Could It Happen In Your Country?
How hard is it to disconnect a country from the Internet, really? — That's the number one question we've received about our analysis of the Egyptian and Syrian Internet blackouts, and it's a reasona...
Google snaps up Waterloo startup BufferBox
BufferBox Inc. is moving on up to Google Inc. Quite literally. — That's because home base for the team behind the Waterloo, Ont.-based startup — which includes founders Mike McCauley, Aditya Bali an...
Apple's new redesigned iMacs go on sale in the US, 21.5-inch models shipping in 1-3 days
Announcing earlier in the week that its new iMacs would go on sale at the end of November, Apple has pushed live orders for its new redesigned iMac models in the US but also in Canada and across Europ...
Apple iMac and Mac mini review (late 2012)
From its smallest desktop to its largest, Apple's computers get a 2012 refresh — As soon as it was unveiled on stage in October, I started looking forward to getting the new iMac in for review. See...
Court Rules Yahoo Must Pay $2.7 Billion For Mexican Yellow Pages Breach Of Contract
Yahoo says it “will vigorously pursue all appeals” of a non-final judgement by a Mexico City court ruling Yahoo must pay $2.7 billion for breaching its contract with Ideas Interactivas and its parent ...
Apple vetting operators on LTE network performance
Apple is vetting networks before allowing operators to offer the iPhone 5 as an LTE device — Apple is not allowing mobile operators to offer the iPhone 5 as an LTE device unless they pass the Califo...
A Warning for Airbnb Hosts, Who May Be Breaking the Law
Back in September, Nigel Warren rented out his bedroom in the apartment where he lives for $100 a night on Airbnb, the fast-growing Web site for short-term home and apartment stays. His roommate was ...
Apple introduces variable cost iTunes Gift Cards to third party retailers for the holidays
Rolling out to your favorite supermarket or retail store this holiday season are new Apple iTunes gift cards that can be bought in any denomination between $15 and $500.
Facebook given 72 hours to remove paedophile monitoring page
A convicted sex offender has won a High Court order for the removal of a Facebook page set up to monitor paedophiles in Northern Ireland. — A judge ruled some content amounted to prima facie harassm...
Apple CEO Tim Cook's first TV interview is with Brian Williams, to be aired Dec 6th on NBC
Apple CEO Tim Cook's first television interview ‘of its kind’ that he's ever granted, was conducted with NBC's Brian Williams, and will be aired on December 6th on NBC's Rock Center broadcast.
Apple's iPad Mini, 4th Gen iPad Arrives In China December 7, iPhone 5 Follows December 14
Apple has just announced the official release date of the iPad mini, 4th generation iPad and iPhone 5 in China. The tablets will go on sale next Friday, December 7 in that country …
Facebook launches Photo Sync automatic picture uploading feature for Android and iOS
Facebook on Friday announced it is rolling out photo sync, a feature that makes it easier to share photos from your phone. If you turn it on, up to 2GB of photos from your phone can be synced automat...
Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his servers
Enlarge / A court order served on Austrian Tor operator William Weber. — An Austrian operator of Tor servers—that were used to anonymously route huge amounts of traffic over the Internet—has been ch...
BPI To UK Pirate Party: Shut Down Your Pirate Bay Proxy
As soon as the High Court ordered several UK ISPs to block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay earlier this year, many users of the site flocked to the proxy service of the UK Pirate Party. — For mi...
Voice calls over 4G LTE networks are battery killers
Every mobile carrier wants to replace their old voice services with new VoIP-based systems utilizing their 4G networks, but it looks like they've got some big kinks to iron out in the technology first...
With 1B Pageviews Under Its Belt, UGC Giant Wikia Raises $10.8M From IVP, Bessemer & Amazon
User generated content company Wikia is breaking the news of its raise of over $10.8 million in Series C funding today, in a press release soon to be sent out to tech media.
Instagram's Mike Krieger on apps: are you getting the design right or do you have the right design?
App and mobile design has come a long way in the past few years, with many popular services shifting their focus more towards to improving the way their apps look.
Productivity App Evernote Gets Another $85M, ~$64M In Secondary Financing, Led By London's AGC Equity
Evernote, the personal data and productivity app that now has over 45 million users, is today announcing it has raised another $85 million, with 75% of that, $63.75 million, in the form of a secondary...
Ouya dev consoles shipping to backers on December 28th, SDK available same day
Developer kits for the Ouya were given a ship date of December 28th today, alongside news that the system's software development kit ("ODK") will be available that same day. In case it wasn't already...
Griffin Launching Official Lightning Connector Cables Next Week
Griffin today announced the upcoming release of Apple-certified Lightning charge and sync cables for the iPhone 5, 5th generation iPod touch, fourth generation iPad and iPad mini. — Though there hav...
comScore: Samsung increases lead as top US mobile device maker, Apple passes LG for second place
In the US, Samsung remains the top mobile OEM, although Apple is attempting to catch up as it moves into second place. Rounding out the top five are LG, Motorola, and HTC, all of which are losing mar...
Judge says “no fundamental right to use Facebook,” tosses antitrust case
A federal judge ruled that Facebook has the right to exclude users if they install a program that alters the look of its website and swaps out its ad offerings. — In a ruling issued Thursday in San ...
Fab Has Its First Million-Dollar Day; Sold More Than $6.5M Worth Of Products This Past Week
Design-focused e-commerce site Fab released a number of data this morning, and it's impressive to say the least. Fab has sold more than $6.5 million worth of product this past week, up from $1.7 mill...
Forget Disclosure — Hackers Should Keep Security Holes to Themselves
Hackers Should Keep Security Holes to Themselves — Editor's Note: The author of this opinion piece, aka “weev,” was found guilty last week of computer intrusion for obtaining the unprotected e-mail a...
Apptopia Mobile App Bazaar Gains Momentum
So you've built the mobile app, and you've got a bunch of people using it, but it's no Instagram. Now what? It's not as easy to raise Series A funding as it used to be, and mobile apps are a tough, ...
BitTorrent's Plan for 2013? Go Legit
BitTorrent, the start-up behind the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing system of the same name, has an unusual resolution for 2013: to align itself with the entertainment industry and legally distribut...