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Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE) unveiled a car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday. Sony has partnered with industry leaders to build this prototype, including Bosch, Continental, Genetex, Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Magna, according to Tech Crunch. Few other details...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Google has launched Google Trips, a new mobile app to help users with their travel plans. The app, available for both Android and iOS, uses data collection from crowdsourced contributions and Google Maps and can provide a personalized guidance to users...

Snapchat recently joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), which raises the question as to why a social media platform would join the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards. Tech Crunch noted that membership within SIG is mandatory for any company that wishes to employ...

Following Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)’s massive $26 billion buyout of LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD), shareholders of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) seemed convinced buyout deals for each company were imminent. So far, they have both gotten nothing but more...

According to Tech Crunch, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) started offering end-to-end encryption to its Facebook Messenger users, allowing users to secure their chats. This feature, called "secret conversations" will be offered to a limited test group on Friday. Related Link: Google Buys Video...

Analysts at Goldman Sachs define "blockchain" as a type of environment that acts like a "a shared digital ledger of transactions recorded and verified across a network of participants in a tamper-proof chain that is visible to all." Bitcoin is considered to be the first technology to use the...

Etsy Inc (NASDAQ: ETSY)'s e-commerce platform suffered a major blow last week after its payment processing provider suffered an outage. Tech Crunch noted that "a large number" of Etsy transactions have been disrupted, forcing many of the platform's merchants scrambling to...

StockTwits, the popular social media platform that brings together investors, traders and entrepreneurs to share investment ideas, named a new CEO Wednesday. Ian Rosen, co-founder of Even Financial and a former general manager at MarketWatch, will replace StockTwits' founder Howard Lindzon as CEO....

Brazil's government continued its war against Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and its popular chatting app after the government froze $6 million of the company's cash in a local bank account. A judge in Brazil ordered Facebook to shut down its message app WhatApp back in May after the company...

Steph Curry may have lost his chance in winning back-to-back NBA titles, but prospects are still looking brighter than ever for the Curry family, according to Tech Crunch. Curry's wife Ayesha, who gained a lot of notoriety during the playoffs, is capitalizing on the publicity by launching a new...

After Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) surprised market spectators with its buyout of LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD), everyone from TV pundits to investment bank analysts began to speculate upon the next Internet/social media buyout target. Many fingers pointed to Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), and it...

A new startup has harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to digitize and automate accounting processes. The startup, Smacc, offers small to midsize companies a platform to track invoices, sales, costs, etc. It will gradually learn over time, said Smacc, so it becomes progressively better at...

Virtual reality is the future of entertainment, at least according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. According to Tech Crunch, analysts at Goldman Sachs, the virtual reality segment will surpass the TV market in annual revenue within just 10 years. However, it is important to understand that the...

The British people will vote next week in a national election to decide the country's fate within the European Union. The vote, dubbed "Brexit," will ask the people if they want Britain to remain a member of the European Union or not. Recent polls suggest a vote to leave the EU is currently winning...