29 December
- Toshiba: About Value Destruction (Reuters)
- LeEco: In Talks To Raise $1.4bn From A Strategic Investor (Reuters)
28 December
- Qualcomm: About That $854m Fine In South Korea (BBC)
- Amazon: Introduces Digital Day (Amazon)
- Facebook: Acquires The Eye Tribe (Venture Beat)
- Twitter: Introduces Live 360 Video (Twitter)
- FDA: Rolls Out Recommendations For Cybersecurity Of Medical Devices (FDA)
27 December
- Hulu: Announces New Licensing Deal With Disney (Hulu)
- Panasonic: Strengthens Partnership With Tesla, Invests In Solar (Reuters)
26 December
- Apple: AI Research Published (Mac Rumors)
24 December
- Snapchat: Acquires Cimagine Media Startup For $40m (Venture Beat)
23 December
- Uber: Blames iOS For Tracking Your Location (9to5Mac)
- Baidu & KFC: Develop Facial Recognition Tool (Tech Crunch)
22 December
- Facebook: Teams Up With Northeastern University On Technology Projects; Social Justice Activist Temporarily Banned; and Replaces Nearby Friends With ‘Wave’ (EurekAlert!; Tech Crunch; Tech Crunch)
- Volkswagen: Introduces A New Concept Car (Volkswagen)
- Tesla: The Auto Pilot That Follows Speed Limits On Road… (Electrek)
- Niantic: Pokemon GO is Now Available For Apple Watch (Business Insider)
- Uber: Self-Driving Car Test Moves To Arizona (The Guardian)
- Twitter: A Bug Inflated Video Ad Metrics (Business Insider)
- Faraday Feature: Some bad News For Investors (The Verge)
- Uncle Sam: Social Accounts Privacy Bows To Terror Threat? (Politico)
- Baidu: Plans $1bn IPO For iQiyi.com (The Wall Street Journal)
21 December
- Uber: About Snapchat Filters And More… and Self-Driving Test In San Francisco Stopped (The Verge; Venture Beat)
- Snapchat: Opens A New R&D Office In Shenzhen (CNN)
- Facebook: More On Live Feature Updates; and Transparency Report (FB; FB)
- Alphabet & Honda: Enter Formal Talks On Self-Driving Project Venture (Honda)
- China: New Ride-Hailing Regulations (The New York Times)
- Disney: Snapchat Shows Launching Soon (Reuters)
- Apple & Nokia: A Patent Lawsuit, Again… (The Verge)
- Google: A ‘Dutch Sandwich’ To Cut Taxes (Bloomberg)
- TDK: Snaps Up InvenSense For $1.3bn (Reuters)
20 December
- Facebook: Introduces Shareable Moments & Holidays Cards; Instant Verification For Android; and Live Audio (FB; FB; FB)
- Nintendo: ‘Super Mario Run’ Delivers Impressive Numbers (Tech Crunch)
- Instagram: A New Set Of Features For Stories (Instagram)
- Twitter: CTO Adam Messinger Resigned (RE/Code)
- Turkey: Social Networks Banned For 12 Hours (Tech Crunch)
- Uber: Reports A $800m Loss In Q3 (Bloomberg)
- EU Commission: Did FB Provide Misleading Information About Its WhatsApp Takeover? (European Commission)
- Prisma: Here’s The Latest Update (The Verge)
- Apple: Plans Production In India (The Wall Street Journal)
- Microsoft: Wins A $927m Contract With The Pentagon (Reuters)
19 December
- Uber: Partners With Indonesian Taxi Operator; and More On Self-Driving Cars Issues (Fortune; The Guardian)
- Facebook: Introduces ‘Group Video Chat In Messenger; and Zuckerberg Reveals Jarvis AI (FB; Cnet)
- Microsoft: Launches Intelligent Network For Eyecare (Microsoft)
- Airbnb: Works On A New Flight-Booking Tool (Bloomberg)
- Apple: Appeals Against EU Tax Ruling (Reuters)
- EU Regulators: Say More Rules Are Needed For Big Data (Reuters)
- Softbank: Invests $1bn In OneWeb (Reuters)
16 December
- Twitter: Tests A New Mobile App Design With No Retweet Button (Tech Crunch)
- Facebook: Aquila’s Test Flight Review; Metrics & Report Update; and Messenger Tests Desktop Group Voice Calling (FB; FB; Tech Crunch)
- Nintendo: ‘Super Mario Run’ Hits Record Downloads On Day One (The Verge)
- Google: Announces Gboard For Android (Google)
- Vine: Introduces Its Rebranded App ‘Vine Camera’ (Medium)
- Trivago: Stock Surges On IPO Debut (Reuters)
- Uber: More On Self-Driving Test In San Francisco (Uber)
- Google, Apple, Uber & IBM: Refuse To Build Muslim Registry (Buzz Feed)
15 December
- Just Eat: Buys Hungry House For £200m (The Guardian)
- Microsoft: Extends Partnership With Here; and Rolls Out A New Social Chatbot Called Zo (Here; CBS)
- Uber: Rolls Out ‘Beacon’ (Uber)
- IBM & BMW: Announce A New Collaboration (IBM)
- Instagram: Hits 600m Users (Business Insider)
- BMW & Daimler: Consider Merging Their Car-Sharing Services (BMW Blog)
- Twitter: More On Birth And Death Of A In-House Messaging App (Buzz Feed)
- WordPress: Introduces VR And 360° Content (WordPress)
- Apple: Super Mario Now Available On The App Store (Apple)
- Facebook: About Fake News; and Oculus Launches ‘Rooms’ (FB; Oculus)
- Yahoo: Shares Fall As Terms Of Verizon Deal Are Being Questioned (Tech Crunch)
- Google: Joins The Cloud Foundry Foundation; and Maps Is Now Wheelchair-Friendly (Google; Business Insider)
- Blackberry: TCL Will Produce & Sell Blackberry-Branded Devices (Reuters)
14 December
- Amazon: Expands Prime Video Services; and Prime Air Drone Delivery Trial In The UK (The Wall Street Journal; Amazon)
- Symphony: Gets A Pre-Money Valuation Of More Than $1bn (Tech Crunch)
- Uber: Self-Driving Cars Service Starts In San Francisco (Uber)
- Instagram: Introduces Saved Posts (Instagram)
- Facebook: Considers Paying For Its Own Videos (RE/Code)
- Ashley Madison: Settles With FTC Over Online Dating Breach (New York State Attorney General)
- Yahoo: Discloses Some Important Security Information (Yahoo)
- Uber: The Self-Driving Car Service In San Francisco Is Already Over (The Washington Post)
13 December
- Opera: Introduces ‘Opera 42’ (Opera)
- Salesforce: Delivers LiveMessage (Salesforce)
- Snapchat: New Features For Your Holidays! (Snapchat)
- Facebook: Launches FB Parents Portal (FB)
- Google: Upgrades SMS For Rogers Communication Customers; Announces Updates To ‘Android Things’; Alphabet Launches New Self-Driving Car Unit; Shares ‘National Security Letters’; Introduces The WebVR API In Chrome For Android; Now Google Drive Helps You Deal With iOS & Android; and Signs Internet Deal With Cuba (Google; Google; Bloomberg; Google; Google; The Verge; Reuters)
- Adobe: Photoshop’s Last Update Supports MacBook Pro Touch Bar (Adobe)
- Apple: Standalone Support App Hits The U.S. App Store (Tech Crunch)
- Snapchat: Rolls Out Group Messaging Feature (Business Insider)
- Amazon: Announces The AWS Europe (London) Region (Amazon)
- Microsoft: Introduces Skype Mingo (Microsoft)
- EU Commission: Messaging App Will Face Stricter Privacy Rules (Reuters)
12 December
- Honda: Invests In Grab (The Wall Street Journal)
- Samsung: About Migrant Workers & Associated Guidelines (Samsung)
- Microsoft: November Was The Best Month Ever For Consumer Surface Sales; Announces ‘Microsoft Ventures’ Fund; and Invests In Element AI (Microsoft; Microsoft; Element AI)
- Panasonic: Unveils Checkout Machines For Automated Stores (The Wall Street Journal)
- Facebook: Introduces A Basic Web Version Of Moments; and Launches ‘Live 360’ (Engadget; FB)
- Dropbox: Introduces Dropbox For Xbox (Dropbox)
- Instagram: Live Video Feature Now Available To All US Users (The Verge)
- Apple: Eyes Investment In Softbank’s Tech Fund (The Wall Street Journal)
- Google: Bad News For its Self-Driving Car Project? and Android Pay Now Available In Japan (The Information; Google)
- Uber: Under Investigation Over Data Treatment And Security Stuff; and UberPOOL’s Latest Update (Reveal; Uber)