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You no longer need a Facebook account to use Messenger

It's been a while since Facebook split its messaging feature into an independent service, but the separation wasn't fully completed until now. Despite being an independent app that didn't even...

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Amazon Prime to allow direct shipments of goods

The closed circuit that Amazon has used to distribute goods is changing, at least for Amazon Prime members. They are going to allow certain goods to be shipped directly from...

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Spotify raised an additional $526 million to take on Apple Music

Apple Music may not have been as threatening as its competitors had feared, but that doesn't mean that Apple's entry into the music streaming industry is something to take lightly. The...

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Watch out Microsoft, Apple is interested in augmented reality as well

Numerous personal electronics companies have started working on their own virtual reality headsets, but Microsoft is the only major company working on an augmented reality device. Or at least, it...

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Google wants to be the middle man, not just the redirector

A user sees a product they want on a Google ad, they click on the ad, Google redirects them to a third-party website, the user purchases the product. That's more or...

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Phablets are making Google’s ads even more valuable

It's not just about making more ads, its about making existing ads more valuable as well, and as the king of online advertising, this is something that Google knows all...

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eBay has its own Amazon Prime competitor in the works

Amazon and eBay aren't really direct competitors, but they still compete with each other. That's why its only natural for eBay to counter Amazon's most effective tool, Amazon Prime, with a...

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Smartphones may soon become Bitcoin mining machines

It's been a while since we hear anything big about Bitcoin, but that doesn't mean people have forgotten about the digital currency. In fact, one of the world's most well-funded...

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Why did an Israeli public utility start exporting cyber-security?

Few countries are as popular a target for cyberattacks as Israel, and public utilities are one of the primary targets. That's why state-owned Israel Electric is betting its future on cyber-security exports,...

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Jet intends to dethrone Amazon with stupidly low prices

Jet is an e-commerce startup that has been getting a lot of attention recently for its promises to dethrone Amazon and, despite having not even launched yet, things are looking...

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Zenefits just raised $500 million by giving its software away for free

With somewhere around $500 million in funding, Zenefits is now worth $4.5 billion, an impressive feat only made more so by the fact that the startup is only a couple of years old....

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Not even Foxconn can make robots that perform better than humans

Not even poor Chinese workers can compete against robots that don't even need to be paid. At least, that's what the founder of Foxconn thought a few years ago when...

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