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Smart city trends test freebies, chatty trash cans

By Mellisa Tolentino Jun 18, 2015

This week’s Smart City roundup features San Jose joining the connected city trend, a company that has transformed recycling and waste management in the U.K., and device interconnectivity and data security that’s driving innovation for…

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The container front heats up as EMC throws its weight behind Flocker

By Maria Deutscher Jun 18, 2015

Somewhat atypically for an open-source project, the first major release of Flocker is rolling out without bringing any major new capabilities to the table. But the update includes something of arguably much greater significance for the long-term prospects…

Fallout Shelter overtakes Candy Crush Saga on top-grossing iOS games

By Eric David Jun 18, 2015

Bethesda Game Studios made a lot of exciting announcements regarding the Fallout franchise during this year’s E3, and one of the most unexpected was the sudden release of Fallout Shelter, a mobile game that lets players…

AWS adds support for Apache Spark on EMR

By Mike Wheatley Jun 18, 2015

The Apache Spark open-source distributed processing engine for Big Data workloads is coming to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cloud giant has just updated its EMR (Elastic MapReduce) service to handle Spark applications, meaning…

Peak unicorn: Airbnb trying to raise $1b Series E on a $24b valuation

By Duncan Riley Jun 18, 2015

Airbnb, Inc. is said to be doing the rounds looking to raise a $1 billion Series E round on a seriously high peak unicorn valuation of $24 billion. The Wall Street Journal says further…

Terry Myerson in the driving seat: Shake-up at Microsoft as Satya Nadella restructures senior exec team

By James Farrell Jun 18, 2015

As Microsoft’s fiscal year draws to a close the company has announced a reshuffle and bids farewell to some of its big execs, including CEO candidate before Nadella’s arrival, former Nokia head Stephen Elop.…

iOS 8.4 update: Release date and standout features

By Collen Kriel Jun 18, 2015

Shortly after releasing iOS 8.3 early in April, Apple seeded the first iOS 8.4 beta to developers. To date, Apple has released four iOS 8.4 betas, including three public betas. iOS 8.4 is largely…

Samsung rumored to launch 3 new Galaxy S6 models before Galaxy Note 5

By Collen Kriel Jun 18, 2015

Amid rumors that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. is rushing to launch its Galaxy Note 5 phablet in late August, other rumors suggest that the South Korean tech giant may also launch three new Galaxy…

Fitbit to float on the NYSE Thursday with a $20 share price

By Duncan Riley Jun 18, 2015

Shares in fitness tracking startup Fitbit, Inc. will float Thursday morning at a starting price of $20 per share, the company revealed Wednesday. According to reports, the $20 price was well ahead of the…

VR controllers get a boost with Nod Labs $13.5 million funding round

By Kyt Dotson Jun 17, 2015

California-based startup Nod Labs landed $13.5 million in funding to work on a new line of multi-platform controllers designed for virtual reality (VR) experiences. Nod Labs received $2.3 million in seed funding in August…

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Smart city trends test freebies, chatty trash cans

The container front heats up as EMC throws its weight behind Flocker

Fallout Shelter overtakes Candy Crush Saga on top-grossing iOS games

AWS adds support for Apache Spark on EMR

Peak unicorn: Airbnb trying to raise $1b Series E on a $24b valuation

Terry Myerson in the driving seat: Shake-up at Microsoft as Satya Nadella restructures senior exec team

iOS 8.4 update: Release date and standout features

Samsung rumored to launch 3 new Galaxy S6 models before Galaxy Note 5

Fitbit to float on the NYSE Thursday with a $20 share price

VR controllers get a boost with Nod Labs $13.5 million funding round

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