Windows 8.1 set to bring back the Start button
Microsoft is preparing to revive the traditional Start button it killed with Windows 8. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed to The Verge that Windows 8.1 will include the return of ...
Nokia teases QWERTY phone announcement on April 24th
Official teasers rarely provide much in the way of detail, but this one from Nokia at least comes with a pretty picture. It reveals the rounded design language we have come to associate with the comp...
Google Fined 145,000 Euros Over Wi-Fi Data Collection in Germany
Google Inc. (GOOG), operator of the world's largest Internet search engine, was fined 145,000 euros ($189,230) by a German regulator for collecting wireless-network data by its cars taking photos for ...
Google Now for Google's Homepage in Testing
It looks like Google Now won't be limited to Android, iOS and Chrome, it will also be added to Google's homepage. Some code from a page that's tested by Google offers more information about this feat...
Yahoo! Unveils Brand New iOS App, Including Built-In Summly Summaries
Yahoo! acquired startup Summly for somewhere around $30 million just one month ago, but it's already bearing fruit. First, there was the Summly summarized version of its Q1 2013 earnings last week …
Google boss defends UK tax record to BBC
Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, has defended his company paying just £6m in UK corporation tax. — His comments came after a committee of MPs last year denounced multinationals - including...
Japanese police ask ISPs to start blocking Tor
According to The Mainichi, the National Police Agency (NPA, a bit like the Japanese FBI) …
Senate poised to back Internet sales tax
The Senate is expected to pass legislation this week that would empower states to tax online purchases. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has filed to end debate on the bill, which is cal...
Sorry to Disrupt: Valleywag Is Back
You're doing it again. It's only been a few years since we last met here, but you, Valley venture capitalist and Alley opportunist, are worse than ever. There will come a day when all the coddling a...
Google Places For Business Gets Its Own iPhone App For Managing Listings
Local business owners have a new tool for managing their Google Places For Business listing: a dedicated app that works on the iPhone and iPod Touch. — There's no official announcement that I can fi...
The rise and fall of AMD: How an underdog stuck it to Intel
In part one of this two-part series, we look at the evolution of AMD from a second-source supplier for companies using Intel processors towards CEO Hector Ruiz's ideal of a “premium” chipmaker that co...
Groupon's stock is up 40% since Andrew Mason's departure
Groupon lost about a fourth of its value following its last quarterly earnings report, falling in the public markets after missing both revenue and profit forecasts. Then it lost its CEO, after his p...
Tumblr Launches Mobile Ads Today In Big Revenue Push
Users of iOS and Android Apps Will See Up to 4 Ads Per Day — Tumblr is launching its mobile ads today, marking the first time the 6-year-old startup is placing ads that look and feel like regular po...
Silicon Valley companies quietly try to kill Internet privacy bill
SACRAMENTO — Silicon Valley tech firms, banks and other powerful industries are mounting a quiet but forceful campaign to kill an Internet privacy bill that would give California consumers the right t...
Apple Has an Identity Crisis
Is It a Hardware Company or A Software Firm? — Apple Inc. is facing an identity crisis on Wall Street. — As Apple prepares to report what analysts project may be the company's first year-over-year...
Netflix Surpasses HBO in U.S. Subscribers
Netflix, which ended 2012 with 27.15 million domestic subs, added just over 2 million subs, according to first quarter results issued Monday.
Grooveshark CEO: 'I'm Broke'
When Grooveshark's co-founder and CEO Sam Tarantino talks about what happened to his music startup between 2011 and early 2012, he doesn't hold back: It was, he says, “a year of getting punched in the...
For your robot-building needs, $45 BeagleBone Linux PC goes on sale
The brand-new BeagleBone Black. — BeagleBoard.org — The market for cheap single-board computers is becoming one of the most surprisingly competitive spaces in the tech industry. On the heels of t...
China main source of cyberespionage attacks in 2012
Summary: Chinese IP addresses account for 30 percent of data breaches worldwide last year and 96 percent of these attacks were made for online espionage purposes, according to a new study. — Ellyne ...
Japanese police ask ISPs to start blocking Tor
According to The Mainichi, the National Police Agency (NPA, a bit like the Japanese FBI) …
Online ticketing company Eventbrite raises $60m, puts off its IPO until further notice
Online ticketing company Eventbrite has secured $60 million in growth funding from T. Rowe Price and Tiger Global Management, the Wall Street Journal reports, in a move that will surprise some as the ...