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Microsoft Rolls Out Previews Of Office 2016 And Skype For Business
6:50 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Microsoft this morning announced a preview of Office 2016 for Windows, in a release aimed at putting the software in front of IT professionals and developers for further testing ahead…
Here’s a neat crowdfunding project that’s aiming to repackage wireless sensor technology as a multi-faceted educational tool that plugs into existing mobile devices and services to encourage kids to engage…
If you’re still on Facebook, you need this app. Called Hushbook, the iOS app essentially is Tinder for Facebook, but instead of finding new friends, it’s decided to find friends…
Meerkat Roulette Is Chatroulette For Meerkat Because Meerkat
6:31 am PDT • March 16, 2015
With Meerkat Roulette, the Internet has hit peak Meerkat. Yet the question remains, even with services being built like this, what will Meerkat do without Twitter?
The Tado thermostat is already a smart device, rivaling the Nest Learning Thermostat in several ways. Today the company is announcing an API and IFTTT integration, which will drastically upgrade…
Media & Entertainment
Berlin Mobile Ad Outfit Glispa Gets $77M From Property/E-Commerce Firm Market Tech
5:11 am PDT • March 16, 2015
On the heels of France-based MobPartner’s $58 million acquisition by Cheetah Mobile, yet more movement in Europe’s mobile advertising landscape: Glispa, a startup based out of Berlin that focuses on…
Batteries are often still the main limiting factor when it comes to most electronic devices we use every day, and that includes electric vehicles. That’s why Dyson has invested $15…
Cheetah Mobile Buys MobPartner For $58M As Ad Tech Consolidates
3:54 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Cheetah Mobile, a software company based out of China and best known for products like the Clean Master security and storage optimizer for Android devices, has made an acquisition to move…
Security
Yahoo Introduces Password-Free Login — Just Don’t Lose Your Phone
2:00 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Yahoo wants to end your dependency on memorizing passwords — or creating crap ones that can be guessed or hacked — after it introduced a new “on-demand” system that sends…
Government Requests For Facebook Data Decrease In U.S. And UK, But Rise In India
12:21 am PDT • March 16, 2015
Facebook’s latest report on government requests shows a decrease in requests from many Western countries in the second half of 2014, but that’s offset by increases from India, Turkey and…
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Games don’t seem to be taking over the world. Games struggle to gain a wider acceptance equivalent to their footprint. Plenty of people play games but much fewer want to…
Startups
Secure Messaging App Wiper Adds Bitcoin Support, Gets Yanked In China
6:52 pm PDT • March 15, 2015
Wiper, a chat application designed to provide users with control over their sent and received messages, recently rolled out support for bitcoin transactions between its users. The tool is simple,…
In Search Of European Unicorns
6:00 pm PDT • March 15, 2015
When you look at the returns of a typical VC fund, they may appear somewhat evenly distributed. For instance, 25% of the portfolio may be worth zero, 25% may return…
Marketers Tricked SXSW Tinder Users With A Chatbot
5:57 pm PDT • March 15, 2015
There are a few universal truths in online dating: most photos are carefully staged, most profiles are slightly puffed-up, and most people on them (and this is clearly fast-changing) are…
Facebook, Oculus And The Future Of Virtual Reality
5:30 pm PDT • March 15, 2015
If Facebook wants to take that $3.2 billion dollars it invested to acquire Oculus VR and turn it into hundreds of billions of dollars, it will have to do more…
Senator Rand Paul Courts Tech’s Support For His Likely 2016 Run At SXSW
5:11 pm PDT • March 15, 2015
Trying to make the case that he is the tech community’s candidate in 2016, Senator Rand Paul took the stage at SXSW this weekend to discuss privacy and youth political…
Media & Entertainment
Honest Company CEO Brian Lee Celebrates His Birthday By Talking IPO Possibilities At SXSW
4:51 pm PDT • March 15, 2015
When Brian Lee and Jessica Alba (yes, that Jessica Alba), co-founders of eco-friendly e-commerce startup The Honest Company, spoke this afternoon at the South by Southwest, they didn’t make any…
He Still Cannot Lie: Sir Mix-A-Lot’s First SXSW
4:39 pm PDT • March 15, 2015
Every year, there’s always one musician or celebrity who decides South By Southwest Interactive is the place to be. Maybe they’ve always been interested in technology, or recently start investing…
While connecting devices in the home to the internet creates all kinds of interesting possibilities, the concept still has a ways to go before it really enters the mainstream — and…
Media & Entertainment
Tapping Into The Growth Of India’s Emerging Mobile Markets
2:00 pm PDT • March 15, 2015
It took only seconds for Xiaomi phones to sell out on the e-commerce platform Flipkart in India. This feat is staggering considering the Indian e-commerce industry is a relatively new…
