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Sonos loses its chief product officer

By Micah Singleton

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Pandora founder Tim Westergren takes over as CEO

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Snapchat buys Bitmoji app maker Bitstrips

Recode Staff March 24, 2016 09:23 pm03.24.2016

Snapchat is buying Bitstrips, the company behind the Bitmoji app that lets you create an avatar of yourself to share on social media and over text, according to a source familiar with the deal.

Fortune’s...

Personal emoji coming to Snapchat?

TiVo, owner of valuable patents, may be acquired by Rovi, owner of more valuable patents

Jacob Kastrenakes March 24, 2016 11:26 am03.24.2016 11

TiVo is in talks to be acquired by Rovi, the maker of TV program guides, according to The New York Times' DealBook. The talks are said to be "advanced," but could still fall through.

There's a powerful patent portfolio between them

Privacy.com is a VPN for credit cards

Russell Brandom March 24, 2016 12:00 pm03.24.2016 17

In 2016, it’s remarkably hard to buy something anonymously. Bitcoin would be the easiest way, but most places don’t accept it. Even walking into a store and paying cash, there’s a decent chance you’ll be...

A one-time use credit card number

Sony forms new company to make PlayStation mobile games

Sam Byford March 24, 2016 02:16 am03.24.2016 7

Sony Computer Entertainment, to be known as Sony Interactive Entertainment from next week, has announced the formation of a new company called ForwardWorks that will focus on smartphone games. In a...

Games from ForwardWorks will feature PlayStation characters

Pebble is laying off 25 percent of its staff

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Google is making a keyboard for the iPhone

Casey Newton March 22, 2016 07:00 pm03.22.2016

Google has been developing a third-party keyboard for iOS that would put the company’s search engine in a highly used part of the interface, The Verge has learned. The keyboard, which incorporates a...

Gesture-based typing, GIF searches, and more

Legendary former Intel CEO Andy Grove is dead at 79

Casey Newton March 21, 2016 08:31 pm03.21.2016 10

Andy Grove, who fled from Nazi and Soviet oppression to become one of the most powerful business leaders in the global tech industry as the chairman and CEO of Intel, died on Monday. He was 79. The cause...

The man behind "Intel inside"

Why the small iPhone is a big deal

Vlad Savov March 21, 2016 05:17 pm03.21.2016 329

Apple today announced the 4-inch iPhone SE, which is essentially an iPhone 5S with 6S specs and a new low price of $399. For many people, that alone will be sufficient reason to be excited, but the iPhone...

Size matters, price matters even more

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OLED iPhone sparks battle between Samsung, LG, and others

Vlad Savov March 21, 2016 06:25 am03.21.2016 40

News out of Korea today is that Apple and Samsung Display have signed a contract for the supply of as many as 60,000 flexible OLED panels per month, according to ET News. This puts Samsung in the leading...

Apple's schedule for new display tech in the iPhone is accelerating

SoundCloud has signed a licensing deal with Sony Music

Micah Singleton March 17, 2016 05:09 pm03.17.2016 11

SoundCloud has signed a licensing deal with Sony Music, giving it deals with all three major labels and paving the way for the subscription service it's slated to launch later this year, according to...

A subscription service is coming soon

Alphabet reportedly putting robot builder Boston Dynamics up for sale

Ben Popper March 17, 2016 12:48 pm03.17.2016

Alphabet may be putting its most high-profile robotics acquisition up for sale just three years after purchasing it. Bloomberg reports that Boston Dynamics, maker of robots which can walk, run, jump, and...

Bye bye Big Dog

Google gets Apple to jump aboard its cloud business, but it may not last

Recode Staff March 16, 2016 09:29 pm03.16.2016

In its bid to raise its name in cloud computing services, Google nabbed a big-name customer: Apple. The iPhone-maker recently started storing portions of its iCloud and services data with Google’s cloud...

Apple is trimming its reliance on Amazon

The chipmaker behind Google’s project Tango is powering DJI’s autonomous drone

Ben Popper March 16, 2016 09:36 am03.16.2016 3

A few weeks ago DJI unveiled its newest drone, the Phantom 4, the first craft to offer robust obstacle avoidance at a price the average consumer can afford. It relied on computer vision to power its...

A small startup behind big breakthroughs
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