Rather than Just Watch Samsung's Show, HTC Gets In On The Act
As reporters and others waited to get into Radio City Music Hall on Thursday, they had a chance to play with one of the latest high-end Android devices. But it wasn't the Galaxy S 4. — It was the H...
Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them
Ultra-secret national security letters that come with a gag order on the recipient are an unconstitutional impingement on free speech, a federal judge ruled Friday. — U.S. District Judge Susan Illst...
Mailbox Cost Dropbox Around $100 Million
Disrupt alumnus Dropbox made the second in a series of super-savvy, super-early stage acquisitions today, picking up hyped-up email management app Mailbox in an acquisition that we're calling “DropMai...
Apple's ‘budget’ iPhone expected to have same 4-inch display as iPhone 5
Contrary to some rumors suggesting Apple's low-cost iPhone will have a larger 4.5-inch display, the company's new entry-level handset will have a 4-inch display, matching the size of the iPhone 5.
ZipCar CEO resigns, hours after Avis acquisition
ZipCar CEO resigns, just hours after company is acquired. — FORTUNE — Well, that didn't take long. — Avis Budget Group (CAR) announced after market close yesterday that it had completed its $500 m...
Retina MacBook Pro customer launches class action lawsuit against Apple over alleged LG display flaw
Since Apple unveiled its first Retina MacBook Pro with the 15.4-inch model in June, there has been a growing number of complaints from customers experiencing issues with the product.
North Korean News Agency Accuses US and Allies of Cyberattacks
North Korea's official news agency KCNA has accused the US and its allies of conducting cyberattacks. Described as “intensive and persistent virus attacks”, it's otherwise not clear what information ...
Facebook pushes Android update to enable silent updates (bypassing the Play Store)
Facebook appears to be doing an end run around the Google by pushing an update to the social network's open app to Android users today... and the update isn't coming from the Google Play Store.
Security blogger Brian Krebs suffers simultaneous cyber attack, police raid
Brian Krebs, an influential cyber security blogger previously with The Washington Post who now runs his own blog Krebs on Security, suffered a simultaneous denial of service (DDoS) attack on his websi...
Glassdoor: Employees rank Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg as CEO of the year; Apple's Tim Cook loses top spot
Career website Glassdoor on Friday released its latest report highlighting this year's top 50 highest-rated Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), and it seems like the tech world played a big role in the l...
Facebook Names Mike Schroepfer CTO
Facebook named Mike Schroepfer as the company's chief technical officer on Friday, rounding out the company's C-Suite of executives and elevating him from his former position of VP of engineering at t...
Exclusive: Silver Lake close to raising $10 billion fund - source
(Reuters) - Silver Lake Partners, the technology-focused private equity firm backing a $24.4 billion bid to take Dell Inc private, is close to raising $10 billion for its latest fund, exceeding its in...
BlackBerry, Windows Phone Still Lack Popular Apps
BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8 are still struggling to match the most popular apps on the dominant Android and iOS platforms, which could continue to slow sales of the smaller mobile platforms. — ...
Uber black towncar drivers strike in San Francisco over compensation terms and treatment
A number of Uber drivers of their ‘Black Car’ service are striking this afternoon in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco. Those drivers participating have parked in front of Uber's headquarters.