Why does the design of iOS 7 look so different?
If you caught Apple's iOS 7 presentation on Monday or have followed any of the numerous bits of coverage, then you know that the home screen icons have quickly become a point of contention. They're c...
Edward Snowden: ‘Let Hong Kong people decide my fate’
Edward Snowden says he wants to ask the people of Hong Kong to decide his fate after choosing the city because of his faith in its rule of law. The 29-year-old former CIA employee behind what might b...
Did Path Cheat Its Way to The Top?
Path is not a popular app. Outside of privacy crusaders and various geek niches, it's virtually unknown—a sanctimonious social network built to appeal to Facebook's haters, that ended up appealing to...
Google Glass Teardown
What is this Glass thing anyways? Google's latest and hottest gadget needs little introduction. Since its public unveiling in April 2012, the tiny head-mounted Android computer has been collecting c...
Xbox chief: we have a product for people who can't get online, it's called Xbox 360
Did you think the Xbox 360 was being kept around just for the budget market? It turns out Microsoft's got another sort of customer in mind for the revamped last-gen hardware: the crews of nuclear sub...
Rubinstein on HP's purchase of Palm: ‘Talk about a waste’
with former Palm chief Jon Rubinstein … FierceWireless: What are you doing now? How do you spend your time? — Rubinstein: I'm on two boards. I'm on Amazon and Qualcomm. And there's a logic behind...
Apple's Rising Star: Craig Federighi
Software Chief Impresses in the Spotlight at Developers Conference; Now He Must Maintain Loyalty — A new frontman for Apple Inc. is emerging. — At the company's annual developers conference Monday...
Samsung's Galaxy S4 Zoom official: 16-megapixel cameraphone with 10x optical zoom
Samsung is taking the wraps off its new Galaxy S4 Zoom variant today, the latest in a series of spinoffs for its flagship handset. The phone features a 10x optical zoom lens in front of its 16-megapi...
ESPN Is Killing 3D Broadcasts By the End of the Year
ESPN will kill 3D TV by the end of the year. We reached out to ESPN, and the company confirmed rumors, citing lackluster adoption of the technology. This is huge news considering the huge investment...
Fertile Ground
One of my favorite patterns in our industry is when the old and established are wiped out by disruption, irrelevance, or changing fashions. Like a forest fire, clearing out the old is very destructiv...
TechStars NY Fires Their Managing Director Right Before Demo Day
It sounds like the accelerator bubble is constricting right on schedule. According to an email obtained by Valleywag, Eugene Chung, who was hired to replace David Tisch as managing director of TechSt...
A Windows Laptop With an Apple Price, but Less Juice
Laptop sales have been tanking as tablets surge. The new Windows 8 is off to a slow start with users. And the hybrid machines that claim to work as both tablets and laptops are still niche products....
Behind The Maps: WTF Is Waze And Why Did Google Just Pay A Billion+ For It?
The tech industry has seen its fair share of acquisition whoppers lately, with Salesforce acquiring ExactTarget for $2.5 billion this month, and Yahoo putting the icing on its acquisition spree by sna...
Ashton Kutcher's ‘Jobs’ to open nationwide on August 16th following a four-month delay
Early impressions of the Ashton Kutcher-led Jobs were decidedly mixed, but you'll soon get an opportunity to judge the Steve Jobs biopic for yourself. According to Deadline, Open Road Films has annou...
Windows XP's demise will do more for PC sales than Win 8, HP says
XP's parting gift may be just what the PC industry needs — LAS VEGAS — Hewlett-Packard executives say that the coming demise of Windows XP may do what Windows 8 could not, and that's boost PC sales ...
AngelList Raising New Funding From VCs—And Angels On Its Site
And Angels On Its Site — AngelList, the website that helps startups raise angel funding, is now using its platform to raise money for itself. — The startup is raising financing from venture capital...