Why mobile web apps are slow
I've had an unusual number of interesting conversations spin out of my previous article documenting that mobile web apps are slow. This has sparked some discussion, both online and IRL. But sadly, t...
Nations Buying as Hackers Sell Computer Flaws
On the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, two Italian hackers have been searching for bugs — not the island's many beetle varieties, but secret flaws in computer code that governments pay hundreds of...
The Number Facebook Doesn't Want You To See
It turns out Facebook users drastically underestimate the size of their audiences. Yes, everybody's there, but nobody is listening. — Image by John Herrman — For all our obsession with “likes,” c...
Google delays building of new campus
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google (GOOG) has delayed for up to a year construction of a massive campus at the NASA-Ames research center in Mountain View, apparently because the tech titan seeks to improve the de...
BlackBerry Z10 prices slashed across the board: $99 at Verizon and AT&T, $49 on Amazon
Looking for an excuse to try out BlackBerry's latest flagship? Here's one: now it's cheap. Folks willing to sign up for a usual two year agreement can score the BlackBerry Z10 for $99 at both AT&T a...
Meet Terry Myerson, the most important man at Microsoft
He's in charge of Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox. Can he make it all work? — In December 2008, there was an emergency meeting at Microsoft that those present reportedly nicknamed the “cage match....
One Microsoft: will Ballmer's big reset mean better products or more broken promises?
Redmond bets on tearing down the walls between Windows and Xbox — Microsoft has always been a giant castle with many fortresses. Internal battles and power struggles have led individual divisions …
Internet pioneer Vint Cerf talks online privacy, Google Glass and the future of libraries
From online banking to exploring the farthest reaches of the universe, it's difficult to imagine how we ever got by without the Internet. — We can work, study, order groceries, watch movies …
Stickers: From Japanese craze to global mobile messaging phenomenon
Japan-based mobile messaging company Line raised eyebrows in May when it revealed that it made $17 million from selling stickers during the first quarter of 2013. Last year stickers were all but unkn...
Building a Better Dell: More R&D, Less PCs
Silver Lake is betting it and company founder can restore the computing icon to its former luster. — Private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners may soon be wagering $1.4 billion on a bet that many ana...