- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TechCrunchFreestyle Capital, a venture shop based in California, has locked down a $60 million third fund. The new infusion brings the firm’s total capital raised to $126 million. In addition to its new traunch, Freestyle has brought J...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ExtremeTechMicrosoft isn't happy about people modding the unreleased Halo Online to work outside of Russia.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EngadgetIf you needed one more way to watch Community now that it's on Yahoo instead of NBC, the Yahoo Screen app on Android (but not iOS) has "basic Chromecast support." You could get the show (already on its fourth streaming episode) to connec...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET NewsJoe Sullivan, who had the same role at the social network, makes the leap to the car-hailing service, where he'll be in charge of data security.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TechSpotThe Android ecosystem certainly has its fair share of malware and other harmful software, but according to Google the company is starting to make some serious headway when it comes to getting rid of it. While as you are likely imagining,...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TechmemeIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch : LinkedIn Buys Refresh.io To Add Predictive Insights To Its Products — LinkedIn, the social network for professionals with nearly 350 million users, has been making a push into the area of a...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TechmemeAditya Pasumarty / The Venmo Blog : As promised, Venmo launches multifactor authentication for users on iOS, Android, and the web — Updates to Venmo Security — We're pleased to announce that multifact...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET NewsThe social network's new video app stitches together short clips from friends. Also, Nintendo rolls out a new wave of Amiibo and Google Drive can automatically backup photos.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Digital TrendsTo compliment its announcement of new SUHD and UHD televisions, Samsung also announced a new wireless speaker and soundbars, the latter of which include subwoofers. Most of them are currently available for purchase. The post Samsung want...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EngadgetChances are you haven't even gotten your HTC One M9 yet, but that doesn't mean you can't get a feel for its new bits. HTC just updated its Blinkfeed app with some of the thoughtful software tricks that shipped on its brand new flagship, ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET NewsSwirling cloud vortexes and billows of dust take on an otherworldly appearance when seen by astronauts and satellites looking down from orbit.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TechmemeDale North / VentureBeat : At $25M a month, DeNA ‘lowballing’ its expectations with Nintendo partnership — ANALYSIS: — DeNA hopes for $25 million a month for its Nintendo-partnered games?&...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Tech
A mother pushing a baby carriage jaywalks across a busy city street. Cutting between two parked cars and partially obscured by a bus, she edges her stroller into traffic before freezing as a speeding car bears down on her. Will the car s... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Wired Top StoriesComcast says it will soon compete head-on with Google Fiber. The post Comcast Says It’ll Bring Ultra-Fast Internet to US by 2016 appeared first on WIRED .
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET NewsMelding technology designed to examine silicon wafers with Google Maps algorithms has yielded a remarkable way to look at our own bodies.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from New on MIT Technology ReviewA new study suggests that battery-powered vehicles are close to being cost-effective for most people. Electric cars may seem like a niche product that only wealthy people can afford, but a new analysis suggests that they may be close to ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from GizmodoAn everyday technology is becoming the central figure in how scientists understand and diagnose Parkinson’s—the keyboard. Researchers at MIT are working on a method that would create keyboards that could actually tell whether you have th...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from VentureBeat
Microsoft today announced that multiple people can now work together to assemble presentations in its Sway app. “Whatever you want to make, it’s easy to create and edit Sways with other people,” the Sway team wrote in a blog ... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Digital TrendsSamsung introduced several new SUHD and UHD TVs at an event in New York. The TVs range in size and price, but some have 4K resolutions and Smart TV functionality. The post Ready, set, buy: Samsung announces pricing, availability on its 2...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EngadgetTwitter's video-streaming app Periscope may have buried Meerkat's hopes of being the go-to way to show the world your office refrigerator. But until today, it had a rather scary privacy issue. When a broadcaster shared their location, in...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes with news that the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled that Netflix doesn't have caption their videos. "A federal appeals court ruled (PDF) yesterday that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheNextWeb.comSocial mobile payment app Venmo received an update today that will finally allow users to add two-factor authentication for added account security. With 2FA turned on, Venmo will alert users when sign-in activity is detected from a phone...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET Reviews - Most Recent ReviewsThese three new monitors look spiffy, but their resolutions and price tags should give you pause.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EngadgetWhile Netflix has been petitioned and begged to bring back any number of shows, TV Line's Michael Ausiello reports that it's already zeroed in on the next one, and it's Full House. A reboot reportedly named Fuller House (seriously) is "t...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET News"A Song of Ice and Fire" fans rejoice! George R.R. Martin has released a new chapter from his upcoming book "The Winds of Winter," focusing on a much more confident Sansa Stark.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AppleInsiderApple last year placed eighth in a list of companies granted the most mobile patents, above most of the industry but below some of its chief rivals, a new market report revealed on Thursday.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Digital TrendsAnother go around with the cast of the original movie proves fruitful. But just as the tensions that pulled these characters apart start to simmer down, some of the most important pieces get knocked off the board. The post Fast & Fu...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheNextWeb.comEditing documents in Microsoft’s Sway app is about to get a bit more friendly. An update lets you edit you create and edit content with friends and team members. Now you can share an edit link with a potential collaborator. When someone ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET Reviews - Most Recent ReviewsThanks to some design tweaks, the second-generation Momentum is now more comfortable to wear, folds for storage and has arguably improved a little on the sound front.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EngadgetSamsung's latest and greatest ultra-HD television will cost you big bucks -- but it's also got a healthy selection of affordable options among its latest round of 4K TV sets. The JS9500 SUHD TV (the "S" denotes its premium UHD range), ef...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TechCrunchAlmost one year ago, Google released its diversity data, kicking off a wide-ranging industry conversation about why tech companies and venture capital firms are so unrepresentative of the racial and gender make-up of the rest of th...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Tech
NEW YORK — Fear the Raptor That's what the Ford F-150 Raptor driving simulator, lurking on the lower level of the Javits Center at the New York Auto Show, should say as you walk up to its imposing display See also: Toyota and Chrys... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from EngadgetThe Raspberry Pi has already found its way into a number of unusual applications from DIY cell phones to Gif-capturing cameras. Now, a recently launched IndieGoGo campaign aims to put it somewhere more familiar: your lap. The PiKasa is e...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Digital TrendsIn advance of the National Park Service's 100th birthday, the NPS unveiled an interactive kiosk that connects people virtually with parks and monuments. The post National Park Service launches digital kiosk to promote 407 parks, landmark...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET Reviews - Most Recent ReviewsiPad and iOS news
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from SlashdotNew submitter MotoJ writes: A Latvian company has announced plans to race a one megawatt all-electric race car. It has a 50 kWh lithium-ion battery pack and is propelled by six YASA-400 electric motors. It provides 1020 kW (1368 hp) and ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET NewsThe fourth-generation Toyota RAV4 gains a new power train option with the announcement of the 2016 RAV4 hybrid at the New York International Auto Show.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TechmemeDouglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal : A16Z and FirstMark Capital raised special purpose vehicle funds to invest solely in Pinterest — In Silicon Valley Frenzy, VCs Create New Inside Track — Pinter...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Wired Top StoriesThe stunning SUHD TVs that Samsung displayed at CES are ready to hit stores, and they're priced at a premium. The post Samsung’s New 4K TVs Are Here, and They’re Gorgeous appeared first on WIRED .
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Digital TrendsThe European Commission could file an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the coming weeks. The lawsuit may accuse Google of everything from favoring its own services to creating a chokehold with Android. The post Google might have lande...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET NewsThe company is continuing its cross-platform productivity push with the release of the free app to iPhone and Android phone users.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Tech
DNA profiling (or genetic fingerprinting) has proved to be a revolutionary tool for forensic investigators as a means to identify potential suspects, exonerate the innocent and convict the guilty. But, like any forensic technique, it has... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET Reviews - Most Recent ReviewsCheck out CNET's coverage of the New York International Auto Show 2015.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsIf you like curves, Samsung has got you covered. The South Korean technology manufacturer has unveiled three full HD curved monitors to add to their existing lineup of desktop displays. Monitor and TV manufacturers have touted curved scr...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Tech
For Samsung , curved TVs aren't a fad, they're the future. Actually, curved everything is the future. At an event in New York City on Thursday, Samsung re-introduced the family of curved SUHD TVs — model numbers JS9500, JS9100, JS9... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TechCrunchPicnicHealth launched out of Y Combinator last summer with a service that promised to help chronically ill patients gather all their records from all their doctors and put it in one easy-to-access online profile. The startup has no...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Wired Top StoriesIn this week's top music videos roundup, there's a turtle crossing a Micro Machine minefield, a nasty breakup between two men in drag, and a surprise threesome. The post Week’s Best Videos: Azealia Banks Has Hair Made of Snakes app...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Slashdotsnydeq writes Developers will need to rethink UIs, connection strategies, and how to capitalize on new data streams — especially as autonomous cars start rolling off the lots, writes InfoWorld's Peter Wayner, in a forward-thinking ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNET Reviews - Most Recent ReviewsCheck out CNET's coverage of the New York International Auto Show 2015.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheNextWeb.comGiphy, the GIF search engine, and LINE, the social networking messaging company behind all those wacky animations, have jointly launched a pack of 24 brand new stickers. In this collaboration, Giphy worked with four specific ADHD Studio ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BetaNews
Fraking fantastic is my reaction to Tidal's high-definition audio. I spent much of April Fools' Day testing, and quite enjoying, the music service, although I am skeptical that most streaming subsctibers will care—not for $19.95 per mont... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from eWeek - RSS FeedsThe EarthLink survey found 21 percent of retailers reported an increase in customer dwell time in their stores due to deployment of in-store WiFi.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsGoogle said Thursday that malware infections on Android devices have been cut in half in the past year following security upgrades for the mobile platform.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsMUMBAI (Reuters) - Residents of a Mumbai suburb are taking on one of the country's biggest conglomerates in a rare grassroots protest against a 25-metre telecom mast that marks a new stumbling block in India's troubled push to get millio...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest NewsOperations cease at the firm set up by OpenStack co-founder Chris Kemp, which provided appliances to simply the creation of private clouds.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsPolish off that credit card—it's Amiibo-buying time!
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsSkype for Android is getting a new bubble-style chat layout, while the iPhone app is boosting language support.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Reuters: Technology News(Reuters) - Cab-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc, under fire for how it charges passengers and ensures their safety, said it hired Facebook Inc Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsMaking substantial reductions in energy demand, green house gas emissions and incorporating renewable technologies at district and city level is a tricky task. A new community of cities is discovering real solutions with real impact as p...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsNew research suggests that when brains are organized into modules they are better at learning new information without forgetting old knowledge. The findings—published this week in PLOS Computational Biology—not only shed light on the evo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsOffice Lens is a capture app that works with OneNote to turn your smartphone into a pocket scanner.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comPranking can be a cruel business. On April Fools' Day, 17-year-old Hayleigh McBay from Scotland decided to mess with her boyfriend, David Clarke, by messaging him on WhatsApp and saying "I don't want to be with you anymore," followed by,...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsThe new button cuts the number of clicks it takes to save something from the Web in half.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest NewsThe firewall veteran hopes Tel Aviv's Lacoon Security will help grow its mobile security business
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BetaNews
You’re browsing Explorer and find an image you’d like to paste into another program. You could right-click it, select Copy, but that won’t work: Explorer copies the location of the file to the clipboard, not its contents. One workaround ... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mobile food ordering service Tapingo said on Thursday it has raised $22 million in funding, as competition heats up in the market for online delivery services.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsIt'll hit in the second quarter of the year, but Acer hasn't announced pricing yet.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsTurns out, Google is making us a little overconfident when it comes to our own intelligence.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ABC News: TechnologyIn the evolution of Facebook, first came the status updates. Then the photos. Now comes the videos.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsSEATTLE (Reuters) - IBM has uncovered a sophisticated fraud scheme run by a well- funded Eastern European gang of cyber criminals that uses a combination of phishing, malware and phone calls that the technology company says has netted mo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comUltra HD 4K TVs have been a rising trend for the past two years, but reviews from experts and consumers have been mixed regarding this new technology. However, the latest models coming out from a variety of manufacturers could turn this ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comFarid Haque's mother speaks Arabic, his father, Japanese, his friends, Urdu and his wife, Norwegian. When this education technology entrepreneur, publisher and gamer launched his company, the road ahead was obvious. "I was passionate abo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comThe environmental situation facing many nations in the mid-to-late 20th century was bleak. Industrial waste caused the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland to catch fire in 1969. The Rhine River was long one of the most polluted waterways in Euro...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsTwo Stanford University undergraduates shook hands in their dormitory in early 2011, agreeing to partner on what they hoped would be the next big technology startup.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsProviders do not keep secret how their websites use your personal information – it's always shown in their privacy policy. But hardly anybody ever reads that information. That's why PhD candidate Elisa Costante of TU/e has developed algo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsIn 2011, an engineering student came up with an idea to help people in the developing world deal with raw sewage. His goal was to use technology to help save lives by limiting people's exposure to the pathogens in human waste. Four years...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - TechnologyA Chinese internet regulator has hit out at Google for no longer accepting its security certificates.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comIf there's more than one device in your life, you probably understand the frustration of big, blocky chargers lying all over the place, clogging up your outlets and looking nothing like an organic part of your home. Chargers are a pain, ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsPARIS (Reuters) - French media group Vivendi, facing a rebellion from activist shareholders over its strategy, repeated on Thursday that it believed they could be breaking the law if they were to back U.S. hedge fund PSAM at its upcoming...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comFrederick Hutson was just 24 and living in St. Petersburg, Florida, when he was convicted on a drug trafficking charge. The Air Force veteran spent four years behind bars, serving out his sentence in eight different correctional faciliti...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - TechnologyEvery week in the heart of Nima, a slum in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, families congregate at a local mosque. When the time comes, young girls say goodbye to their loved ones and part ways, filing up concrete steps leading up to the f...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators are investigating Apple Inc's deals with record labels and online music streaming services to see if it is blocking rivals' access to its music planned streaming platform, two peop...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsChang Chen-kai is part of Taiwan's new generation of high-tech farmers that is harnessing the island's technological edge in light-emitting diodes to grow vegetables indoors under bright LED lights.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON (AP) -- Tech-savvy students and others are using smartphone apps, social media and Internet phone services to make anonymous reports of bombs and other threats of violence at schools. The result: school evacuations and police ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from eWeek - RSS FeedsA judge has given the green light to securities fraud claims that AMD misled investors and the market about supply problems with the chip in 2011.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: TechnologyBuzzFeed writer Matt Stopera tells NPR's Melissa Block about his trip to China to meet "Brother Orange" — the man who bought Stopera's stolen iPhone and started a sensation on Chinese Twitter.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsThis week's all-star launch of US rapper Jay Z's streaming music service may not have caused Spotify's management to lose sleep—but analysts predict tough days ahead as tech giant Apple prepares to enter the fray.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsSEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd likely saw January-March earnings slip for the sixth straight quarter, but investors are betting on a rebound this year on healthy chip sales and high hopes for its new flagship sma...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from eWeek - RSS FeedsIBM Verse, now available, integrates analytics with email, calendaring and social sharing for a new way to work in the cloud.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsVARANASI, India (Reuters) - As India launches an $18 billion plan to spread the information revolution to its provinces, the problems it faces are a holdover from the past - electricity shortages, badly planned, jam-packed cities, and mo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsAn autonomous vehicle has completed a 3,400-mile U.S. road trip with almost no intervention from drivers.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ABC News: TechnologyAbsolutely adorable baby animals!
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ABC News: TechnologyYou gonna finish that? Study finds some urban ants have more taste for human food than others
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from eWeek - RSS FeedsAutonet Mobile currently provides connected car services to Chrysler Fiat Automobiles, General Motors, Maserati, Subaru and other auto brands.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comI was talking to an associate of mine on my cellphone the other day and at the conclusion of our conversation (it took me, by the way, six calls to get past her Voicemail) I said something like, "Okay, good. I'll email all the info right...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Technology NewsMaintaining food in places where high temperatures prevail, using little energy at a low cost, is now possible with Mexican technology, thanks to the creation of a solar cooling system designed by Susana Elvia Toledo Flores.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comAs a new year's resolution for 2015, I decided I was going to quit Facebook. I knew it would be hard, especially because someone once told me that my friends and I were the "most well-documented group of people on Facebook", thanks in no...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsSharing files with those outside your organization just got a bit easier, while admins have some new tools.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - TechnologyThe end of the hidden Easter Egg?
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Technology
