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On Monday, Exfm closes for good. This news comes after a period of uncertainty following a December announcement that they would shut but would continue on with a Chrome extension. In January Exfm delayed closure but now everything, apparently including the Chrome extension, is shutting down. Yet th
CNN announced on Friday that it’d fired one of its news editors, Marie-Louise Gumuchian, after discovering multiple instances of plagiarism in her work. According to CNN’s editor’s note, Gumuchian regularly covered news about Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. From CNN: “An
A Lithuanian self-made drone detained in Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad region last week was used for smuggling cigarettes into Russia, Oleg Dzhurayev, the press service chief of the Kaliningrad border department of the Russian Federal Security service, told ITAR-TASS on Wednesday. A Russian-Lithu
NBA superstar and LA Laker shooting guard Kobe Bryant recently paid a visit to Apple’s Cupertino headquarters to meet with Jony Ive’s team, though the purpose of the meeting is unclear. One anonymous tipster managed to snap a photo of the all-star player, which includes a geotag matching it to Apple
The market for 4K/Ultra-HD televisions has been slow to develop, but new data shows that the technology seems to finally be gaining momentum. Back during the month of March 2012, when 4K was still a very new format, the total number of UHD TV panel shipments for the month didn’t even exceed the 150,
D.C.-based Homesnap, the maker of a mobile app that allows users to find real estate data by taking photos of homes, has signed a deal that could be worth up to $15 million a year to provide 44,000 Washington area agents with customized residential sales information. The new application, called Home
Foxconn’s six manufacturing sites in Vietnam won’t be assembling iPhones and iPads this weekend — or anything else, for that matter. The Taiwan-based electronics supplier, which manufactures gadgets for Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, and others, is suspending operations in Vietnam for at least three days
It’s been a week since it became clear that Amazon is delaying shipments of publisher Hachette’s print titles, likely due to a fight over terms. As Amazon continues to ship many Hachette print titles with delays of two weeks or more, the story is picking up momentum and more authors are criticizing
Ever since the Galaxy S5 and its plastic back went on sale we’ve been hearing whispers that a better, more luxurious iteration of the handset – the Galaxy S5 Prime – is on its way. The Bluetooth SIG, which signs off every Bluetooth-toting smartphone has just put its rubber stamp on
SAP is planning a restructure that will shift approximately 2,500 roles from software programming to cloud computing. The German software giant will require fewer onsite staff as it moves its software programs to the cloud. A spokesman for the company said the cuts will be reflected across regions a
OLSET, which offers personalized recommendations for hotels, has raised $1.1 million of seed funding on a convertible note. The lead investor was Todd Kimmel from Montage Ventures. About half of the round came from Montage and Digital Garage, a firm that happens to also own the largest review site i
Move over Jennifer Lopez and Verizon, as Univision has just partnered with T-Mobile to create a new Spanish-language cellphone service called Univision Mobile. Underpinned by T-Mo’s network, the new partnership will target the 56 million strong Hispanic American market with “custom-built
