Under pressure to monetize, Spiegel announced this week at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco that Snapchat would be featuring advertising very soon.
Windows update, JP Morgan breach and Angry Birds streamlined
Microsoft announced the successor to Windows 8 this week – Windows 10.
Apple’s issues, BlackBerry Passport and the Bash bug
The days of BlackBerry Messenger, roller balls, and physical keyboards seem a long time ago now. The once revolutionary BlackBerry, a must-have utility tool for businesses and individuals alike, became eclipsed by competitors such as Samsung and Apple, who each have claimed substantial market share in the mobile world.
Thiel’s Twitter attack, Windows announcement and iPhone released
Twitter shares have fallen over 20% in 2014 as the company has failed to grow its user base at the same pace as its competitor, Facebook. According to prominent venture capitalist and PayPal’s billionaire co-founder Peter Thiel, Twitter’s problems might stem from an issue of serious mismanagement…and pot smoking.
The Internet slows down, Microsoft’s Minecraft bid and Home Depot hacked
The core principle behind the net neutrality movement is that all data should be treated equally. Internet service providers (ISPs) are challenging that viewpoint by proposing ‘fast lanes’ for certain content delivered on the internet, and charging more for anything utilizing these fast speeds.
Tesla opts for Nevada, Apple’s photo blame and Germany bans Uber
After conducting a five state competition, Tesla announced Thursday that it would be building its Gigafactory in Nevada. The Silver State beat out California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas to land the lithium-ion battery production facility and the projected 6,500 jobs that should come with it.
Google’s drones, Apple sends out event invites and the California kill switch
The latest project of Google’s advanced research arm, Google X, is a drone delivery system similar to a plan Amazon unveiled earlier in the year. Project Wing involves self-flying drones, capable of delivering small packages.
Soundcloud to monetize, Y-Combinator Demo Day and Stripe and Twitter team up
SoundCloud set to monetize The six-year-old music streaming service SoundCloud now has 175 million monthly users, making it four times bigger than Spotify. And the company has decided the time is right…
Weekly Digest: Taxi market heats up, Russian PM has Twitter hacked, Sprint to slash prices
Taxi Market Heating Up Disruption is one of the most overused words in technology, but there is perhaps no better term to describe what Uber and its scrappy rival Lyft are doing…