Apps
Facebook Lite will be rolling out in the US this week
Facebook Lite, which is a version of Facebook made for developing countries designs to run on 2G networks, is rollout to more countries, including developed countries as well,…
Companies
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Company coverage of Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony, Tesla and more: product launches, mergers and deals, lawsuits, layoffs and earnings.
BlackBerry
John Chen will remain CEO of BlackBerry through 2023
John Chen will continue to be BlackBerry's CEO through at least November 2023, the company announced today. BlackBerry praises Chen for turning things around the company where at…
Business
By 2020, all Ford vehicles will come built-in with 4G LTE
Ford's vision for its future is electric, assisted driving and connectivity. The means by 2020, the company's entire lineup will have 4G LTE connectivity and have Wave navigation…
Apple
Apple introduces new ‘Families’ page where it shows off parental features
If you head on over to Apple's website, you will notice a dedicated page for family features and parental control. The page brings together the compan'y existing tools,…
Autonomous
Lyft is teaming up with Magna to build self-driving car systems
With Lyft's plans to bring self-driving car experiments into production vehicles offering rides, it's going to need a lot of help. For this, the company has decided to…
Companies
WhatsApp has agreed to not share user data with Facebook in Europe
WhatsApp has agreed to not share data with Facebook (its parent company) until the two companies can share the information in a way that both comply with the…
Amazon
Walmart’s grocery delivery will come to 100 new cities in 2018
Walmart announced today that it plans to expand its Online Grocery Delivery service. Currently available in six markets, the company will expand the service to over 100 metro…
Equifax
Former Equifax executive has been charged with insider trading
A former Equifax executive has been charged by the SEC with insider trading. The exec allegedly sold his company stock before announcing last year's massive data breach the…
Business
Broadcom has given up on Qualcomm buyout after veto from Trump
It appears that takeover negotiations between Broadcom and Qualcomm have come to an abrupt ending. Per Bloomberg, Broadcom has announced that it's no longer attempting to buy its…
Facebook
Facebook has banned hate group Britain First
Today, we have learned that Facebook has banned alt-right group Britain First, which "repeatedly posted content designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups," according to a…
Lyft
Lyft is facing a lawsuit over the lack of wheelchair access in SF
Uber has faced with lawsuits at least three times over the past year for failing to accommodate passengers with wheelchairs, but Uber isn't the only one facing such…
Amazon
Amazon to give away free games every month with Twitch Prime
Amazon has announced a new Twitch program called Free Games with Prime. Through the program, subscribers with Twitch Prime memberships will receive a collection of free games to…
Business
IKEA is now using TaskRabbit to help customers built their furniture
IKEA brought TaskRabbit last fall with the goal to offer customers assistant building their tough-to-construct furniture. Today, the company has announced that it's allowing customers in select US…
Google
Microsoft apparently only upheld less than 1 percent of gender discrimination complaints by female employees
According to a report from Reuters, it appears that over a six-year period, Microsoft upheld only one of the 118 gender discrimination complaints they received from their female…
Apple
Apple’s WWDC 2018 event will start on June 4th
Apple has announced the official date for its annual developer conference, WWDC. The developer conference is schedule for June 4th through 8th, and like last year, it will…