Facebook users may be able to shop through Messenger
Facebook is steadily turning its Messenger app into a mobile hub for arranging a ride, talking to a customer service agent, and sending money to friends. Next up could be a way for users to shop at brick and mortar stores within the app, according to a new report from tech news site The Information.
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Alphabet working on Echo-like product, report says
Alphabet may be working on its own version of Amazon's increasingly popular voice recognition device the Echo.
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Apple could be radically redesigning the iPhone
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who is more often right than wrong with his Apple predictions, wrote in an analyst note this weekend that in 2017, Apple will introduce an iPhone with a curved front and back, wireless charging and a larger screen for the "Plus" model.
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Ethereum, a virtual currency, enables transactions that rival Bitcoin?s
A new virtual gold rush is underway. Even as Bitcoin, riven by internal divisions, has struggled, a rival virtual currency ? known as Ethereum ? has soared in value, climbing 1,000 percent over the last three months.
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