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Reddit raises $50 million in funding and shares it with some of its users

The so-called "front page of the Internet" has just secured around $50 million in its latest funding round. That’s all well and good, but the most interesting part is that...

Apple is bringing the iPhone 6 to China next month

Apple has announced the availability date for its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in China: October 17. The devices will be available at Apple's retail stores, Apple authorized...

Microsoft is opening a new flagship store on Fifth Avenue

There were whispers heard some time this August of Microsoft actually working to open up a new Fifth Avenue store over in New York, and it seems as though those...

Japanese telecom giant SoftBank is looking to acquire DreamWorks

DreamWorks Animation, the tiny Hollywood studio behind films such as Shrek, Madagascar, and more recently, How to Train Your Dragon, could provide a unique way for SoftBank to bolster its...

BlackBerry has officially unveiled its new Passport smartphone

Today at a company event in Toronto BlackBerry officially launched the Passport, a new smartphone with a 4.5-inch display, a touch-enabled physical keyboard, a strange 1:1 square aspect ratio, a...

Line messaging app will not be filing for an IPO this year

Line, the mobile messaging app from Japan with 500 million registered users, is putting its public listing on hold after revealing that it won’t seek an IPO this year as...

HTC is returning to the tablet market with the Google Nexus 9

HTC hasn't made a tablet since 2011 or a Nexus device since 2010, but pretty soon both lacunas will be brought to an end by the launch of a new...

NYPD officials have been taking courses at "Twitter school"

Police departments around North America have gradually, if warily, come to embrace social media as a way of communicating with their communities. But things can quickly go awry on Facebook...

Sony wants to turn its gaming division into its entertainment hub

While the PlayStation 4 continues to sell like black, plastic hotcakes, not all of Sony's business divisions are doing so well. Thus, it shouldn't be too surprising that the company...

Elon Musk believes fully autonomous cars will be ready in 5-6 years

About a year ago, Tesla announced its plans to develop self-driving car technologies, and now founder and CEO Elon Musk says there's still quite a bit of work to be...