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Not surprisingly, we can now count DirecTV CEO Mike White among those who oppose Comcast’s proposed Time Warner Cable acquisition. During the pay TV provider’s earnings call on Thursday afternoon, White was asked to share his feelings on the merger that would see two of the country’s largest TV and
Changers, a German startup that rewards people for creating solar power, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by state-backed fund BFB Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg. Clean energy specialist Heliocentris and other private investors also contributed to the financing. With the f
BlueTalon, a big data startup that helps companies analyze information from both internal and external databases on-the-fly, is raising seed funding of $1.5 million from Data Collective. With the new funding, BlueTalon is also appointing Eric Tilenius, a former executive-in-residence at Scale Ventur
A new roadmap, supposedly leaked from Intel, shows the chip giant continuing to push its NUC (New Unit of Computing) platform — but that systems based on Broadwell won’t arrive until the very end of the year. That fits with what we’ve heard about a delay for the 14nm chip in general, but there’s no
Airbnb will require its hosts to confirm that they have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors installed in their listed accommodations by the end of the year. To help things along, the company is distributing free devices to eligible host in the US. Airbnb announced plans Friday to distribute various
BlackBerry has added stickers to BBM, in a further attempt to push the instant messaging service among teen users. Featuring in the freshly-launched BBM Shop, the stockers will be available in virtual packs of 20-25, and feature both new characters as well as some from popular TV and movie franchise
Wireless charging for laptops is now in the works at one of the top competing standards. The Alliance for Wireless Power has just added Dell as one of its members, and it’s announcing today a new wireless charging initiative to begin powering larger products, including laptops and some applian
Wearable tech maker Fitbit says it’s issuing a voluntary recall of its Force wristband after some users reported issues with skin irritation. In a letter posted on Fitbit’s website, CEO and co-founder James Park says the company will no longer sell the Force and plans to issue full refun
Love of money can cause people to do unwise things—like stealing time on your university’s resident supercomputer to mine crypto-coins. The Harvard Crimson is carrying the story of someone who did exactly that: an unnamed individual who was discovered using Harvard’s Odyssey supercomputi
With net neutrality in flux, disputes over the path of web traffic have taken on an unexpectedly high profile — but at least one high-profile fight may be coming to an end. GigaOm has discovered evidence of a new peering arrangement between Comcast and Netflix, allowing for a more direct route throu
HP posted a surprising improvement in PC sales, saying the looming end-of-life of XP was encouraging enterprises to upgrade. In the midst of a multi-year turnaround effort intended to revive growth, HP is trying to reduce its reliance on PCs and move toward computing equipment and networking gear fo
Did you know that people like free stuff? Opera knows, which is why it’s now launching an ad-supported version of its Web Pass platform. Mobile operators can now easily take advantage of this tool to not only sell duration-based passes, but to also offer them for free. The catch? You just have
