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Japanese operator Docomo wants to free your SIM card from your phone to help manage your presence across multiple devices. yesterday, it announced a prototype Portable SIM device it hopes will one day do that. The Verge and Tech In Asia both demoed the device which uses a combination of Bluetooth an
Netflix may be ending a series of controversial new error messages for now, but it’s also doubling down on claims that Verizon is at fault when it comes to breakdowns in video streaming. And Netflix’s latest broadside against the Internet provider is characteristically flippant. The blow
A couple of months back, European money transfer startup TransferWise hit a major milestone. Its platform had processed £1 billion of customers’ money, an eight-fold increase from the previous year. At the time, Executive Chairman and co-founder Taavet Hinrikus sounded as bullish as ever. “If I look
At a press event during the E3 gaming conference on Monday, Sony revealed plans to release the $99 PlayStation TV in the US and Canada this fall, taking aim at set-top streaming devices like the Apple TV. Sony already launched its PS4 go-along in Japan as the “Vita TV” last November, bri
Marketers are starting to realize the power of mobile messaging but currently, full integration for such a channel may not be that simple. Salesforce recently announced that it has teamed up with Line, the chat app with 450 million registered users, a move that aims to make it easier for marketers t
Following the new date for the PlayStation Now beta in North America, Sony sent on a press release briefly discussing the price structures for its rental streaming program. According to Sony, the shortest periods will be “priced as low as $2.99,” while most games – and presumably d
The Samsung Galaxy F is a handset that we have been hearing about for a while now, but how real is the device? Well thanks to a recent sighting on the FCC, it seems that the device does exist. Unfortunately the listing does not actually refer to the device as the Galaxy F, but to […]
After opening up its platform to encourage worldwide exploring on Android, anonymous sharing app Secret has announced a new way for users to tailor their experience around private groups. The company announced the new feature, called “Dens,” on Monday via blog post. With a den, users will be able to
Another member of the PayPal mafia is making waves with his new project. Max Levchin’s new consumer finance startup Affirm has raised $45 million from venture capital firms, including Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Nyca Partnersha. The investment isAffirm‘s first VC-backed funding
Thailand-based regional end-to-end e-commerce service provider aCommerce today announced raising $10.7 million in a Series A round. According to an official statement, the deal was organised by the firm’s founding investor Ardent Capital. Founded in June 2013, aCommerce provides end-to-end e-commerc
It’s a good time to be a cord-cutter in the U.S. A new study says that 47% of all American households subscribe to Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime or a combination of these. And almost half the country has at least one internet-connected TV set. The survey about emerging video services, publi
It only makes sense that putting a TV online theoretically exposes it to hackers, but it’s now clear that those hacks don’t have to go through conventional internet pipelines. A team of Columbia University researchers has published details of a vulnerability in an interactive TV standard
