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Amazon closes the Mayday live video service for its Fire tablets
Five years after its launch, Amazon has decided to end its Fire tablet live video support service, Mayday. The feature will be discontinued this month according to a customer support page. → Read More
The state of Washington sues Facebook and Google for not keeping track of election ads
The state capital of the United States is filing a lawsuit against the two conglomerates for allegedly violating campaign finance law. The state seeks penalties and an injuction on the two companies. → Read More
Makers of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice offer donation for strong Xbox sales
Ninja Theory - the developer (and publisher) behind the upcoming Xbox title, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice has vowed to donate $25,000 if its title moves 50k units within the first week. → Read More
Google employees protest over the company's work for Pentagon's drone program
Having garnered over 3100 signatures, a petition by Google employees requests CEO Sundar Pichai to not lead the company into "The Business of War" by being a part of Project Maven- a Pentagon program. → Read More
Preorder for HTC's $799 Vive Pro headset now open; original Vive dropped to $499
Announced at CES this year, the Vive Pro will begin shipping in April. The original Vive's price has dropped a hundred bucks to $499 and will remain available to purchase for the foreseeable future. → Read More
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds crosses 5 million players on Xbox
PUBG has shown strong numbers ever since its launch through the Xbox Game Preview program back in December. The game crossed the 4 million player mark on the Xbox console in January. → Read More
Motorola reportedly cancels Moto X5; its Chicago engineering team faces layoffs
The Chicago-based company has reportedly laid off half of its engineering workforce and canceled the upcoming Moto X5. The company is also be scaling back on Moto mods focusing on the profitable ones. → Read More
The mystery of Alexa's eerie laugh has been solved
Amazon claims that the digital assistant sometimes mistakenly hears the phrase, "Alexa, laugh", which leads to her laughing - an occurrence that several users have experienced over the past few weeks. → Read More
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy jumps its way to other platforms
The PlayStation 4 timed-exclusive from last year, Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, will be releasing on Nintendo Switch, PC, and Xbox One in July this year and can be pre-ordered right now. → Read More
Increase in suppliers lead to more labor violations for Apple
In its annual audit of working conditions among its suppliers, Apple found that the environmental and labor violations had doubled over the previous year. The company found 44 core violations in 2017. → Read More
Cortana could open unencrypted websites while your system is locked
Two independent Israeli researchers have found a loophole with Microsoft's digital assistant- Cortana. The assistant can be used by anyone with malicious intent to bypass a locked PC. → Read More
Microsoft making gains in the K-12 market; Google leads in the U.S.
Microsoft and its partner OEMs introduced several budget devices last year that has helped its market share in the K-12 education market, which grew 6.5 percent in the sub-$300 category. → Read More
Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 for US Government
The Redmond firm has announced its Microsoft 365 suite for the U.S. Government, which offers Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS), and Windows 10 for the organizations. → Read More
Amazon may be collaborating with big banks to bring checking accounts
The Seattle-based tech giant has been in talks with banks such as JP Morgan Chase to build a checking accounts-like facility targeted at a younger demographic and customers without bank accounts. → Read More
Microsoft trademarks "Mixplay"- a probable video editor for gamers
Microsoft recently trademarked "Mixplay", which might be a play on the word Mixer- a streaming service that the company already owns. The trademark points to a video editing software for gamers. → Read More
Best Buy to shutter all its mobile phone stores by May
The retailer is closing about 250 mobile stores in the U.S. by the end of May. Best Buy claims that the operating costs for the smaller stores were difficult to overcome relative to the bigger stores. → Read More
Twitter now allows users to privately bookmark tweets
The social media platform has released "bookmarks" feature for mobile users, which allows them to save the tweets for future references. The functionality has been in testing since November last year. → Read More
Pixel's sales double to 3.9 million units in 2017; still insignificant
Google's premier phone hardware has doubled its sales over the previous year. Over 3.9 million Pixel devices were sold in 2017. In comparison, Apple sold more than 77 million units in the same period. → Read More
Mozilla executive pens an open letter on India's data privacy laws and Aadhaar
The Mozilla executive expressed her concern over the security of the contentious biometric ID system in India. The open letter appeared as a full-page advertisement on one of India's leading dailies. → Read More
Cortana coming to more devices throughout 2018, Microsoft claims
The company has promised that it remains committed to Cortana and the assistant will be coming to more devices throughout this year. The OEMs investing in the service include Qualcomm and Synaptics. → Read More