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Stir expects you to pay $3000 for its new “smart desk”

Everything can be "smart" if you slap a computer on it that will gather and utilize some form of data and that's exactly what Stir has done with its new $2,990...

BlackBerry wants to legally force developers to build apps for its devices

It's no secret that the availability of apps is one of the biggest factors in a mobile operating system's success, but BlackBerry doesn't think its fair that developers aren't bringing...

After more than a decade Shazam is now valued at over $1 billion

Remember the good old days when you had to hold your phone up to the radio and then wait for the text from Shazam to tell you which song that...

Amazon has acquired Israeli chip designer Annapurna Labs

Amazon looks to be continuing its trend of acquiring company's left and right this year, the latest such company being Annapurna Labs, an Israeli chip designer that the technology giant has...

Button has raised $12 million to create its digital ecosystem

Button has managed to bring in more than $12 million in new funding in order to help the startup create its digital ecosystem that seeks to help integrate apps. This means...

China’s e-commerce market raking in more than $2 trillion last year

The e-commerce market has been exploding in China recently, that's no secret, but the numbers are still impressive. According to the country's Ministry of Commerce, China's e-commerce market managed to accumulate...

Meizu is preparing another stupidly affordable high-end smartphone

China has been popping out some high-performance, low-cost smartphones lately, and Meizu is looking to continue this trend. The company's Meizu Blue Charm Note delivered some flagship-level specs for the insane price...

Rdio is bringing its streaming music service to two dozen more countries

Rdio is to Spotify what Hulu is to Netflix. While it's an excellent service with plenty of offerings, it's still infinitely smaller than its biggest competitor, but that gap may...

Huawei has conducted a new campaign to purge itself of fraud

Ren Zhengfei, the founder of the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, has come forward in a rare media appearance today to announce that his company has just carried out a campaign...

The Interview is finally making its way to Netflix

Its been a few weeks but now it looks like Netflix is finally joining The Interview club and will be streaming the controversial film starting this weekend. Unfortunately, the company may...

Samsung’s first Tizen smartphone receives a lukewarm response

For all of Samsung's talk about how great Tizen is going to be, the first smartphone running the company's homemade operating system has been met with a lukewarm response. While...

Uber has raised an additional $1.6 billion in funding

As if $3 billion wasn't enough, Uber has announced that it has raised an additional $1.6 billion in funding to help fund its rapid expansion across the globe. The California-based...

The founder of 4chan has decided to leave the website

Regardless of how you feel about 4chan, you can't deny how important the website has been in making the internet what it is today, for better or worse. Founded by 15-year-old Christopher...

The specs for the Samsung Galaxy S6 have been leaked

Spring is fast approaching, which means so too is the Mobile World Congress and, in turn, the unveiling of the Galaxy S6. Rumors about Samsung's next flagship have been popping...

Pinterest acquires product recommendation startup Kosei

Kosei, a California-based startup that specializes in using machine learning to help recommend products, has been acquired by Pinterest for an undisclosed amount. This will help Pinterest to connect its...

Qualcomm’s mobile processor roadmap has allegedly been leaked

We haven't even started to see Snapdragon 810-powered smartphones hitting the market yet and there's already rumors going around about Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon 820 chip. These rumors have sprouted from a recently-leaked Qualcomm...

Who needs a boyfriend when you can have an app that fakes one for you

Lying is usually not the best option, but it's pretty much the only way to put an end to then inquiries regarding when you're going to find yourself a boyfriend...

Ubuntu Core is Linux for robots and smart gadgets

Ubuntu is one of the most recognizable names in the world of Linux and has spread to a ridiculous number of platforms over the last decade. Now Canonical has released a...

You can now broadcast your gameplay to your friends on Steam

In Valve's latest update for Steam, the company added a new Broadcasting that allows users to broadcast their screen to their friends while playing their game without the need to...

Amazon wants to power its datacenters using wind farms

Going green has almost become a competition between technology companies, and Amazon is no exception. The company's Amazon Web Services division has announced plans to supply clean energy to its cloud datacenters...