Adblock Plus passes 100 million active users Venture Beat Adblock Plus, the world’s most popular ad-blocking tool, today announced it has passed 100 million active users. Just four months ago, the tool had passed 500 million downloads, which shows a decent retention rate given that Adblock Plus has been around for 10 years and many have naturally dow...
Siri’s creators say they’ve made something better that will take care of everything for you The Washington Post Dag Kittlaus and his team previously built Siri, which was acquired by Apple in 2010. Now they are back at it again with Viv. (Andrew Burton for The Washington Post) | SAN JOSE, Calif. — In an ordinary conference room in this city of start-ups, a group of engineers sat down to order pizza in an en...
Spoilt for choice in a hot cloud computing market Sydney Morning Herald Australia is now awash with public cloud providers. Here's what you need to know to make a decision. | Choice abounds for Australian customers looking to outsource computing infrastructure to the cloud. | Besides Australian facilities by US pro...
Chelsea and Adidas agree to end sponsorship deal six years early The Independent Chelsea and sportswear giant Adidas will terminate their longstanding partnership at the end of the 2016-17 season, six years earlier than originally planned. | Both parties made the announcement on Wednesday, saying it was a mutual agreement. Adidas has been a sponsor and sportswear supplier of Chelsea since 2006. | The German company said in ...
Captain America: Civil War Just Crossed Its First Major Box Office Milestone Cinema Blend It was a forgone conclusion that Captain America: Civil War was going to have a blockbuster weekend. What’s always less clear is what happens to a movie after its first weekend is over. In the case of Civil War, the film isn’t even waiting for its second weekend in order to start reaching new heights of success. It has broken the $200 million mark ...
