Lockdown
Officially, Google killed Reader because “over the years usage has declined”.1 I believe that statement, especially if API clients weren't considered “usage”, but I don't believe that's the entire rea...
Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88
Douglas C. Engelbart, a visionary scientist whose singular epiphany in 1950 about technology's potential to expand human intelligence led to a host of inventions — among them the computer mouse — that...
German minister: Stop using U.S. Web services to avoid NSA spying
Summary: Germany is one of the most privacy conscious nations in the world, with data and privacy laws stronger than any other in the EU. And amid the NSA spying scandal, the country's top security c...
Tim Cook heralds sweeping iPhone sales push to Apple retail leadership
Apple CEO Tim Cook and his leadership team are moving to implement sweeping changes to the way iPhones are sold and marketed in order to deflect competition from smartphones running Google's Android o...
Microsoft CEO Said to Give Bates Mergers Role in Revamp
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is considering a reorganization that would put Skype president Tony Bates in charge of acquisitions and relationships with software develop...
Moto X Details Revealed: Colors, Wallpapers, Engravings Will Be Customizable at U.S. Factory
Motorola's upcoming phone called the Moto X will allow users to fully customize the look of the device with different colors and an engraving, sources have told ABC News.
AT&T prepping sale of customers' anonymous location information and Web, app usage data
AT&T (NYSE:T) said it “may” begin selling anonymous information about its customers' wireless and Wi-Fi locations, U-verse usage, website browsing, mobile application usage and “other information” to ...
Yahoo Acquires Xobni for Upward of $30 Million (Like ATD Said, Part 2)
Yahoo said it has bought Xobni, as AllThingsD had previously reported it was planning to do. — According to numerous sources close to the company, Yahoo paid $30 million to $40 million for the maker...
How Facebook's IPO Created the Best-Paid County In America
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics …
Mastercard and Visa Start Banning VPN Providers
Payment providers are increasingly taking action against sites and services that are linked to copyright infringement. — There's an unwritten rule that Mastercard and Visa don't accept file-hosting ...
Apple now No. 1 in customer satisfaction on Samsung's home turf of South Korea
Apple's products are renowned around the world for quality, but now the company's iPhone has achieved yet another milestone: it has taken the top spot for customer satisfaction in South Korea the home...
Samsung to build five new R&D centers in Korea for $4.5 billion
You gotta spend money to make money. Samsung knows that, which is why the Korean powerhouse will be spending about 5 trillion won (roughly $4.5 billion) to build five new R&D centers over the next th...
REPORT: Samsung Pays $30 Million For NYC-Based Web-TV Startup Boxee
Samsung has reportedly paid $30 million for Boxee, a digital video startup that's been trying to figure out how to create an cable-killing service for a few years now. — The report is coming from Is...
Steven Sinofsky agrees to Microsoft non-compete through 2013, pockets $14 million in shares
Former Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky has finalized his leaving agreement with the software giant this week. In an SEC filing published on Wednesday, Microsoft notes that the ex Windows chief …
EE DoubleSpeed LTE goes live July 4; 802.11ac router, Mobile Payments, more
UK 4G carrier EE has revealed its latest devices, including an 802.11ac router for EE's fiber, as well as detailing its shared 4G plans and double-speed roll-out. EE DoubleSpeed will go live on July ...
Algorithmic Privacy versus Personal Privacy
Fifty two percent of Americans believe that US Government officials should not be able to monitor “emails and other online activities” to prevent future terrorist activities, according to a Washington...
14-inch Razer Blade gaming laptop review: smaller, faster, lighter
Most companies refresh their products on an annual basis, carefully timing development and release schedules to match consumer demand, product obsolescence and component upgrades. It's the norm, an e...
Boxee Cloud DVR shutting down July 10th in wake of Samsung acquisition
Earlier today news broke that Samsung had acquired streaming set-top box manufacturer Boxee for $30 million, and it looks like the company is going to be killing off the Boxee TV's Cloud DVR service a...
Southwest Offers Free In-Flight TV in Partnership With Dish Network
Southwest Airlines Co. is offering free live television to fliers' smartphones, tablets and laptops under a partnership unveiled Monday with Dish Network Corp. — The move that marks a departure from...
Twitter Shows The Way Forward With Do Not Track
Twitter today announced a new way of targeting advertisements for its users, including a partnership with three online tracking firms: media6degrees (m6d), Chango, and Adara. This new system will dis...
Android flaw lets attackers modify apps without breaking signatures
The vulnerability affects 99% of Android devices and has existed since Android 1.6, researchers from security firm Bluebox said — A vulnerability that has existed in Android for the past four years ...
Exclusive: Viber testing new business model, hijacking your cellular calls
Last month, Viber announced reaching 200 million users of their service. The company's current growth is particularly impressive, with data showing half a million new users joining the service every ...