Musical.ly syncs up with Apple Music
Apple is linking up with Musical.ly, the popular music video app. Musical.ly lets its users create and share their own music videos, using snippets of songs. Starting on Friday, Apple Music will be the...
View ArticleLooking for the quantum frontier
A new theoretical framework has been developed to identify computations that occupy the ‘quantum frontier’ – the boundary at which problems become impossible for today’s computers and can only be...
View ArticleRead Larry Page’s new letter about the current status of Alphabet, Google’s...
Almost two years ago, Google announced it would change its name to Alphabet, which would effectively be a holding company for Google and its various businesses — YouTube, Android, etc. — as well as...
View ArticleInstagram is on pace to be Facebook’s next billion-user app
More and more, Facebook’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram looks like the best $1 billion it’s ever spent. The photo-sharing site this week noted that it now has 700 million monthly active users. That’s a...
View ArticleThanks to Google, Cubans Are Getting a Much Faster Internet
Google is about to change the internet browsing experience in Cuba in a big way. On Wednesday, the technology giant became the first foreign internet company to set up servers in the island nation....
View ArticleHong Kong: Fintech center of China?
Hong Kong’s position as a financial center makes it a prime contender to become a fintech hub, according to Franklin Tong Fuk-kay of ASTRI. Powered by WPeMatico
View ArticleTechnology innovation in Pharma industry
Over the past few years, regulatory authorities such as Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA … solutions in new drug delivery systems and targeted therapies, innovation in...
View ArticleHow local P2P lending is fuelling business growth in rural Britain
It is here that alternative finance and peer-to-peer lenders are playing an increasingly central role and will become a first port of call in the future, rather than an afterthought. The bank referral...
View ArticleWorld’s largest robotics competition comes to St. Louis for final year
ST. LOUIS • The world’s largest and most prestigious robotics championship returned to St. Louis this week for the final year of a seven-year run. About 15,000 youths in kindergarten through high...
View ArticleFintech gets a new unicorn
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Fintech Briefing” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. There haven’t been any new fintech unicorns for a while, but on Wednesday,...
View ArticleDelhi High Court Pulls Up Private Hospitals: Healthcare Now A Business?
The Delhi High Court this week has pulled up private hospitals saying they can’t hold patients hostage for unpaid bills. In a country where private healthcare is out of the question for most, many...
View ArticleNSA to stop reading certain American emails — will delete some previously...
The government is supposed to work for the people, but sometimes, it can feel like it is against them. In a democratic country like the USA, where many officials are elected by citizens, you would...
View ArticleMany Android Apps Contain ‘Open Port’ Flaws, Researchers Discover
Implementation failures, lack of security controls has left many Android apps vulnerable to attack via open ports, according to security researchers from the University of Michigan. Hundreds of Android...
View ArticleLeaked molds shed light on bold new iPhone 8 design
If the onslaught of iPhone 8 leaks we’ve seen in the past few days is any indication, it appears that our worst fears about the iPhone 8’s new form factor are completely unfounded. Specifically, leaked...
View ArticleGoogle’s CEO got a massive raise last year
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai had a good 2016. According to a new company filing posted Friday, Pichai’s compensation last year was worth over $199 million. (Most of it was stock, not salary.) That’s...
View ArticleCloudera founder: Why investors are ‘thrilled’ my company is worth $2 billion...
Big data software company Cloudera completed its much-anticipated IPO on Friday and the stock was a hit with investors. Cloudera priced it at $15 raising $225 million for itself, above its initial...
View ArticleDental implant guidelines: methodological quality needs improvement
The research question reference consensus guidelines in implant dentistry was: “Do consensus guidelines published in high ranked implant journals meet the requirements proposed in the AGREE II...
View ArticleNo healthcare vote this week; stumbling block in government shutdown
April 27 (UPI) –The House of Representatives won’t vote on healthcare this week, possibly averting a U.S. government shutdown over a short-term spending bill, the Republicans’ majority leader said late...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren: I’m ‘troubled’ by Obama’s $400,000 speaking fee for...
Elizabeth Warren isn’t too keen about former President Barack Obama’s $400,000 fee to address a Wall Street conference on healthcare this fall. “I was troubled by that,” the Massachusetts senator said...
View ArticleNo vote on healthcare bill this week in U.S. House
U.S. House leaders have decided against holding a vote on a reworked healthcare system overhaul this week after failing to find the necessary support. Powered by WPeMatico
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