500 Startups, the $100 million Silicon Valley venture fund perhaps best known for its incubator program for young companies, said on Thursday it would tap a new source of cash for its latest fund: the public.
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UK regulator investigates Facebook over emotions study
The British data watchdog is investigating whetherFacebook Inc violated data-protection laws when it allowed researchers to conduct a psychological experiment on its users.
Intelligent cars draw investors to tech stocks
Technology and telecoms firms could be the big winners in a connected car market that may be worth $50 billion over the next decade, luring investors away from traditional automakers.
For Alibaba, a challenge is to turn mobile into money
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd [IPO-ALIB.N] may have dominated online retail on personalcomputers, but is some way from replicating that leadership in shopping by smartphone and other mobile devices.
Exclusive: Facebook scores record 1 billion interactions for World Cup
With 1 billion posts, likes and comments in just the first half of the World Cup, the soccer tournament is already the most talked-about event in Facebook Inc's decade-long history, data obtained by Reuters showed.
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Salesforce Inc, one of the first cloud-computing companies, is pushing into healthcare with new software and services aimed at the largest hospitals.
Japan's No. 2 wireless carrier KDDI Corp on Wednesday unveiled flat-rate plans that are likely to raise monthly bills for most smartphone users using its KDDI au service, tracking similar moves by rivals trying to fend off pressure from free message applications such as Line.
Google Inc (GOOGL.O) (GOOG.O), whose Androidsoftware reigns as the world's dominant smartphone operating system, will step up efforts to make inroads into cars, televisions and other devices at its annual developer conference this week, sources familiar with the matter said.
France's largest carrier Orange topped an annual quality review of mobile services carried out by the country's telecoms regulator, while Iliad's Free Mobile lagged competitors.
Nest, the Google Inc-owned maker of smart thermostats and other home automation products, will allow other companies to create apps that communicate with its devices.
For decades, medical technology firms have searched for ways to let diabetics check blood sugar easily, with scant success. Now, the world's largest mobile technology firms are getting in on the act.
A group of influential Internet moguls aim to fix what they refer to as the "big money problem" in Washington politics by, well, raising cash, forming a Super Political Action Committee (PAC) called Mayday
Gemalto NV, the French digital security company, said on Friday that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected its patent claim relating to the Android smart phone operating platform.
A U.S. judge on Thursday said she had concerns about approving a $324.5 million settlement involving Apple,Google and two other tech companies in a lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to avoid poaching each other's workers.
