Airbnb opens its doors in Cuba to visitors from around the world this April

Cuban tourism is about to get a shot in the arm: Airbnb has announced that it will welcome visitors of all nationalities to the island nation starting April 2, reports the Associated Press. The news comes shortly after US President Barack Obama touched down in the country with hi … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Airbnb and Starwood Hotels sign new deals to expand in Cuba

Today is a big day in Cuba: President Obama is visiting the island nation, marking the first such Presidential trip since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. But Obama and his family are just the latest in an increasing wave of tourists visiting the country, and they all need places to stay … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Stripe’s Atlas service opens up for Cuban startups to help them launch in the U.S.

President Obama is scheduled to make an historic visit to Cuba next week, marking the first time in 88 years that a U.S. head of state has journeyed to the island nation. Congressional leaders and other politicians will accompany him, and business executives are also included in … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

NPR forbids promoting podcasts or its NPR One app on member stations

NPR is having an identity crisis. The media company has forbid its member stations from promoting NPR podcasts and the NPR One app, as the battle between old and new media wages inside the organization. In a new ethics policy surfaced by Nieman Lab,  NPR’s vice president of news … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Amazon Echo VP Mike George To Talk About Alexa At Disrupt New York

Amazon Echo is becoming a surprisingly good product. With countless of integrations, you can now control many things using your voice. It’s now possible to order pizza, play something on Spotify and call an Uber using your voice. But it’s also a new device — Amazon only released … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Motorola head Rick Osterloh leaving Lenovo amid reorganization

Motorola President Rick Osterloh is leaving Lenovo amid a broad reorganization that will see the company shuffle around various business units and executives.As part of the reorganization, announced Friday, Lenovo is also expanding its PC unit to include all tablets, phablets and … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

ULA executive resigns after comments about SpaceX and 'fiancée' partners

An executive for private aerospace company United Launch Alliance (ULA) has resigned after making a series of candid comments about the firm's position in the industry and its dealings with partners. Speaking at a seminar at the University of Colorado, Brett Tobey, ULA's vice pre … | Continue reading


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Satoru Iwata remembered at this year's Game Developers Choice Awards

The Game Developers Choice Awards paid tribute this evening to the life of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who passed away last year.In a short, but rather… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

ULA executive compares two of the company's business partners to 'two brides'

An executive for the United Launch Alliance compared two of the company's business partners to "two fiancées" that ULA has to plan on marrying, Space News reported. Brett Tobey, ULA's vice president for engineering, was discussing how ULA has commissioned new rocket engines from … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Subgraph will be Snowden’s OS of choice – but it’s not quite ready for humans yet

Subgraph OS launched in public alpha at the weekend’s tech and democracy-focused Logan CIJ Symposium and got an endorsement from Ed Snowden – stamping it with some promise that it could be our future answer to an insecure online world. “The internet is more hostile than its ever … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The White House created a Twitter account for its Supreme Court nominee

Republican senators have said they won't approve or even consider President Barack Obama's soon-to-be-announced Supreme Court nominee, but that isn't stopping the administration from bringing its suggestion to the public. The White House plans to announce the nominee at 11AM ET t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Article: A Look at the Hits and Misses of Holiday Shopping 2015

Digital agency Razorfish counts some of the largest retailers in the US as clients, which gives it insights into industry trends. Jason Goldberg, senior vice president of commerce and content at Razorfish, spoke with eMarketer about the biggest takeaways from the 2015 holiday sea … | Continue reading


@emarketer.com | 8 years ago

Google Search results now show detailed finance data for U.S. presidential campaign candidates

As the primaries heat up in the race to see who will be in contention to become the next U.S. president, Google is now surfacing more information about the candidates directly in the main search results page. While Google already showed some details — like candidate statements on … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

NFL official admits link between football and degenerative brain disease CTE for the first time

For the first time, a senior NFL official has acknowledged that there is a connection between football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative disease discovered in the brains of several former professional players. Jeff Miller, the NFL's senior vice president for he … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Lyft and GM say new rental program lays ‘infrastructure’ for self-driving car network

Today Lyft and General Motors kicked off a rental car program designed to make “car ownership optional on both sides” of the equation, Lyft president John Zimmer said during a call with press. The initiative marks Lyft and GM’s first project since Lyft announced it raised a hefty … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Facebook arrest foreshadows the global data encryption war

ANALYSIS: On March 1, Brazilian federal police arrested Diego Dzodan for his failure to turn over decrypted WhatsApp messages for a drug investigation. Dzodan is a vice president at Facebook, the parent company of WhatsApp, which offers its customers “end-to-end” encryption of th … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

The tech industry, according to Trump

"Why doesn't President Obama just get the people from Google to fix the failed website. In fact, why didn't he use them in the first place!" | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

The sale of Intel’s VC unit may cause more markdowns in values of startups

Intel is shopping around its in-house venture-capital business,according to a Bloomberg report. The move to sell part of Intel Capital, which comes two months after the retirement of the group’s president, is an abrupt change of plans at the world’s largest chip maker. Intel has … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Obama on FBI v. Apple, encryption: ‘We can’t fetishize our phones above other values’

As President Obama makes his historic appearance at SXSW, it was clear the topic of Apple versus FBI was the elephant in the room. Though Obama spent most of the one-hour conversation on the importance of innovation to leverage civic engagement, he managed to avoid commenting on  … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

At his keynote, Obama encourages SXSW goers to use tech to take back democracy

President Barack Obama today kicked off SXSW with an opening keynote urging attendees to utilize technology and innovation as a way to encourage civic engagement. It is the first time a sitting president has made an appearance at the Austin festival. “We are at a moment in histor … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

SXSW co-founder dies just as annual festival opens in Austin

AUSTIN — The co-founder of the annual South by Southwest festival Louis Meyers died on Friday, just as the festival kicked off its 30th year in the Texas capital.The news was first reported by publication Austin Statesman shortly before President Obama joined the event to discuss … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Obama: Don’t take an ‘absolutist view’ on national security vs. civil liberties

President Barack Obama believes that there should be some compromise when it comes to protecting the United States from terrorists and criminals while ensuring people’s privacy. When confronted about the issues around encryption and personal data with the government’s case agains … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Obama says “We don’t want government to look into everyone’s phones willy-nilly”

“I am way on the civil liberties side of this thing” President Barack Obama said today regarding the balance between privacy and security surrounding the FBI’s ongoing fight with Apple about penetrating encryption. While speaking today at SXSW, Obama said he could not comment dir … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Obama tells tech community to solve encryption problem now or pay later

President Barack Obama called on the tech community to build a safe encryption key to assist in law enforcement investigations, saying that if it failed, it could one day face a more draconian solution passed by a Congress that is less sympathetic to its worldview. The president … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

What Obama said about tech’s double-edged sword at SXSW

“[Technology can] empower individuals to do things they could have never dreamed of before, but also empower folks who are very dangerous to spread dangerous messages” President Barack Obama said today. Obama took the stage at South By Southwest to discuss how technology could be … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Watch Obama address the tech community at SXSW live right here

While most people think about hashtags, marketing stunts and SoLoMo when they hear about the Interactive part of SXSW in Austin, this year is going to be a bit different as President Barack Obama is about to give a keynote at the event. The event should start at 2:40 PM in Austin … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Watch President Obama's keynote live at SXSW

President Barack Obama is kicking off the first day of the South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX, with a talk expected to focus on the role that technology should play in civic life. The president is making his first appearance at the festival, and will use the occasion to ca … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

EverQuest Next, the free-to-play MMO, has been canceled because it isn’t fun

Games studio Daybreak Game Company has canceled EverQuest Next, an upcoming free-to-play MMO that was supposed to be a successor to numerous EverQuest titles. In a statement posted on the studio's website, Daybreak Game Company's president, Russell Shanks, said the title just sim … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Where to watch the SXSW Keynote with President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama will be interviewed as part of the Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive Friday at 2:30 p.m. CT (3:30 p.m. EST). You can watch it live on the SXSW website.See also: Here's your exclusive look at this year's futuristic SXSW Mashable HouseObama, who will b … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Now you can talk to Amazon Echo about money

Capital One is helping Amazon Alexa enter the personal finance realm."We are the first financial institution to provide account access [on Alexa] versus more general financial information," Ken Dodelin, Capital One’s vice president of digital product management, told MashableSee … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft Research’s biggest area of investment is quantum computing

Microsoft spends a lot of time and money developing many technologies that could end up being part of the company’s next products. For instance, the company has many researchers working on artificial intelligence, which powers real-time speech translation with Skype Translator. B … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Can crowdfunding bring solar energy to small businesses?

Solar energy is one of the fastest growing new industries in the United States, earning a shout out from President Obama at his State of the Union speech. The president noted that it is now a bigger business than coal, and typically pays its workers a higher wage. Now a Colorado- … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Facebook’s former head has a terrible idea for bringing you movies when they’re released

Sean Parker, co-founder of the infamous file-sharing service Napster and a former president of Facebook, has a startup in the works that’s dedicated to streaming new movies in your living room on release day, reports Variety. Parker’s firm, The Screening Room, will first sell you … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Apple's Eddy Cue says FBI's encryption stance benefits hackers and criminals

The FBI's stance on encryption benefits hackers, according to Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue, speaking yesterday about the ongoing legal battle swirling around the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. "Of course that's not the way they are looking at it," Cue … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

New Obama initiative wants to provide broadband for another 20 million low-income homes

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news that the FCC would begin to subsidize broadband in low-income households, President Obama voiced support for the FCC’s ‘Lifeline’ subsidy and detailed a desire to expand the initiative to get 20 million low-income households subscribed to high … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

New White House initiative pledges broadband to 20 million more people by 2020

Today, President Obama announced a new broadband initiative called ConnectALL, aimed at providing broadband to underserved areas. The initative aims to bring broadband access to another 20 million Americans by 2020, building on previous goals set by the National Broadband Initiat … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

The Dragonslayer

Two years ago, John Oliver called Tom Wheeler a dingo.The host of Last Week Tonight had set his sights on the then-raging net neutrality debate, acerbically calling out broadband providers like Comcast and Verizon for their throttling antics and intense Congressional lobbying. Mi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

UN announces real-time flight tracking rules on anniversary of MH370 disappearance

The UN's aviation agency has announced new regulations that will allow for airplanes to be tracked in real-time, two years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) governing council adopted the measures on T … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg and other tech leaders back Obama’s executive actions on immigration

A number of prominent technology leaders — among them Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, Ron Conway and Max Levchin — have signed on to a brief supporting President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, currently on hold pending a Supreme Court hearing. Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Bill Gates talks Apple vs. FBI and why he'll never run for president

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates may be retired from running the largest software company in the world, but he's still engaged in everything from technology to politics. Along those lines, Gates decided to show up for his fourth Ask Me Anything session on Reddit on Tuesday and, a … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft is bringing SQL Server to Linux

SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship relational database product, is now available on Linux in the form of an early private preview, with a full launch planned for mid-2017. Until now, SQL Server was strictly a Windows product, but as Scott Guthrie, Microsoft’s executive vice preside … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

The long road ahead: Obama’s cybersecurity action is a step toward change

President Obama’s recent announcement of the creation of the Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) made waves across government and tech audiences, as it proposed a $19 billion budget to bulk up cybersecurity across the U.S. government and the private sector. While the announ … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Why TechHire needs to continue with the next U.S. president

We’re now a year into the White House’s TechHire initiative to help more Americans qualify for better, higher-paying tech jobs regardless of their pedigree. The verdict so far? TechHire has seen solid traction, but evaluating this effort through a short-term lens misses the point … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Watch Obama say goodbye to the MythBusters

After a 13-year run, the final episode of MythBusters' final season aired this weekend, and a reunion special featured a goodbye from a few special guests. President Barack Obama himself recorded a farewell to the show's hosts, sharing some memories and thanking them for "inspiri … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Oliver May wechselt zu HRS

Die Unternehmensgruppe HRS richtet sich unter der Positionierung "HRS Global Hotel Solutions" strategisch aus auf das Geschäft mit global tätigen Großkonzernen. Hierfür wurde auch die Führungsmannschaft erweitert. Die Verantwortung für den MICE-Sektor übernimmt Oliver May als Glo … | Continue reading


@events-magazin.de | 8 years ago

Apple's Craig Federighi writes op-ed in opposition to FBI on iPhone security

Since the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the most charismatic member of the company's public-facing team has been senior vice president of software engineering Craig FederighiOn Sunday, Federighi used some of that social capital to push Apple's message forward regarding … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Apple head of software engineering says FBI’s demands compromise the safety of all iOS users

Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering (and one of its most popular WWDC presenters) says the FBI’s demands on the company will make all iOS users more vulnerable to malicious attacks in an opinion piece for the Washington Post. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Apple VP says FBI encryption order 'puts everyone at risk'

As the legal battle between Apple and the FBI continues, Apple's vice president of software today presented the company's case to the public. Craig Federighi, Apple's vice president of software, is the latest to present the case for the company to the public. In an op-ed in the W … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago