Aided by WikiLeaks, Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong to seek asylum in Ecuador
PRISM whistleblower Edward Snowden has left Hong Kong, according to an announcement from the Hong Kong government made Sunday afternoon. With assistance from WikiLeaks, Snowden is said to be seeking ...
Update: As Microsoft Restructuring Nears, Top Execs Fret Over Their Fate
According to sources close to the situation, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is likely unveil his plans to restructure the tech giant to a larger group of senior execs by July 1. — That prospect has man...
Bitcoin Foundation Receives Cease And Desist Order From California
Directly following last month's Bitcoin 2013 conference event in San Jose, CA that brought good revenue into the state, California's Department of Financial Institutions decided to issue a cease and d...
Exclusive: US spies on Chinese mobile phone companies, steals SMS data: Edward Snowden
The US government is hacking Chinese mobile phone companies to steal millions of text messages, Edward Snowden has told the South China Morning Post. And the former National Security Agency contracto...
Facebook Adds Like Button To Mobile Messages, A One-Touch “OK”
“Alright”, “Yes”, and the much-hated “k” just got a visual redesign. Facebook's iOS and Android apps have rolled out the option in messages to reply with a one-tap thumbs-up Like button sticker.
Hulu, Seeking a Buyer, May Shift Course
This year Hulu reached a milestone: viewers streamed more than one billion videos on the site in a single three-month period. — But the valedictory lap did not last long. Even as the number of view...
Source: Snapchat Snaps Up $80M From IVP At An $800M Valuation
It's the second day of summer, and Snapchat has raised an $80 million Series B round at an $800 million pre-money valuation, according to a source. The phat Series B round was led by Institutional Ve...
Life after Kinect: PrimeSense's plans for a post-Microsoft future
When PrimeSense founder Aviad Maizels put a prototype of a 3D sensor on a chip in front of Microsoft in 2006, he had no idea it would lead to the biggest turning point in the Israeli startup's history...
Machinima Wants a Mega-Round. Who Wants to Invest in a YouTube Giant?
With more than two billion YouTube views a month, Machinima is one of the biggest players on the world's biggest video site. — So, how much is that worth? — The people who run the video network ar...
Facebook, With a Focus on Mobile, Works on Project for News Via Users
Facebook Inc. is aiming to become a newspaper for mobile devices. — The social network has been quietly working on a service, internally called Reader, that displays content from Facebook users and ...
Apple notifies iTunes users of $100M in-app purchase settlement details
Parents of kids who racked up hundreds of even thousands of dollars in in-app purchases can now begin to seek compensation for their bills.