Google has purchased API.ai, a startup that equips more than 60,000 developers with tools to improve speech recognition and natural language understanding in apps. API.ai’s products are used to “build conversational experiences, for environments such […]
Three presidential debates and the one scheduled vice presidential debate will be streamed live on Facebook’s (FB +0.1%) platform. Facebook and ABC News worked together previously to stream the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Rights to […]
The stock hit new 52-week and all-time highs, although its 4% after-hours gain will have to hold up until Wednesday’s session to officially count. Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) beat on earnings per share estimates and marginally topped […]
It’s a big season for hardware launches and Google (GOOG, GOOGL) won’t be left out, setting an Oct. 4 confab where it is seen rolling out new hardware, including new phones. The company could leave […]
GoPro, whose leadership in action cameras has been challenged by lower-cost rivals, unveiled its long-awaited drone on Monday, as it tries to grab share in a new growth market. Its Karma drone focuses on portability […]
Nascent Objects: “By combining hardware design, circuitry, 3D printing and modular electronics, our technology allows developers to go from concept to product in just weeks, much faster and less expensive than traditional methods.” The startup will […]
Thalmic Labs specializes in developing wearable technology that translates muscle electrical activity to control of various devices. Intel Capital (INTC -0.5%) and Amazon’s Alexa Fund (AMZN -0.6%), along with other investors, participated in the fund. Thalmic […]
Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) created a travel app that organizes flight, hotel, car and restaurant reservations with offline accessibility a main highlight. Google: “Google Trips is a personalized tour guide in your pocket. Each trip contains […]
JP Morgan Chase has brought to Bats Global Markets an exchange-traded fund investing in high-yield bonds. The actively managed JP Morgan Disciplined High Yield ETF buys US dollar-denominated debt issued by US and foreign companies. […]
The rise in China’s home prices accelerated last month, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. Month-over-month, new-home prices rose in 64 out of 70 large and midsize cities in August, up from […]
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