Jack Dorsey really needs a hit. After Twitter’s weak second-quarter showing, and both stocks not performing well in the past year, Dorsey — as the lead of both companies — needs to show investors his strategies are working (and that he can run both companies). Well, he certainly got one today. Square reported its second-quarter earnings, where it brought in $439 million in… Read More Jack Dorsey gets a much-needed strong second quarter performance from ...This entry was posted in Apps Earnings Fundings & Exits Mobile Square TC on August 3, 2016 by Matthew Lynley
Basis Peak, a fitness watch tracking your health and sleep habits, is now being recalled by the company after reports of overheating. The Intel subsidiary first sent a statement about the overheating issues mid-June and is now asking customers to stop wearing their watches and is shutting down service “immediately.” “We had hoped to update the software on your watch… Read More Basis Peak watches recalled, service shutting down due to overheatingThis entry was posted in activity trackers Gadgets Health Intel on August 3, 2016 by Sarah Buhr
The field of artificial intelligence is so huge, and the potential applications so numerous, that it would be folly to try to explain it all in one — no, wait, IBM just did. Read More The White House requested input on artificial intelligence, and IBM’s ...This entry was posted in AI artificial intelligence Gadgets Government IBM TC on August 3, 2016 by Devin Coldewey
Take a tour of Facebook’s new 22,000 square foot hardware lab where it’s building drones, satellites, lasers, VR headsets, and the machines that store the world’s biggest collection of photos. Click the arrow to the right or scroll down on mobile to see what’s behind the Area 404 security doors. Read More 40 photos from Facebook’s “Area 404” mad science laboratoryThis entry was posted in Gadgets hardware robotics TC and tagged facebook on August 3, 2016 by Legit Coder
Many executives and employees have need for a role that’s basically a “chief of staff” — someone who keeps track of all the details about everyone they encounter and are headed off to meet in their professional careers. But there’s plenty of information that they might be missing out on, and as you head downstream to smaller companies those roles are just as… Read More Accompany’s digital chief-of-staff application launches in betaThis entry was posted in Apps Enterprise Mobile Startups TC on August 3, 2016 by Matthew Lynley
It’s an interesting time for Dropbox’s document-building tool, Paper. Quip, in a similar vein to Paper, was bought for a whopping $750 million by Salesforce earlier this week. This deal surprised a ton of people, but made a lot of sense given that Salesforce has seemingly been dipping its toes into collaboration software. So Quip is a great, and natural, fit for Salesforce and… Read More Dropbox launches an iPhone and Android version of its document-editing ...This entry was posted in Apps Dropbox Enterprise Mobile Startups TC on August 3, 2016 by Matthew Lynley
It’s hard standing out in the smartphone market. Of late, ZTE’s primary focus has been on pricing – a strategy epitomized by the recent launch of the company’s $99 Android phablet. But that’s become something of a race to the bottom as manufacturers rapidly work to undercut one other. Now the Chinese smartphone maker is looking outward for inspiration. Today it… Read More ZTE is hoping you’ll help it build its next phoneThis entry was posted in Gadgets hardware on August 3, 2016 by Brian Heater
This is where Facebook will prototype its solar drones, Internet-beaming lasers, VR headsets, and next-gen servers. The problem with moving faster than most companies is that Facebook was plagued by delays whenever it had to outsource prototyping... Inside Facebook’s new “Area 404” hardware labThis entry was posted in augmented reality Gadgets hardware Mobile Social TC Virtual reality and tagged facebook on August 3, 2016 by Legit Coder
Polar goes back. Way, way back. Back to the early 80s, when the Finnish company launched its first portable heart rate monitor, the Sport Tester PE 2000. Back when wearable fitness devices weren’t really a thing. Of course, being the first doesn’t mean you’ll always be on top. While the company has had a longstanding relationship with professional athletes (with Olympics… Read More Polar brings its fitness focus to Android Wear with the ...This entry was posted in Android Wear Gadgets Health Wearables on August 3, 2016 by Brian Heater
Not to be outdone by Twitter – who, yesterday introduced followable Moments and other means of tuning into Olympics news via its network – Facebook is rolling out a number of ways for its users to show support for their favorite teams plus track the Olympics news they care about in a dedicated section of the News Feed, the company announced this week. Naturally, the social… Read More Facebook rolls out a personalized Olympics section in the News ...This entry was posted in Social TC and tagged facebook on August 3, 2016 by Sarah Perez