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OK, well, this one is optional. The burden is on iDevices, a startup in the smart home market, to convince us that we need to connect our wall sockets, light switches, and light bulbs to the Internet. It’s all part of the smart home market, which is expected to grow to $71 billion by 2018, […]... →

HBO is expanding its partnership with video-streaming optimization company Conviva to help improve the quality of HBO Now, the standalone streaming service launched for cordcutters last year. Founded out of California in 2006, Conviva has partnered with a number of major media companies over the past decade, such as ESPN, Sony, and Sky to help […]... →

Machine Zone and Ember Entertainment said yesterday that they settled Machine Zone’s copyright lawsuit that accused Ember of copying Game of War: Fire Age, one of the top-grossing titles in mobile gaming history. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In April 2015, Machine Zone alleged in a federal lawsuit that Ember’s original version of Empire […]... →

The online lending market continues to generate heat in the financial services sector as student lending service CommonBond rakes in another $275 million in available lending capital. Through the deal announced earlier today, Macquarie Capital, Barclays, and other, undisclosed, financial investors, are providing CommonBond with a line of credit called a “warehouse line”, which… Read More... →

With its first major product release since its acquisition by watchmaker Fossil Group in November, Misfit today debuted its latest entry in its line of fashion-forward fitness trackers with the launch of the Misfit Ray. The fitness and sleep monitor features a cylindrical aluminum body, and works with the company’s other Misfit-branded or custom accessories, and can be worn as either… Read More... →

Cuvva, a burgeoning startup based in Scotland, is solving a problem that I didn’t know existed: the need to insure a car for as little as an hour. Read More... →

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Toast announced today that it has raised a $30 million Series B funding round to support its Android Point of Sale system for restaurants. Its latest investment was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and will be used to improve the company’s growth, both in talent hiring, product updates, and marketing. Additional investors include GV (formerly […]... →

Electric vehicles may be the future of transportation, but they can travel only as far as there are places to charge them. Often called the “Tesla of scooters,” Taiwanese startup Gogoro is known for making sleek, battery-operated scooters. Gogoro has launched in Taipei City and Amsterdam so far and in both cities it has received government backing to build charging stations. The… Read More... →

Virtuix, maker of the Omni virtual reality treadmill, said today it is testing the waters for a “mini-IPO” under new regulations that allow companies to raise money in a new way. Austin, Texas-based Virtuix has begun shipping the Omni, a new product that allows you to run on a treadmill-like platform while wearing virtual reality goggles. […]... →

Фонд Юрия Мильнера DST Global вложился в китайское мобильное приложение Dada. Общий объем раунда D составил $300 млн. В сделке также приняли участие фонд Sequoia Capital и еще два анонимных инвестора. DST Global стал лид-инвестором раунда. Как сообщается, DST Global в предыдущем раунде Dada, в июне 2015 года. Тогда фонд Юрия Мильнера также лидировал раунд. Мобильное приложение позволяет курьерам осуществлять доставку на короткие расстояния. Приложение работает в 40 городах Китая и использует услуги 800 тыся... →

Yesterday, when I was playing around researching my Google Inside Street View experience, I searched for [web development] in Google and noticed the local pack came up with the Google Map. I was shocked...... →

The other day, I was testing a reported bug in the Google Maps forum about the Google trusted photographer request button wasn't working. It wasn't, or at least, it showed an error. Then the next day or so...... →

I recently stumbled upon a study by Sprout Social, which explored how responsive brands are on social media channels. The short answer is that they’re not very responsive at all, with retailers among the worst offenders.... →

Google's John Mueller posted information about becoming a beta tester for the new Google Search Console features around AMP (accelerated mobile pages)...... →

Toshiba said today it is shipping its newest 12-inch Dynapad tablet powered by Windows 10. The Japanese company made the announcement at the 2016 International CES, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. The new Windows tablets measures just 0.27 inches high and weighs 1.28 pounds. It uses digital ink technologies from […]... →

We know Google decided to halt the release of Penguin 4.0 until after the holidays. We also know that Google is confident Penguin is good to be released this month...... →

We knew this was coming, AOL Search is now powered by Bing. Bing confirmed this saying "as of Jan. 1, Bing powers AOL's web, mobile, and tablet search...... →

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Can an app replace the selfie stick? Sadly that seems a forlorn hope at this point. The plague of wands topped with phone clamps and wielded by photo-loving tourists everywhere seems unstoppable. Read More... →