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Yahoo is calling it quits in China

As lucrative as a market as China is, it can be difficult for Western companies to actually establish a foothold in the country. Yahoo is the latest such company to...

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Elon Musk thinks Tesla will lead the industry in autonomous vehicles

When you're discussing the future of the automotive industry, autonomous vehicles are probably the most anticipated and talked about topic. Speaking at NVIDIA's 2015 GPU Technology Conference with CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, Tesla CEO...

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Pebble is actually benefiting from the launch of the Apple Watch

Apple entering a new market is both good and bad for its competitors. While it's bad that they now have to compete with a brand as insanely popular and valuable as...

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Facebook has acquired shopping search website TheFind

TheFind, a Mountain View-based shopping search website that "allows shoppers to search hundreds of different sites for particular products at once," has been acquired and shutdown by Facebook. While neither company disclosed...

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Amazon’s one-click ordering system is coming to the Apple Watch

Shopping is about to reach a new level of ease thanks to Amazon and the Apple Watch. The e-commerce giant's official app for Apple's upcoming smartwatch will allow users to...

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Swarm just made its location-based social network a lot less awkward

Swarm had an interesting and potentially successful idea with its location-based social network. The app allowed users to post ideas for what to do that day, such as going to a...

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Amazon is going to release an official app for the Apple Watch

One of the keys to Amazon's success is the fact that it doesn't try to maintain platform exclusivity, so long as the platform is viable you can always expect Amazon...

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Nest is working on a smarthome audio system

Despite being one of the biggest and most well-known smarthome companies out there, Nest actually only has three products, a smart smoke detector and a smart thermostat as well as the...

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President Obama wants to employ more people in the tech industry

The technology industry is booming, as usual, and President Obama wants to use this to help counter wage stagnation. While the economy has been improving, the average wages in the United...

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The United Kingdom may be getting a “Google Tax”

Big tech companies like Google make billions of dollars every year but much of that money doesn't get taxed nearly as much as it should thanks to clever accounting. The...

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