Struggling location data startup Foursquare Labs, Inc. has signed a new deal with Uber, Inc. that will see Uber users being able to book rides without knowing the address of the location they wish to visit. Under the deal, Foursquare is supplying Points of Interest (POI) data to Uber, including the names and locations of restaurants ...

In a long overdue move Google, Inc. is considering shaming smartphone makers and carriers who do not offer users upgrades and security patches to its Android mobile operating system, a report claimed Wednesday. Bloomberg claims that Google will be taking a “carrot and stick” approach to Android phone makers that includes the possibility of publishing ...

The dream of decent quality color electronic paper is no longer that far away, with E Ink Holdings, Inc. announcing Tuesday it’s come up with the technology to deliver exactly that. Called Advanced Color ePaper (ACeP), the new electronic ink offers a high quality, full-color reflective display with an electrophoretic display (EPD) that can produce ...

Toyota Motor Corp. is Uber, Inc.’s latest investor, with both companies coming to an agreement that along with an undisclosed investment will see Toyota provide leased vehicles to Uber drivers on favorable terms. According to a statement from Toyota, the memorandum of understanding (MOU) includes a commitment to explore “collaboration” that will start with trials ...

Apple, Inc. wants a slice of the emerging smart home assistant market, and is looking to build an Amazon Echo rival and open Siri to third party developers, according to one report Tuesday. The Information (paywall) claims that Apple is planning to open up Siri, its intelligent assistant featured on its iPhone and iPad range, ...

The content available to Netflix, Inc. subscribers is soon to receive a boost with the company announcing Monday that come September it will be the exclusive U.S. pay-TV home of the latest films from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar. Netflix originally signed the deal with Disney back in 2012 for a reported $300 million, but ...

Music streaming service Spotify AB has slashed the price of its family plan to match that offered by Apple Music, as it was revealed that the company lost $173.1 million in 2015. Spotify’s announcement of the price cut naturally didn’t mention Apple, Inc., but did pitch the new price of $14.99 a month as offering ...

Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. has submitted a response to the United States Senate Commerce Committee over allegations that it was biased against Conservative political stories in its trending topics list. In a letter to Chairman Senator John Thule, Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch stated that an investigation into the allegations found that there was ...

Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. is set to release its new Galaxy S7 Active phone and a new leak Monday show’s that the phone is getting a battery upgrade among other features. According to VentureBeat, the specs for the Galaxy S7 Active closely matches those of the standard Galaxy S7 and will include a memory slot, ...

Would you like to be able to control your music, answer phone calls, access navigation, and other smartphone features by tapping and swiping on the sleeve of your jacket? The answer from most people isn’t probably no versus WTF? but none the less starting in 2017 a new jacket made by Levi Strauss & Co. ...