ABC to Let App Users Live Stream Local Programming
This week ABC will quietly revolutionize its app for iPhones and iPads with a button called “live.” Users around New York and Philadelphia will be able to live stream all the programming from ABC's l...
Nokia's next Lumia teased on TV with a metal body and big camera lens
Nokia announced its latest Lumia 928 handset on Friday, but the company has more planned for an event in London next week. On Sunday, Nokia teased part of this announcement during a commercial break ...
Google shuts down SMS Search
Google SMS Search allowed users to search Google via text message. This worked by sending an SMS to a Google phone number that contained the search query. Google then responded to the query with inf...
Pete Rose, Rob Schneider mock Google for Microsoft Office
Microsoft rolls out new spoof videos that poke fun at the “gamble” companies and individuals take by using Google Docs. — Microsoft enlisted former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Rob Schneider an...
Facebook Home Is Losing Steam In The Charts...Fast
Facebook Home, the app which CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted as the “next version of Facebook,” has not been an immediate hit. Its Google Play rankings have been dropping steadily after the launch buzz wo...
DRM in HTML5 is a victory for the open Web, not a defeat
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the group that orchestrates the development of Web standards, has today published a Working Draft for Encrypted Media Extensions (EME), a framework that will allow...
PayPal Says It's Time to Ditch Passwords and PINs, and Apple may lead the way with iPhone 6
PayPal CISO Michael Barrett took the keynote stage at Interop today to announce the impending death of passwords and their replacement with more robust authentication protocols based on an open standa...
FBI's Latest Proposal for a Wiretap-Ready Internet Should Be Trashed
The FBI has some strange ideas about how to “update” federal surveillance laws: They're calling for legislation to penalize online services that provide users with too much security. — I'm not kiddi...
Five Woot Execs Check Out, As Daily Deals Site Feels The Strain Under Owner Amazon
Woot, the daily deals site that Amazon bought in 2010 for $110 million, built a reputation for its “pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap” business model for shifting goods. Now, the company is facing up to ...