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Facebook has acquired Israel-based Pebbles for $60 million

Israeli startups are a hot commodity in the tech world right now, especially the companies involved in more futuristic technology. That's why Facebook-owned Oculus VR turned to an Israel-based gesture-control startup Pebbles...

Apple accounts for 92% of the smartphone industry's profits

There are hundreds of millions of smartphones sold every year by about a thousand companies, but the vast majority of the profits from those sales go to just one of...

Paramount wants to make movies available outside of theaters faster

There are plenty of reasons for someone to not be able to or not want to watch a movie in theaters, which is perfectly fine, but it sucks having to wait...

Google apologizes for calling black people "gorillas"

Advanced artificial intelligence is capable of level of pattern-finding and problem-solving that most people can barely even comprehend, but that doesn't mean the technology doesn't have a ways to go. Sometimes, even the...

You no longer need a Facebook account to use Messenger

It's been a while since Facebook split its messaging feature into an independent service, but the separation wasn't fully completed until now. Despite being an independent app that didn't even...

Amazon Prime to allow direct shipments of goods

The closed circuit that Amazon has used to distribute goods is changing, at least for Amazon Prime members. They are going to allow certain goods to be shipped directly from...

Spotify raised an additional $526 million to take on Apple Music

Apple Music may not have been as threatening as its competitors had feared, but that doesn't mean that Apple's entry into the music streaming industry is something to take lightly. The...

Google reportedly won't take a cut of Android Pay transactions

Perhaps in an attempt to increase adoption and better compete with Apple Pay, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google won't be taking any cuts from transactions made through...

Dish and T-Mobile are discussing a potential merger

Mergers are all the rage these days, at least as far as telecommunications companies are concerned, and it looks like Dish and T-Mobile are going to be hopping on the bandwagon...

Microsoft has acquired yet another popular app maker

It looks like Microsoft's app acquisition spree is far from over, as the company has just acquired 6Wunderkinder GmbH, the Berlin-based company responsible for the popular Wunderlist to-do list app. This latest...