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Amazon’s Prime membership program may have as many as 50 million members worldwide, RBC analyst Mark Mahaney said in a note to investors. According to a report by Re/code, Mahaney estimated that the company has between 30 million and 40 million Prime subscribers in the US, and a total of 40 million
Hackers had access to 56 million credit and debit cards when they breached Home Depot’s security system this year, the company said Thursday. The breach was even larger than the attack on Target last year, when 40 million cards were compromised. The company said that thieves had placed malware softw
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 done before that’s a reality. Another 5 to 6 years, to be precise. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Musk says
SAP is buying business-travel and expense software vendor Concur for about $8.3 billion, in a bid to continue growing out its portfolio of cloud-based applications. The move comes a couple of weeks after Bloomberg reported that Concur had been shopping itself to potential buyers, including SAP, Orac
Fiber continues to be a buzzword in big tech, and AT&T is one of its most prominent proponents. The telecommunications giant just unveiled AT&T Business Fiber, a new high-speed strain of U-Verse internet service aimed at businesses. AT&T Business Fiber is the first new service introduced
Amazon has beat Google to purchase the new .buy top-level domain, paying just under $4.6 million dollars in an auction that saw the two tech titans duke it out for control over a new corner of the internet. Bellevue-based Donuts also participated in the auction. Now, Amazon has to come to an agreeme
BlackBerry is launching its next Porsche Design-branded smartphone, the P’9983, in October. Unlike the P’9982, its Porsche-emblazoned predecessor, the new P’9983 has a QWERTY keyboard — but just like a real Porsche, the P’9983 will likely be sold at a monumental markup. The P
Line, the instant messaging company from Japan, intends to narrow down their focus when it comes to multimedia apps after introducing SnapMovie as a standalone app. For those who are wondering just what SnapMovie is capable of bringing to the tablet, this so happens to be an app that brings Vine-lik
By this point, everyone and their internet-connected dog seems to know that you can access US Netflix from abroad using a simple VPN, or even just a Chrome extension. Your streaming days might be limited, however: Netflix is reportedly under fire to shut the loophole down. According to CNET Australi
It looks like 3D printing is really getting more and more popular, what with a 3D printed electric car being yet another possible viable transportation option down the road. Having said that, a research team that hails from the University of Virginia has come up with a 3D printed UAV drone that will
Following last week’s announcement that iPhones would support Wi-Fi Calling, and that T-Mobile would get it right away, all the other carriers have been forced to make their plans for the service known. Lo, Verizon will get the service, albeit, a little reluctantly. Fierce Wireless reports the
Amazon made a big news splash late in the day Wednesday when it introduced two new Kindle eReaders, four new Fire tablets ,and Fire OS 4.0 “Sangria.” There’s even a tablet that should be perfect for kids. Let’s dive in. First up is the Kindle Voyage, a brand new high-end eReader that’s priced at $19
