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Toyota Motor Corp. is Uber, Inc.’s latest investor, with both companies coming to an agreement that along with an undisclosed investment will see Toyota provide leased vehicles to Uber drivers on favorable terms. According to a statement from Toyota, the memorandum of …
Report: Apple to release Siri SDK, build an Amazon Echo rival
Apple, Inc. wants a slice of the emerging smart home assistant market, and is looking to build an Amazon Echo rival and open Siri to third party developers, according to one report Tuesday. The Information (paywall) claims that Apple is planning to …
Huge: Netflix to stream Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar content exclusively from September
The content available to Netflix, Inc. subscribers is soon to receive a boost with the company announcing Monday that come September it will be the exclusive U.S. pay-TV home of the latest films from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar. Netflix originally signed …
Spotify matches Apple Music family plan price as report reveals company lost $173.1m in 2015
Music streaming service Spotify AB has slashed the price of its family plan to match that offered by Apple Music, as it was revealed that the company lost $173.1 million in 2015. Spotify’s announcement of the price cut naturally didn’t mention Apple, …
Facebook responds to bias allegations: not systematic, but individual staff may have acted improperly
Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. has submitted a response to the United States Senate Commerce Committee over allegations that it was biased against Conservative political stories in its trending topics list. In a letter to Chairman Senator John Thule, Facebook General Counsel …
Report: Samsung Galaxy S7 Active to go on sale June 10 with 4000 mAh battery
Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. is set to release its new Galaxy S7 Active phone and a new leak Monday show’s that the phone is getting a battery upgrade among other features. According to VentureBeat, the specs for the Galaxy S7 Active closely …
Google powered Levi’s Commuter smart jacket coming to market in 2017
Would you like to be able to control your music, answer phone calls, access navigation, and other smartphone features by tapping and swiping on the sleeve of your jacket? The answer from most people isn’t probably no versus WTF? but none the …
Google’s Project Ara modular Android phone developer edition coming in Q4
Google, Inc. is finally bringing its modular Android phone, Project Ara, to market with developers being able to get their hands on the device later this year. Project Ara was first conceived by Motorola Mobility, Inc. back in 2013, and was retained …
Cheaper than a can of Coke: Indian phone maker offers Android smartphone for $1.47
$1.47 doesn’t buy an awful lot these days, outside of perhaps a small item off the McDonald’s dollar menu, but what if it could buy you an Android smartphone? Well, now it can with a new company in India offering an Android-powered …
Race is on: Uber starts testing its own self-driving car
Ridesharing service Uber, Inc. gave the world its first look at its efforts to develop a self-driving car Thursday. The company revealed details of the vehicle in a blog post, explaining that their self-driving vehicle is built on top of a Ford …