iCloud.com beta updated with iOS 7 design
The beta.icloud.com website has been redesigned to match the design of iOS 7. Removing the linen and other Forstall-era design elements, this is the first display of Apple bringing iOS 7 design eleme...
Former Steam boss Jason Holtman lands at Microsoft
Valve veteran will be focused on “making Windows a great platform for gaming” — Jason Holtman, who spearheaded Valve's Steam business for eight years before leaving the company in February, has a ne...
They don't make Windows like they used to
Summary: Microsoft is making the Windows sausage differently these days. And that impacts everything from how products are tested, to how they're launched and updated. — Microsoft announced on Augu...
Yes, Gmail users have an expectation of privacy
Sending email to Gmail users means you expect Google's servers will process it — Consumer groups are up in arms today over a motion Google made in June to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging tha...
Google Search Gets More Personal, Now Lets You Find Your Flight Info, Reservations, Photos And More
Google today announced a number of search features that make it easier for you to find your own personal information through Google Search. The search engine can now find information …
Cisco to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Blames Weak Economic Recovery
Cisco Systems Inc. said it would cut 4,000 jobs, or 5% of its workforce, despite reporting an 18% jump in profit in the fourth fiscal quarter. — John Chambers, chief executive of the big Silicon Val...
Xbox One launch delayed to 2014 in eight European countries
Microsoft originally revealed Xbox One would launch in 21 markets in November, but the company says it's delaying the availability in some European countries. Eight countries have been hit with a del...
Twitter Is Testing Out A New ‘TV Trending’ Box At The Top Of Your Timeline
Twitter is betting big on TV, both as a source of traffic and as a potential source of lucrative advertising revenue. And that's leading the company to test out new ways of bringing even more TV cont...
Student Hub Chegg Files for IPO, Aiming to Raise $150 Million; Expands Board
Chegg, the startup that began as an analog online book rental service and has itself transformed into a multifaceted digital hub for students, has filed publicly for an initial public offering to rais...
Samsung announces the Hennessy, a dual-screen, quad-core Android flip phone
When you think of smartphones, the image of a sleek, minimalist slab is probably what comes to mind. But how about a flip phone? Now there's a form factor you don't see everyday - at least, not on a...
How phone batteries measure the weather
This is the story of the most surprising thing we have yet discovered at OpenSignal. Eighteen months ago we began gathering data on battery performance from our Android app - the metrics available on...
Facebook's Star Manager Peter Deng Becomes Instagram Director Of Product To “Do Fewer Things Better”
Peter Deng built Facebook Chat, Groups and Messenger as its product management director for the last six years. Now he's going to execute the vision of Instagram's founders as its new Director Of Pro...
Meet The Dread Pirate Roberts, The Man Behind Booming Black Market Drug Website Silk Road
An entrepreneur as professionally careful as the Dread Pirate Roberts doesn't trust instant messaging services. Forget phones or Skype. At one point during our eight-month preinterview courtship …
Smartphones Finally Overtook Dumbphone Sales Globally In Q2, Android Now At 79%, Says Gartner
Analyst Gartner has put out its latest smartphone market report, and the Q2 2013 numbers show the inevitable finally occurred: smartphone sales exceeded feature phone sales for the first time.
How A ‘Deviant’ Philosopher Built Palantir, A CIA-Funded Data-Mining Juggernaut
Since rumors began to spread that a startup called Palantir helped to kill Osama bin Laden, Alex Karp hasn't had much time to himself. — On one sun-baked July morning in Silicon Valley Palantir's le...
Glam Media Raises Another $25M As It Prepares To Go Public
Digital media company Glam Media has raised $25 million in new funding, according to an industry source. (The company declined to comment.) — My source said this is a “top up round” for Glam — in a...
eBay launches “My Gadgets”, an easy way to catalog, value and one day sell your gadgets
Today, online auction marketplace eBay launched a new product called “My Gadgets” that it says will let users catalog the tech devices they have and appraise them should they wish to sell any later.
Facebook's trillion-edge, Hadoop-based and open source graph-processing engine
People following the open source Giraph project likely know that Facebook was experimenting with it, and on Wednesday the company detailed just how heavily it's leaning on Giraph.