HIGHLIGHTS The job cuts were mostly in sales and support Williams did not describe the “new model” the company would create Company to shut down offices in New York and Washington US-ba…
Tencent launches venture to find new music, video and writing talent in Southeast Asia
Platforms like Musical.ly and Vine have helped find the next-generation of internet stars in the West, now Chinese internet giant Tencent is aiming to ride that wave to boost its presence in Southe…
An Amazon Echo may be the key to solving a murder case
Internet-connected devices may start helping in criminal cases. As first reported in The Information, police in Bentonville, Arkansas have issued a warrant to Amazon, asking the company to hand ove…
Apple Wants You to Ring in the New Year With an Activity Challenge
The Apple Watch Series 2 was Apple’s way of saying that the smartwatch is best used for fitness-related activities. Apple is now taking its goal one step further by offering Apple Watch users…
Shop till you drop? Sell till you drop, more like, as online retail grows across UK
More folks in the UK are selling goods or skills online to make some extra cash, according to a new piece of research. The survey of 1,000 adults in the UK commissioned by ePages showed that no les…
Cyanogen Shutting Down Services by December 31; CyanogenMod to Transition to Open-Source Lineage OS
HIGHLIGHTS Cyanogen-supported nightly builds will be discontinued on December 31 CyanogenMod will live on as LineageOS The company says decision taken as part of the ongoing consolidation After mon…
Xiaomi Mi Car Air Purifier Launched Alongside New Anti-Pollution Air Mask
HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi has introduced the Mi Car Air Purifier at CNY 449 It has also launched a new anti-pollution air mask at CNY 69 The Mi Car Air Purifier will go on sale from Tuesday Chinese mobile …
Norway wants to fill the International Space Station with snakebots
Astronauts on the International Space Station might soon be getting help from a swarm of snakebots, if Norwegian engineers get their way. Scientists at SINTEF, an industrial and technical research …
MacBook Pro’s battery life problems may have a logical explanation
Could Apple have prevented a con of the Pro? Though the latest innovation in Apple’s laptop line, the MacBook Pro has had a rocky reception since its reveal back in October, in part because o…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Builds ‘Jarvis’ Software Butler for His Home
HIGHLIGHTS Jarvis is not a physical robot, but an application The software learns Zuckerberg’s tastes and patterns, among other things Natural language processing and facial recognition built…