Survey Says: Despite Yahoo Ban, Most Tech Companies Support Work-From-Home for Employees
Last week, a fierce debate erupted over a range of social networks and in the media about a story we posted on Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's new decree that employees at the Silicon Valley Internet compan...
Sony jumps on the Mozilla bandwagon, will launch Firefox OS device in 2014
Following the news yesterday that LG and Huawei have committed to launching new smartphones running Mozilla's Firefox OS platform, Sony today announced it too wants a piece of the HTML5 pie, committin...
Apple Is Beta-Testing An Update That Kills Evasi0n Jailbreak
All good jailbreaks must come to an end. — Late last week Apple released an update for iOS to developers in beta that prevents the use of the popular jailbreak software evasi0n, according to one of ...
Apple settles lawsuit over apps aimed at kids — will pay $5 iTunes credit or cash
will pay $5 iTunes credit or cash — Did your kid rack up charges on Apple's app store without your permission? You may be in luck: the company says it will pay to settle a lawsuit over so-called “b...
HP emerges as big winner in webOS sale, and LG doesn't rule out a phone
LG doesn't seem to know why it just bought webOS — HP will indeed sell key pieces of its webOS product and team to LG for use in smart TVs, but contrary to earlier leaked reports, the deal doesn't i...
Another iPhone Passcode Bypass Vulnerability Discovered
It's getting hard to keep track of all the bugs piling up for Apple's iPhone. Now it seems a glitch in the iOS kernel of Apple's much maligned iOS 6.1 is responsible for yet another passcode bypass v...
Asus Fonepad is a cheap 7-inch Jelly Bean tablet that makes calls
CNET Editors' Take — Asus isn't exactly the first company that springs to mind when you think of tablets, but having constructed Google's brilliant Nexus 7 device, it's proved that it can crank out ...
Internet providers launch controversial Copyright Alert System, promise ‘education’ over lawsuits
The new program rolls out with five major internet service providers today, but the bark is worse than the bite — Five major internet service providers have signed onto a private sector effort …
Samsung's Heft in Android Worries Google
Samsung Electronics Co. has become the biggest seller of mobile devices using Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system. That creates a problem for Google. — Samsung's growing might—last year, ...
Zynga shuts Baltimore studio and consolidates three other locations
Following up on its promise to be more cost efficient, casual and social game publishing giant Zynga is shutting down its Baltimore studio today and consolidating locations in three other cities.
ZTE Grand Memo: hands-on with a 5.7-inch smartphone
We're at ZTE's booth here at MWC taking a look at the Chinese manufacturer's new giant smartphone, the 5.7-inch Grand Memo. As the name — and the screen size — suggests, the Memo is enormous. Unlike...
Apple's International Retail Strategy
In 2012 Apple opened 41 stores. The total is the second highest yearly opening rate since the stores first began operating. The highest total was in 2008 when 47 stores opened. — Although it is a ...
J. Crew Chief and American Express Invest in Warby Parker
Warby Parker, the hip purveyor of retro-style glasses, has solidified ties with two of its most prominent fans. — Now the three-year-old start-up can count Millard S. Drexler, the chief executive of...
Bypassing Google's Two-Factor Authentication
TL;DR - An attacker can bypass Google's two-step login verification, reset a user's master password, and otherwise gain full account control, simply by capturing a user's application-specific password...
Nokia unveils new 105 and 301 featurephones, shipping soon for $20 and $85 respectively
Two weeks after Nokia announced a new Asha 310 dual-SIM smartphone for Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Brazil, the Finnish mobile phone giant has lifted the lid on two new featurephones on the openi...
Google Said Developing Subscription Music Service
Google Inc. (GOOG), developer of the Android mobile-phone platform, plans to start a subscription music-streaming service to challenge Spotify Ltd., said two people with knowledge of the situation. —...
App.net introduces free tier, invite-only for now, includes following 40 people
Today, the versatile web platform App.net introduces its new free tier. The free accounts will be available by invite only from a current member and will allow the following of 40 accounts and 500MB ...
Chromebook Pixel review: another impractical marvel from Google
We've had a bit of a love / hate relationship with the Google Chromebook since the first one crossed our laps back in 2011 — the Samsung Series 5. We loved the concept, but hated the very limited fun...
Y Combinator-Backed Thalmic Labs Introduces MYO, A $149 Armband For Gesture Control
As stuff like Google Glass becomes mainstream, we're going to see a lot more wearable computing devices around. But one thing that isn't clear is how we'll control them.
After CEO Departure, Mobile Video Startup Viddy Cuts Staff By More Than A Third
It was less than a year ago that Viddy was flying high, quoting massive user growth and raising a massive $30 million round of funding from NEA, Goldman Sachs, Khosla Ventures, and Battery Ventures.
For ‘House of Cards,’ Using Big Data to Guarantee Its Popularity
In the television business, there is no such thing as a sure thing. You can have a gold-plated director, a bankable star and a popular concept and still, it's just a roll of the dice. — Or is it?
European mobile companies vow to break Google and Apple monopolies
Mobile World Congress: Vodafone, Telefónica and Telecom Italia urge regulators to allow consolidation — European mobile companies have vowed to “break the monopolies” enjoyed by Google and Apple in ...
Apple Rejecting Apps Using Cookie-Tracking Methods, Signaling Push To Its Own Ad Identifier Technology Is Now Underway
Mobile app developers using a technology called “cookie tracking” (sometimes called “Safari flip-flop” or “HTML5 first party cookies") are starting to have their apps rejected …
Yandex deals Google a one-two punch, debuts alternative Android app store and 3D interface
We knew it was coming soon, but Yandex has waited for the official start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to actually debut it: say hola to Yandex.Store, its alternative Android app store …
Nokia rebrands Drive, Maps and Transit for Windows Phones: it's all about Here (video)
The jewels in Nokia's Windows Phone crown have been its Here location services — anyone wanting them on Microsoft's platform has usually had to snap up a Lumia or make do with the Drive+ beta.
webOS Finds New Life Yet Again, This Time in LG Televisions
Like Morris the cat, webOS would appear to have nine lives. — The operating system, developed by Palm and sold to Hewlett-Packard, is changing hands again. — Korean electronics giant LG is scoopin...
ASUS PadFone Infinity announced: 5-inch, 1080p display, Snapdragon 600 CPU and full HD tablet display
You may have heard a new PadFone was on the way — it's not like ASUS has been dropping obvious hints or anything. In any case, surprise! ASUS just unveiled a new model.
Google Glass Part 2: Binocular
A head mounted display ("HMD") is a display device worn on or about the head. HMDs usually incorporate some sort of near-to-eye optical system to display an image within a few centimeters of the huma...
The MS Surface Pro
I was aware of the Surface Pro but I wasn't especially interested in it until I heard it came with a stylus and supported pressure sensitivity. I love gadgets and drawing so it only makes sense that ...
The Magazine: now with full-article sharing, web subscriptions
When I launched The Magazine in October, I didn't know whether enough people would subscribe to keep it afloat. I didn't know whether most people would make fun of the idea, argue that articles on th...
Facebook and 18 carriers to offer discounted mobile messaging data in 14 countries
Shooting the breeze using Facebook's mobile messaging service is about to get a lot cheaper. The social network is teaming up with 18 carriers in 14 countries to provide free or heavily discounted da...
Samsung announces SAFE with Knox, details plans to secure the enterprise Galaxy (hands-on)
BlackBerry has Balance, and no more than a month after the company once known as Research in Motion debuted its first BB 10 handset, Samsung has a dual-workspace solution of its own: SAFE with Knox.
Sony's sleek Xperia Tablet Z coming to the US for $499
We're already familiar with the Xperia Tablet Z after Sony unveiled it in Japan last month, but now we know it's coming to the US. The company is using the occasion of Mobile World Congress 2013 to s...
AT&T LTE coming to GM's 2015 fleet
Ready to trade your old car in for a shiny new mobile hotspot? AT&T and GM are using the international platform that is Mobile World Congress to announce a partnership that'll bring the carrier's LTE...
Kantar: Android back on top of US smartphone share in January with Sprint's help
Most US smartphone market share estimates last fall saw Apple retake the lead as it rode a wave of iPhone 5 sales. While there was always a question as to how long that trend would last …
Google Chrome may soon get audio indicators to show you noisy tabs, keep them open when memory runs out
Google is working on identifying Chrome tabs that are currently playing audio (or recording it). The feature is expected to show an audio animation if a tab is broadcasting or recording sound.
Firefox betas pull the shades per-tab on ‘porn mode’
The latest versions of Firefox Beta and Firefox Beta for Android come with the ability to browse privately on a per-tab basis, among other improvements. — Private browsing, or ‘porn mode’ for people...