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Google was recently awarded a patent for a new drone system that could help the company revolutionize the emergency medical industry. The patent, first spotted by Quartz’s Mike Murphy, outlines a system where drones would bring medical aid to people in distress. For example, someone in need uses a nearby Google drone box and inputs that someone […]
When Apple debuted the iPhone series on June 29, 2007, nobody knew the company had invented a smartphone that would sell one billion units. But that’s exactly what the company is about to accomplish. At the end of 2015 Apple had sold through 896 million iPhone devices. Wall Street analysts’ believe after the company reports […]
Google Fiber is the nation’s premiere internet service provider and it’s about to go old school. The company is planning to launch a landline service for customers, allowing them to maintain a home phone along with their Google Fiber service. For $10 a month (phone not included), Fiber Phone will do all the things landline […]
Pandora founder Tim Westergren is taking over as the company’s CEO and investors are not happy with the move. Shares at Pandora fell by as much as 10% on Monday after Pandora announced the executive-level management shakeup. Pandora has struggled to keep pace with the likes of Spotify and Apple. Investors in the company were […]
Venmo, the PayPal owned payments app, will delay your payment if you use the popular internet term, “Idek,” when sending your payment. Typically that term translates to “I don’t even know” but it also has a more nefarious meaning. The term also refers to an abbreviation for “Islami Dawat-e-Kafela,” a pseudonym that The Verge, points out is […]
Facebook UK staffers are in for a big treat. The company will pay £280 million ($396 million) to its UK-based staff over the next three years to offset the amount of tax it has to pay to the UK Treasury. Each employee is set to receive £775,000 ($1.1 million), which Facebook will list as a taxable expense. News […]
Bill Gates is the first tech mogul to support the FBIs case against Apple. The government agency has issued a court order demanding that Apple find a way to unlock the iPhone used by deceased San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. “It is no different than … should anybody ever have been able to tell the […]
Giphy has closed a $55 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at $300 million post-money. The newest round of cash was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from General Catalyst Partners, RRE, Betaworks, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, CAA, and other existing Giphy investors. Giphy launched in 2013 with the goal of becoming the […]
Apple is expected to report that iPhone sales increased by only slightly more than 1% during the holiday shopping season. If that number holds true it will mark the slowest period of iPhone growth during a holiday season. Analysts say the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are facing weak demand, despite a record setting week […]
Twitter is losing four of its top executives. The company announced on Sunday that product chief Kevin Weil, head of engineering Alex Roetter, Katie Jacobs Stanton, VP of global media and Skip Schipper, VP of human resources, were all taking their exit. CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed the departures, saying the four would be “taking some well-deserved […]
Yahoo Inc. is planning to cut 10% of its overall workforce and it could begin the process in January, according to a report from Business Insider. “We are not confirming this rumor or commenting further”, Sarah Meron, a spokeswoman for Yahoo told Reuters on Thursday in an e-mail. If the news is accurate it would […]
Yahoo could sell its core business and a list of potential buyers is already forming after a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday said the company’s board is considering a sale Among the top prospect are Verizon Wireless, which recently acquired AOL for $4.4 billion in June, and IAC Interactive, the owner of 150 internet brands, […]
