IT&Software
Spotify Hits 140 Million Monthly Users
The company announced the milestone on the eve of advertising conference the Cannes Lions, where it will be courting brands and agencies - and thus where its overall reach will likely be a more important metric than its paying subscribers. With losses like that, it's no wonder that Spotify went in search of cash a year ago and accepted hard terms. Investors can convert their debt to equity at a 20... [Full Article...]
Reggie Fils-Aime Dismisses Threat To Switch From Microsoft's Xbox One X
However, this E3, no Metroid fan had any chance to complain, as Nintendo revealed not just one, but two new Metroid games- Prime 4 , and Samus Returns , the latter being a new 2D game coming to the 3DS (acting as a reimagining of Metroid 2 on the Gameboy). [Full Article...]
Microsoft's 'Office in the Windows Store' release is coming June 15
The release brings the full version of Office to the laptop, which runs Windows 10 S , a locked-down version of Windows that only allows users to install apps from the Windows Store. Will you be downloading Office from the Windows Store? As a result, Office in the Windows Store may occasionally behave in unexpected ways. The company further says that in 2018, Office 365 plans for business custome... [Full Article...]
Twitter unveils new look, which users quickly mock
Icons have been reworked as well (the reply icon is now a speech bubble rather than an arrow that some users thought meant "go back"), and headlines are bigger. Twitter has unveiled a new look for its core app on desktop, Android, and iOS as well as TweetDeck and Twitter Lite. Mobile users are also treated to a new look. [Full Article...]
Italians missing in London fire
London's fire commissioner says that firefighters have been traumatized by the devastation they witnessed during a high-rise apartment blaze that killed at least 12 people . Close to the popular Westfield shopping center and the A40, a major road for traffic in and out of London , Grenfell Tower was built in 1974 by the Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council, and is now - like much of Britain... [Full Article...]
Apple to turn iPhone into hub of medical info
Essentially, Apple would be trying to re-create what it did with music - replacing CDs and scattered MP3s with a centralized management system in iTunes and the iPod - in the similarly fragmented and complicated landscape for health data. [Full Article...]
Panoz Pops Up With All-Electric Race Car Design, Plans Road Car
Panoz, who was a partner in the DeltaWing programme that took the innovative entry to Le Mans in 2012, said: "We want to be considered for Garage 56 and we have always lived up to what we said we are going to do". With it being completely battery powered, the aim of the "fuel stops" would be to completely change the battery over for a fully charged one. Perhaps the most unique part about the G... [Full Article...]
Verizon to incur $660m in costs from Yahoo deal
The shuttering of Yahoo Esports is occuring in order to allow the rest of the Yahoo Sports organization to focus on "aligning with the new company strategy", according to Gafford in his statement . Mayer's near-5-year tenure as Yahoo CEO was marked by criticism as she tried and failed to improve the company's ailing prospects through a series of acquisitions, strategic changes and layoffs. [Full Article...]