Google Assistant, its AI-based personal helper, rolls out to Nougat and Marshmallow handsets

 Google continues its march to expand its place in the mobile ecosystem, anchored by the fact that its…

RCS, Google’s answer to iMessage, expands to 27 more carriers and OEMs

 While messaging apps like WhatsApp, Messenger, Snapchat and WeChat rake in ever more users, features and relationships…

Website builder Wix acquires art community DeviantArt for $36M

 Wix.com has made another acquisition to build out the tools that it provides to users to…

Messaging app Viber adds e-commerce button to sell you items inspired by your chats

 Messaging app Viber is today announcing a new feature that taps into the bigger trend of…

India’s Snapdeal to lay off 500-600 as it battles Flipkart and Amazon

 Snapdeal, one of India’s big online marketplaces, is feeling the pinch of competition from Flipkart, Amazon and…

Apple quietly bought iCloud.net domain, shuts down eponymous social network

 It looks like Apple has finally picked up one of the last remaining pieces of internet…

MobiTV raises $21M as it pivots into set top box-free IPTV for the living room

 MobiTV, one of the first companies (est. 1999) to bring TV services to mobile devices, has raised some…

After data breaches, Verizon knocks $350M off Yahoo sale, now valued at $4.48B

 After the disclosure of two massive data breaches last year, today Yahoo and Verizon finally confirmed new terms…