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Detroit (by Joseph White for Reuters) — Alphabet Inc’s Google wants to form more partnerships with established automakers and suppliers this year to accelerate its work on self-driving cars, the head of the Google project said on Tuesday. John Krafcik, the newly hired president of the Google self-driving car project, did not mention any automakers by name. […]... →

Свой прогноз по рынку интернет-рекламы в 2016 году представила компания eMarketer... →

LG told VentureBeat today that its newly-announced $435 million investment to ramp up its solar cell/panel manufacturing output represents a hedging of its bets as smartphones and TVs enter a “mature period of commoditization.” Under the South Korean electronics giant’s new plans, it will ramp up its current solar output capacity from 1GW to 1.8GW by 2018, and […]... →

ANALYSIS: Hulu executive Ben Smith said that the video-streaming service “just wants to learn” as it ramps up its virtual reality push, during comments given at CES 2016 last week. That rather strongly echoes earlier comments from Valve writer, Chet Faliszek, in May last year, who said: “When it comes to VR, we don’t know anything.” Valve is […]... →

Transportation and geography have always been intertwined. Specifically, the auto industry, with Detroit being the prime example, was once more tightly tied to place. The same can be said for the tech industry, which still maintains a dominance largely in Silicon Valley. Until very recently, these industries were distinct: tech was tech and transportation was transportation and never the… Read More... →

Last week, NASA announced a new program called the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) which will coordinate NASA’s efforts for detecting and tracking near-Earth objects (NEOs). If a large object comes hurtling toward our planet, it will be this office’s job to identify it, determine a way to deflect it, and give the public a heads up. Most asteroids and comets in our… Read More... →

Threadflip, an online consignment marketplace for women’s clothing is no more as of Wednesday at midnight. An email sent to users explains the startup founded in 2011 will shut down operations and roll into clothing rental startup, Le Tote. With Threadflip, users were able to take photos of their items and list them for sale via its app. The company covered shipping costs but took… Read More... →

Posted by EricaMcGillivrayEvery morning, I listen to the news. I've been doing this since high school and now well over half my life, as I've changed from radio antennas to apps. Sadly, with all the recent tragedies — from mass shootings in the US and terrorist attacks to devastating earthquakes and other natural disasters — my lifetime habit has become essential to my work. As one of Moz's community managers, it's my and my team's responsibility to take care of all of you. Whether you interact here on the ... →

Reed Hastings took to Facebook Tuesday to announce that he would be personally funding a new $100 million philanthropic fund, focusing exclusively on education-related projects and organizations. The mission on the website’s homepage details a commitment to enhancing education for children. Currently, too many children do not have access to amazing schools. Our aim is to partner… Read More... →

Several Uber customers in California received notice today they’re involved in a class-action lawsuit against the rideshare giant. Uber agreed to the terms of a $1.8 million suit alleging it inappropriately charged customers an “airport fee toll” late last year. The lawsuit, filed in November 2015, accused Uber of charging customers the “airport fee toll”… Read More... →

Apple today updated its iOS adoption numbers to show that iOS 9 has finally hit the 75 percent mark. In other words, the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system is now on three out of every four of its devices. iOS 9 share (which includes iOS 9.1 and iOS 9.2) has taken less […]... →

Millions of software engineers are caged. Their talent remains unseen behind the iron bars of the misconception of a shortage of software engineers. An estimated one million technology jobs will go unfilled by 2020, according to a report put forth by Microsoft in 2012. Publications like The Wall Street Journal and even the White House repeatedly cite this projection, ringing a nationwide… Read More... →

The PC market ended its poor year with another poor quarter. Both Gartner and IDC agree: PC shipments are down globally. Gartner estimates worldwide PC shipments dropped 8.3 percent to 75.7 million units in Q4 2015. The top five vendors were Lenovo, HP, Dell, Asus, and Apple. As you can see in the chart below, […]... →

Today, Visa Checkout announced that some major new partners would be joining the service as merchant partners. Starbucks, Walgreens, NFL Shop, HSN and Match.com have all signed on and will be joining Checkout’s more than 250,000 merchants using the express online payments service. Walmart.com integration will also be coming later this year according to the company. The online… Read More... →

Enterprise software company Pivotal is announcing today that it has acquired Slice of Lime, a user experience design agency with offices in Colorado, in an all-cash deal. All 18 of Slice of Lime’s employees have joined Pivotal and will be working within the Pivotal Labs consulting business. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “Combining Pivotal’s […]... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

Technology companies, particularly those with an enterprise bent, appear to be coming under increasing pressure from activist investors who want to squeeze out profits at the cost of products and jobs. Last year EMC pressed by an activist investor eventually sold the company to Dell for $67 billion. Citrix is the latest company facing this issue –and from the same investor as it… Read More... →

In celebration of its 10th year anniversary, Skype announced today the launch of free group video calling on Android, iPhone, iPad, and Windows 10 mobile devices. The feature has been available for a couple of years on the desktop, for those on both Mac and PC, but had yet to make its way to mobile. The addition, says Skype in a blog post announcing the news, will roll out to the… Read More... →

VB INSIGHT: Digital display advertising spending will surpass search advertising spending in the United States for the first time in 2016, according to eMarketer. This information was reported in an eMarketer article about its new report “US Digital Display Advertising Trends: Eight Developments to Watch for in 2016.” The ability to accurately measure mobile ads, atop the proliferation of mobile devices and increased […]... →

According to a report by Re/Code, Google is doubling down on virtual reality, with its VP for product management, Clay Bavor, dropping his responsibility for other apps like Gmail and Drive to focus solely on VR. Bavor has been with Google for over 10 years, so trusting this budding unit with him is a massive signal that Google is in it to win on as far as VR goes. Its success with… Read More... →