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Smart earbud startup Doppler Labs shuts down after burning through $51M

By Duncan Riley Nov 1, 2017

Smart earbud startup Doppler Labs Inc. is history, closing its doors after running out of money when its product failed to sell. Founded in 2013, the San Francisco-based company designed an “augmented reality” pair…

Cloud

VMware’s new Photon OS boosts security and cloud app options

By Mike Wheatley Nov 1, 2017

VMware Inc. is updating its Project Photon OS platform for running software containers with new security improvements and support for more packages for prototyping and deploying cloud-native applications. Photon OS is an operating system…

Infra

Apache Kafka data streaming engine hits milestone as version 1.0 goes live

By Mike Wheatley Nov 1, 2017

The Apache Kafka distributed data streaming engine has finally hit version 1.0, a milestone that indicates the platform is finally ready for mainstream business. “Apache Kafka is playing a bigger role as companies are…

Big Data

Data science for all not just a pipe dream

By Kylie Anderson Nov 1, 2017

A solid data strategy has become central to all functions of business, but making data quality a high priority comes with a set of challenges many companies are not equipped to handle on their…

Women in Tech

Ignore gender to close gender gap? This tech company did

By R. Danes Nov 1, 2017

Under pressure to prove sexism stereotypes wrong, some tech companies grasp for any means to add female employees. But copying generic best practices may yield flimsy results; for example, a quota for women in…

Infra

Qualcomm beats earnings expectations, but Apple legal battle hurts profitability

By Eric David Nov 1, 2017

Shares of mobile chip maker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. began to rebound today thanks to a better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings report. The positive reaction from investors came despite looming concerns about the company’s ongoing legal battle…

Big Data

Wanted: data evangelist who tells meaningful stories that make lots of money

By Mark Albertson Nov 1, 2017

In the 1980s, a popular TV personality named Warner Wolf made a national name for himself during nightly sportscasts by referencing the outcome of a game and then quickly declaring “let’s go to the…

Apps

Facebook smashes earnings forecasts, but site abuse crackdown will hit profits

By Robert Hof Nov 1, 2017

On a day when Facebook Inc. and other tech executives were being grilled by Congress on how they may have helped Russia influence U.S. elections, the social network giant issued an earnings report that…

Emerging Tech

Amazon app lets you experiment with new furniture using augmented reality

By Eric David Nov 1, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. wants to make it easier for people to buy furniture and other home decor items online by letting them try out thousands of items in augmented reality on the Amazon iOS app. Using Apple’s…

Cloud

Talkdesk brings its quick-thinking help desk AI to sales conversations

By Maria Deutscher Nov 1, 2017

Sales calls can reveal a lot of valuable information about a company’s customers, especially when examined in aggregate. San Francisco-based Talkdesk Inc. today launched a new cloud service intended to help sales teams access that…

the latest

Smart earbud startup Doppler Labs shuts down after burning through $51M

Apache Kafka data streaming engine hits milestone as version 1.0 goes live

Data science for all not just a pipe dream

Ignore gender to close gender gap? This tech company did

Qualcomm beats earnings expectations, but Apple legal battle hurts profitability

Wanted: data evangelist who tells meaningful stories that make lots of money

Amazon app lets you experiment with new furniture using augmented reality

Talkdesk brings its quick-thinking help desk AI to sales conversations

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