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Bose to jump on streaming music bandwagon with own service

By Duncan Riley Dec 16, 2014

Audio equipment company Bose Corp. is jumping on the streaming music bandwagon by building its own service, according to a job placement it is currently advertising. The Worcester, MA based manufacturer has advertised for a Senior User Experience…

Computer model shows Alcatraz escapees likely to have perished

By Mike Wheatley Dec 15, 2014

The mystery of three prisoners who famously escaped from the Alcatraz maximum security jail in San Francisco Bay may have finally been solved, thanks to Big Data and computer modelling. In 1962, convicted bank…

Skype Translator preview goes live: Spanish-English spoken, 40 languages written

By Duncan Riley Dec 15, 2014

Microsoft Corp.’s Skype division has launched a preview version of its new Skype Translator, a service that allows realtime translation from one language to the next. The tool, which Microsoft has been working on for…

Snapchat gets a job: Office oopsies no more

By Cheryl Knight Dec 15, 2014

Permission is a bygone requisite for today’s tech-savvy employee, with services like Google Drive and Dropbox Inc. providing free file management solutions with remote access via the cloud. Circumventing the traditional top-down method of software…

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Palantir secures first $60M chunk of projected $400M round as market asks, “Who?”

By Maria Deutscher Dec 15, 2014

A Big Data analytics company few people have even heard of is on track to close a massive $400 million funding round that could bring its total amount raised to well over $1 billion.…

Uber’s “surge pricing” just another name for price gouging

By David Coursey Dec 15, 2014

There is a difference between market exuberance and price gouging, and today we have Uber Inc. to thank for demonstrating the difference to us. Uber’s supposedly demand-based pricing failed miserably in the wake of…

Bitcoin cited in Ford’s 2015 Global Consumer Trends and Futuring report

By Kyt Dotson Dec 15, 2014

Ford Motor Company has released a its “Looking Further with Ford” publication for 2015 [PDF link] that includes studies commissioned about the future of many different technologies as well as expected trends. Bitcoin made…

2014 travel holiday gift guide: 5 high-tech gadgets for frequent travelers

By Suzanne Kattau Dec 15, 2014

Welcome to the ninth installment of SiliconANGLE Media’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide series. In this series of gift guides, we’ve suggested some of the best high-tech gift ideas for your friends and loved ones…

What you missed in the Smart World: smart air purifier, virtual reality for tourism

By Mellisa Tolentino Dec 15, 2014

This week’s Smart World Series features s smartphone maker’s entry to the smart home market, a virtual reality headset used to promote tourism, a new platform for Internet of Things (IoT) developers and more…

Sony caught in the middle of embarrassing emails, plot to take down an Internet ‘Goliath’

By Mellisa Tolentino Dec 15, 2014

Sony Pictures, the movie production arm of Sony Corp. was attacked by a group of hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace (GoP) back in November. Despite several weeks having passed since the attack, Sony…

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Bose to jump on streaming music bandwagon with own service

Computer model shows Alcatraz escapees likely to have perished

Skype Translator preview goes live: Spanish-English spoken, 40 languages written

Palantir secures first $60M chunk of projected $400M round as market asks, “Who?”

Uber’s “surge pricing” just another name for price gouging

Bitcoin cited in Ford’s 2015 Global Consumer Trends and Futuring report

2014 travel holiday gift guide: 5 high-tech gadgets for frequent travelers

What you missed in the Smart World: smart air purifier, virtual reality for tourism

Sony caught in the middle of embarrassing emails, plot to take down an Internet ‘Goliath’

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