Exclusive: White House review finds no evidence of spying by Huawei - sources
(Reuters) - A White House-ordered review of security risks posed by suppliers to U.S. telecommunications companies found no clear evidence that Huawei Technologies Ltd had spied for China, two people ...
Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center
If you're looking for the beating heart of the digital age — a physical location where the scope, grandeur, and geekiness of the kingdom of bits become manifest—you could do a lot worse than Lenoir, N...
Troubled media sharing startup Color Labs said to be acquired by Apple
Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. We've heard through trusted source...
Pirate Bay Moves to The Cloud, Becomes Raid-Proof
The Pirate Bay is loved by millions of file-sharers but is also a thorn in the side of the entertainment industries. — The latter group continues to push authorities to take action against the site....
Google hosting Android event Monday, Oct 29th in New York
Google has issued an invite to an event in New York City on October 29th at 10am. The purpose of the event is unknown aside from the fact that it has something to do with Android, and that the invite...
Google Stays Ahead of Silicon Valley Pack on Engineer Salaries
Google Inc. is staying well armed in at least one aspect of the ongoing battle for Silicon Valley talent. — The Mountain View, Calif., Internet company has faced a wave of competition in hiring in r...
With Surface looming, Microsoft fails to explain Windows 8 vs. Windows RT to consumers
If Microsoft Store reps don't know the difference, how will Surface buyers? — With only nine days remaining before an October 26th launch, Microsoft's Windows 8 marketing campaign is approaching ful...
Let's reconsider our “users”
“Why do you all call your customers ‘users’?” — “I don't know. We've always called them that.” — It wasn't something I've thought about for some time.
Color: We Are Not Shutting Down
Color, the photo-sharing website which became well-known for securing $40 million in venture capital but has since had a bumpy road with lagging user numbers and turmoil at the executive levels, is no...
Computer Viruses Are “Rampant” on Medical Devices in Hospitals
A meeting of government officials reveals that medical equipment is becoming riddled with malware. — Computerized hospital equipment is increasingly vulnerable to malware infections, according to pa...
A $99 Nexus tablet could spawn a new race to the bottom, but is it possible yet?
Yes, but not without compromises — Earlier today, perpetual rumor-mill DigiTimes reported that Google was readying a $99 Nexus tablet for release by the end of the year.
BuzzFeed lawsuit over celeb snaps raises copyright questions
A photo agency is demanding $1.3 million from BuzzFeed after the viral news site published photos of singer Katy Perry and actress Kathy Griffin. The case comes at a time when online media is increas...
Thanks To Marketplace And PayPal Growth, eBay's Q3 Revenue Up 15 Percent To $3.4B, Net Income Up 22 Percent
eBay just released Q3 earnings this afternoon, reporting earnings per share of $0.55 on revenue of $3.4 billion. Analysts expected EPS of $0.54 and revenue of $3.4 billion for Q3 2012.
How Obama or Romney Should Have Answered the iPad Question
Toward the end of last night's presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney, the moderator, CNN's Candy Crowley, asked a perfectly legitimate question, one that Obama himsel...
Source: Apple Accessory Partner Seminar Coming November 7-8, Will Cover Lightning Guidelines
We're now hearing from a source close to Apple's accessory manufacturing partner that the company plans to hold a conference in Shenzen, China for its Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad (MFI) …
HTC J Butterfly preview: a stunning 5-inch 1080p phone for Japan (video)
440ppi Super LCD 3 sets the new standard in smartphone displays — The rumors were true: HTC has been working on a new flagship phone with a 5-inch 1080p display, and we got to see it in Tokyo today.
Hands on with Apple's Lightning to 30-pin Adapters
The changes to Maps in iOS 6 may have gotten the lion's share of negative coverage since the iPhone 5 debuted. But back on September 12, when the company announced the latest iPhone and iPod models, ...
From Zero To Talktime Hero: Facebook Tests A New Way To Sign Up Users In India, Offering $1 Mobile Voice Credits
Facebook is testing out a new way of picking up mobile users in international markets — a crucial part of its strategy to continue building out its user base as subscriber growth slows …
Sprint to Take Control of Clearwire
Sprint Nextel Corp. is set to gain control of partner Clearwire Corp. without an acquisition, people familiar with the matter said, a deal that will clarify a long-dysfunctional relationship that beca...
Foxconn official says iPhone 5 supply shortages caused by complicated design, productivity improving
The Wall Street Journal spoke with an unnamed Hon Hai executive today about why the iPhone 5 is experiencing supply shortages, and the Taiwanese manufacturer, also known as Foxconn …
Microsoft Office 365: More new packages and prices coming in November
Summary: There are even more versions of Microsoft's Office 365 than we've thought. Another small-business and a mid-size business release are on deck. And here's pricing for the lot. — Mary Jo Fo...
Violin Memory Said to File IPO With $2 Billion Valuation
Violin Memory Inc., a maker of flash memory for data centers, filed to go public last month under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, said two people familiar with the matter. — The deal is bei...
How a YouTube Exec Built an Army With Google's ‘20 Percent Time’
Google has promoted its “20 percent time” option as a way to encourage employees to be entrepreneurial. — Officially, Hunter Walk has fewer than a dozen engineers working for him at YouTube on devel...
Facebook Wants To Dominate Paid Discovery By Now Letting Any Developer Buy Mobile App Install Ads
App developers pay huge sums for ads that gets them installs, and Facebook wants to gobble up that spend. So today Facebook begins allowing all developers to buy its recently announced app install ad...
Pinterest Adds Ability To Block And Report Other Users To Keep Site ‘Positive And Respectful’
Pinterest is generally known as a place where a mostly female user base gathers to share images and videos of shiny happy things such as cute animals, pretty clothing, and tasty recipes.
Shopkick Redesigns Rewards App to Bridge At-Home Browsing With In-Store Buys
Today Palo Alto, CA-based shopkick, a mobile rewards and loyalty app for brick-and-mortar retailers, announced a redesign of its app to focus on tying at-home browsing to in-store purchases.
Internet providers set to crack down on illegal file-sharing
AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and other major Internet service providers are set to implement a copyright alert system aimed at cutting down on illegal peer-to-peer file sharing of copyrighted material “over...
Twitter Takes First Country-Specific Censorship Action, Against Hate Group In Germany
Earlier this year, Twitter added the ability to block Twitter accounts and tweets by a country-by-country basis, in case it needed to respond to legal requests. Nine months later, the company has don...
MasterCard Is Selling Your Data Just in Time for the Holidays
Credit card companies make money by taking a cut every time you swipe your plastic at the checkout counter. Now MasterCard has found a way to make those swipes pay over and over again. — As the Fin...
Fast-growing Jumptap looks to possible IPO, sale
(Reuters) - Jumptap, a seven-year old mobile advertising startup, said it is considering either listing its shares or selling itself, as it looks to snatch a bigger slice of a market estimated to grow...
Reddit CEO Speaks Out On Violentacrez In Leaked Memo: ‘We Stand for Free Speech’
Reddit has been rocked by our expose of its most powerful creep, Texas programmer Michael Brutsch aka Violentacrez. Brutsch has been defending himself on Reddit, and is even going to be interviewed b...
Larry Page Speaks (Yes, He Speaks!) on Regulation and Other Topics (Video)
Larry Page is back from his vocal-cord-recovery hiatus, and he answered questions on Tuesday at the company's Zeitgeist Americas partner and customer conference in Arizona. — Page, whose rested voic...
Samsung confirms US Galaxy S III handsets will get Android 4.1 ‘in the coming months’
Galaxy S III owners, your wait for Jelly Bean might be nearing and end. Samsung just confirmed that all US variants of its flagship Android phone will receive an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean …
Retail: Amazon's Next Big Business Is Selling You
Facebook knows who your friends are. Google knows what you're interested in finding on the internet. Amazon knows what you've bought, and has a pretty good idea of what you might want to buy next. ...
More trouble for Color: shareholders and board vote to wind down company
Is the Color horror story reaching its conclusion? — A source within the company tells us that the company's shareholders and board last week voted to shut the company down. — Here's some of the e...
Motorola calls stock Android ‘the right thing,’ but bows to Verizon customization
Despite being owned by Google, Motorola still has to answer to Verizon — One of the biggest questions surrounding the “New Motorola” after the Google acquisition is a simple one: if it's owned by Go...
Mobile Milestone: The Number Of Smartphones In Use Passed 1 Billion In Q3, Says Strategy Analytics
We are just getting into reporting season, where some (but not all) handset makers tell us how many handsets they've sold in the last three months, but Strategy Analytics has taken a punt …
Apple Wins Patents for Camera & NFC Alternative Technologies
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of thirty-two newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In our final granted patent report of the day we focus on Apple's new NFC Al...
Payments Platform Braintree Raises $35M From NEA, Accel To Take On PayPal And Square
Braintree, an online payments gateway provider for online and mobile platforms, has raised $35 million in Series funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from existing investo...
UK retailer Argos confirms Google to offer 32GB Nexus 7, available for £199.99
With Apple all but certain to introduce a new, smaller iPad at its San Jose launch event next week, Google appears to have plans of its own to make its popular Nexus 7 more attractive to consumers by ...
Content newswire NewsCred buys cloud publisher Daylife
NewsCred is a media upstart that offers a one-stop shop for high quality content from the likes of the Economist and Bloomberg. After relaunching less than a year ago with a $4 million investment, th...