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This week was a busy one for Facebook. It launched a new collaboration with Uber through Messenger, announced changes to its controversial "real name" policy, launched its fast-loading Instant Articles for Android, and finally, Facebook was named the most popular smartphone app of 2015 by a Nielsen report. Meanwhile, Twitter hit an all-time low on Wall Street.
Latino Millennials are blazing their career trails in paths that are uncommon from previous generations. This Instagram generation is also becoming well known for breaking the mold of what it means to be at the top of an industry.
Apple announced a series of big changes at the executive level of the world's most valuable company on Thursday, on the same day that a report indicates sales of the company's biggest moneymaker, the iPhone, could be slumping. Here's a rundown on how the pecking order in Cupertino is changing, and what it means.
Google's self-driving car will be hitting the road soon, as a full-blown for-profit independent company under Google's new umbrella company, Alphabet. The evolution of Google's self-driving car will take a step up in 2016, as Alphabet seeks to compete with Uber through its own self-driving version of a ride-sharing service.
Despite pleas from Puerto Rican officials including its governor, Congress will likely not include any relief for the U.S. territory in the omnibus spending bill.
The rumor mill is working at full speed around the ostensible next smartphone release by Apple in early 2016, an entry-level 4-inch iPhone dubbed by the tech press as the iPhone 6C. Here's everything that's been in the grapevine so far.
On the same day that investigators of the ISIS Paris attacks announced to CNN that the perpetrators used encrypted chat apps, including WhatsApp and Telegram, to communicate under the radar of law enforcement, Brazil imposed -- and then subsequently rescinded -- a nationwide ban of WhatsApp for related reasons, at least officially.
Martin Shkreli, the infamous drug company executive known for raising the price of a life-saving drug to absurd costs, is in the news once again after he was arrested at his Manhattan home Thursday on suspicion of securities fraud.
The Hollywood film industry will have to open its doors to yet another gigantic partnership and a creation of a new studio called Amblin with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Entertainment and Jeff Skoll's Participant Media. Reports reveal that the partnership is expected to be fully operational in 2016.
Comcast's expansion of data caps into new markets recently created a flood of thousands of complaints to the Federal Communications Commission, as a recent report exposed.
Silicon Valley has a diversity problem, and despite working for a year to create more diverse workplaces with higher levels of Latinos, blacks and women, progress has been slow. But there are bright minds at work on solutions, which is one reason why Facebook COO and LeanIn.org Founder Sheryl Sandberg discussed diversity during an "ask me anything" style Q&A on Quora this week.
Before Congress goes on its holiday hiatus, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on a long-term federal spending bill on Friday and year-end tax on Thursday to prevent a government shutdown.
Last week, Sprint promoted its head of Hispanic advertising to Chief Marketing Officer of the company, in what might be the end of an ongoing front office shuffle that has seen two people fill and vacate the CMO position in the last year and a half. The move also points to a more concerted effort from Sprint to reach the growing and tech-savvy Latino market in the U.S.
Peruvian born wunderkind Pedro Espinoza was raised an entrepreneur from the start. But he also had a life-changing experience working with a charity in his youth, and wanted more of that feeling. With SmileyGo, a data-driven startup founded by Espinoza last year, he plans to bring both worlds together, streamlining the connections between big businesses and nonprofits.
The biggest names in Silicon Valley, including Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Marissa Mayer and more, have spoken up against Trump's proposal for deporting millions of immigrants in a new FWD.us campaign called "11 Million Stories."
Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart have Green Monday pages Green Monday is up and running and the deals are ready for all holiday shoppers. Customers looking to beat the crowds at physical stores are able to shop online for this shopping holiday.
Even the new iPhone 6s models are reduced Best Buy is using this weekend to get more shoppers into their stores. With the iPad being the most asked-for gifts this holiday season, the retailer is reducing the price of a popular model.
As Congress is rounding out its session for 2015, all signs point to a bipartisan agreement in both houses to permanently prevent state and local taxes on Internet service.
This week Facebook announced an offline mode, so mobile users can still see new stories in their News Feeds, even when their connections are spotty. Meanwhile, Twitter announced it would start showing ads to the vast majority of people who visit the platform, and a new study shows Snapchat is the fastest growing social network among millennials.
