Press Releases

Personal finance bot Digit today launched a new automated service that helps customers reduce their credit card debt. Called Digit Pay, each day the service pulls money from your account, then automatically sends monthly payments to your credit card company. “Now our customers can sort of go live their lives, and Digit can be off in the background chipping away at their … [Read more...] about Digit launches automated credit card debt payment service

Google Cloud announced a new Partner Interconnect program today aimed at helping its enterprise customers get high-speed connections to its datacenters through third-party communications providers. Using the service, customers can get 50Mbps to 10Gbps connection speeds from their datacenters to Google’s through a partial circuit provided by one of the 23 partners, … [Read more...] about Google’s Partner Interconnect offers enterprises speedy cloud connections

Last month, web and mobile gaming portal Kongregate announced its PC gaming platform Kartridge, and today, it’s releasing more information on what that will look like for developers. The site will go into open beta sometime this summer. Similar to the indie game marketplace Itch.io, Kartridge will enable developers to set their own price points on their games. Its new … [Read more...] about Kongregate announces revenue share details for its PC gaming platform Kartridge

(Reuters) — An appeal by Apple and Ireland against a European Union ruling for the U.S. firm to pay 13 billion euros ($16 billion) in disputed taxes is likely to be heard in the autumn, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Tuesday. The European Commission ruled in August 2016 that Apple had received unfair tax incentives. Both Apple and Dublin are appealing … [Read more...] about Apple and Ireland reach tax escrow deal as EU appeal is set for fall

Bethesda Softworks announced today that Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus will release on the Nintendo Switch on June 29. It will be available digitally and physically, but even playing off a cartridge will require a download. The first-person shooter came out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in October last year. Although its sales had a slow start, its emotional and … [Read more...] about Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus launches June 29 on Nintendo Switch, requires download

Lumos Labs, maker of the popular Lumosity brain games, announced that it is granting players unlimited, free access to its most popular new game, Train of Thought for a week. The game has been played 500 million times by 20 million people. It is part of the San Francisco company’s cognitive attention category and specifically challenges people with divided attention … [Read more...] about Lumos Labs makes Train of Thought brain game free for a week

Spotify today announced a new version of its free app, reflecting the company’s belief that creating a better user experience for unpaid subscribers will result in more paid subscribers. Among the changes announced today, users can now pick and play songs in any order from 15 of Spotify’s personalized discover playlists. Previously, users of the free app could only … [Read more...] about Spotify releases redesigned free app with access to on-demand playlists

Mexico-based Service Provider Delivers Fiber-Fast Speeds for One-Fifth the Cost of Fiber SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 24, 2018– Mimosa Networks today announced that XCIEN, one of Mexico’s largest wireless ISPs, has selected Mimosa fiber-fast fixed wireless solutions for the latest expansion of its network of … [Read more...] about XCIEN Selects Mimosa Fixed Wireless to Offer Ultra-Broadband Services

FEUSISBERG, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 24, 2018– The red dot jury decided: Tecflower AG is honored with this year’s Red Dot 2018 Product Design Award in the category of “mobile phones, tablets and wearables”. The andi be free® Wireless Charging Systems convinced with excellence in high quality design. An … [Read more...] about Tecflower AG andi be free® Wireless Charging Systems: Winner of Red Dot 2018 Product Design Award

With Verizon’s promised 5G launch date rapidly approaching, CFO Matthew Ellis confirmed this morning that the carrier is “full-steam ahead” on its 5G deployment plans for the second half of 2018, saying that its network is being readied to launch as soon as 5G customer equipment is ready. Ellis spoke during a quarterly conference call with investors, … [Read more...] about Verizon: ‘We’re full steam ahead’ on 5G deployment for second half of 2018