Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily
Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama — • Read the court order in full here — The National Security Agency...
BlackBerry's next flagship phone: the all-touchscreen A10
Sprint has already committed to selling the A10, which is the successor to the Z10, in November, CNET has learned. — BlackBerry's next flagship smartphone, the all-touchscreen BlackBerry A10, will l...
MacBook Air refresh looks set for WWDC, potentially with faster Wi-Fi
Apple appears set to release new versions of its MacBook Air notebook computer at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference, according to information provided by a source. Earlier this week, we rep...
Focus, criticism shifts to Amazon in Apple e-book trial
The online retailing giant is accused of being a bully by two publishing company CEOs who testified during the trial. — NEW YORK — Amazon acted like a bully and threatened the publishers when discus...
A Fitbit for Fido: Whistle Will Help Track Your Dog's Activity
Ever wish you could talk to your dog? Understand what's bothering him? How much of the time she paces around when you're not home? — Whistle, a startup that makes a wearable tracking device for do...
BlackBerry in talks to preload BBM on rival handsets
BlackBerry Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear tells CNET that the company is talking to a number of partners and handset manufacturers. — BlackBerry is working with other handset manufacturers to...
56% of American adults are now smartphone owners
Findings — 56% of American adults are now smartphone owners — For the first time since the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project began systematically tracking smartphone adoption,...
Apple to Sell Audio Ads on iRadio, its Upcoming Streaming Music Service
New Ad Product Could Be Pricier Than Pandora, Thanks to Targeting Abilities — Now hear this: Apple will sell audio ads on its forthcoming streaming music service, already being dubbed “iRadio” by ma...
Clever hack brings Plex to the Apple TV, no jailbreak required
Apple hasn't opened up its Apple TV device to all third-party developers yet, but instead just added apps from a few high-profile partners to the platform. But that didn't stop two avid Plex fans, wh...
Microsoft goes public with Windows 8.1 upgrade policies
Summary: Microsoft is sharing more on how existing Windows 8 and Windows RT users will be able to upgrade to Windows 8.1 ‘Blue’ preview and final. — With the public preview builds of Windows 8.1 due...
AMD breaks from Windows exclusivity, adopts Android and Chrome OS
After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices is opening the door to design chips to run Google's Android and Chrome OS in PCs and tablets. — AMD is expanding OS options as it design...
Amazon brings back long dormant Kindle DX, says it's ‘excited’ to do so
Months after being apparently retired from Amazon's e-reader line, the 9.7-inch Kindle DX is back in stock. Amazon has brought back the DX for $299, reflecting the price drop that was implemented lat...
Google makes its stock Google Keyboard gesture-typing app available on the Play store
Google today released its Google Keyboard app for phones and tablets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above. You can download it now directly from Google Play, although it's only availabl...
The Ugly Truth: Your iPhone and iPad Are LIMITED (T-Mobile the Exception)
For a long time now, possibly years, Apple iPhone and iPad users have always wondered why their devices seemed to be “out-performed” by Android devices, mainly Samsung Galaxy phones, when it came to c...
Need a quiet place to work? Breather raises $1.5M to offer on-demand spaces, initially in NYC
The sharing economy has transformed our relationship to ownership and accessibility in a variety of categories. In terms of transportation, car- and ride-sharing services like FlightCar …
SF and NY officials to meet with leading smartphone makers to curb spike of thefts nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO — Top law enforcement officials from San Francisco and New York plan to meet with some of the nation's largest smartphone makers next week to help thwart the rise in cellphone thefts and...
Leaked Nokia EOS images fuel the rumor fire
Images surfaced today of what could be Nokia's next camera-driven flagship phone. — Not one, but two sources bubbled up photos on Wednesday of a Nokia Windows phone that could be the handset-maker's...
Google's YouTube Triples Mobile Sales Amid Wireless Shift
Google Scores YouTube Mobile Ad Sales Jackpot — Google Inc. (GOOG)'s YouTube has tripled advertising sales on mobile devices in the past six months, the company said, contributing as much as an esti...
Outlook 2013 RT Coming to Windows RT Tablets as part of Windows 8.1 Update
Today at Computex 2013, Tami Reller, CFO and CMO of Microsoft's Windows Division, announced that Outlook 2013 RT will be available on Windows RT tablets as part of the free Windows 8.1 update coming l...
‘Small’ Windows 8 tablets will ship with a free version of Office 2013
Microsoft has revealed that future 7- and 8-inch Windows 8 tablets will ship with a free copy of Office 2013. Speaking at Computex on Wednesday, Windows CFO Tami Reller revealed plans for Office Home...
Mozilla Readies Major Firefox Redesign As It Ponders What The Browser Of The Future Should Look Like
“Maybe we shouldn't even call it a browser anymore,” Mozilla's VP of Firefox engineering Jonathan Nightingale told me a few days ago. “'Browser' is really an antiquated word.
HTC One ‘mini’ leaks showing 4.3-inch 720p display and UltraPixel camera
HTC One mini? HTC M4? Whichever moniker you want to give it, that appears to be what we see above. Shown in a bunch of photos on Estonian site forte.delfi.ee the 4.3-inch device seems to corroborat...
Bloomberg Launches Bloomberg Beta, A $75 Million Early-Stage Investment Fund Led By Former IGN Exec Roy Bahat
Media company Bloomberg is launching its own venture capital fund, called Bloomberg Beta today. With the fund, the company is putting aside $75 million to invest in early-stage startups.
EBay to open ‘shoppable windows’ in New York
(Reuters) - EBay Inc is launching virtual stores called “shoppable windows” this month that the e-commerce company hopes will help retailers generate more sales from their existing physical store netw...
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active offers a more rugged, waterproof variant of Android bestseller
Today, Samsung is announcing a new variant of its Galaxy S4 more suited to the great outdoors. The phone has a high degree of dust and water protection (IP67), allowing it to be submerged in water up...
Apple, Samsung Face Grilling Over Stolen Smartphone Epidemic
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has summoned representatives of the four largest smartphone makers to a summit next week where he plans to press them on their failure to address soaring th...
Yahoo Officially Rolls Out New Yahoo Search Results Design
Yahoo has officially announced the redesign they've been testing for the past couple weeks is now live. — The new design boasts a faster load time, search results higher up on the page, a new naviga...
Pandora Launches New HTML5-Based TV Experience, Starting With Xbox 360 and PS3
Pandora today launched a new browser-based interface for TVs that it hopes will help set the standard for using the service in the living room. The first devices to support this new HTML5-based inter...
FreedomPop Expands Its Free Service to Voice
While there are lots of discount cellphone plans out there, alternative carrier FreedomPop is trying to introduce a new price tier — free. — This summer, the company plans to offer a plan with vario...
Airbnb will fight regulators in New York City on behalf of host who was fined $2,400
After initial hesitation, the company hired a prestigious law firm and is ‘in it for the long haul’ — The popular vacation rental service Airbnb is starting to clash with regulators in New York City...
Microsoft Looks to Expand Windows 8 Discounts
TAIPEI—Microsoft Corp. plans to expand discounts to more tablet makers using its Windows 8 software, as it tries to stimulate adoption of the operating system that has received a lukewarm response par...
Intel's ‘Thunderbolt 2’ official, coming later this year
Intel's next Thunderbolt technology — hitherto known by the code name Falcon Ridge — now has an official moniker. The tech is slated to be built into future Intel chipsets. — Intel has officially d...
TweetDeck revamped for Chrome and the Web with a new sidebar that simplifies finding and moving feeds
Twitter is rolling out a pretty radical redesign for the Chrome and Web versions of TweetDeck today, adding a slim, expandable sidebar on the left-hand side of the screen that handles search …
Lei Jun Builds His Xiaomi Empire by Aping Apple and Steve Jobs
BEIJING — China is notorious for its knockoffs. But now comes a knockoff of one of the gods of American ingenuity: Steven P. Jobs. — In a country where products like iPhones are made but rarely inv...
Windows 8.1 shares highlights in video walkthrough
Windows 8.1 is a big deal for Microsoft, the first significant update for the OS, and the opportunity to address some of the lingering user frustrations: not just add in the Start button. The company...
comScore: Apple increases lead as top US smartphone maker, Samsung gains; Android down fourth month in a row
In the US, Apple's dominance as the top smartphone OEM during the first quarter of 2013 has spilled over into April. Samsung is gaining as well, but not quite as quickly.
Google to keep its calendar CalDAV API public after developer backlash, debuts contacts CardDAV API to boot
Google today announced it is keeping its API for CalDAV, an Internet standard allowing a client to access calendar and scheduling information on a remote server, public for all developers.
China has ‘mountains of data’ about U.S. cyber attacks: official
(Reuters) - China's top Internet security official says he has “mountains of data” pointing to extensive U.S. hacking aimed at China, but it would be irresponsible to blame Washington for such attacks...
Dell to investors: Icahn's deal dicey, business stinks
Summary: A special committee argues that Dell shareholders should take the cash and run and that Carl Icahn's leveraged buyout plan will hamper the company too much. — Dell's special committee to ev...
Apple to Sell Audio Ads on iRadio, its Upcoming Streaming Music Service
New Ad Product Could Be Pricier Than Pandora, Thanks to Targeting Abilities — Now hear this: Apple will sell audio ads on its forthcoming streaming music service, already being dubbed “iRadio” by ma...
Instructure Lands A Hefty $30M To Take On The Blackboards And Moodles In A Multi-Billion Dollar eLearning Market
The Learning Management System market is a wild and wooly place, relatively speaking, of course. “LMSes,” as they are known, are software applications and platforms …
T-Mobile's plan to supercharge LTE: A whole lot of antennas
T-Mobile USA has been talking some smack lately about how its brand-spanking-new LTE network gives it an edge over the competition. Being the last major U.S. carrier to launch LTE means T-Mobile is u...
Espionage malware infects raft of governments, industries around the world
Security researchers have blown the whistle on a computer-espionage campaign that over the past eight years has successfully compromised more than 350 high-profile targets in 40 countries.