Facebook to Test Its Own PayPal Competitor in Bid to Simplify Mobile Purchases
Facebook plans to test a new payments product that would allow online shoppers to make purchases on mobile apps using their Facebook login information, according to sources familiar with the company's...
NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds
The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an intern...
Microsoft's ‘touch screen’ for any surface goes on sale
Prototype technology that turns any surface — a wall, table, or floor — into an interactive touch screen has been years in the making. Now, anyone can get their hands on the software. — Screengrab ...
The limits of Google's openness
Corporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft — You may be wondering what happened to the YouTube app for Windows Phone. Last May, after we launched a much improved app on our platfo...
Apple Releases New App Store Review Guidelines with Updated Rules for Kids Apps, Gambling Apps
Apple has updated its App Store Review Guidelines, revising several sections and introducing a number of new rules based on various policies that have been enacted over the last six months.
Mercedes Is Testing Google Glass Integration, and It Actually Works
I put the car in park, unplug the phone, and put Google Glass on my face. Within seconds, I've got step-by-step directions to a coffee shop down the street beamed directly to my eyeballs.
Lenovo posts Q1 earnings, reveals that its mobile sales have overtaken PCs
Don't look now, but Lenovo just became an industry bellwether. While reporting strong first quarter results that include a record $8.8 billion in revenue and $170 million in profit, the tech giant re...
China to probe IBM, Oracle, EMC for security concerns: paper
(Reuters) - China's Ministry of Public Security and a cabinet-level research center are preparing to probe IBM Corp, Oracle Corp and EMC Corp over security issues, the official Shanghai Securities New...
New iPhone, 4G technology may mean Apple, China Mobile tie-up closer
(Reuters) - The stars may be aligning for a long-awaited deal between Apple Inc and China Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest mobile carrier, that could help the iPhone maker claw back lost ground in its ...
Copyright Troll Ran Pirate Bay Honeypot, Comcast Confirms
As the poster child for copyright trolls, Prenda Law has been running into all sorts of trouble lately. — In June, Prenda and its boss John Steele were accused of running a “honeypot” based on an ex...
Roku Trumps Apple TV as Most-Used Streaming Media Player
The Roku is the most popular streaming video device in the U.S., trumping the Apple TV, according to new data from Parks Associates. — Of the 10,000 people polled by Parks, 37 percent of those with ...
Why Some Startups Say the Cloud Is a Waste of Money
Eric Frenkiel is through with convention and conformity. It was just too expensive. — In Silicon Valley, tech startups typically build their businesses with help from cloud computing services — ser...
Multitask Nation: ESPN Lets iPad Users Call Up Scores, Clips, While they Watch Live Video
ESPN's WatchESPN is a very good app that lets you stream the sports channel's live broadcasts to your phone, tablet or TV. But what if you're not content watching a single game at a time?
Meet the Hackers Who Want to Jailbreak the Internet
PORTLAND, OREGON — One guy is wearing his Google Glass. Another showed up in an HTML5 t-shirt. And then there's the dude who looks like the Mad Hatter, decked out in a top hat with an enormous white...
Microsoft's First Chip Brings Tank-Finding Design to Xbox
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), seeking to fend off competition for its Xbox game console by souping up the Kinect motion sensor, is tapping a new semiconductor developer: itself. — For the first time, the ...
Aereo CEO: Service will turn a profit before turning in 1M subscribers
The upstart online TV service will have a “fabulous” business at 1 million users and an “extremely fabulous” one at 5 million, but registrations need only be in the hundreds of thousands for it to be ...
Tastemade Raises Another $10 Million And Launches An iPhone App For Video Reviews Of Local Restaurants
In just 12 months since being founded, Los Angeles-based Tastemade has carved out a place for itself as the go-to place for high-quality videos about food on Facebook.
Google confirms critical Android crypto flaw used in $5,700 Bitcoin heist
Google developers have confirmed a cryptographic vulnerability in the Android operating system that researchers say could generate serious security glitches on hundreds of thousands of end user apps, ...
IBM Buys Israel/US Cybersecurity Specialist Trusteer For $800M-$1B
Another exit for an Israeli enterprise startup and a deeper move into Israel by one of the world's tech titans: IBM today announced the acquisition of Trusteer, a specialist in cybersecurity primarily...
Devices Connect with Borrowed TV Signals, and Need No Power Source
Devices that can make wireless connections even without an onboard battery could spread computing power into everything you own. — WHY IT MATTERS — Being able to create sensors and other electroni...
Stripe comes to Europe, starting in the U.K. — but serious competition awaits
but serious competition awaits — The payments company Stripe has officially moved beyond North America, taking itself out of beta in the U.K. on Thursday. The move means Stripe supports the British ...
The Creepy Ad Firm That's Charging Top Brands For YouTube Ads That Aren't Supposed To Exist
YouTube viewers with a penchant for downloading what they watch have been unwittingly participating in a sketchy advertising cycle that shows them ads in places YouTube and Google never meant for an a...
Worried about wildfires or floods? Trulia heat maps help find safest places to live
If you're looking to buy a home, you don't want that investment taken away from you by a natural disaster. While people who have lived in an area for a while often have a decent idea of the risks inh...