Board Appoints Eric Lefkofsky and Ted Leonsis
Groupon, the global leader in local commerce, today announced a leadership change in which Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky and Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis have been appointed …
Facebook to Acquire Atlas from Microsoft
We're pleased to announce that we have agreed to acquire the Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft. Atlas is a leader in campaign management and measurement for marketers and agencies. We believe th...
FCC To Investigate Cell Phone Unlocking Ban
Following an online uproar over a law banning the unlocking of cell phones, the Federal Communications Commission will investigate whether the ban is harmful to economic competitiveness and if the exe...
Silent email filtering makes iCloud an unreliable option
These days, so much important communication is conducted by email that we expect it to be rock solid. So when emails don't arrive—or even worse, we don't know that they didn't arrive—it can be worris...
Bradley Manning pleads guilty to being Wikileaks source, denies ‘aiding the enemy’
Manning will read an extended personal statement detailing his actions and his motives, describing ‘moral outrage’ at the US Army's actions in Iraq — US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning …
Google's CFO says Motorola's upcoming products aren't ‘wow’ by Google standards (update)
If you were hoping to see a revelatory smartphone from Motorola in the near future, you might want to tone down those expectations. Google's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Patrick ...
Google Launches Zopfli To Compress Data More Densely And Make Web Pages Load Faster
Google just launched Zopfli, a new open source compression algorithm that can compress web content about 3 to eight 8 more densely (PDF) than the standard zlib library. Because Zopfli is compatible …
Hollywood targets “rogue” mobile apps in war on pirated content
(Reuters) - Hollywood studios, which for years have waged a war against online piracy, are now going after so-called “rogue” mobile apps that use images from movies and television shows without their ...
iTunes U Content Tops One Billion Downloads
CUPERTINO, CaliforniaFebruary 28, 2013Apple® today announced that iTunes U® content downloads have topped one billion. iTunes U features the world's largest online catalog of free educational content ...
UK judge who issued extreme ruling for Samsung against Apple hired by... Samsung!
By far and away the weirdest ruling in the worldwide smartphone and tablet wars came down last year in the UK, where a publicity order forcing Apple to promote Samsung's products and to make itself ri...
As Nook revenues plunge, B&N says it's “calibrating” strategy but “committed” to devices
Barnes & Noble had warned investors that its third-quarter Nook earnings would be disappointing. The earnings report was released before the market opened Thursday morning, and indeed, Nook revenues ...
I.B.M. Exploring New Feats for Watson
I.B.M.'s Watson beat “Jeopardy” champions two years ago. But can it whip up something tasty in the kitchen? — That is just one of the questions that I.B.M. is asking as it tries to expand its artif...
Time Warner Cable says there's no consumer demand for gigabit internet
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference moments ago, Time Warner Cable's Chief Financial Officer Irene Esteves seemed dismissive of the impact Google Fiber is having on consumers.
AOL Confirms Susan Lyne As CEO Of Brand Group, Artie Minson Out As COO Role Goes (Memo)
AOL today confirmed a couple of big changes at the top of the company, as first reported yesterday by Bloomberg and AllThingsD. Susan Lyne, the exec who had previously been CEO of Gilt Groupe and an ...
An Autopsy of a Dead Social Network
Following the collapse of the social network Friendster, computer scientists have carried out a digital autopsy to find out what went wrong — Friendster is a social network that was founded in 2002,...
Samsung Fails to Block Apple IPhone, IPad Sales in Japan
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) failed in a bid to block sales of Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPads and iPhones in Japan, the latest step in a global patent spat between the world's two largest smartphone make...
Online Radio Service TuneIn Adds Recommendation Engine And Google+ Sign-In Integration
TuneIn, the popular online radio service that lets users listen to over 70,000 radio stations from around the world, just announced the launch of TuneIn Live, the company's new service for helping lis...
Court orders UK ISPs to block more piracy sites
The BPI says blocking sites helps protect the revenue streams needed to create new music — The High Court has ordered the UK's major internet service providers to block three websites offering links...
LinkedIn: The Ugly Duckling of Social Media
Shares of Facebook Inc., Zynga Inc. and Groupon Inc. tanked after their rocky stock-market debuts. But LinkedIn Corp.'s stock is still soaring, closing at an all-time high of $168.55 on Wednesday. —...
ISPs Finally Explain How ‘Six Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Program Will Work
Internet Service Providers are finally revealing how they will implement a new anti-piracy system known as “Six Strikes” which has been rolling out this week. — The program, officially called the Co...
With $1.8M From Andreessen, Chris Sacca & More, Rental Marketplace Getable Digs Into The $32B Construction Market
When we last caught up with Getable, the startup formerly known as Rentcycle, it was announcing that Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph was joining Collaborative Fund founder Craig Shapiro …
Big screens and Jelly Bean mark Android trends at Mobile World Congress
The annual conference yields plenty of new Android products but what do they have in common? — As expected, the annual Mobile World Congress has delivered an army of new Android device devices.
Google, Facebook And Twitter Ordered To Delete Photos By UK Law Enforcement
It seems that, once again, the UK is going censorship crazy and not realizing how that only attacts more attention to that which they're trying to censor. This time, it involves some photos that were...
China says US regularly hacks its military sites
Summary: Web sites of Defense Ministry and China Military Online were hacked approximately 144,000 times per month in 2012, with over 60 percent of IP addresses originating from the U.S., says China's...
Bitcoin Price Breaks All Time High
The Bitcoin price has just broken the all-time high of $31.9099 that it set on June 9, 2011 on MtGox. After a persistent, one-and-a-half month rally from $13 to $38, followed by nearly two weeks of b...