Wireless carriers in the United States remain entrenched in a never-ending battle over which company has the "best" network. Which is fastest? Which offers the most coverage and is most reliable? Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint all take turns claiming supremacy in their TV an … | Continue reading
General Motors is the second-largest car maker in the world, and it’s been in business for 107 years. For much of that time, the company has been reliant on new technology, but it hasn’t always seemed like a technology leader, as it’s been slow to adapt to hybrid electric vehicle … | Continue reading
Valve has abruptly fired the host of its Dota 2 Shanghai Major tournament, James "2GD" Harding, along with the production company responsible for broadcasts of the games. Company chief Gabe Newell confirmed the dismissal of Harding on Reddit, adding that "James is an ass" and not … | Continue reading
WhatsApp is to cease support for a number of operating systems by the end of 2016, the company announced yesterday. With Android and iOS dominating the smartphone realm, and Microsoft’s Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile still clinging on, the Facebook-owned company has revealed i … | Continue reading
New developers who were interested in linking up with the Venmo API got quite a shocking eyeful today when they tried to access the sign-up page: it wasn’t there. But contrary to reports, Venmo hadn’t pulled the plug its six-year-old API beta entirely — the company has paused the … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Kahuna, a Silicon Valley company that provides businesses with ways to market to their users automatically and personally across mobile channels, made 18 layoffs today. The cuts add to the jolts the company has already gone through recently: It made approximately a doz … | Continue reading
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki tonight tweeted out a message of thanks to the YouTube community at large, vowing that the company is "listening" to recent feedback from creators, who've taken issue with the site's complaint system. A growing number of popular YouTubers have criticize … | Continue reading
Nintendo slashed sales estimates and expected profits today. The company is expecting a significant decline in 3DS sales. | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Friday Apple is committed to raising its dividend annually, a move designed to please investors but also a sign the world’s most famous technology company may no longer be a growth stock. As concerns mount that growth in sales of iPhon … | Continue reading
Luxe is in talks with a strategic investor that will infuse the company with “tens of millions” in new financing from Hertz, our sources tell us. Our understanding is that the round is still in negotiations — and, of course, could change at any time. The Information also reported … | Continue reading
Apple CEO Tim Cook has lately been offering more and more hints that the Apple Car might possibly be a real thing. At the very least, he's fueling speculation that the company is planning a big play in the auto industry. Speaking at today's shareholder meeting, Cook took a break … | Continue reading
Backup and recovery solutions technology company Acronis, the developer of popular software for consumers and businesses alike, is looking to integrate blockchain technology into its products, according to a report. Software developer Acronis, a company founded in Russia and now … | Continue reading
Since the exit of CEO Parker Conrad and reports of rowdy behavior at work, Zenefits has looked like a company in desperate need of a clean house. It appears they are doing that today, as a report from TechCrunch indicates that new CEO David Sacks will lay off around 250 employees … | Continue reading
Talkwheel, a company that offers a unique way to visualize customer conversations, has been acquired by Clickable.I last wrote about Talkwheel in 2014. The company aggregates the online conversation around a given company or topic in a circular format — it’s supposed to help you … | Continue reading
AT&T is suing Louisville, Kentucky over a new law that would make it easier for companies like Google Fiber to install gigabit internet networks throughout the city. The law, which was passed last week, would allow companies installing equipment on utility poles to move around th … | Continue reading
It’s not always easy as a tech company to make yourself relevant to every single big public event. But Google has had a pretty nice go at shoehorning itself into the Oscars this year by letting you travel through a winning movie’s story using Maps. Can you guess which films they’ … | Continue reading
Zenefits is laying off around 17% of its employees, or 250 people, with the layoffs largely concentrated in the company’s sales divisions, according to an email sent by CEO David Sacks to the company. Most of the layoffs are happening in the sales division, according to the email … | Continue reading
Watching Amazon's original shows like Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle typically requires a subscription to Amazon Prime, but as of today, there's an exception to that rule. As Recode notes, the company is letting anyone watch season three of The Fashion Fund — so long as the … | Continue reading
The bots are coming, and Quang Hoang knows it — so much so that he’s willing to bet his entire company on it. So what once started out as an app like Expensify is now Birdly, a Slack bot that makes it easier to call up customer data directly within Slack from sources like Salesfo … | Continue reading
As a CEO and immigrant worker (take that, Trump!), I always get asked about moving my company to Silicon Valley. I usually answer that I believe you can build a world-changing organization anywhere, but the job is always easier at your industry’s center of gravity. For fashion, i … | Continue reading
Bryan Henderson has told the people behind a new game bundle designed to give him up to $10,000 that he wants the money to go to charity instead.Henderson told GameBundle.com to give the 10 per cent of revenue promised to him by the company to video game charity Special Effect.La … | Continue reading
Samsung phone owners will get the first new set of emoji since the S5 when the company releases the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge next month. Get ready, taco fans, unicorn lovers, and volleyball players because the release on March 8th will include all the emoji you’ll need to communicat … | Continue reading
Human resources and insurance software startup Zenefits has announced that 250 employees are being made redundant, representing 17 percent of the company’s workforce. The news comes as Zenefits faces increasing scrutiny over the way it sells insurance policies to small businesses … | Continue reading
When it comes to new emoji, Samsung users are typically one of the last to receive updates including the latest batch approved by the Unicode Consortium. Finally, that’ll change. Today, the company has shown off some of the new emoji iOS and Android users have been enjoying for m … | Continue reading
Alphabet, Facebook, and Microsoft are expected to file a joint motion in support of Apple, as the company fights a ruling forcing it to bypass iPhone security. | Continue reading
It’s time to crack open your Pokéball and catch some fresh news about pocket monsters first thing in the morning. Nintendo is about to start its Pokémon Direct livestreaming show at 8 a.m., and you can watch it right here. We don’t know what the company has in store for us, but w … | Continue reading
Samsung Korea's website appears to showcase its flagship S7 phones devoid of any front-facing company logo. Quite a surprise, to say the least. | Continue reading
When we last saw BioBots, company CEO Danny Cabrera took to the Disrupt stage to pitch his 3D printer for living cells to our panel of judges in the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt NY 2015. Cabrera showed off his company’s debut 3D bioprinter, and actually printed out a living 3D … | Continue reading
February 26th, 2016: San Francisco, CA — Today, social tipping industry leader ChangeTip announced ChangeTip Wallet, an exciting addition to their suite of tools that make Bitcoin, the most popular digital technology, easy and convenient to use. The Silicon-Valley company boasts … | Continue reading
Facebook is expanding its live-video feature to Android users, the company announced in a blog post today. This rollout is initially for Android users based in the U.S. next week, but “more countries [are] coming soon,” Facebook confirmed. Read More | Continue reading
Facebook will bring its live video streaming service to Android phones within the next week, the company announced today. The Android rollout will begin with users in the US, before expanding to other countries. The Facebook Live feature, which allows users to broadcast live vide … | Continue reading
After more than two and a half years in development, Google’s Project Loon is properly getting off the ground (lol) and now the company is showing off exactly how the likely final design will get into the air. “As Project Loon looks to build a ring of connectivity around the worl … | Continue reading
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has the highest approval rating of CEOs from the biggest tech companies in the United States, according to polling company Morning Consult, beating out Satya Nadella, Elon Musk, and Larry Page. But despite this positive opinion for its boss, Zuckerbe … | Continue reading
One of Apple's allures among fans is the company's attention to detail, which often makes its products just a little more thought-out than the products of its competitors — a hidden antenna here or a set of perfectly aligned slots there. A recent revelation shows this meticulousn … | Continue reading
Nintendo has lowered its annual profit forecast down from 50 billion yen to 33 billion (£316m to £208m).The reason for the reduction? Nintendo has sold less 3DS hardware and software than expected.The company has also been hit by a recent rise in the yen's value.Read more… | Continue reading
Microsoft announced that it’s killed off Project Astoria, its development tool for porting Android apps to Windows. The news doesn’t come as a surprise: the company put Project Astoria on hold back in November before it was even fully ready. In a blog post, Microsoft said: We rec … | Continue reading
Nintendo has cut its operating profit forecast for the current financial year by 34 percent, following a third-quarter sales slump and a recent surge in the yen's value. The Japanese gaming company had previously expected to make an operating profit of ¥50 billion in the year end … | Continue reading
The Honest Company has built a loyal following among millennial mothers with their eco-friendly baby, personal care, home and health products. eMarketer spoke with Chris Thorne, CMO of The Honest Company, about how the lifestyle brand works to engage with millennial mothers and d … | Continue reading
Many consumers prefer traditional methods, like a phone, to communicate with a company. But according to November 2015 research, the phone can also be the most frustrating customer service channel. | Continue reading
LifePrint has a crazy idea. What if you could not only share a photo through social media — which is so 2015 — but also as a physical print to friends and family around the world, all at once, without physically mailing anything?That’s the core concept behind LifePrint, an upstar … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced it’s discontinuing efforts to offer developers an easy way of bringing Android apps to Windows 10. The decision confirms rumors from back in November that the company was considering killing the idea. Codenamed Project Astoria, the Android app porting in … | Continue reading
Apple is gearing up to debut a new smaller iPad but it won't be another iPad Air, according to a new report.Instead, the company will show off a smaller iPad Pro during its upcoming March event, 9to5Mac reportsSee also: Apple may finally be bringing Siri to the MacThe new iPad Pr … | Continue reading
Netflix's upcoming anime series, Perfect Bones, will be the first original program from the streaming service to air in 190 countries simultaneously, the company announced today. The 12-part show will be produced by anime studio Production I.G and directed by Kazuto Nakazawa, who … | Continue reading
Apple is trying to prove that the FBI's request to hack the iPhone is "unduly burdensome," so today it laid out in more detail what it would take to comply. The company had said it would have to create a custom OS in order to help the FBI break into the iPhone 5C previously belon … | Continue reading
Airbnb renters apparently weren’t the only one cleaning house before guests arrived — the company did the same last year just one month prior to publishing listings data. In a letter addressed to New York state legislators and Airbnb users on Wednesday, the company admitted to sl … | Continue reading
Weeks before he got on stage in front of investors at a Y Combinator demo day, entrepreneur Brian Liou made a massive change in his company. Leada originally set its sights on helping students apply their data science knowledge to real-world examples, but in a pivot, it switched … | Continue reading
Apple today filed a motion to vacate U.S. Justice Department attorneys’ order to compel the tech company to help the FBI unlock the iPhone 5c that belonged to San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook. The attorneys filed the 35-page motion in the U.S. District Court’s Central Di … | Continue reading
At the Mountain View Campus of social networking platform Facebook, there’s a longstanding landmark called the signature wall designed to be a visual representation of the growing community at the company. But, according to Gizmodo, it’s also been the site of troubling racial con … | Continue reading