N3twork raises a $12M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins to build an Internet based on your interests
Today N3twork announced that it has raised a $12 million Series A round of funding, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and participated in by Floodgate, and Google Ventures.
AT&T Discusses Entering Into a Joint Bid for Hulu With Chernin Group
According to sources close to the telecommunications giant, AT&T is in discussions with the Chernin Group about mounting a joint bid to acquire the Hulu premium video site. — It makes sense — in add...
U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program
The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection ...
Twitter Signs Its Second Big Ad Deal, This Time With WPP
In April, Twitter linked up with ad giant Starcom in a deal worth “hundreds of millions” over a few years. Now it has another one, with Starcom's rival WPP. — WPP's press release doesn't mention a ...
BBM Is Not Coming To iPhone And Android On June 27
There's a report spreading around today that BBM is coming to iPhones and Android devices on June 27. — The report is based on a tweet from T-Mobile's UK account. (T-Mobile has deleted the tweet.) ...
Samsung Galaxy S4 update addresses storage complaints with move to SD card feature
Samsung has begun rolling out a software update for its Galaxy S4 that adresses a few issues early adopters have been complaining about. The 16GB variant of the Galaxy S4 has been slammed for only gi...
Evernote Reminders Arrive on Android
Reminders, our most requested feature of all time, is now available on Android! With Reminders you get three great features all rolled into one: alarms, note based to-dos and the ability to pin notes...
Apple Said to Start iPhone Trade-In Program in Stores
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is starting an iPhone trade-in program this month aimed at getting users to upgrade to the iPhone 5 and turn in older models, people with knowledge of the plans said. — Apple has t...
Ayla launches with $5.4M to turn everything into a connected device
A world where humans interact with machines that respond to our every need may seem fantastical, but Ayla Networks launched today to make this sci-fi vision a reality. — Ayla's mission is to build a...
Why Google Reader Really Got the Axe
When Google announced its plans to shutter Google Reader in March, the Internet freaked out. Twitter users raised their virtual pitchforks in outrage. Bloggers wept, scrambling to find a suitable re...
Apple Not Throttling iPhone or iPad Cellular Throughput via Carrier Bundles
Yesterday there were some allegations made about whether Apple is intentionally throttling cellular data throughput on iPhones and iPads via some files used for network provisioning.
The iOS and Android Two-Horse Race: A Deeper Look into Market Share
Over the past four years, Apple's iOS and Google's Android have been locked into a two horse race for mobile OS ownership. In the past year, there has been a lot of focus on the rise of Android and i...
Box rolls out new revenue-share plan, SDKs to help its app partners make money
Cloud storage player Box plans to split revenues with the developers writing apps for its storage and collaboration platform. — Box is focused on business customers rather than consumers …
Russia's Yandex Has A New Take On Search Results, Take Action Inside The Page
With Google dominant in so many markets, one would thing that search is kind've ‘done’. Of course, we have yet to really tap into social search, and Facebook Graph search is showing a clear direction...
Tango launches Asia-style games platform for its 120m users, snags Gameloft as a launch partner
Video messaging service Tango has taken a big step into the mobile entertainment and gaming space after it launched a new content platform for developers, alongside launch partner Gameloft.
Snapchat Launches v5.0 With Revamped UI, Swipe Navigation, And In-App Profiles
Snapchat, the app that lets you send pics and videos that self-destruct, has just released a huge update to version 5.0 “Banquo” (I'll get to that in a minute), which includes a dramatic revamp of the...
Exclusive: Microsoft, FBI take aim at global cyber crime ring
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries, have launched a major assault on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings, believed to have stolen more than...
Countries Seek Entrepreneurs From Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO — A bold new billboard looms over U.S. 101, the highway that runs through the heart of the global technology industry. “H-1b problems?” it reads. “Pivot to Canada.” — That sassy invi...
Time Warner updates browser version of TWC TV to allow for out-of-home viewing
For Time Warner Cable subscribers, sly on-the-job TV-watching is about to get easier (don't lie, we know you do it). Starting today, the browser version of TWC TV will offer on-demand and live conten...
Microsoft launches Bing Translator for Windows 8 with over 40 languages, camera translation, and offline support
Microsoft today announced the release of the Bing Translator app for Windows 8 and Windows RT with support for more than 40 languages. You can download the app now directly from the Windows Store.