Michio Hasai

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Google is killing off yet another thing that nobody knew existed

Google isn’t afraid to experiment, and as a result, the company ends up having to kill off a lot of products and services that didn’t end...
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These graphs will give you an idea of how popular Pokemon Go is

We all know that Pokemon Go is big, but just how big, exactly? Well it’s hard to get exact numbers without going through Nintendo,...
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Oculus has stopped blocking exclusive content on other headsets

We all know that virtual reality is going to be massive, which is why so many companies are trying to secure a dominant position...
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Mozilla wants its community to help update its brand identity

As a non-profit organization whose one mission is to “defend the free and open web,” it makes sense that Mozilla wants its community to help...
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Amazon hosted a secretive robotics conference in Florida

Machine-Learning, (Home) Automation, Robotics, and Space Exploration. Those four areas were the focus of the MARS conference that Amazon hosted at a resort in Florida...
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ProtonMail ditched its invite system and launched its apps

Living in a post-Snowden world, it’s hard to know which online services you can trust with your information, and that’s spawned a massive wave...
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Uber’s food delivery service is starting to expand

Hearing that Uber is encroaching on your territory is enough to make most companies a little nervous, and I don’t think GrubHub is an exception....
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Microsoft considered making an $8 billion acquisition bid for Slack

With more than 2.3 million daily active users, it’s not that hard to see why so many companies are interested in acquiring Slack, a...
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MasterCard wants people to verify purchases with selfies

In what may be the first practical use for selfies in history, MasterCard will soon allow some of its customers to verify their purchases...
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Tim Cook claims Apple is merely “exploring” the automotive industry

Everyone, including Elon Musk, is about 99% certain that Apple is developing its own car, but the company has remained adamant about not confirming as...
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Samsung has started installing ad-blockers on its devices

Samsung’s software has always been, for lack of a better description, absolute crap, so much so that it’s actually hurting the company’s mobile business. This isn’t something...
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Tesla wants to find a Chinese manufacturing site by mid-2016

As with most Western companies, Tesla hasn’t been able to find much success in China, but that’s not a market that Tesla can afford...
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Original content is coming to YouTube Red in the near future

YouTube needs to do more than just remove advertisements and support offline playback if its wants people to start paying for its new subscription...
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Nokia may have teased a new smartphone and tablet in a recent video

When Nokia sold its handset division to Microsoft back in 2014, the deal forbade Nokia from releasing its own handsets for a couple of...
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Baidu could be ready to sell self-driving cars in just three years

Chinese companies are just as interested in autonomous vehicle technology as their American counterparts, and as the Google of China, it’s only natural that Baidu be...
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Panasonic is investing $1.6 billion in Tesla’s massive gigafactory

Panasonic is already a major player in the automotive electronics market, but it wants to make sure that the transition to electric vehicles won’t threaten...
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