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Square and Google working to catch up to Apple Pay, says report

By Collen Kriel Feb 12, 2015

Square, Inc., the makers of the mobile-friendly point-of-sale solution popular with small and mid-size business across the U.S., may be working on an Android version of its Square Register. According to a report from…

‘App Pins’ lets you discover and install iOS apps without leaving Pinterest

By Collen Kriel Feb 12, 2015

In collaboration with Apple Inc., Pinterest today announced a new feature available in its iOS app for iPhone and iPad. “App Pins” will help users discover and install iOS apps from directly within the…

Microsoft patches lingering bug that affects all versions of Windows

By James Farrell Feb 12, 2015

Microsoft has announced that it has taken care of a bug that may have been around for some 15 years, and could have put millions of PC users running all version of Windows at risk of giving…

Absurdity redefined: music companies claim copyright over audio of a cat purring on YouTube

By Duncan Riley Feb 12, 2015

Can you claim copyright over the audio of a cat purring? EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and music rights management company PRS for Music Ltd. seem to think so, with both claiming via YouTube’s Content-ID system that they…

Twitter acquires social media talent agency Niche for rumored $30 million

By Duncan Riley Feb 11, 2015

Twitter Inc. has acquired social media talent agency The Niche Project Inc. (Niche). Although the price was not officially disclosed, reports suggest that it was $30 million with possible earn-outs and employment contracts taking the…

Official: Microsoft confirms acquisition of calendar app maker Sunrise

By Duncan Riley Feb 11, 2015

Microsoft has officially confirmed that it has acquired Sunrise Atelier Inc., the maker of the Sunrise calendar application. The acquisition price was not disclosed, but was rumored to be around $100 million when news of…

#BigDataSV CrowdChat: Follow the Money

By Dave Vellante Feb 11, 2015

We had an excellent CrowdChat today hosted by @jeffreyfkelly, sponsored by EMC Corporation. It was a preview to our event next week in San Jose that coincides with Strataconf, Hadoopworld and #BigDataWeek. @furrier won…

EA exec thinks tablets could be more powerful than consoles by 2018

By Eric David Feb 11, 2015

While mobile gaming has exploded over the last few years, current smartphone and tablet hardware could never compete with the power of modern game consoles. But that could all change in just a few years,…

Meet Spot: Boston Dynamics’s kickable robot dog

By Kyt Dotson Feb 11, 2015

The ongoing work by Boston Dynamics, a leading engineering and robotics design company owned by Google Inc., on our future robot overlords continues apace. In a video released by the company, robots mimicking uncanny,…

future data

The stars in our data: Can Facebook replace horoscopes?

By Kristen Nicole Feb 11, 2015

Why do we love data? For the same reason we read numerology charts and horoscopes. We’re curious enough about our natural make-up that we’ll seek an understanding of our underlying patterns.What if we could…

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Square and Google working to catch up to Apple Pay, says report

Microsoft patches lingering bug that affects all versions of Windows

Absurdity redefined: music companies claim copyright over audio of a cat purring on YouTube

Twitter acquires social media talent agency Niche for rumored $30 million

Official: Microsoft confirms acquisition of calendar app maker Sunrise

#BigDataSV CrowdChat: Follow the Money

EA exec thinks tablets could be more powerful than consoles by 2018

Meet Spot: Boston Dynamics’s kickable robot dog

The stars in our data: Can Facebook replace horoscopes?

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