October 16, 2017
Google Photos gets more pet-friendly
If you’re a pet owner who uses Google Photos, you’ve probably typed in “dog” or “cat” before in order to surface photos of your furry pal – like…
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October 16, 2017
IBM launches two new services to help businesses move to the cloud
IBM today announced two new services that are meant to make it easier for businesses to move their data and applications to the cloud. The company says the…
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Spanish bank launches money-transfer app focused initially on US-Mexico remittances
BBVA, Spain’s second-largest bank that snatched up mobile banking startup Simple for $117 million back in 2014, is now entering the mobile money transfer business with today’s launch…
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Sorry SNES Classic: Analogue’s Super Nt is the ultimate Super Nintendo
You may or may not have scored an SNES Classic from Nintendo, but either way, you don’t have the true retro gaming fan’s SNES reboot – yet. That’s because…
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The CoD: WWII live action trailer is out
In approximately three weeks, Call of Duty is taking the franchise back to WWII, with some good old-fashioned boots-on-the-ground gameplay. So it’s not surprising that the live action…
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We Heart It says a data breach affected over 8 million accounts, included emails and passwords
We Heart It, an image-sharing site used by 40 million teens as of a couple of years ago, is informing users their personal data may have been compromised.…
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Mobile phone companies appear to be providing your number and location to anyone who pays
You may remember that last year, Verizon was punished by the FCC for injecting information into its subscribers’ traffic that allowed them to be tracked without their consent.…
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User outcry prompts OnePlus to step down its excessive data collection
Earlier this week, it was revealed that independent phone maker OnePlus was collecting all manner of information from phones running its OxygenOS — without telling users, of course.…
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The keys to your house belong to startups
Silicon Valley may be the techiest place on earth, but even here, the way people open the front door hasn’t changed much in a century. Most of us…
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My new favorite Twitter habit is saving me so much heartache
I have a new habit. It quenches a thirst. It soothes a weakened, battered piece of my psyche. It repairs my wounds and unleashes me, more powerful, into…
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