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Looker bags $48M from Kleiner Perkins to grow overseas

By Maria Deutscher Jan 14, 2016

Another week, another business intelligence startup raising funds to tap the exploding demand for analytics. Looker Data Sciences Inc. this morning announced the completion of a $48 million investment round led by venture capital…

Living the dream: Skype’s real-time translation now available to all Windows users

By James Farrell Jan 14, 2016

Microsoft has just gone one step further in its mission to help bring down the language barrier. Skype translator is now available to all Skype for Windows customers (the roll-out actually started in October…

Toyota banks on satellite communications for future connected cars | #NAIAS2016

By Collen Kriel Jan 14, 2016

At the 2016 North American International Auto Show, currently underway in Detroit, Toyota Motor Corp. is showing off a hydrogen-powered Mirai research vehicle fitted with flat-panel antenna technology capable of high-speed, high-volume data connections…

GrabTaxi to open engineering office in Seattle – no plans to expand ride-hailing service outside of Southeast Asia

By Collen Kriel Jan 14, 2016

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. plans to dip into Seattle’s talent pool with the announcement that it will be opening its first U.S. office in the city. Raman Narayanan, who is a former Microsoft Corp.…

AWS to build new data center facilities in Canada

By Mike Wheatley Jan 14, 2016

Amazon Web Services might be the leader in the public cloud in terms of revenue, but it still trails its biggest rival Microsoft when it comes to its the physical reach of its cloud.…

Google’s autonomous cars can’t be trusted yet

By Mike Wheatley Jan 14, 2016

Google’s self-driving cars are still some way from becoming roadworthy, according to a new report the company prepared for the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The report, which looks at all of the test…

Google Maps’ new Driving Mode knows your destination before you do

By Collen Kriel Jan 14, 2016

Google’s latest update for Google Maps Android includes a new feature called Driving Mode that will predict your destination before you add it. Android Police discovered the new feature on Tuesday, but Driving Mode…

PC vendors struggle for breath as shipments slump by 9%

By Mike Wheatley Jan 14, 2016

The “Big Two” analyst firms, Gartner Inc. and International Data Corp. (IDC), have proclaimed that 2015 was a disastrous year for the PC, with both reporting steep declines in shipments over the last year.…

Databricks could be headed for an IPO amid leadership changes

By Mike Wheatley Jan 13, 2016

Speculation is mounting that Databricks Inc., the company behind the Apache Spark cluster computing framework, might be headed for an IPO or perhaps even more after it announced a change of leadership this week.…

Devs can now add spatial audio to Google Cardboard apps

By Eric David Jan 13, 2016

Google’s low-cost virtual reality (VR) platform Google Cardboard just got a little more immersive thanks to new spatial audio capabilities added to its software developer kit (SDK). While it would be easy to assume…

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Looker bags $48M from Kleiner Perkins to grow overseas

Living the dream: Skype’s real-time translation now available to all Windows users

Toyota banks on satellite communications for future connected cars | #NAIAS2016

GrabTaxi to open engineering office in Seattle – no plans to expand ride-hailing service outside of Southeast Asia

Google’s autonomous cars can’t be trusted yet

Google Maps’ new Driving Mode knows your destination before you do

PC vendors struggle for breath as shipments slump by 9%

Databricks could be headed for an IPO amid leadership changes

Devs can now add spatial audio to Google Cardboard apps

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