Facebook doubles down on hardware with shiny new prototyping lab, Area 404
Facebook is opening a 22,000-square-foot hardware labs at its Menlo Park, CA headquarters, in sign of the social network's intention to make hardware as well as software.
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Attic Labs debuts a new kind of database for a Big Data world
San Francisco startup Attic Labs today is announcing Noms, a new kind of decentralized, open-source database.
Google beats Q2 earnings forecasts thanks to mobile, YouTube – and cloud
Google today delivered second-quarter earnings that easily beat expectations on both profits and revenues.
SoftLayer founder Lance Crosby launches StackPath: Internet security-as-a-service
StackPath, the new startup from SoftLayer founder Lance Crosby, launches today with the first of a broad suite of Internet security services.
Wave Computing rolls out plans for fast deep-learning computers
Deep learning neural networks, software programs that attempt to emulate the way the brain’s neocortex works, have led to striking improvements recently in speech and image recognition and even game playing. But progress in this branch of machine learning has come in …
Intel, Qualcomm beat earnings forecasts, but investors like only one of them
Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Technologies Inc., the two chip companies known for their respective dominance of personal computers and mobile devices, both reported higher-than-expected earnings. But the results prompted strikingly different reactions from investors. Intel today reported a second-quarter profit before certain …
Dialpad dials up the volume on its enterprise communications platform
Dialpad is announcing a raft of new features for its business communications platform to move deeper into the enterprise.
EMC shareholders bless $60 billion Dell buyout. Next up: China’s regulators
To no one’s surprise, shareholders of EMC Corp. today approved Dell Inc.’s $60 billion acquisition offer for the computer storage company.
EMC, VMware beat earnings forecasts ahead of Dell acquisition vote
On the eve of a shareholder vote on Dell Inc.’s proposed $60 billion acquisition of EMC Corp., both the storage company and especially its VMware Inc. computing virtualization unit reported better-than-expected second-quarter results. The results suggest Dell’s record high technology industry deal, …
Venture investment: steady as she goes, but early stage slows
Venture capitalists and other investors are still pouring lots of cash into startups despite a volatile stock market, according to a new report.