat :
Sources: Amazon developing premium Echo-like speaker with a 7-inch touchscreen and high-grade speakers, to be announced as soon as Q1 2017
Company may release higher-end device early next year — New speaker targets kitchens; to cost more than Echo gadgets