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iFlix wants to expand to all the countries that Netflix hasn’t yet

Netflix is finally starting its expansion into Asia, but several local competitors have already popped up while the company was taking its time. One of the most promising of these...

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Apple might be working on its own display technology for the iPhone

Apple is unique in the smartphone industry in that it designs many of the components that power its devices, although Huawei and Samsung have started doing the same thing, but there are...

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Tumblr’s instant messaging feature is now available to everyone

Considering how instant messaging is practically essential for social networks nowadays, it's a surprise that it's taken Tumblr this long to release its own such feature. Due to popular demand,...

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Yahoo has decided to split itself into two companies

It looks like only half of the rumors about Yahoo's plans for the future were true. While the company has confirmed that it's abandoning its plan to spin off its...

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Vevo has taken the first step towards being less reliant on YouTube

Vevo may be the most-popular music video platform in the world, but it's almost entirely reliant on YouTube for views, and by extension, advertising revenue. Obviously, no company wants to...

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Nokia has officially sold its HERE mapping business for $2.8 billion

Nokia's location services and mapping division has apparently been sold off much quicker than was expected. Receiving approval from regulators in Asia, Europe, and the United States was originally expected to push...

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Google is shutting down its other (other) music streaming service

Google has a confusingly long list of music streaming services, but fortunately, that list is going to be decreased by one starting on January 31, 2016. That's when the company will be...

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Maybe a change in leadership will reverse Samsung’s shrinking sales

Samsung's days as the king of the smartphone market are numbered if it can't reverse its shrinking sales. It's obvious that the strategies that helped earn that position are no...

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Microsoft has started beta testing Cortana on iOS

In a move that would have been unthinkable for Microsoft a couple of years ago, the company has taken the first steps towards releasing Cortana on iOS. As promised, the company...

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Zenefits could be in some horribly-timed legal trouble

Zenefits is one of the most-valuable startups in the world at the moment, but its $4.5 billion valuation has been called into question in recent months, which means this is a...

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