7 October BMW, iVentures, Toyota & Allianz: Investing In NAUTO (Tech Crunch) Google: ‘Made By Google’ Shop Opening Soon In NY; Google Play Music Teamed Up With Runtastic; and To Shut Down Panoramio (Google; Google; Cnet) Facebook: ‘Events From Facebook’ (FB) Samsung: US Carriers Allows Second Replacement Of Galaxy 7 Note; To Pay Apple $120m (The Wall Street… Read More
30 September HTC: ‘Viveport’ (Venture Beat) Yahoo: Open-Sourcing NSFW Images Detecting Network (Venture Beat) Amazon: ‘Twitch Prime’ (Tech Crunch) Facebook: ‘Messenger Day’ (Tech Crunch) Google: Universities & Search Results (Google) Apple: To Open A New HQ In London (Evening Standard) 29 September Spotify: Launched In Japan; and In Talks To Buy SoundCloud (Spotify; Reuters) Line: Invests In DAG Ventures Ana… Read More
23 September Twitter: Bidders On First Line (CNBC) Apple: Working On Amazon Echo Competitor (Bloomberg) Uber: Make A Selfie For Your Security! (Uber) Snapchat: ‘Unveils Spectacles’ Sunglasses (The Wall Street Journal) Facebook: Apologises For Video Metrics Miscalculation (The Wall Street Journal) 22 September Amazon: ‘Handmade’ Expands To Europe; and ‘Amazon Prints’ (Engadget; Cnet) Instagram: 500k Active Advertisers (Fortune) Apple: Looking At South… Read More
16 September Microsoft: To Shut Down Skype’s London Offices (Financial Times) Netflix: Accused By Fox Of Poaching Employees (The Hollywood Reporter) Samsung: FAA Issues Airlines Guidance (FAA) FBI: Sued Over iPhone Hack (The Verge) Intel: Q3 Earnings Results Out (The Wall Street Journal) Google: Images In The Mobile Search Results Snippets (Search Engine Land) 15 September Pandora: ‘Pandora Plus’ (CNBC) Twitter: Rolling Out New… Read More
9 September Facebook: FB Moments Upgrade (Tech Crunch) Twitter: Amazon Alexa App (Twitter) Google: Google Photos For iOS New Features (The Verge) Apple: Self-Driving Car Project Strategy Review (The New York Times) Amazon: Expanding Retail Stores (Business Insider) 8 September Google: EU Deadline Pushed Back; Apigee Acquisition Plans; and Adding Service Options In Google Maps (Reuters; Google; Google) Uber:… Read More
2 September Didi-Uber: China Files An Antitrust Investigation (The Wall Street Journal) Samsung: Recalling Galaxy Note 7 (Samsung) Yum: Deals With Alibaba Group And Primavera Capital (Reuters) Google: Automated Insights; and Project Muze (Google; Venture Beat) Daimler: ‘Smart Ready To Drop’ Now Online (Daimler) BMW: ‘Apple CarPlay’ (BMW) Apple: A New Twitter Account Ahead Of iPhone 7… Read More
26 August Google: Hires Former Airbnb Exec To Boost Self-Driving Car Project; and ‘Google Wallet’ Updated (Fortune, 26/8/2016; Droid Life, 26/8/2016) Facebook: Upgrades Trending Topics (FB, 26/8/2016) Microsoft: About Hate Speech (Microsoft, 26/8/2016) Opera: Server Breach Issues (Opera, 26/8/2016) Twitter: Develops A Keyword-Filtering Tool (Bloomberg, 26/8/2016) Amazon: Grows Its Physical Bookstores’ Footprint (The Verge, 26/8/2016) 25 August Twitter: GIFs Users Banned (Fortune, 25/8/2016)… Read More
19 August Uber: Taiwan Wants $6.4m For Taxes (coverage from & thanks to Reuters, 19/8/2016) Pandora: On-Demand Streaming Available Soon (coverage from & thanks to The Wall Street Journal, 19/8/2016) Google: Opens A Youtube Store In London (coverage from & thanks to Business Insider, 19/8/2016) Facebook: ‘Lifestage’ App For Teen-Agers Launched (coverage from & thanks to Tech Crunch, 19/8/2016) Lyft: About An… Read More
12 August Spotify: Enter ‘Gamers’ (thanks to Spotify, 12/8/2016) Microsoft: ‘Flow’ For Android (coverage from & thanks to Tech Crunch, 12/8/2016) Lyft: A GM Tie-Up? Thanks, But No Thanks (coverage from & thanks to Fortune, 12/8/2016) Amazon: ‘One-Click’ Food Purchases On Amazon Video Prime; and A New Distribution Center In The UK (coverage from & thanks to Nikkei, 12/8/2016 and Reuters, 12/8/2016)… Read More
5 August Amazon: Prime Air Launched (thanks to Amazon, 5/8/2016) Yahoo: Messenger Shuts Down (coverage from & thanks to Reuters, 5/8/2016) Spotify: Check Out ‘Release Radar’ (thanks to Spotify, 5/8/2016) Facebook: Testing Selfie Filters; Business Pages’ New Look; and Teaming Up With Eyegroove (coverage from & thanks to Forbes, 5/8/2016, Tech Crunch, 5/8/2016 and Eyegroove, 5/8/2016) HTC: ‘Viveport’ VR… Read More