Antitrust: Commission fines Microsoft for non-compliance with browser choice commitments
European Commission — The European Commission has imposed a €561 million fine on Microsoft for failing to comply with its commitments to offer users a browser choice screen enabling them to easily c...
Carl Icahn Takes Up to a 6 Percent Stake in Dell: Sources
Carl Icahn appears set to enter the fray over the leveraged buyout of Dell. — Trading sources said they were confident that Icahn had amassed a position in Dell that may approach 100 million shares,...
comScore: Apple debuts 2013 as top US smartphone maker, Samsung gains but Android falls for the first time
In the US, Apple ended 2012 as the top OEM and it has only further increased its lead with the start of the New Year. Samsung is gaining as well, but not quite as quickly.
Microsoft restores transfer rights for retail Office 2013 copies
Summary: As part of its shift to a subscription model, Microsoft introduced a controversial “no transfer” restriction with Office 2013. Now, after an intense outcry from customers, the company has re...
Big layoffs at T-Mobile headquarters, ahead of merger
A significant round of layoffs is happening at the Bellevue headquarters of T-Mobile USA just ahead of its merger with MetroPCS, according to people inside the company. — Employees are expecting the...
T-Mobile Responding To AT&T's Newspaper Ad With Their Own Creative Responses
Let me be the first to say, that if these ads developed for T-Mobile in response to AT&T's one-page attack ad last week don't run in newspapers everyday for the next year, I'm going to be disappointed...
Bug allows complete lock screen bypass on Samsung Galaxy S III
Summary: Following a brief lock screen bypass that had ‘limited scope’, another Samsung owner has found that the lock screen on Galaxy S III handsets can be bypassed completely. — Michael Lee
Google-Apple Valuation Gap Widest Since 2005 on Ads
Google Inc. (GOOG)'s prospects haven't looked so promising to investors relative to Apple Inc. (AAPL) since before the iPhone was introduced. — Google's shares, which climbed to a record yesterday, ...
Samsung-Sharp Deal Could Reshape Tech Alliances
South Korea's Samsung Electronics is in talks to invest about $107 million in struggling Japanese electronics firm Sharp Corp. , a deal that not only highlights Korea's ascendancy over Japan as a glo...
Path Hires Ex-Google, Lytro Finance Head as New CFO
A little more than two years after launch, Path, the self-proclaimed “private social network” startup, is beginning to focus more on monetization. — Hence the hiring of Kim Jabal as the company's fi...
Yammer's David Sacks offers to create $250k Launch fund to support five startups from the festival
At the 2013 Launch Festival, Yammer co-founder David Sacks took part in the conference's third fireside chat. During the conversation, Sacks offered to help fund five of the startups presenting …
Microsoft to update its core Windows 8 apps well before ‘Blue’
Summary: Microsoft may have refreshes of its Mail, Calendar, Music and Games apps for Windows 8 and Windows RT in its app store as soon as this month. — There's been some worry that Microsoft's Wind...
Twitter improves search with ‘Top Tweet’ emphasis in apps, removes video services on iOS
Twitter has just released an update to its iOS and Android apps which features an improved search interface. As predicted by us, it has also removed support for video upload via Mobypicture in its iO...
Yahoo Says New Policy Is Meant to Raise Morale
SAN FRANCISCO — When Marissa Mayer took over as chief executive at Yahoo last summer, she confronted a Silicon Valley campus that was very different from the one she had left at Google. Enlarge This ...
Startup Failing? Exitround Discreetly Finds Buyers For Startups
The proliferation of funding for seed-stage startups has led to a glut of startup companies. Many of them won't survive since there isn't enough venture funding to go around. — To address this, Jac...
Sheryl Sandberg Launches ‘Lean In’ Organization As A Global Community For Workplace Equality
This morning Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg officially launched “Lean In,” a non-profit organization aimed at creating a global community that encourages women to continue to be active and ambitious …
Nokia wants Instagram for Windows Phone, piles pressure on with #2InstaWithLove
Nokia desperately wants Instagram for Windows Phone and it's proving that this week. The Finnish company has just released #2InstaWithLove, a new Windows Phone app for Lumia devices that's specifical...
Ebay Shuts Down Instant Sale Service For Cash Trade-Ins On Phones And Other Gadgets
Ebay, the online marketplace that recently added a redesign reminiscent of Pinterest to enhance a personalized experience for its users, is paring down in other areas. Among them, the site has discon...
The Check In Is Dead; Long Live The Check In As Foursquare Adds Quick Glide Feature On iOS
Depending who you ask, Foursquare could be in a great place as far as growth. Or in a bad place. We've heard about potential acquisitions, difficulty fundraising and everything in between.
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann Joins Facebook's Board, Adding Another Woman Alongside Sandberg
Facebook today added a new member to its board of directors, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, M.D. Dr. Desmond-Hellman currently serves as the chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco.
Unreported Side Effects of Drugs Found Using Internet Data, Study Finds
Using data drawn from queries entered into Google, Microsoft and Yahoo search engines, scientists at Microsoft, Stanford and Columbia University have for the first time been able to detect evidence …
HTC Reports Lowest Sales Since Jan 2010, Worst Revenue Decline In 4 Months, As February Sales Fell 44% To $384M
The new HTC One unveiled last month is increasingly feeling like last-chance saloon for the troubled Taiwan handset maker. Today HTC noted that its sales for the month …
Microsoft restores transfer rights for retail Office 2013 copies
Summary: As part of its shift to a subscription model, Microsoft introduced a controversial “no transfer” restriction with Office 2013. Now, after an intense outcry from customers, the company has re...
Samsung will stop sale of Windows RT tablets in Germany due to weak demand, according to reports
We already know that Samsung was too timid (or maybe too sensible) to launch its Windows RT-based ATIV Tab hybrid in the US, but now it appears the manufacturer is having doubts about European demand ...
Why Google Thinks Two Music Subscription Services Are Better Than None
Alrighty. Time to start sorting out what Google is up to with music. And why it thinks it may make sense to launch two different music subscription services. — Spoiler alert! No one outside of a ...
Why I switched from iPhone to Android
About a month and a half ago, I walked into an AT&T Store, handed over my iPhone 4S, and asked to be switched from my unlimited iPhone data plan to a new LTE data plan. — I bought the first-generati...
Google Play celebrates first birthday with week of free downloads and discounts
It's already been a year since the Android Market was renamed Google Play, and the folks in Mountain View are offering up a boatload of free party favors throughout the week to celebrate.
News Corp. Has a Tablet for Schools
For nearly two years, Joel I. Klein helped Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation weather a phone-hacking scandal at the company's British tabloids with the promise that he would eventually be able to re...
Ferrari outs 949HP LaFerrari hybrid, gives FF drivers iPad minis and Siri (video)
Everyone knew Ferrari was cooking up its first hybrid, and that it would be very quick when it was pegged as an Enzo successor. Still, we didn't quite expect the sledgehammer that is the LaFerrari.
Microsoft Offers Windows 8 Price Breaks to Spur Touch-Screen Laptops
Discounts on Windows 8 and Office Designed to Spur More Touch-Screen Laptops — Microsoft Corp. has recently been offering price breaks on its Windows 8 and Office software to help spur the developme...
Disqus releases exclusive Windows Phone app, no plans for iPhone or Android
Looks like Windows Phone today has scored one today as we're the first to get a new, official app from Disqus (disqus.com). — For those of you who don't know, Disqus powers the commenting system on ...
Aaron Swartz Case Was ‘a Good Use of Prosecutorial Discretion,’ Attorney General Says
Holder, the nation's top prosecutor, is the highest-ranking member of the President Barack Obama administration to defend the indictment and prosecution of the former director of Demand Progress …
Intel Capital makes a big bet on Android with investment in Bluestacks (exclusive)
Add Intel Capital to the growing list of companies eager to work with Bluestacks. — Intel has invested an undisclosed amount in the startup, BlueStacks told VentureBeat today.
Groupon Board Is Said to Focus CEO Search on External Candidates
Groupon Inc. (GRPN)'s board plans to find someone from outside the company to replace Andrew Mason, who was ousted as chief executive officer of the daily deals website last week, two people with know...
F-Commerce Startup Soldsie Raises $1 Million For Its Facebook Comments-Based Shopping Platform
E-commerce startup Soldsie, which just announced in January that it had raised $425,000 from 72 investors through FundersClub, has now officially closed its full seed round of $1 million in outside fu...
Google Joins NFC Forum's Board Of Directors, As Our Wireless Pay Future Comes Into Focus
Google wants a driving seat in wireless payment and data tech. — Google was already a “Principal” member of the NFC Forum, an industry body with a mission to advance all the different aspects of Nea...