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Mario can now guide your route in Google Maps
It’s Mario Time! Beloved gaming character Mario is coming to Google Maps, thanks to a partnership between Google and Nintendo ahead of Mario Day, M ...
Facebook has signed a deal to stream 25 afternoon MLB games
Filed under moves that are potentially groundbreaking with big implications but with quite small numbers, Facebook has signed an exclusive deal wit ...
Curious Fictions helps readers find (and pay for) short stories
Most of you, I suspect, haven’t read a short story in a long time. Well, there’s a Y Combinator-backed startup called Curious Fictions looking to c ...
Alexa gets time-based music controls
Ever since the announcement of Apple’s HomePod, Amazon’s been on the music offensive for Alexa. The company improved the sound quality on the basel ...
Jon Favreau is making a Star Wars show for Disney’s streaming service
Disney plans to include Star Wars and Marvel TV shows as part of the lineup in its upcoming streaming service, but details about those shows have b ...
New DDoS extortions hit the Internet
A 1.3 Tbps DDoS attack – essentially a massive torrent of data aimed at a single target – nearly took down network provider Akamai on March 1. Whil ...
Ovipost wants to help drop the labor cost of building cricket farms
Trina Chiasson says a lot of cricket farmers will talk about how figuring out when they are laying their eggs is an art — and she hopes to turn it ...
Geniac, the office as a service, is shutting down after Grant Thornton pulls support
Geniac, the London-based startup that provided an “office as a service” for small and medium-sized businesses, is soon to enter the deadpool.
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Ecobee scores a $61 million Series C with help from Amazon
Smart thermostat maker Ecobee just wrapped up a $61 million Series C, bringing the Toronto-based company’s total funding to $146 million. This late ...
47.3 million U.S. adults have access to a smart speaker, report says
Nearly one in five U.S. adults today have access to a smart speaker, according to new research out this week from Voicebot.ai. That means adoption ...