Category: Tech news

 Uber poached around 50 scientists working on self-driving car technology at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center earlier this year. Uber had been partnering with CMU to research building its own autonomous vehicles. But then it pulled from massive venture funding warchest to hire away a lot of CMU’s talent for its Uber Advanced Technologies Center.… Read More

If you’ve ever watched an Apple press event, you have likely grown accustomed to the format. Usually, Tim Cook steps out on stage and throws around some numbers, like total iPhones sold, iOS marketshare, retail success, etc. Then we get down into the product introductions, which start with a real-life unveiling. But before Apple gets into the nitty gritty of new features, specs, etc.,… Read More

 Apple didn’t make a note of it during its event this afternoon in San Francisco, but the next generation of its mobile operating system, iOS 9.1, is already being seeded to developers as of today alongside the “gold master” – or final build – of iOS 9, previously announced. Thanks to the public beta of  iOS 9, a number of users have already gotten… Read More

 Damn, Apple just dropped a ton of new hardware today, including new iPhones, iPads and a brand new Apple TV. There were a lot of goodies snuck into today’s event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, so here’s a recap of everything Apple unveiled that you need to know about. Read More

 Following the bell, and Apple’s massive media meltdown, Box detailed its fiscal second-quarter financial performance. In the period, the company lost $0.28 per share, using adjusted metrics. The company recorded revenue of $73.5 million during the fiscal period.
The street had expected Box to lose an adjusted $0.29 per share, on revenue of $69.81 million. Read More

 Apple put on a big event today in San Francisco to show off its new lineup of products and updates — from Apple Watch bands to the iPad Pro to the new Apple TV. Apple released a bunch of new Watch bands, showing off a wide range of diverse colors. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the people, mostly from Apple’s executive team, who took the stage to announce them. In… Read More

 Piazza, a Palo Alto, Ca.-based class discussion platform, has more than 30,000 educators, 1 million students and 1,200 universities in 70 countries using its platform.
That’s not too shabby for a six-year-old company. But Piazza is now rolling out a new tool that it hopes will supercharge greater adoption with recruiters, too, and generate more revenue in the process.
Called the… Read More

 Despite hardware upgrades to the cameras of its new iPhones, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, announced today — including larger sensors that yield higher megapixel shots and support for 4K recording — the entry-level versions of each model still offer what is an increasingly parsimonious 16GB of storage.
That compares unfavorably across the board with rival high end Android flagships… Read More

 Alongside the introduction of the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus smartphones, Apple today showed off a new way to shoot photos with these devices, which it’s calling “Live Photos.” The feature, which lets you snap photos that then animate like GIFs, takes advantage of the devices’ support for Force Touch. That is, the images appear still, but when you press down on them,… Read More

 Apple’s next mobile operating system, iOS 9, now has an official release date: September 16. The company first announced the update in June, with transit directions in Maps, a new Flipboard-style News app and promised improvements to Siri and Spotlight. There will also be iPad-specific features, including support for split-screen apps. Developers have already been able to try out… Read More

 Today at Apple’s keynote, the company introduced a new program available in Apple Store in the U.S. The iPhone Upgrade Program is a 24-month payment plan with an option to upgrade for a new iPhone every year. It starts at $32 per month and includes AppleCare+. Read More

 Apple announced a new iPad today at its media event. Yes, the iPad Pro is real, matching the various leaked statistics that have rattled around the media-scape for weeks. Pro users can pick up an external keyboard, and a stylus that Apple calls Pencil (capital P, of course). If that sounds familiar, it should. Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 can be kitted out in similar fashion, though its… Read More

 Earlier this year, Google launched Play Games Player Analytics, a service that allows game developers to get improved analytics for what their users are doing while they are playing their games. Today, the company is updating this service with a new report for tracking users during their first couple of minutes of gameplay, a new API for letting developers take their analytics data to… Read More

 Apple’s iPhone market grew 75 percent in China year over year, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced on stage today. The Greater China region is Apple’s second-largest market after the Americas. When Apple released the big-screened iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last September, the company’s sales in China really took off. In Apple’s Q3 earnings, the company reported $13.2 billion… Read More

 Apple just announced the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, a brand new phone in a familiar casing with a few tricks up its sleeve. In addition to new cameras and chip, the new phone features a new Force Touch-enabled display with ‘3D Touch’. It’s a big deal as it opens a brand new set of interactions for app developers, greatly increasing the number of possibilities for user… Read More