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IBM beats earnings estimates but shares fall on continued sales decline

By Eric David Jan 19, 2017

IBM Corp.’s shares fell 2.4 percent in late trading Thursday despite the tech giant reporting better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and raising its forecast for the new fiscal year. The company reported a profit before certain…

Apps

Fig raises $7.8M for its profit-sharing crowdfunding game platform

By Eric David Jan 19, 2017

Fig today announced that it has just closed a $7.8 million funding round for its video game crowdfunding platform that allows backers to share in the profits of successful projects. The funding round was led…

Emerging Tech

HTC Vive creates $10M fund for VR that promotes social good

By Eric David Jan 19, 2017

HTC Corp. has launched a $10 million fund to encourage developers to build virtual reality experiences that promote social good and sustainability. HTC, which makes the HTC Vive VR headset, is launching the new VR for…

Apps

Google acquires Fabric, Twitter’s mobile app developer platform

By Eric David Jan 18, 2017

Twitter Inc. announced today that it has sold its mobile app developer platform, Fabric, for an undisclosed amount to Google Inc. Revealed in 2014 amid a fair amount of fanfare, Fabric combines several developer tools…

Apps

Google might bring its low-cost Android One phones to the US

By Eric David Jan 18, 2017

Google launched its Android One program in 2014 to bring cheap yet reliable Android smartphones to developing countries, but according to a new report by The Information, Google may soon introduce Android One to the U.S.…

Apps

Microsoft acquires Simplygon for its ‘3D For Everyone’ plan

By Eric David Jan 17, 2017

Microsoft Corp. said today it has acquired Simplygon, a Swedish software company developed by Donya Labs AB that specializes in 3D optimization for games, animation and other applications. Microsoft, which didn’t disclose terms of the…

Emerging Tech

Artificial intelligence used to predict death rates of heart patients

By Eric David Jan 17, 2017

Companies are already using artificial intelligence to play board games and recommend content, and now researchers want to use AI for something a bit more personal: predicting how long heart patients have to live. In…

Emerging Tech

Mark Zuckerberg reveals Facebook paid $3B for Oculus, denies technology theft charges

By Eric David Jan 17, 2017

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a Dallas courtroom today that Facebook paid an astonishing $3 billion to purchase Oculus VR Inc., roughly $1 billion more than the original reported price tag.…

Emerging Tech

Measure raises $15M to grow its drone service for the enterprise

By Eric David Jan 17, 2017

Washington, D.C.-based drone startup Measure, which bills itself as a drone service for the enterprise, today announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding to expand its platform. Rather than designing and building…

Emerging Tech

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify Tuesday in $2B lawsuit against Oculus VR

By Eric David Jan 16, 2017

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a Dallas courtroom Tuesday for a lawsuit that could determine whether or not the technology behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset had been stolen.…

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Fig raises $7.8M for its profit-sharing crowdfunding game platform

Google might bring its low-cost Android One phones to the US

Microsoft acquires Simplygon for its ‘3D For Everyone’ plan

Artificial intelligence used to predict death rates of heart patients

Measure raises $15M to grow its drone service for the enterprise

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify Tuesday in $2B lawsuit against Oculus VR

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