Zynga to Lay Off 520 Employees — 18 Percent of Staff — and Shutter New York and LA Offices in Refocus on Mobile
18 Percent of Staff — and Shutter New York and LA Offices in Refocus on Mobile — Zynga is laying off 18 percent of its workforce — which represents 520 employees — in a bid to reduce costs and more d...
ASUS Zenbook Infinity official with a Gorilla Glass 3 lid, touchscreen and backlit keyboard (eyes-on video)
Just as promised, ASUS has unveiled its Zenbook Infinity at Computex 2013 in Taipei. Being the first laptop — let alone an Ultrabook — to boast a Gorilla Glass 3 lid …
Microsoft Ponders Major Restructuring, Amid Renewed Wall Street Focus on Stock
According to sources close to the situation, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is working on what is likely to turn into a significant restructuring of the massive software company, which could also move se...
Twitter Releases Vine For Android Smartphones As It Tops 13M Users
Twitter has released Vine for Android, bringing the 6-second video sharing service to Google's mobile OS for the first time. The Vine app is available for Android smartphones right now, and is a free...
Researchers Say They Can Hack Your iPhone With A Malicious Charger
Careful what you put between your iPhone and a power outlet: That helpful stranger's charger may be injecting your device with more than mere electrons. — At the upcoming Black Hat security conferen...
Samsung announces new 8" and 10.1" Galaxy Tab 3 Android tablets, launching globally in June
Samsung introduced its Galaxy Tab 3 range of Android tablets today, unveuling a new 8-inch and 10.1-inch option which will be sold “globally” from the beginning of June.
Microsoft Said to Cut Windows for Tablet Prices
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is cutting the price of its Windows software for small tablets, seeking to shore up foundering efforts to combat Apple Inc. (AAPL) in the mobile-computing market, people with kn...
Here's the Justice Department's case against Apple
The Department of Justice has posted its opening statements against Apple as the two head to trial over alleged e-book price fixing. — The Department of Justice has just released the 81-slide deck o...
Leaked SKUs likely point to MacBook refresh at WWDC as inventory tightens
According to a set of leaked part codes for upcoming Apple products, Apple will likely debut a refresh to at least one of its MacBook lines at the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference.
Apple Launches WWDC 2013 iOS App With Session Video Integration
One week ahead of the start of its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple today launched a new WWDC iOS app to help attendees stay on top of the latest news and events going on at the...
Microsoft will offer Azure by the minute to take on Amazon's cloud
Sometimes the key to getting bigger is making things smaller. At least that's the idea behind Microsoft's plan to offer Windows Azure cloud resources by the minute with no mininum buy-in.
HTC One coming to Verizon this summer
Following months of speculation, Verizon has announced today that it'll be launching its own version of HTC's vaunted One in the coming months. For HTC, the announcement carries special weight: Veriz...
Kantar: Android took 52% of US smartphone sales in April, but iOS and Windows Phone are growing faster
In the US, Android grabbed 51.7 percent of the smartphone sales market through the three-month period ending April 2013, while Apple took second place with 41.4 percent, and Microsoft settled for thir...
Foxconn Developing Firefox Devices
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. said Monday it is developing more than five devices-from smartphones to televisions to large display boards-using Mozilla's Firefox mo...
Dell XPS 11 video preview: a Yoga for the Haswell crowd
Unlike Acer and Asus, who overwhelmed us with sheer numbers this morning, Dell's Computex assault is formed by just one, standout product, the XPS 11. This 11.6-inch laptop touts an outstanding 2560 ...
How Samsung Got Big
The cellphones were stacked up high in the Gumi factory yard and more were coming out every minute. Phones, TVs, fax machines, and other gear shattered as it hit the concrete and Samsung CEO Kun-hee ...
‘Draw Something’ studio OMGPOP reportedly shuttered amid Zynga layoffs
One year ago, Zynga paid $180 million for OMGPOP, the creator of the wildly popular game Draw Something for iOS and Android. Zynga seems to have decided that was a $180 million mistake.
Obama Plans to Take Action Against Patent-Holding Firms
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama on Tuesday will announce a set of executive actions aimed at reining in certain patent-holding firms, known as “patent trolls” to their detractors, amid concerns that...
Toshiba intros three Android tablets, two with Tegra 4 and a 2,560 x 1,600 screen
Could three times be a charm for Toshiba? After striking out with its “Thrive” Android tablets and then coming up a bit short with the “Excite” line, the company is completely scrapping its tablet li...
Apple Said to Shift Ad Focus to Support New Music Service
Apple Inc. (AAPL), planning to release a music-streaming service next week, is revamping how it sells mobile advertising to cater to businesses eager to reach customers as they listen to songs, people...