As Iran Cracks Down Online, Tor Tests Undetectable Encrypted Connections
Keeping secrets on the web in a country as digitally repressive as Iran isn't easy. But as Iran tightens the screws on its Web censorship, the hackers at the anti-censorship Tor project are working o...
Apple to disrupt notebook space with radically redesigned MacBook Pros
While most of its rivals are struggling to match innovations Apple pioneered with its first MacBook Airs over three years ago, the Mac maker this year is hoping to further distance itself from the com...
Instagram updates with a much simplified UI, ‘Lux’ fill-light adjustment and new filter
Uber-popular photo sharing app Instagram has been updated with several nice new features and a greatly simplified UI. The new interface in version 2.1 is a good sight cleaner and more modern than the...
Microsoft: No plug-ins allowed on Windows on ARM
Summary: Microsoft has changed direction and is now disallowing browser plug-ins on Windows 8 on ARM devices, according to a blog post from the president of the Windows division. — As we Microsoft w...
24 Hours
There are crazy days and then there are days like yesterday. Kickstarter has experienced some frantic hours but nothing like what happened in the 24-hour span between Wednesday at 6:54pm and Thursday...
Apple is rushing to finalize apps for onstage iPad 3 demos and commercials
Now that the beans have been, mostly, spilled with regards to the early March announcement of the iPad 3, more information is coming forward about Apple's preparations for the event.
iOS passes Mac OS in Share of Web Traffic Propelled by Record Sales for Mobile and Tablet Devices
Apple sold a historic number of mobile devices in 2011. IDC reports that in 2011, Apple shipped 93.2 iPhone units and sold an impressive 40 million+ iPad units.
Five years later, I'm off to ABC News...
I was working at a New York PR agency — my first job out of college — and knowing that I loved new technology, my friend Becca asked …
Apple sues Motorola in the U.S. over Qualcomm patent license
Apple, today, has filed a lawsuit against Motorola over their use of Qualcomm technology, as reported by Reuters. Apple explains that Motorola has breached a contract pertaining to their use of a pat...
Big News: Germany Says It Won't Sign ACTA
Okay, things just got serious over ACTA. In our post on Latvia bailing on signing ACTA, we noted that in joining with Poland and the Czech Republic, these were still much smaller European states, and...
Winning streak ends: Motorola Mobility fails to win 3G/UMTS-based injunction against Apple in Germany
Apple's Mannheim jinx has been broken: this morning, Judge Andreas Voss of the Mannheim Regional Court announced that a Motorola Mobility lawsuit over a patent declared essential …
Fire in the Hole! Amazon May Ship 9-Inch Kindle by Midyear.
There's no question that Amazon's going to sell a lot of Kindle Fires this year. And it might sell even more if it rolls out new and larger versions of the device. And according to some, that's the ...
MacBook Air with Windows 7 review: the ultrabook to rule them all?
Does putting Windows 7 on the MacBook Air make it the best ultrabook? Let's be honest: The ultrabook phenomenon is by and large Intel's and the rest of the PC industry's reaction to Apple's MacBook A...
Goodbye white MacBook, Apple takes the MacBook Air into education with new five-pack, mobile lab programs
Early last week, Apple discontinued the white plastic MacBook, which had been an education-only item since mid-2011, but is continuing to sell the product to education institutions while supplies last...
AT&T doubles handset upgrade fee to $36 [updated]
AT&T is increasing the fee charged when subscribers upgrade to new handsets on contract beginning this Sunday. BGR has been informed by multiple readers via email that AT&T has sent them notices rega...
Mystery HTC Ice Cream Sandwich phone for Verizon surfaces
UPDATE: After checking the Service Information screen, our source now tells us that the phone is 100% Verizon-bound. Congrats to all of you riding on “the nation's most reliable 4G network”! — Look...
New Microsoft Office University product comes with tougher verification rules
Summary: Microsoft is replacing its Office Academic SKU with a new Office University one that it hopes will help curtail fraudulent use. — Whenever folks complain about how expensive Microsoft's Off...
Workday Talking to Bankers. The S1 Is Coming. The Revenge Is Almost Complete.
I've been digging around for a few days about Oracle, trying to figure out if another $1 billion-plus acquisition is imminent following yesterday's news about Oracle buying Taleo for $1.9 billion.
‘Do Not Track’ Tool Promises Page Loads Up to Four Times Faster
“Do Not Track” technologies have become an increasingly standard part of the Internet today, offering users a variety of ways to protect their privacy as they surf the Web. — Yet while there are num...
Netflix Pays $9 Million To Settle Video Privacy Lawsuit (Update)
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) disclosed this afternoon that it will pay to settle nationwide claims that it illegally retained customers' rental histories. (Updated with Netflix statement) — The settlement,...
Apple Working on Hot 3D Eye-Tracking Interface for Gaming & iPhone!
On Date, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a hot 3D eye-tracking based interface that will be used for gaming, digital photography and videography...
QWERTY FTW! The Droid 4 Is Now Available, $199 From Verizon or $99 At Amazon
The Droid 4 has landed. The fourth incarnation of the most important Android series is now on sale. Verizon is hawking the phone for $199 with a two-year contact, but the phone is also available thr...
Amazon: No plans to launch a standalone video service soon
Amazon has aggressively grown its Prime Instant Videos service over the past year, more than tripling the amount of content available to subscribers since launch. And as Amazon continues to add more ...
Amazon hiring creative execs for original programming
Add Amazon to the list of online video providers that could soon release some new original programming. The company is looking to hire creative executives to develop and produce original comedies and...
BitTorrent Piracy Doesn't Affect US Box Office Returns, Study Finds
With their unconditional support for SOPA, PIPA and ACTA, Hollywood is pressing hard for new legislation to curb piracy. The studios want ‘rogue’ websites to be censored and are calling on Google and...
Apple sues Samsung over autocorrect, other iOS patents
You may be familiar with the humor blog that aggregates examples of iPhone spelling correction malfunctions that cause (amusing) communication chaos called DamnYouAutoCorrect.com. Samsung lawyers are...
Solving the attachment problem with SkyDrive
Every day, the average office worker receives over 170 email messages a day, and sends over 35. With that kind of volume, it's understandable that over half of the average work day consists of dealin...
Roku adds BBC iPlayer channel as it starts shipping in the UK
Just as Netflix is nearly ubiquitous on media streaming platforms in the US, BBC's iPlayer is pretty much a default app in the UK so it's no surprise to see it show up on Roku's boxes just as they sta...
W3C co-chair: Apple, Google power causing Open Web crisis
The dominance of Apple and Google mobile browsers is leading to a situation that's even worse for Web programming than the former dominance of Internet Explorer, a standards group leader warned today.
Exclusive: Microsoft opening four new stores soon, launching in Canada later this year
Microsoft is planning to open four new stores over the coming months, with the first international stores due later this year. That's the word according to one person familiar with the company's plan...
Greg Kumparak Is Joining PandoDaily!
We're thrilled to announce our next big hire: Greg Kumparak — former Mobile Editor at TechCrunch — is joining PandoDaily. — Greg will be joining the Pando team as our editor in charge of incubators ...
Wow. Facebook Rules Prohibit Users From Promoting Their Work, Company, And Much, Much More...
Aviary bringing photo-editing tech to Windows Phone apps
Aviary, a photo-editing tech startup backed by investors including Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is placing a bet on Nokia and Windows Phone with plans to expand its platform to the Microsoft mobile ...
Exclusive: Alibaba plans to take Hong Kong unit private
(Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group plans to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private, two sources familiar with the matter said, and is working with Yahoo on an asset-swap deal that ma...
The Web's Perpetual Love Machine
Online dating site Zoosk works to stay friends with customers after making successful matches — Founders Shayan Zadeh (left) and Alex Mehr met at Tehran's top technical school — Online dating can ...
New Microsoft Office University product comes with tougher verification rules
Summary: Microsoft is replacing its Office Academic SKU with a new Office University one that it hopes will help curtail fraudulent use. — Whenever folks complain about how expensive Microsoft's Off...