Pinterest is preparing to delve into e-commerce
Pinterest's potential as a shopping destination has been recognized by many and rumors that the company will be adding shopping features have been popping up for a while now. Now...
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Twitter is ready to start turning tweets into gold
With a bunch of executive firings, missed deadlines, and slow user growth it's safe to say that Twitter didn't have a very good year last year. CEO Dick Costolo believes that...
Rapidshare is shutting down after nearly a decade
One of the first file-hosting services to become really popular, Rapidshare, has announced that it will be shutting down at the end of March after nearly a decade in service. The...
Alibaba is taking on WeChat with a new app called Ding Ding
WeChat is currently the king of China's messaging app market with virtual no real competition. However, the Tencent-owned app may be getting its first real competitor in China as Alibaba,...
Jet.com got valued at $600 million before it even launched
Jet.com has managed to secure more than $140 million in funding, giving the startup a valuation of around $600 million, which it plans to use to launch its online e-commerce marketplace. Notice...
What’s next for AOL?
AOL's days as the king of the Internet are long gone, we all know that much, and despite it's valiant attempts to remain relevant in a world that's dominated by...
Samsung claims the future of cameras is in Galaxy phones
Samsung has teased on its Samsung Tomorrow blog that "the future of cameras is in a Samsung Galaxy smartphone." The company started off the blog post with a rundown of how...
How China, India, Mexico, and Russia are quickly catching up to America
The United States has always been the single most lucrative market for companies in the entertainment and online media businesses but there are a few emerging markets that are quickly...
America might have accidentally taught Iran how to conduct cyberattacks
Iran has been responsible for some of the biggest cyberattacks against the United States government and military in recent years. Ironically, despite America's warnings about the increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks from...
The .LGBT domain is now available to everyone
The ever-growing list of usable Internet domains has increased by one this week and the newest addition has some political undertones. Starting yesterday, the .LGBT domain launched to the public...
See WeChat’s ridiculous success described in a series of charts
It's been four years since WeChat launched and to celebrate, Tencent Tech has released a collection of slides named “WeChat’s Impact: Inaugural Report on WeChat Platform Data” that shows some crazy...
Flipboard is finally coming to the web
Flipboard is a popular mobile app that takes information from numerous sources and brings them all together int he form of an aesthetically pleasing virtual magazine that users can flip...
What is Amazon Echo and how good is it?
Apple has Siri, Google has Google Now, and Microsoft has Cortana, but what does Amazon have? Well, while its still pretty hard to get a hold of, Echo is Amazon's own...
Bethesda may finally announce Fallout 4 this year!
The gaming community has waited more than six years for Bethesda to announce Fallout 4 and it looks like it might be happening tat E3 this year. Bethesda has scheduled...
Qualcomm is facing nearly $1 billion in anti-trust fines in China
Not even two months into the new year and things are already looking terrible for Qualcomm. Not only could the company be losing Samsung as a customer for its new...
Line boosts its mobile payments offerings with WebPay acquisition
The West has WhatsApp, China has WeChat, and the rest of Asia has Line. Just as its instant messaging competitors are rapidly expanding into other markets and diversifying their offerings,...
WeChat is entering the fitness tracking market
WeChat might not be very popular in the West where competitors like WhatsApp are the dominant instant messaging service but it's ridiculously popular in hits home country, China. In an...
Imgur Pro is now available for everyone for free
Imgur has managed to beat out pretty much all of the other image sharing services out there for a number of reasons, including short URLs and no lag, and now...
Tim Cook is making an appearance at the White House’s cybersecurity summit
The White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection will be occurring later this week and apparently Apple CEO Tim Cook will be one of the participants in the cybersecurity and...
If Amazon loses money on Prime why does the company keep pushing it?
From free two-day shipping to free movies and music, Amazon Prime offers subscribers quite a lot for its $99.99/year fee. It offers so much, in fact, that Amazon should be...