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Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata Dies At 55; Analysts Say This Is A Big Lost For Nintendo

At 55, Satoru Iwata, chief executive officer of Nintendo Co. Ltd. had died due to bile duct growth. Analysts say this is such a big lost for Nintendo as the company had just teamed up with Dana, an online gaming maker.

Jul 13, 2015 02:50 AM EDT


OPM data breaches started in 2013; director resigns

OPM cyber attack affects millions of individuals directly and indirectly connected to the government. Some 21.5 million social security numbers, 1.1 million filed fingerprints and 19.7 million filled out goverment forms containing sensitive information such as health backgrounds were all stolen by hackers.

Jul 13, 2015 02:32 AM EDT


Under Armour's MyFitnessPal and Endomondo apps now run in tandem

MyFitnessPal users can now access information from Endomondo after both apps were acquired by Under Armour.

Jul 13, 2015 02:19 AM EDT


Asus ZenPad S 8.0 Now Available On Best Buy; 8-inch model available at $199.99

As the Taiwanese OEM, Asus, has introduced Asus ZenPad S 8.0 last month, the new tablet series is now available at Best Buy. The 8-inch model costs $199.99 with 32GB and the 7-inch model costs $99.99 with 16GB.

Jul 12, 2015 07:14 AM EDT


Apple Extends iCloud Service Subscription For 30 Days Free To Greek Customers Due To Monetary Crisis

To avoid interruption of service, Apple has extended its iCloud service storage subscription to its Greek customers for 30 days without charging them any fee. This is because of financial crisis that is occurring in Greece as the government restricts the people to deal with credit card transactions outside the country.

Jul 12, 2015 06:53 AM EDT


Steve Huffman Takes Over As The Returning CEO Of Reddit; Ellen Pao Resigned Under A Mutual Agreement?

On July 10, Ellen Pao, Reddit's CEO has just resigned and is immediately replaced by Steve Huffman, the company's co-founder and former CEO.

Jul 12, 2015 03:02 AM EDT


Greece submits new proposals but creditors remain skeptic

Greece submitted new proposals that promise an overhaul to create additional revenue. The new proposal set could be ideal and more aligned to the creditors' earlier demands yet uncertainty remains.

Jul 12, 2015 02:45 AM EDT


Motorola Droid Turbo Rolls Out the 5.1 Lollipop Update; Battery Issues Hound Users

After the much-awaited 5.1 Lollipop is made available to the public, many users have found that their Droid Turbo phones have just gotten worse.

Jul 12, 2015 02:33 AM EDT


NYSE Stopped trading, United Airlines grounded flights worldwide, WSJ website inaccessible - all in one day

The simultaneous events that halted operations in NYSE, United Airlines and Wall Street Journal caused concerns among the public. Homeland Security alerted the president but says there's no cyber attack links.

Jul 10, 2015 03:52 AM EDT


Google treats Project Fi Nexus 6 users with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Update

Motorola-made and Google-branded Nexus 6, the only handset that can be used by subscribers to Project Fi will receive Android 5.5.1 update in the coming days.

Jul 10, 2015 02:56 AM EDT


Price War: Amazon Cloud Drive comes cheaper than rivals Google and Dropbox

Amazon offers cheap cloud-based file storage compared to Google Drive and Dropbox in its recently-released mobile app. Although files can be accessed as read-only, future updates may make Amazon Cloud Drive the most-preferred app for file-sharing and storage.

Jul 10, 2015 02:18 AM EDT


ClipMine raises $2.6 million in funding to kickoff world’s first video annotation and crowdsourced indexing service

ClipMine raises a staggering $2.6 million in funding for changing the entire video consumption experience. The company rolled out world’s first crowdsourced online video indexing and annotation service.

Jul 09, 2015 11:59 PM EDT


Fujifilm touts the new anti-smartphone camera X-T10 as a treat for purist photographers

Unlike Fujifilm’s previous offerings, the multinational leader in imaging and photography devices is boasting its latest kid on the block X-T10 as an anti-smartphone camera.

Jul 09, 2015 10:59 AM EDT


Yahoo unleashes all-new daily fantasy sports league, expects it to be a game changer

Yahoo on July 8 formally rolled out its daily fantasy sports league allowing tons of its fantasy league fanatics to gamble and win in daily fantasy sports league contests.

Jul 09, 2015 10:53 AM EDT


Microsoft restructures phone business; cuts 7,800 jobs

Microsoft is laying off 7,800 positions globally and writing off about $7.6 billion in impairment charge related to its Nokia business.

Jul 09, 2015 10:45 AM EDT


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