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Apple's Search Ads expand to six more markets in Europe and Asia
Jul 25, 11:00PM
In December, Apple introduced a new pay-per-install ad product called Search Ads Basic aimed at smaller developers, to complement the existing Search Ads product, which then became known as Search Ads Advanced. Today, the company is expanding Search Ads to more countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Spain, bringing the total number […]
Facebook loses $120 billion in market cap after awful Q2 earnings
Jul 25, 10:37PM
Facebook’s share price fell over 20 percent in after-hours trading today after the company announced its slowest-ever user growth rate and a scary warning that its revenue growth would rapidly decelerate. Before today’s brutal Q2 earnings, Facebook’s share price closed today at $217.50 – a record high — but fell to around $172 after the […]
FameGame wants to recreate reality TV for a mobile age
Jul 25, 10:33PM
The pre-social media phenomenon that was early 2000s American Idol might be a weird place to spend a lot of focus when it comes to thinking about the future. But it’s also worth noting how little these types of shows adapted to build themselves into the fabric of live social commentary. Twitter has offered a […]
SmartArm's AI-powered prosthesis takes the prize at Microsoft's Imagine Cup
Jul 25, 10:32PM
A pair of Canadian students making a simple, inexpensive prosthetic arm have taken home the grand prize at Microsoft's Imagine Cup, a global startup competition the company holds yearly. SmartArm will receive $85,000, a mentoring session with CEO Satya Nadella, and some other Microsoft goodies. But they were far from the only worthy team from the dozens that came to Redmond to compete.
Indian H-1B applicants face particular scrutiny in Trump's work visa crackdown
Jul 25, 10:06PM
Coming to the U.S. on a work visa is getting harder across the board, but workers from India in particular are feeling the effects of recent policy shifts from the Trump administration. A new report from the National Foundation for American Policy sheds light on how the “Buy American and Hire American” executive order from […]
2.5 billion people use at least one of Facebook's apps
Jul 25, 9:06PM
Facebook is hiding that users are leaving its main app but sticking with Instagram and WhatsApp by publicizing a new metric. Facebook today for the first time announced that in June, 2.5 billion people used at least one of its apps: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Messenger. That’s a helpful number because it counts real people, […]
Qualcomm says it will drop its massive $44B offer to acquire NXP
Jul 25, 8:54PM
Qualcomm today said it wouldn’t extend its offer to buy NXP for $44 billion today as part of its release for its quarterly earnings, and instead be returning $30 billion to investors in the form of a share buy-back. So, barring any last-second changes in the approval process in China or “other material developments”, the […]
Zbiotics says it's bioengineered a hangover cure
Jul 25, 8:36PM
Y Combinator backed Zbiotics has spend two years developing what they’re billing as the world's first genetically engineered probiotic. The startup’s initial product isn’t exactly world-changing but it might just save your day — given they’ve invented an elixir of ‘next day’ life: Aka a hangover cure. Although you actually have to take it before — or, well, during […]
Facebook sees mixed Q2 earnings with slowest-ever growth, stock tanks
Jul 25, 8:11PM
Facebook has hit a wall. The social network succumbed to the public backlash over its handling of fake news, privacy, and digital wellbeing to miss some of Wall Street's estimates, showing mixed results in its Q2 2018 earnings. GDPR, Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before congress, and more scandals appear to have contributed to Facebook’s weak user […]
Nextdoor CEO is stepping down
Jul 25, 7:17PM
Nirav Tolia, CEO of Nextdoor, is stepping down from his role, Recode reports. For those unfamiliar with the company, Nextdoor is like a social network for your neighborhood. Though, over the years, there has been controversy around Nextdoor’s role in promoting racial profiling. Nextdoor later rolled out a new tool to address some of the […]
Daimler deepens ties with China's Baidu on automated driving
Jul 25, 7:13PM
Daimler, the owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, and China’s Baidu are expanding their partnership with plans to cooperate more closely on automated driving and connectivity services in the German automaker’s vehicles. The two companies have signed an agreement to collaborate in these two areas, specifically with Baidu’s Apollo program, an open-source autonomous driving platform. Both companies said […]
Tommy Hilfiger has launched a ridiculous line of smart clothing that rewards you for wearing it
Jul 25, 6:50PM
Here comes more smart clothing nobody asked for. Fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger today announced the launch of a new line of men’s and women’s clothing, Tommy Jeans Xplore, which comes with smart-chip embedded technology. Unlike, say, Google’s Project Jacquard and its partnership with Levi’s, the goal is not to offer access to calls, texts, maps and […]
Android P's final beta preview is live
Jul 25, 6:06PM
Good news for people who like near-final previews of mobile operating systems. Android just dropped Beta 4 for Android P, marking the last preview milestone before the full version launches. That means the still unnamed OS is just around the corner — promised to arrive at some point later this summer. As all of the […]
Dropbox add-on makes it easier to manage Gmail attachments
Jul 25, 6:00PM
When Dropbox announced it was integrating its storage product with GSuite in March, it was more of a heads up that the two companies were working together. Today at Google Next, Dropbox announced a new add-on to manage Gmail attachments in Dropbox. Ketan Nayak, a product manager at Dropbox says this is the first concrete […]
Outvote hopes to flip elections by getting Democrats to text their friends
Jul 25, 5:56PM
Outvote, a new Y Combinator-backed startup, wants to make grassroots-style campaigning easier and more personal, with the launch of an app that allows people to text their friends with reminders to vote. The idea is to take advantage of people’s willingness to use social sharing to communicate about political issues, while also leveraging the simplicity […]
Apple touts iPhone gaming performance in new ad
Jul 25, 5:54PM
Many people have talked about the performances of the new MacBook Pro over the past few days. But Apple focuses on the A11 Bionic chip in its new TV ad. Named 'Unleash', this ad shows a young man walking down the streets of a Chinese city filled with Mobike and Ofo bikes. He's playing a […]
Dodged questions from Facebook's press call on misinformation
Jul 25, 5:30PM
Facebook avoided some of the toughest inquiries from reporters yesterday during a conference call about its efforts to fight election interference and fake news. The company did provide additional transparency on important topics by subjecting itself to intense questioning from a gaggle of its most vocal critics, and a few bits of interesting news did […]
The Traeger Timberline 850 turns BBQ from art to science
Jul 25, 5:01PM
This review took a lot of pork. Over the last few months, I've used the Traeger Timberline 850 several times a week. Cooking on this grill is easier than using an oven. With a little bit of planning, a person can simultaneously grill a flock of chickens, a couple of pork butts and a load […]
Virtru teams up with Google to bring its end-to-end encryption service to Google Drive
Jul 25, 5:00PM
Virtru, which is best known for its email encryption service for both enterprises and consumers, is announcing a partnership with Google today that will bring the company’s encryption technology to Google Drive. Only a few years ago, the company was still bolting its solution on top of Gmail without Google’s blessing, but these days, Google […]
Coinbase lets you convert your tokens into gift cards
Jul 25, 4:50PM
It's still quite hard to buy physical goods using bitcoins or ethers. Coinbase plans to (partially) solve that issue with a new partnership with WeGift. Coinbase customers in Europe and Australia can now convert their tokens on their Coinbase account into digital gift cards for popular stores. For instance, you'll be able to buy gift […]
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