Announcing the Firefox OS Developer Preview Phone!
Firefox OS is a new mobile operating system built entirely using open web standards. In Firefox OS, HTML5 apps can do “phone things” - they can make the phone vibrate, make a phone call or send a tex...
Verizon Q4 loss doubles thanks to Sandy, pension costs
The telecommunications provider saw revenue rise nearly 6 percent on strong customer growth in the wireless business. — Superstorm Sandy and mounting pension costs took its toll on Verizon. — The ...
Microsoft hires designer who presented bold revamp of the company's brand
Last summer designer Andrew Kim's vision for “The Next Microsoft” got a lot of traction online — including on The Verge — for its aggressively minimal rebranding of the company across platforms.
Google integrates Google+ profiles into its company jobs board, adding one-click applications and more
Google has updated its company jobs board with support for Google+ profiles, allowing users to see more relevant search results, star jobs they want to return to later on and receive curated email upd...
Former Microsoft executive says CEO Ballmer culls internal rivals to retain power
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is not the right leader for the world's largest software company but holds his grip on it by systematically forcing out any rising manager who ...
Uber finally drives into Asia as the private car service begins testing in Singapore
Uber, the private car hire service that has taken the US by storm, has ramped up its global expansion plans after stepping into Asia for the first time with a soft launch in Singapore.
Inside H-P's Missed Chance To Avoid a Disastrous Deal
Days before Hewlett-Packard Co. dived into an $11 billion software deal it almost instantly regretted, it missed a chance to back away. — During a call with an H-P delegation, outside auditors for B...
Investors Struggle to Get Handle on Apple
Apple Inc. is expected to report record iPhone sales and revenue when it releases its earnings for the holiday period on Wednesday. — But it isn't current sales that Wall Street has focused on as Ap...
The Happiness Machine How Google became such a great place to work
A cube at Google's global headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. — Courtesy Google. — A few years ago, Google's human resources department noticed a problem: A lot of women were leaving the company...
Portrait of Twitter As A Young Media Company
The post Portrait of Twitter As A Young Media Company appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. — Last year I predicted that Twitter would become a media company. However, I focused mainly on ...
SIRI RISING: The Inside Story Of Siri's Origins — And Why She Could Overshadow The iPhone
And Why She Could Overshadow The iPhone — The world got its first inkling of the quick wit that would make Apple's Siri an icon during a packed press conference held before an auditorium of tech elit...
Announcing Release of Windows Azure Media Services
I'm excited to announce the general availability (GA) release of Windows Azure Media Services. This release is now live in production, supported by a new media services dev center, backed by an enter...
The End of an Era: Intel's Desktop Motherboard Business to Ramp Down Over Next 3 Years
Today Intel made a sobering, but not entirely unexpected announcement: over the next 3 years Intel will be ramping down its own desktop motherboard business. Intel will continue to supply desktop chi...
A New Group Aims to Make Programming Cool
The presence of technology in the lives of most teenagers hasn't done much to entice more of them to become programmers. So Hadi Partovi has formed a nonprofit foundation aimed at making computer sci...