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Pepsi has started crowdfunding its first smartphone

The rumor that Pepsi was working on its own smartphone was one of the strangest bits of news the tech world has seen this year, bu last month, the company...

Adele won’t allow her new album to be available for streaming

Adele is one of the most-popular music artists in the world at the moment, so it's pretty obvious that her first new album in nearly five years is going to...

Google will make more money from the cloud than advertising by 2020

For the entirety of its existence, the vast majority of Google's revenue has come from online advertisements, but that may change within the next five years. According to Google's Urs Hölze, the revenue...

Square is worth half as much as it was a year ago

Earlier this month, Square set an $11 to $13 price range for its long-awaited IPO, which is much lower than the $15.46 that investors paid per share during the company's...

Android users can now stream certain apps instead of installing them

One of the things that makes Google Search such a powerful tool is that it pulls information from other websites and presents it in search results, and even links back to...

Ford thinks self-driving cars will hit the market within four years

Although everyone can agree that self-driving cars will be hitting the market in the near future, nobody can agree on when that'll actually happen. Google's prediction that fully autonomous cars will...

Why does Google have so many different music streaming services?

Google Play, Google Play Music, Google Play Music All Access, YouTube, YouTube Music Key, YouTube Red, YouTube Music. Google doesn't really care about keeping things simple, does it? Not only...

Analysts still believe Microsoft might acquire Salesforce

Earlier this year, predictions and rumors that Microsoft was going to acquire Salesforce started popping up like crazy, and while they've died down for the most part, many analysts still...

Rdio was $220 million in debt when it was acquired by Pandora

Rdio was a solid music streaming service, but when you're going up against a well-established giant like Spotify, being just "solid" isn't enough. That's why it's not all that surprising...

LG might finally be ditching plastic for an all-metal flagship next year

When releasing a high-end smartphone that's supposed to compete with the newest Galaxy S and iPhone, it's imperative that the device not only be powerful, but premium. This is something...

Lyft is seeking $500 million in funding to better compete with Uber

To say that Lyft is the underdog is a bit of an understatement. Whereas Uber has already raised billions in funding, with billions more to come in the future, and...

NVIDIA’s gaming tablet has been relaunched with a reduced price

Gaming tablets are extremely niche, but NVIDIA managed to dominate that minuscule part of a shrinking market with the Shield Tablet, for what it's worth. The device was surprisingly well-received, in both reviews and sales,...