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Friday, October 07, 2016
7 October - Pale Moon Start Page - Tech News
AmazonFresh drops to $14.99 per month for Prime members
Amazon has just announced a price reduction for its online grocery
shopping service, AmazonFresh, that will bring the subscription service
down to $14.99 per month for Prime members. Effectively, this change
makes adding optional grocery delivery a new perk for those who
subscribe to Amazon’s annua...
Animoto gives businesses an easy way to create social videos
Animoto is launching a new product for businesses that want to post
their own marketing videos for Facebook and other social networks — but
don’t necessarily have the team or the skills needed to create something
slick.
The company already offers products that automatically assemble your
photos and...
Instagram Stories has 100 million daily active users after just 2 months
Instagram Stories is benefitting from the large active user base
Instagram itself enjoys, and now has 100 million daily active viewers.
That’s two-thirds of the daily active user population for Snapchat,
which reported 150 million global active users across its entire
platform in late September. Ev...
TechShop will open a 15,000 square foot location in Brooklyn next year
After years in the works, it’s finally happening: TechShop is opening
up a Brooklyn location, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. It should be
officially announced later today. For those unfamiliar with the chain:
TechShop is something of a do-it-yourselfer’s paradise. You pay them a
monthly member...
Zuckerberg teases a prototype standalone Oculus VR headset
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage today at the Oculus
Connect developers conference and showed off a taste of the company’s
mobile VR future. The hallmark feature of the new prototype standalone
headset is positional tracking. In a brief demo video, the headset
appeared to be a modifie...
Twitter shares drop 20% as takeover rumors fade away
Twitter has performed incredibly well on the stock market for the past
couple of weeks. But the honeymoon is over as it’s back to reality and
correction time. Twitter shares are currently down 20.06 percent to
$19.88 compared to yesterday’s closing price of $24.87. So what
happened? Recode has publ...
Senators ask FCC to investigate Stingray surveillance tech
A group of Democratic senators asked the Federal Communications
Commission to investigate cell site simulators like Stingrays to
determine if the surveillance devices used by local law enforcement
agencies are disrupting cellphone service for ordinary consumers and 911
calls. The senators are also ...
Snap is reportedly preparing for an IPO that could value it at $25B or higher
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Snap — the now-parent
company of Snapchat — is working on an initial public offering for as
early as March that could value the company at $25 billion or higher.
The company most recently raised $1.8 billion in a financing round in
May this year. The compan...
ASUS’s Zenvolution event features four upcoming devices and one awkward portmanteau
Zenvolution doesn’t really roll off the tongue. But hey, you come for
the gadgets – the clever word play is really just a bonus, at best. And
the company certainly has a lot to showcase on that front, covering all
of the requisite bases with a new laptop, phone, tablet and watch. Let’s
start with t...
Yep, there’s now a subscription handbag service: Ivory Clasp
There are subscription services for clothes, shoes, accessories,
makeup, and even tampons, so why not one for handbags? That’s the
premise, at least, behind a new startup called Ivory Clasp, which is
promising to offer quality, stylish handbags that retail for over $100
for just $45 per month. The ...
Crunch Report | Snap Possibly to IPO in March
Snap is reportedly preparing for an IPO that could value it at $25B or
higher. Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by the
creators of Apple’s Siri. Zuckerberg teases a prototype standalone
Oculus VR headset. Netflix signs deal with theater chain to put original
films on the big scree...
Report: Verizon wants $1 billion discount after Yahoo privacy concerns
It’s bad news for Yahoo. The company is in the midst of finalizing its
sale to Verizon, but recent revelations about hacking and spying may be
costing them a pretty penny. A story from the New York Post alleges
that Verizon is now asking Yahoo for a hefty $1 billion discount to
finalize what was su...
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