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Target buys same-day delivery service for $550 mn
Dec 13, 2017 (AFP)
The retailer said it planned to combine its network of stores with Shipt technology to quickly delivery its array of products. "With Shipt's network of local sh...
Questions and answers on 'net neutrality'
Dec 13, 2017 (AFP)
- What is net neutrality and why is it important? - The concept dates back to the early days of the web, and requires internet service providers to treat all da...
In tax shift, Facebook to declare ad revenues locally
Dec 13, 2017 (AFP)
The social networking giant said the move was in response to pressure from governments and policy makers for greater visibility into sales made in their countri...
Twitter makes 'tweetstorms' easier with 'threads'
Dec 12, 2017 (AFP)
The move comes just a month after Twitter rattled the twitterverse by doubling the limit for tweets in most languages to 280 characters, in a bid to draw in mor...
Seeking music edge, Apple buys song recognition app Shazam
Dec 11, 2017 (AFP)
Apple, whose streaming service has rapidly grown but still has only half the paid subscribers of Spotify, said that Shazam has consistently been one of the most...
With new internet rules set for vote, firestorm won't die
Dec 10, 2017 (AFP)
The Federal Communications Commission will consider a rollback of its 2015 order aimed at enforcing "net neutrality," or the notion of treating all data and con...
Five workers laying fibre-optic cables murdered in Mali
Dec 10, 2017 (AFP)
The group was working a few dozen kilometres (miles) from the town of Niafunke on Friday when they were dragged away by unidentified armed men, a local official...
Big Media scrambles to meet challenge from Big Tech
Dec 09, 2017 (AFP)
That's why Big Media are scrambling for partnerships and tie-ups to bolster their content arsenal in the face of a well-funded onslaught from the tech sector. T...
Microscope using UV instead of visible light emerging as diagnostic tool
Dec 07, 2017 (SPX)
This approach holds promise for improving the speed and efficiency of patient care and medical research nationwide, a study published in the journal Nature Biom...
Turning photos into an interactive experience
Dec 05, 2017 (SPX)
Computer scientists at Tel-Aviv University collaborated with researchers at Facebook to develop a new computational technique that makes it possible for users t...
China says its 'open' internet accounts for a third of economy
Dec 05, 2017 (AFP)
Beijing this year has dramatically strengthened its already tight regulation of the internet, but officials and local media have used the fourth World Internet ...
Facebook to launch chat app for kids, with parental controls
Dec 04, 2017 (AFP)
Messenger Kids is being rolled out for Apple iOS mobile devices in the United States on a test basis as a standalone video chat and messaging app. Product manag...
Broadcom moves to unseat Qualcomm board, escalates takeover fight
Dec 04, 2017 (AFP)
Broadcom, which has signaled its plan to reincorporate in the United States, said the effort to replace the Qualcomm board members is aimed at boosting support ...
DIY: Scientists release a how-to for building a smartphone microscope
Dec 01, 2017 (SPX)
The researchers describe the process in a paper published in Biomedical Optics Express, demonstrating that a basic smartphone equipped with an inexpensive inkje...
New imaging technique peers inside living cells
Dec 01, 2017 (SPX)
But if researchers can only view the inner workings of dead cells, they're only seeing part of the story. They cannot monitor living cells' dynamic real-time pr...
Google data-saving tool aims to help manage smartphone bills
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
A newly release application dubbed Datally made available free at the Google Play Store this week lets people see when games, social networks or other programs ...
Smartphone market seeing steady growth, as bigger screens rule
Nov 29, 2017 (AFP)
A report by the research firm IDC said phablets -- with displays larger than 5.5 inches (14 centimeters) -- will account for some 40 percent of the 1.5 billion ...
BuzzFeed to cut jobs, refocus advertising
Nov 29, 2017 (AFP)
The cuts will be mainly in the business and advertising divisions in the US operations, with a number of editorial and business employees cut in Britain, a spok...
Clever use of mirrors boosts performance of light-sheet microscope
Nov 29, 2017 (SPX)
MBL Fellows Hari Shroff of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and Patrick La Riviere of the University of Chicago, with lea...
US regulator says Silicon Valley is threat to internet
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai delivered remarks days after unveiling a proposal to reverse a hotly contested 2015 rule requiring broadband...
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