Showing Support for Marriage Equality on Facebook
The U.S. Supreme Court this week met to begin debating the future of same-sex marriage in the United States. To accompany this historic event, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) started urging people on...
Actually, Amazon Paid About $150 Million for Goodreads
According to sources, Amazon paid about $150 million for Goodreads, the popular books recommendation service. But that number could close in on $200 million, if certain performance metrics are met.
Japan's NEC in talks to sell mobile phone unit to Lenovo: source
(Reuters) - Japan's NEC Corp is in talks to sell its struggling mobile phone unit to its personal computer venture partner Lenovo Group Ltd, a source familiar with the discussions said, confirming med...
Vine launches Web embeds, updates iOS app to share others' videos via Twitter and Facebook
Twitter has updated its Vine video service today so that users can embed both their own six-second shorts and those created by other users anywhere on the Internet.
New Windows 8 hardware specs hint at 7-inch tablets and a Microsoft Reader
Summary: A quiet change in the logo requirements for new Windows 8 devices allows Microsoft's hardware partners to build new devices that would compete with popular 7- and 8-inch tablets like the iPad...
State-Owned Chinese Film Studio Sues Apple
Shanghai Animation Film Studio claims the Cupertino-based tech giant sold its films in the iTunes store without proper permission. — A State-owned Chinese animation studio has filed suit against App...
Biting the hand that feeds you: why are record labels fighting Pandora?
Labels want streaming and web radio to grow the pie, but want their share too — A few years ago, leaders from the major record companies planted the seeds from which they hoped would spring the next...
Dell Proxy Describes Downbeat Forecast
Dell Inc. described bleak prospects for its business and the personal computer industry as it laid out its most comprehensive case for accepting a $24.4 billion offer to go private, a decision that ki...
Google shows interest in ASM.js, Mozilla's plan for fast Web apps
A Chrome programmer seeks support for a new Mozilla technology to bridge the C and JavaScript languages — even though Google has competing ideas. — At least some at Google want to embrace a Mozilla-...
Password denied: when will Apple get serious about security?
Customers need some real talk about how data is kept and accessed — Last Friday, The Verge revealed the existence of a dead-simple URL-based hack that allowed anyone to reset your Apple ID password ...
When spammers go to war: Behind the Spamhaus DDoS
Sven Olaf Kamphuis waving the Pirate Party flag in front of CyberBunker's nuclear bunker. — Sven Olaf Kamphuis — Over the last ten days, a series of massive denial-of-service attacks has been aime...
China to Tighten Oversight on Apple
BEIJING—A Chinese regulator said it would heighten supervision over Apple Inc.'s consumer-rights practices as state media continued to attack the company over its after-sales practices. — The State ...
Watch out, internet: Dave Winer is back in the business of making blogging tools
He may not have the same kind of public profile as the teenaged founder who sold his company to Yahoo for $30 million, or the founders of hot apps like SnapChat or Instagram, but Dave Winer has done a...