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Shares of Tableau Software plummeted after the bell Thursday despite posting better-than-expected earnings and revenue in the fourth quarter of 2015. The software company, which makes programs that quickly analyze, visualize and share information, warned it was unlikely to benefit from certain tax allowances it had expected. Shares of competitor Splunk also notched double-digit declines in extended trade. Fellow technology company LinkedIn also saw a steep stock decline after giving first-quarter guidance that was lower than analysts had forecast. LinkedIn said it expects revenue of about $820 million and non-GAAP earnings of about 55 cents per share. LinkedIn skids 40%,…

LG’s new G5 smartphone comes with an innovative feature: the ability to plug in and remove hardware modules that add extra functionality to the phone. It represents a first and small step toward something that’s been long proposed but never realized: modular smartphones in which users add and remove components to suit their needs. At launch, the G5 will have a couple of modules. One adds hardware camera buttons for zoom, shutter and video recording and the second module is a high-quality audio processor for playing music. To change modules, press a button on the lower side of the phone…

Start-up investors are feeling a little more hopeful after a rough year, as valuations shake out in Silicon Valley, according to research released Thursday. Confidence among Bay Area venture capitalists hit 3.59 on a scale from 1 to 5 in the fourth quarter of 2015, the first uptick after three consecutive quarters of declines, the University of San Francisco said. Though confidence has rebounded from its recent trough, it’s still below the 12-year average of 3.72, according to the survey of 30 venture capitalists. Concerns about high valuations and public market volatility have eased as investors forgo hype and focus…

Between Microsoft’s Surface and the iPad Pro’s Apple Pen, the stylus has officially made a comeback, but Huawei’s hoping you’ll like the one that comes as an optional accessory for its sleek MateBook hybrid the best. The stylus is sold separately for $89 and features 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity—compared to the Surface Pen’s 1,024 levels—and an elastomer tip. It’s not as dense as the Surface Pro 4’s stylus, but you’ll experience the same drag and resistance with it as you would with a real pen to paper. Here’s a closer look at the MateBook’s stylus and what it can do,…

ConocoPhillips’ announcement that it was cutting its dividend by two-thirds was a bit of a surprise, since it was the first major oil company to make the cut. It’s also got investors investing in dividend paying ETFs scrambling to look at what’s under the hood of their investments. Look at dividend ETFs and you will notice a very wide disparity in terms of the energy exposure: Dividend ETFs with highest Energy exposure: iShares Core High Dividend 20.4% Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity 12.6% Vanguard High Dividend Yield 10.0% iShares Select Dividend 8.7% SPDR S&P Dividend ETF 3.1% Vanguard Dividend Appreciation 1.3%…

We all know that people of all ages spend a crazy amount of time playing games on theirphones. Samsung has recognized that by positioning the Galaxy S7 (and S7 Edge) as premiere gaming devices, building some nifty software into the operating system that mobile gamers will appreciate. Game Hub It starts with the Game Hub, a special games folder of sorts that could serve as a launcher for running games with special conditions. You can choose to disabled notifications when running a game (useful), or reduce frame rate and resolution to savebattery life (even more useful). For a basic puzzle…

Stocks are doing something rare on Thursday: Nothing. With three hours left in the trading day, the S&P 500 is up a mere 0.1 percent. If the magnitude of the market’s move does not rise, Thursday will be the S&P’s third least-move-y day this year. The beginning of 2016 has proven an emotional roller coaster for investors, albeit not a particularly fun one. The average move (whether to the upside or downside) for a session in 2016 is 1.18 percent. That compares to an average 0.94 percent move in the comparable time period in 2015, and 0.72 percent over the…

One of the most fun smartphone accessories to come out of this year’s Mobile World Congress expo has to be LG’s Rolling Bot. It’s a spherical ball that rolls around on command from a smartphone, and includes a camera and laser pointer. The bot can be controlled locally or remotely and is envisaged to be kept at home. When you’re away, you can remotely trundle around the house and check everything is OK via livestream—well, at least until you reach the stairs. LG also thinks it might be up to the task of entertaining your pets when you’re not at…

It’s less likely the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again next month, according to a growing number of economists. If they’re right, it compounds the problems big banks on Wall Street are facing. Most banks ended last year pricing in expectations the Fed would hike interest rates three or four times. Banks including JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citigroup stand to make billions as the Fed increases interest rates. Collectively, the banks said rates being raised to 1 percent, or 100 basis points, over a 12-month timeframe equates to more than $9 billion in interest income, the revenue derived…

Intel sparked a wireless revolution over the last decade with its Centrino processor platform, designed to connect laptops over Wi-Fi, and now believes the 5G mobile standard will fuel the next big change in the way a new generation of devices communicate. The move to 5G networks will provide faster wireless connectivity through a host of technologies and change the way computing devices are built, said Aicha Evans, corporate vice president for Intel’s Platform Engineering Group and general manager for the Communication and Devices Group. Wi-Fi is ubiquitous today, but upcoming changes may involve making cellular connectivity a common feature…