Introducing: Nokia Lumia 928 - bringing PureView to Verizon
You've waited...you've been asking for it...here it is! We're happy to introduce the Nokia Lumia 928, the newest expression of the world's most innovative smartphone exclusively for Verizon Wireless.
Cyberthieves Looted A.T.M.'s of $45 Million in Just Hours
It was a huge bank heist - but a 21st-century version in which the robbers never wore ski masks, threatened a teller or set foot in a vault. — Yet, in two precision operations that involved people i...
Ahead of I/O, Google Wallet Drops Plans to Introduce a Physical Card
Google will update its Wallet product at its I/O developer conference next week, but will not include the physical credit card that the company had considered launching at the event, according to sour...
Apple's two-step verification rolling out to additional countries
Update: Mexico, Germany Netherlands, Russia, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Portugal, Italy & Poland too. Let us know in the comments if the feature is now available in your country.
Exclusive: Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group
(Reuters) - Billionaire environmentalist Elon Musk has quit a Silicon Valley advocacy group formed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after the group funded ads for senators touting their support for...
Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones
ATF says no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant's iPhone, but Apple can “bypass the security software” if it chooses. Apple has created a police waiting list because of high demand. — A...
Microsoft: Don't expect a Windows 8 iTunes app soon
Microsoft believes nearly all major apps that can be found in Apple's iTunes store will also be available on Windows 8 by the fall, but it expects one glaring hole to remain. — “You shouldn't expect...
New Nexus 7 to be highlight of Google I/O as ‘iPad mini 2’ faces delay, analyst says
Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes Google will unveil a next-generation Nexus 7 tablet in partnership with Asus at the search giant's upcoming Google I/O conference, looking to steal some of Apple's ...
Pirate Bay Takes Over Distribution of Censored 3D Printable Gun
In late 2012 the 3D blueprint website Thingiverse decided to ban 3D gun designs, citing their terms of service which clearly prohibit files used to make weapons. — Enter DEFCAD, a site dedicated to ...
Bloomberg reporters allegedly used financial terminals to spy on Wall Street
Bloomberg reporters have been keeping tabs on Wall Street using their company's financial terminals, the New York Post reports. Bloomberg terminals, which cost $20,000 a year or more to lease, are a ...
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform
The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the first step ...
Amazon Launches Cloud Drive Photos App for iOS
Heads up, snap-happy iPhone users. If you take a lot of photos on your phone, and they're starting to take up too much space, then Amazon has a solution for you. — The Web giant this week launched ...
Apple forces Line to remove the ability to send virtual items as gifts from its iOS app
Asian mobile messaging service Line is seeing early success with its monetization model — to the tune of $58 million in revenue for Q1 2013 — but there's a little bad news today as the company …
Washington state courts hacked; potentially up to 160,000 Social Security numbers accessed
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked sometime between last fall and February, and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver's license n...
Alibaba confirms it has bought 28% of AutoNavi, China's top mapping system, for $294 million
UPDATE: The deal is now confirmed, with Alibaba paying $294 million for a 28 percent share. In addition the companies will work together on e-commerce opportunities:
Facebook quietly adds Facebook Home support (and unofficial support) for Galaxy S4, HTC One, others
New persistent notifications also part of undocumented update — Facebook today — facing increasing negative reaction to its Facebook Home launcher as AT&T (at least temporarily) …
Facebook Is Getting Serious About Original Programming With “Facebook Live”
“House Of Cards” proved that great, exclusive content can create loyal customers. While Facebook isn't about to produce TV shows, it tells me that it plans to ramp up production of its Facebook Live ...
Microsoft's Bing adds Facebook commenting and Like actions to its social sidebar
Microsoft on Friday announced it has once again expanded Bing's Facebook integration. Not only can you see relevant Facebook posts in the search engine's social sidebar, but you can now comment on th...
Yahoo's Acqui-Hire Spree Continues With Mobile Gaming Startup Loki Studios
Yahoo has just been gobbling up startups. In the last week or so, it has announced the acquisition of Astrid, GoPollGo, and Milewise. In fact, in a tweet today, Yahoo said that it has “added 22 entr...
Google builds push notifications into Chrome, Chrome OS
Programmers now can get servers to send alerts to Google's browser rather than requiring the browser itself to constantly check for them. — In a step to help browser-based apps catch up with the abi...
LinkedIn: The Creepiest Social Network
This is a post I've been wanting to write for a while. In fact, it stems from something I noticed way back in August of last year. After digging for answers and even a couple attempts at contacting ...