July 23, 2018
Sonos prices its IPO to raise as much as $105M
Sonos today took the next step in its initial public offering price, setting a range for the shares it intends to sell that will help calibrate the final…
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July 20, 2018
Facebook, Google and more unite to let you transfer data between apps
The Data Transfer Project is a new team-up between tech giants to let you move your content, contacts, and more across apps. Founded by Facebook, Google, Twitter, and…
Read articleJuly 19, 2018
Trump just noticed Europe’s $5BN antitrust fine for Google
In other news bears shit in the woods. In today’s second-day President Trump news: ‘The Donald’ has seized, belatedly, on the European Commission’s announcement yesterday that Google is guilty…
Read articleJuly 18, 2018
Google gets slapped with $5BN EU fine for Android antitrust abuse
Google has been fined a record breaking €4.34 billion (~$5BN) by European antitrust regulators for abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system. Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager…
Read articleJuly 18, 2018
EU’s Google Android antitrust decision incoming…
A decision in a long running EU antitrust probe of Google’s Android OS is due to land shortly. European Commission officials are trailing a press conference with competition…
Read articleJuly 17, 2018
Google’s new ‘Grab and Go’ project helps business loan Chromebooks to their employees
At Google, the company offers a ‘Grab and Go’ program that allows employees to use self-service stations to quickly borrow and return Chromebooks without having to go through…
Read articleJuly 16, 2018
Apple’s App Store revenue nearly double that of Google Play in first half of 2018
Apple’s App Store continues to outpace Google Play on revenue. In the first half of the year, the App Store generated nearly double the revenue of Google Play…
Read articleJuly 12, 2018
Google’s Apigee teams up with Informatica to extend its API ecosystem
Google acquired API management service Apigee back in 2016, but it’s been pretty quiet around the service in recent years. Today, however, Apigee announced a number of smaller…
Read articleJuly 12, 2018
Ransomware technique uses your real passwords to trick you
A few folks have reported a new ransomware technique that preys upon corporate inability to keep passwords safe. The notes – which are usually aimed at instilling fear…
Read articleJuly 10, 2018
Is insurance a rich enough game to disrupt?
Martha Notaras Contributor Martha Notaras is a partner at XL Innovate. For the last decade, the largest technology companies have increasingly looked outside of tech to grow their…
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