Carl Icahn Denied in Bid to Upend Dell Buyout Vote
Carl Icahn, the activist investor, can't seem to get a break from the Delaware Chancery Court. — A judge in that court turned away Icahn's petition asking it to intervene and stop a buyout vote sche...
Remotely Assembled Malware Blows Past Apple's Screening Process
Research unmasks a weakness of Apple's App Store: new apps apparently are run for only a few seconds before approval. — WHY IT MATTERS — More than 600 million devices with Apple's iOS have been so...
ICANN officially kills Google's plan for dotless Search top level domain name
Board resolution quashes dotless domains again, at least for now. — ICANN's New gTLD Program Committee has passed a resolution confirming a prohibition on so-called dotless domain names …
Moto X Skip NFC smartphone key official, ships free with Moto Maker orders
Skip for Moto X surfaced on Motorola's site briefly yesterday, giving us some insight into the company's new PIN-free unlocking tool before the $20 product was pulled. Today, though, Google's smartph...
Inside the bitter YouTube battle between Microsoft and Google
Why do these companies love to hate each other? — The gloves are off: Microsoft and Google find themselves battling in more product areas than ever while fighting a very public war of words.
Snowden downloaded NSA secrets while working for Dell, sources say
(Reuters) - Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden began downloading documents describing the U.S. government's electronic spying programs while he was working for Dell Inc in April 2012, almos...
Yahoo Names Maynard Webb Permanent Board Chairman
“Maynard Webb's leadership and guidance have been an invaluable part of our board since he joined it in 2012,” a Yahoo spokesperson said in a statement. “We are honored that Maynard will continue to ...
EdgeRank Is Dead: Facebook's News Feed Algorithm Now Has Close To 100K Weight Factors
The next time you tell a client how Facebook selects and ranks the content that shows up in the News Feed, you'll need to do it without using the word EdgeRank. — EdgeRank, Facebook's original News ...
BlackBerry CEO to Make $55.6 Million If He Sells Company
BlackBerry Ltd. (BB) Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins stands to make $55.6 million if he sells the company and is ousted. — That's the amount he's entitled to receive if BlackBerry has a chang...
China's Alibaba Invests In ShopRunner, Amazon.com Rival
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. recently agreed to what could be a major investment in website ShopRunner Inc., a U.S.-based competitor to Amazon.com Inc. in offering two-day shipp...
Taxi E-Hail Startup Flywheel Launches In Los Angeles To Take On Uber, Lyft, And SideCar
Mobile taxi-hailing app Flywheel is growing fast, doubling its number of rides over just the last two-and-a-half months. And with new funding in place, it's looking to enter new markets to provide …
Virus targets the social network in new fraud twist
(Reuters) - In the world of cyber fraud, a fake fan on Instagram can be worth five times more than a stolen credit card number. — As social media has become increasingly influential in shaping reput...
Samsung Said to Introduce Wristwatch-Like Smartphone Next Month
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) will introduce a wristwatch-like device named the Galaxy Gear next month that can make phone calls, surf the Web and handle e-mails, according to two people familiar w...
Nokia to launch Windows RT tablet in September, alleged pictures leak
Nokia is planning to launch its first Windows RT tablet in September. Sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed to The Verge that the company will unveil its tablet at a special launch event ...
Build-a-Phone Workshop: my first encounter with Moto Maker and a customized Moto X
Turns out 18 is a lot of choices. — As one of the first people allowed into Motorola's Moto Maker program, I had a chance to design the phone I always wanted, to order a phone made by Motorola but d...
Apple Appears to Be Hiring in China
Apple Inc. seems to be beefing up hiring in China. — Among the more than two hundred openings in China on professional network site LinkedIn, some of the eye-catching China-based positions include a...
What Ad Network Problem? Vungle Raises $6.5 Million for Mobile Video Ads.
Public investors aren't very excited about ad networks and ad technology. But private money is still placing bets. — The newest: A $6.5 million A round for Vungle, a mobile ad network focused on “i...
With Gmail Overhaul, Not All Mail Is Equal
Google Funnels Offers Into ‘Promotions’ Folder, Tops Them With Its Own Ads; Kate Spade, Groupon and Gap Want Out — For some retailers that rely on emailed promotions, Google Inc. is adding insult to...
Plague of game dev harassment erodes industry, spurs support groups
The greatest threat to the video game industry may be some of its most impassioned fans. Increasingly, game developers are finding themselves under attack by some of the very people they devote their...
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Wants to Get a Million Programmers to “Code for India”
Karl Mehta has spent years doing financial startups and more recently worked as a venture capitalist, helping other technology companies get their start. — Now the Menlo Ventures partner is embarkin...
Microsoft killing Games for Windows Live store on August 22nd
Microsoft is shutting down its Games for Windows Live marketplace on August 22nd. In a support note on the company's Xbox site, Microsoft reveals that its Points system and PC Marketplace will be clo...
Apple IPhone Antitrust Complaint Dismissed by U.S. Judge
Apple (AAPL) Inc. won dismissal on procedural grounds of a lawsuit claiming the company maintains a monopoly over iPhone applications. — U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, Califo...