Round Up: All of Google's jokes for April Fools 2013
Every year, Google goes all out for April Fools' Day. The company not only pulls together more jokes than all the other tech giants, but the company makes a point to outdo itself too. It honestly ge...
Angry Twitterers Are Threatening To Switch To Bing After Google Honors Labor Leader Cesar Chavez On Easter
Google's decision to celebrate Cesar Chavez's birthday today in its Doodle, rather than Easter, has spurred some mixed reviews on Twitter. — Cesar Chavez, whose 86th birthday would be today …
AngelList Receives SEC No-Action Letter Two Days After FundersClub
Updated at 1:53pm PST with comments from AngelList CEO Naval Ravikant. — On March 26th The Funders Club received a no-action letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission stating that it will n...
Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy
SAY you've come across a discount online retailer promising a steal on hand-stitched espadrilles for spring. You start setting up an account by offering your e-mail address — but before you can finis...
Lowest Cost Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Now On Sale In The U.S. - $25 Model A Suited For Battery/Solar Powered Projects
The Raspberry Pi microcomputer prides itself on being affordable, with its tiny $35 price-tag for the original Model B Pi. But now its lowest cost board — the $25 Model A …
Facebook Is Taking On Reddit's “Ask Me Anything” Series
The social network's newest feature could create a rival to Reddit's AMA giant — Watch out, Reddit. — This week, Facebook rolled out a new threaded comment feature, allowing users respond to speci...
Boston police catfishing indie rockers: Cops pose as punks on the Internet.
The Boston police go undercover on the Internet to stop the city's most dreaded scourge: DIY indie-rock shows. — As anyone who's watched a single crime story on TV or film knows, undercover detectiv...
7 hidden gems in Windows Blue
Some yet-to-be unveiled facts and hints about what's coming to the Windows ecosystem in late 2013. — Windows Blue, leaked last Sunday. And a few days later, Microsoft publicly acknowledged its exis...
The Building is the New Server
The personal computer is dead. As quickly as we moved from the desktop to the laptop, we are moving to the tablet — never to return. With the death of the PC, an entire ecosystem dies with it. The ...
New book shares insights from Steve Jobs' 1st boss
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Steve Jobs adopted “think different” as Apple's mantra in the late 1990s, the company's ads featured Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart and a constellation of other s...
TV Service Providers Held Talks With Aereo
Aereo Inc., the Web television startup backed by media mogul Barry Diller, has discussed partnerships with major pay-TV distributors and Internet service providers, including AT&T Inc. and Dish Networ...
Michael Dell Said to Consider Blackstone LBO With CEO Guarantee
Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell will only consider backing a buyout by Blackstone Group LP if the private-equity firm guarantees he can remain as chief executive officer, according to a person familiar...
The deal Goodreads should've struck (hint: it wasn't with Amazon)
Goodreads, the popular social network and review site for book lovers, is now part of Amazon. Imagine if it had instead paired up with Readmill, which offers a superior user reading experience.