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Hatsune Miku, also known to some people as Miku Hatsune, is already a sensation in her native Japan. But now she’s taking her vocal talents to other parts of the world, including none other than the US. The virtual pop start appeared last night on the Late Show with David Letterman, where she
Internet culture is dominated by GIFs, and they just got even better. Photo-sharing site Imgur made a big improvement to the GIFs posted on its site by converting the files from the outdated .GIF format to a MP4 video format. Imgur announced Project “GIFV” (GIF Video) on Thursday as a pa
After building cybersecurity startup Zenedge for two years, the serial entrepreneurs behind it are emerging from stealth with funding and expansion plans, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned. Like Akamai’s Prolexic, Check Point Software Technologies and other competitors, Zenedge detects DDoS, or d
Motorola’s not done with new phones this year, with a beastly-looking Droid Turbo lurking around the corner. MotoFirmware scored a copy of the user manual for the device, which outs many details about the forthcoming phone. It has a souped-up 21MP camera, 5.2-inch display, Qi wireless charging capab
Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer, is reportedly about to do the unthinkable: Open a physical store. The first brick-and-mortar store will be located on 34th Street in Manhattan, according to people familiar with the plans cited by The Wall Street Journal. The store will be a sort of mini-
Everyone’s favorite way to sext is getting ads. Evan Spiegel, the owner of Snapchat, has explained that untargeted ads are coming to the app “soon.” The Wall Street Journal reports that the ads “will appear within the Snapchat Stories feature,” slotting in among photos
Taiwan’s technology giant Foxconn on Thursday (Oct 9) confirmed that about 1,000 workers went on strike at its factory in western China a day earlier, following a report that they were demanding higher pay. “The group was peaceful and the workers returned to work approximately four hours
Vivian Schiller, the high-profile media executive hired to run Twitter’s news unit, is leaving the company less than a year into the job. Vivian Schiller, a former NBC and NPR executive, was appointed to the newly created position of head of news and journalism partnerships at the end of October 201
Move Guides, a London startup that helps companies relocate their staff around the world, has raised $8.2m (£5.1m) in Series A funding to help fund its expansion into Asia. The three-year-old company has offices in London, San Francisco and New York and is just about to open one in Hong Kong. It wil
Met Office, the UK’s weather forecast agency, has just launched a new division that monitors out-of-this-world weather conditions, literally. Thanks to a £4.6 ($7.5) million funding from the government, the agency built a Space Weather Center right out of its Exeter headquarters to keep a clos
Product Hunt, the popular new website that showcases the latest tech products has raised $6.1 million. The Series A funding, led by Andreesen Horowitz with participation from Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian, brings the startup’s total funding to $7.1 million. Steven Sinofsky, the former Microsof
Say what you will about OnePlus’s sales tactics, but it is tough to deny that the One is a stellar phone for an incredibly low off-contract price. The hardware is solid, to be sure, but it is thanks to a customized version of Cyanogenmod that the smartphone really shines. And the team behind the fir
