Why did Apple hire Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch?
Just hours after word leaked that Apple had poached Adobe's chief technology officer, the Internet is ablaze with the question of what, exactly, the iPhone maker plans to do with Kevin Lynch. — Sour...
Google Keep—Save what's on your mind
Save what's on your mind — Every day we all see, hear or think of things we need to remember. Usually we grab a pad of sticky-notes, scribble a reminder and put it on the desk, the fridge or the rel...
Amazon Rumored To Be Working On A $99 7-Inch Kindle Fire HD
How low will Amazon's tablets go? We're now hearing that a $99 Kindle Fire 7″ tablet is in production, and will be shipping this year. At a price that low, the Kindle Fire would be able to more easi...
South Korea network attack ‘a computer virus’
Staff at broadcaster YTN were faced with error messages on computer screens — Disruption that paralysed the computer networks of broadcasters and banks in South Korea appears to have been caused by ...
Disconnect: why Andy Rubin and Android called it quits
Rubin created Google's mobile operating system and outgunned the iPhone. So why is he moving on after almost a decade at the helm?
Preview of New Google Play Version 4.0
The Google Play store is an ever-evolving marketplace that has seen its fair share of changes throughout the last few years. It was once incredibly fussy and difficult to navigate while lacking featu...
Microsoft pokes at Samsung Galaxy S3 in high-profile Windows Phone ad
Microsoft is getting more aggressive in its attempt to drum up attention for Windows Phone. — The company announced today that it's planning to air the “Windows Phone Challenge” ad above starting th...
Google's NCAA bracket demonstrates how far it has strayed from its original promise
Once upon a time, Google was the best search engine in the land. It cut through all the other Web portal noise to just give you plain results. Along the way, Google realized that there are actually ...
Exclusive: US DoD to purchase 650,000 iOS devices
Sequester holding up purchase, intended to replace failing devices — Electronista has discovered that the mobile device testing program currently underway at the Department of Defense has produced a...
T-Mobile ‘UnCarrier’ plans possibly leaked, make unlimited talk and text a given (updated)
T-Mobile made much ado at CES of its desire to become the “UnCarrier,” with steps away from subsidies and the usual complexities of smartphones. Thanks to tipsters, we have a better sense of what the...
YouTube reaches 1 billion unique monthly users, almost 15% of planet Earth
Google has announced that YouTube is now at 1 billion monthly users. Assuming Wolfram Alpha's estimate of 6.79 billion people on Earth, that means roughly 14.7% of the world watches something on YouT...
BlackBerry, UK government reject claims of failed BB10 security certification
Both BlackBerry and the U.K. government have denied reports that the new BB10 software has been rejected for use in sensitive government communications. — Tuesday evening, UK newspaper The Guardian ...
Self-Reliance
The mobile market, everyone agrees, is the technology industry's future. What's not so clear is which company is best positioned to thrive in that future. — For smartphones in particular, the tradi...
Google to Offer Internet Service in Olathe, Kansas
Google Inc. said Tuesday it would offer high-speed Internet service in the city of Olathe, Kan., a Kansas City suburb with around 125,000 residents. — The plan marks the first expansion of Google Fi...
Inside Oculus: a tour of virtual reality's would-be savior
A small California-based team is burning the midnight oil to put goggles on your head — On the fourth floor of a fourteen-story California skyscraper, a stone's throw from UC Irvine, a tiny startup ...
MacBook Pro with Retina display: Problems in every dimension
When Apple unveiled its first Retina MacBook Pro with the 15.4-inch model in June, it came with an all-new, slimmed down design, all-flash architecture, and its flagship Retina display with over 5 mil...
H-P Board Faces Critical Vote
Autonomy Founder Calls for Evidence of Allegations Made Against U.K. Software Firm's Former Management — Hewlett-Packard Co. may see an unusual amount of fireworks at its annual shareholder meeting ...
The Nielsen Family Is Dead
From Game of Thrones to the new Arrested Development, television is better than ever. And it's not just a lucky accident. Turns out that networks and advertisers are using all-new metrics to design ...
Cisco switches to weaker hashing scheme, passwords cracked wide open
Password cracking experts have reversed a secret cryptographic formula recently added to Cisco devices. Ironically, the encryption type 4 algorithm leaves users considerably more susceptible to passw...
New Study Confirms Correlation Between Twitter and TV Ratings
U.S. TV viewers are taking to Twitter to talk about TV, and the digital chatter is building steam. According to SocialGuide, 32 million unique people in the U.S. Tweeted about TV in 2012. That's qui...
Yahoo acquires personalized recommendation startup Jybe, started by five former Yahoo employees
Yahoo on Wednesday announced it has acquired personalized recommendation company Jybe, which aimed to help people find new interests based on what's trending in their social circles.
Jawbone Takes Next Step in Fitness-Tracking Race, Launches UP for Android
Four months after its re-launch on iPhone, the Jawbone UP activity tracker is finally coming to Android. — The Jawbone UP wristband and compatible mobile app will now work the with the Samsung Galax...