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Apple is purging hundreds of thousands of apps from the App Store

It may be the end of summer, but that isn't stopping Apple from doing a bit of spring cleaning. Tomorrow, coinciding with the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone...

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Why is Line listed on both an American and Japanese stock market?

Line hasn't found much success here in the West, which is why it might seem odd that the company decided to list itself on the New York Stock Exchange before...

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Oculus has stopped blocking exclusive content on other headsets

We all know that virtual reality is going to be massive, which is why so many companies are trying to secure a dominant position in the emerging industry while it's still...

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Microsoft might be preparing to launch the Xbox One’s successor

This generation of consoles has been lackluster to say the least, but the sales numbers haven't reflected that. In fact, the PlayStation 4 is selling even faster than its predecessors,...

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Uber now lets family member track each other’s rides

Due to popular demand, Uber launched a new feature called Family Profiles back in March, which are joint profiles that allow multiple users to bill their rides to the same payment card. With...

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Spotify plans to release a dozen original video programs

Spotify was the undisputed king of music-streaming before Apple entered the market, but now that Apple Music is here... Spotify is still undisputed leader. In fact, a Spotify vice president by...

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YouTube now has six-second advertisements that you can’t skip

YouTube decided to remind us that life is full of compromises with a new blog post this morning, in which it announced that it's introducing a new advertisement format that shortens...

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BMW has launched its own car-sharing service

The rise of ride-sharing services and self-driving cars has allowed technology companies to muscle their way into the automotive industry, and many automakers aren't happy about these foreign companies encroaching on...

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A next-generation Kindle will be unveiled next week

E-readers have never been especially popular, and what little popularity there was has mostly faded away thanks to the rise of tablets, but Amazon still isn't quite ready to abandon the...

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2020 is shaping up to be a massive year for Mars exploration

Mars has become the main focus of every major space agency in the world, and unlike the Space Race of the 20th-century, Russia and the United States aren't the only...

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