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Earlier this year, Microsoft said that its Edge browser was more power efficient than Google’s Chrome, a claim that Google refuted with its own findings. But the debate isn’t over. An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft is at it again — touting Edge as… Continue reading Microsoft Reproduces Google’s Battery Life Test To Show Edge Beats Chrome
Peter Kafka, writing for Recode: Earlier this week, Pandora signed two of the three big music labels to deals that will let it launch new streaming music services. Now it is launching one of them: Pandora Plus, an “ad-free radio experience with dramati… Continue reading Pandora Has Announced Its $5 Subscription Service
On the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival, some people will go to great lengths to get mooncakes, the traditional gift for family, friends and colleagues. At Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., four engineers tried to rig the distribution system of the e-commerce gian… Continue reading Alibaba Engineers Fired for Mooncake Hacking
Things are not looking good for Google’s Android Wear. Three of the top Android Wear smartwatches maker have confirmed that they won’t be releasing a smartwatch in the waning months of the year. From a CNET report:While LG launched a watch in the first… Continue reading Android Wear Hopefuls Call Timeout On Smartwatches
An anonymous reader writes: On Wednesday, Mobileye revealed that it ended its relationship with Tesla because “it was pushing the envelope in terms of safety.” Mobileye’s CTO and co-founder Amnon Shashua told Reuters that the electric vehicle maker was… Continue reading Mobileye Says Tesla Was Dropped Because of Safety Concerns
Less than two weeks after Apple unveiled its headphone jack-less iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the company is already exploring the idea of doing the same on its flagship computing lineup. An anonymous reader shares a report on The Next Web: Apple might … Continue reading Apple Explores the Idea Of Killing Headphone Jack On the MacBook Pro
The revelation of Wells Fargo employees opening more than two million unauthorized customers accounts to hit the sales target might have come as a shock to many, but they are just the tip of a very old problem the industry has been facing. Bloomberg ha… Continue reading It’s Not Just Wells Fargo – How Sales Targets Can Encourage Wrongdoing
This is why New Yorkers can’t have nice things. LinkNYC, the initiative to install super-fast wifi hubs in New York City, is suspending web browsing on all its tablets after 8 months due to “inappropriate behavior,” the company says, according to a rep… Continue reading Google-Funded Free Wi-Fi Kiosks Are Scrapping Web Browsing Because Too Many People Were Using it For Porn
With Windows 8, Microsoft introduced Windows Store, which consisted of “Metro / Modern UI” apps which worked best on touch capable devices. Since the release of Windows 8, many users complained that they wanted traditional apps — the applications they… Continue reading Desktop Apps Make Their Way Into the Windows Store
Some of the major companies that provide the basic infrastructure that makes the internet work have seen an increase in DDoS attacks against them, says Bruce Schneier. He adds that these attacks are of much larger scale — including the duration — tha… Continue reading Someone Is Learning How To Take Down the Internet, Warns Bruce Schneier