Technology

A startup called Current is today launching a new way for parents to dole out allowances to their kids: with an app. The company offers a Visa debit card that would allow teenagers to shop in stores or online using funds from their own bank account, which is funded through allowance …

San Francisco-based Tubi TV has raised an additional $20 million for its advertising-supported streaming service for TV and movies. Investors in the round are betting on the fact that the next big streaming competitor won’t be a direct rival to Netflix and others with a subscription-based business model, but rather a free service …

Google Maps has quietly rolled out a new feature that will make it easier for you to see where you need to go when using turn-by-turn navigation: integrated Street View images on the directions screen. While the app has always allowed you to see an overview of the upcoming turns and distance …

Managing enterprise deployments isn’t like handling consumer hardware. Large companies tend to have much longer deployment life cycles, they don’t like to take chances with mission-critical infrastructure, and they demand high reliability and short service times. One thing consumers and enterprise customers do have in common, however, is that shipping them …

Microsoft announced a new version of Windows and a laptop to go along with it yesterday, but the reaction has been tepid at best. Windows 10 S is supposed to be taking on Chrome OS with a specific focus on education, but Microsoft chose to show off the new stripped …

If you have an e-reader collecting dust on a bookshelf somewhere, forgotten in the same place you’ve had it tucked for the last umpteen months, you’re not alone. Recent data from the Publisher’s Association indicate a major market trend back toward treeware, as ebook and e-reader sales continue to slump …

Hulu officially announced the launch of its live TV streaming service this morning at its Upfront presentation in New York, after earlier promising its “under $40” offering would arrive sometime this spring. The service — which is actually $39.99 per month — has a robust channel lineup, cloud DVR and …

AMD’s stock took an absolute beating yesterday in its first full day of trading since it announced its Q1 results. The stock fell by its largest percentage in 12 years, for a net drop of 24.23% during business hours. If the after-hours decline of $0.14 holds, the company could actually …

Amazon’s FreeTime service, which includes access to curated kid-friendly content and various parental controls, is now arriving on Android devices with the launch of a new FreeTime Android app. The app offers parents a similar set of parental controls as those found on Amazon’s Fire tablet devices, as well as a handpicked …

The first quarter of every year marks a seasonal downturn for computer and console sales, but you wouldn’t know that to look at AMD’s financials. For weeks, we’ve been waiting to see what Ryzen would do for the company’s bottom line, and the results, given that they apply to just …