Notes BRETT, the Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks, can fold a towel. BRETT, the Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks,...
Facebook Courts News Giants Into A Deal To Share Viewers, And Revenues
Nine media organizations, including The New York Times and National Geographic , have signed a deal to distribute their content through a new Facebook...
Inside Alibaba’s war room on the world’s biggest online shopping day
HANGZHOU, China—At Alibaba’s headquarters here, one man is commanding the world’s largest day of online shopping: China’s “Singles Day.” “This is my war...
How Alibaba invented the world’s biggest online shopping holiday
Every November, on the eve of one of China’s most quirky holidays, Singles Day, groups of unattached young Chinese get together and celebrate their singleness...
SalesforceIQ-Desk.com Integration Gives Small Business Enterprise Capabilities
It’s challenging for a fast-growing small business to offer great customer service while continuing to increase sales at a rapid rate.It’s...
Microsoft says super-cheap Windows devices are on the way
It used to be that if you only wanted to pay $199 for a brand-new laptop, you'd have to try your luck on Black Friday or pick up a Chromebook .. Not...
See for yourself what Bloomberg’s terminal contract says about spying on customers
Bloomberg’s standard contract for its terminals gives the company the right to monitor customer usage “solely for operational reasons,” according to several...
What Bloomberg employees can see when they snoop on customers
Bloomberg LP is in damage-control mode.Bloomberg LP is in damage-control mode. Some of its largest customers have publicly accused the firm’s journalists...
Holiday Shopping Season For SMBs? Not So Much
It’s an established fact that Americans love to shop during the holidays.Karthik Sridharan Crunch Network Contributor Karthik Sridharan is co-founder...
FiveStars Gets $50M To Help Small Retailers Run Loyalty Programs Like Their Bigger Rivals
FiveStars , a five year-old startup that has built a platform and app to run loyalty programs and shopping analytics for small brick-and-mortar retailers,...
HP SlateBook 14 review: Android? On a laptop?
SlateBook 14 Get more info Engadget 60 5.2 Users Not yet scored Type Midsize Bundled OS Other System RAM 2 GB Maximum battery life Up...
And Just Like Magic, GoButler Is A Virtual Assistant Founded By Ex-Rocket Internet Execs
Unlike Magic, however, GoButler is based in Berlin, Germany.“Text us to get whatever you want, whenever you want, wherever you are – it’s really simple...
Gears of War 4' multiplayer beta starts April 18th
'Gears of War 4' multiplayer beta starts April 18th Your Xbox One gets its first taste of the revived series in a matter of weeks.If you've been wondering...
GoDaddy’s CFO Talks About Taking The Company Public
GoDaddy's IPO Is No April Fools' GoDaddy was founded all the way back in 1997, but in the past few years, we’ve seen some new names leading the company...
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition' lands August 25th, beta starts today
'Gears of War: Ultimate Edition' lands August 25th, beta starts today Yes, the leaks were accurate.were accurate. Microsoft and The Coalitionhave taken...
It’s not just department stores: US retail sales are slowing in general
“We’re not economists, we’re merchants,” he said on the company’s earnings call.Nordstrom earnings last night were bad. Very bad. When flummoxed analysts...
Sean Diddy Combs Allegedly Poised To Invest In Picture Messaging App Pleek, Built For Generation Selfie
As social media continues to come up with new and weird ways to give us dopamine hits — the latest is the resurgence of live streaming apps — a new startup...
Facebook Brings Auto-Play Video Ads To Apps In Its Mobile Ad Network
Facebook’s making a killing with its native, in-feed, auto-play video ads, and now it’s going to let other developers earn money off them too.Facebook’s...
Behold! The first economics cliché of 2015!
Lowflation.All of a sudden this not-so-clever portmanteau is everywhere.But what it lacks in wit, it makes up for in usefulness. Large chunks of the...
Information Sharing Is Key To Avoiding A Cyberattack
V. Gerard Comizio Crunch Network Contributor President Obama’s recent extraction of a pledge from Chinese leader Xi Jinping that neither government...
Google Updates Its Container Services With Focus On Speed, Scaling And Authentication
The Container Engine, Google’s service for automatically managing clusters to run and orchestrate container deployments, now supports the latest...
Three myths about the ruble’s miraculous recovery
The Russian ruble has beaten record after record.The Russian ruble has beaten record after record. While at the end of 2014 it was falling in value faster...
NTT DoCoMo confirms successful 10Gbps wireless test, clears a path to 5G
No, it's not the world's most conspicuous surveillance van -- it's one of the first steps toward 5G data .. NTT DoCoMo has just confirmed that the gear-laden...
What’s behind Tesla’s charm offensive
Elon Musk and Tesla have been engaged in quite the PR offensive lately.Today, the electric vehicle company announced a slew of upgrades to its entry level...
Elon Musk says he is actually building that Hyperloop test track
Remember the Hyperloop?Elon Musk just keeps doing Elon Musk things.Remember the Hyperloop? The futuristic high-speed train systemdesigned by Musk in the...
ThinkingPhones Becomes Fuze And Grabs $112 Million Investment Led By Summit Partners
The round was led by Summit Partners with help from current investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures.ThinkingPhones, a Cambridge,...
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