Yahoo! Voice Website Breached 400,000+ Compromised
Few details are known at this point however, a recent post over 400,000 plus accounts that have clear text passwords were posted online. The passwords contained a wide variety of email addresses incl...
Yahoo Breach Extends Beyond Yahoo to Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Users
Yahoo confirmed Thursday that a file containing approximately 400,000 usernames and passwords to Yahoo and other companies was stolen Wednesday. A group of hackers, known as the D33D Company, posted ...
Two Thirds of New Mobile Buyers Now Opting For Smartphones
During Q2 2012 smartphone penetration continued to grow, with 54.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers owning smartphones as of June 2012. This growth is driven by increasing smartphone purchases: 2 o...
Betaworks to Pay $500,000 for Fallen Social Media Star Digg
New York technology development firm Betaworks has agreed to buy news-sharing website Digg, in an attempt to revive a company that was early to social media but outmaneuvered by rivals like Facebook I...
Court rules live TV can be sent to Apple iPhone and Apple iPad in New York City
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan ruled on Wednesday that Aereo, a start up firm that relays live, over-the-air television to Apple iPhone and Apple iPad users for $12 a month, can continue to send li...
The Education of Groupon CEO Andrew Mason
There's an excellent Japanese restaurant in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. The place has been around for years and still draws a crowd, a trendy mix of tattooed hipsters and business-casual prof...
The reality of the OUYA console doesn't match the hype: why you should be skeptical
There is a reason that the press around the newly-announced OUYA game console is based almost exclusively around the amount of money being raised by the product's Kickstarter, and that reason is simpl...
The Nexus 7 Has One More Trick Up Its Sleeve: A Magnetic Smart Cover Sensor
You thought you knew everything there was to know about the Nexus 7? Well, you thought wrong. A curious owner of the device started doing what any totally rational person does with a brand-new table...
IMDb announces 40m app downloads, as it introduces check-ins and new discovery features
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) feels like it has been around since the dawn of the Web. And you may be surprised to learn that it has in fact been around since the advent of the modern Internet e...
Diller Says Aereo Will Expand To Most Large U.S. Cities
Aereo Inc., the online television service backed by Barry Diller, will expand from New York to other large U.S. cities following a favorable court ruling, the 70-year-old billionaire said. — “We're ...
Google CEO Page recovering, was in office this week
(Reuters) - Google Inc CEO Larry Page, absent from the Internet company's biggest public events for weeks, is recovering from an unspecified ailment that caused him to lose his voice and was in the of...
Moving beyond Angry Birds, Rovio launches Amazing Alex for iOS and Android
Rovio has proved there is life beyond Angry Birds by today launching its new puzzle-based games series Amazing Alex on iOS and Android devices, challenging gamers to complete 100 levels using 35 fully...
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Talks About Windows 8, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs — and Why Microsoft's Lost Decade Is A Myth.
and Why Microsoft's Lost Decade Is A Myth. — On July 9th, I did an onstage interview with Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, at Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference. The venue was Toronto's Ai...
New Food and Drink category goes live in the App Store
Earlier this month, Apple promised that a new Food and Drink section would be going live in the App Store in the coming weeks. Like clockwork, Apple's new App Store section has gone live. The new se...
Netflix Users' Taste for Movie Streaming Continues to Fall
Netflix Inc., which built its business on mailed movie DVDs, is increasingly the destination of choice for television viewing. — Netflix users were less interested in streaming movies titles than a ...
Chinese Vendors Already Taking Orders for ‘iPhone 5’ as New Physical Mockup Photos Surface
Reuters reports on the growing number of Chinese vendors that have already begun taking orders for the “iPhone 5”, despite the fact that Apple has made no announcement about the next-generation iPhone...
Why Is Apple Discriminating Against Iranian-Americans?
IMAGINE if your ethnicity determined which products you were able to buy. Or if sales clerks required you to divulge your ancestry before swiping your credit card. — Some of us don't have to imagin...
Ross Still Not the Boss (Yet): Yahoo CEO Selection Now Likely to Take Longer Than Many Expect
According to multiple sources close to the situation, the selection of a CEO of Yahoo will not be announced today at its annual meeting, as many anticipate. — In fact, sources said …
Twitter launches app for Nokia Series 40 feature phones in continuing effort to target developing markets
Twitter has today announced that people using Nokia's Series 40 ‘feature phones’ will now have their very own Twitter app. — The app is available today and allows you to sign up for Twitter …
Chrome OS version 20 hits stable release channel, brings Google Drive and Aura UI for Cr-48s along
If you're a Chrome OS user who doesn't live on the bleeding edge, it's finally time to experience the latest version 20, which most notably adds support for its Drive cloud storage.
Brewster, a Mobile App, Wants to Transform Your Address Book
On average, how many contacts do you have in your phone? How about on Facebook? On Twitter? — Steve Greenwood, an entrepreneur in New York, is willing to bet that the average person is juggling at...
Apple, Challenged By Greenpeace, Says It Has A Plan To Run Greener Data Centers
Greenpeace International gave Apple a mixed review over its clean energy plans for its data centers, the huge servers farms that power its iCloud and its other online services like iTunes …
Nexus 7 arrives: here's where you can buy it right now (update: Google asks retailers to halt sales)
Google says it's “still on track” for a mid-July release of the Nexus 7 — the company told us it still isn't officially on sale — but the Asus-manufactured device is already starting to crop up at res...
Microsoft's Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts
After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. — The Bing Fund will invest $50,000-$100,000 in early-stage startups, through sta...
Google shows developers how to make iOS app links open in Chrome
There's plenty of demand for Chrome on iOS, but most third-party apps still only let users directly open a link in Safari. Now, Google hopes to change this by laying out exactly how to add Chrome sup...
Wedding and engagement news now get the birthday treatment on Facebook
If you're like me, you don't have the time to watch every single item flow through your News Feed on a daily basis. Because of that, I miss out on some pretty awesome events like a wedding or engagem...
Google releases migration tool for Google+ circles and connections
In a blog post on his Google+ page, Google+ Product Manager Ronald Ho announced a new tool to transfer circles from one account to another that is now available through Google Takeout. In an overview...
Uber to Experiment With Ice Cream on Demand in 7 Cities
Uber, the San Francisco start-up that offers a smartphone app for summoning cars, is expanding its service to ice cream trucks in seven cities for a one-day test on Friday. — Customers will be able ...
NBC Olympics to stream games live on mobile devices
NBC Sports and Adobe Systems have teamed up to give fans two apps that stream the Olympics live on mobile devices, record footage for playback, and share the experience through social media. — The a...
SOPA architect now pushing for “IP Attaché” legislation
Ars has previously opposed overly draconian IP laws, such as SOPA. — Ars Technica — Another week, another controversial intellectual property enforcement bill hits Capitol Hill. This time, it's c...
HP Q2 PC Share Tumbles; Gartner, IDC Diverge on Apple Results
Gartner this afternoon reported that Q2 PC sales fell 0.1%, year over year, to 87.5 million units, and that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) maintained the top spot in the world even as its total shipments fell ...
Hashable, The App That Aimed To Replace Business Cards, To Shut Down On July 25
Seems it's not time to throw out those business cards just yet. — Hashable, the startup that launched back in fall 2010 with the aim of replacing business cards with mobile and web apps that helped ...
Possible Instagram security vulnerability reportedly revealed
Security researcher Sebastián Guerrero has posted some details on an apparent security vulnerability within Instagram. Guerrero claims to have discovered …
The Eyes Have It: Marketers Now Track Shoppers' Retinas
More Accurate Technology Helps Firms Discern What Draws Consumers — Consumer-products companies are turning to new technology to overcome the biggest obstacle to learning what shoppers really think:...
Another Windows Phone Director joins Amazon ahead of rumored smartphone debut
Robert Williams, Microsoft's former Senior Director of Windows Phone business development, has joined Amazon this month. Williams' lists his new role as Amazon's App Store director in his LinkedIn pr...
Square Issues Cease And Desist On Mobile Payment Competitor mPowa: Hands Off Our Hands Picture
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Square is definitely feeling insulted right now. The well-funded and popular mobile-payments startup has issued a cease and desist letter …
E-signature company DocuSign raises $47.5 million, names Mary Meeker to board
DocuSign, the maker of electronic signature technology, has raised $47.5 million in equity financing, according to a SEC filing released today. Terms of the deal and investment firms were not listed ...
Greystripe Founders Michael Chang And Andy Choi Join Digitization Company YesVideo, Invest $5M
Michael Chang and Andy Choi, the founders of mobile ad network Greystripe, are taking the reins at a new company. However, it's not the hot new startup you might be expecting.
With 50,000 Videographers, PopTent Raises $5.5 Million From MK Capital To CrowdSource Ads
High-quality video ads can be expensive to produce, running in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, depending on the ad format. But rather than hire a production agency to do their ...
Copious Raises $5 Million Series A To Build Out The eBay With A Social Backbone
Copious, a San Francisco startup that makes an online marketplace where people can buy and sell things, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. — The new round was led by Foundation Capital …
Verizon Wireless Galaxy S III available now in stores and online starting at $199.99
There have been a couple of delays, but Verizon Wireless customers can now pick up the Samsung Galaxy S III at brick-and-mortar locations or online, as promised. The phone is available in both white ...
Hackers expose 453,000 credentials allegedly taken from Yahoo service
Hackers posted what appear to be login credentials for more than 453,000 user accounts that they said they retrieved in plaintext from an unidentified service on Yahoo. — The dump, posted on a publi...
Court rules live TV can be sent to Apple iPhone and Apple iPad in New York City
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan ruled on Wednesday that Aereo, a start up firm that relays live, over-the-air television to Apple iPhone and Apple iPad users for $12 a month, can continue to send li...