Fitbit bought the smartwatch maker Pebble for much less than initially reported. According to Fitbit's earnings report, the buyout price was only $23 million instead of previously reported sums up to $40 million. Related: Samsung’s Gear smartwatches now come with an iPhone app The buyout price...
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Apple Campus 2 has a new name—and an opening date. It’ll be called 'Apple Park' and the first employees will move in April 2017. The worlds largest tech company said that it could take more than six months for the more than 12,000 employees who...
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YouTube is passing unskippable 30-second ads starting in 2018, Google announced. The company is replacing them with other unskippable ads, such as the six-second ad and the 20-second ad. Related: YouTube to compete with ‘Facebook Live’ mobile live streaming "We’ve decided to stop supporting 30-second unskippable...
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Apple has bought Israeli startup RealFace, a cybersecurity and machine learning firm specializing in facial recognition technology. The company, formed in 2014, appears to have been purchased for $2 million, or several million dollars, according to the Times of Israel or Calcalist respectively. Related: Apple’s...
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The world can't get enough of Apple. The iPhone-maker's stock rose to a record-high Tuesday morning, opening at $133.47 per share, which is a 40 percent increase over the last year. Apple now stands above companies like Alphabet and Amazon, who are valued at $574.9...
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In what we predicted nearly 2 years ago in a post about the possibilities of drones, drones may soon be the new delivery system for patients. The problem was never really with transporting supplies by drone, but with keeping the supplies cool. Johns Hopkins Medicine...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook is calling for a “massive campaign” against fake online news stories. "There has to be a massive campaign. We have to think through every demographic," Cook said. Cook believes the fakery is "killing people's minds in a way." Related: Apple is...
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A special 10th-anniversary edition of the iPhone is expected to be the ultimate iPhone, and it’ll come with a price tag to match, very likely north of $1,000, according to a report from Fast Company, Rumors suggest the upcoming iPhone, which may be called the...
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In a recent Motor Trend test, the Tesla Model S P100D hit 0-60 mph in 2.275507139 seconds using a new Easter egg mode called Ludicrous+, faster than Tesla’s original promise of 2.5 seconds, and faster than the 2.389 second time recorded by the Tesla Racing...
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YouTube has featured live-streaming on its desktop site since 2011, but the company is finally ready to take on Facebook Live by bringing the feature to smartphones. Popular YouTubers will be the first to be get their hands on the feature, which was originally promised...
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