New Details Show Broader NSA Surveillance Reach
Programs Cover 75% of Nation's Traffic, Can Snare Emails WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency—which possesses only limited legal authority to spy on U.S. citizens—has built a surveillance network t...
Forced Exposure
The owner of Lavabit tells us that he's stopped using email and if we knew what he knew, we'd stop too. — There is no way to do Groklaw without email. Therein lies the conundrum. — What to do? —...
Technology Leaders Launch Partnership to Make Internet Access Available to All
Facebook, Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm, Samsung to be founding partners — MENLO PARK, CA, — Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, today announced the launch of internet.org …
Google and Waze Start Mixing Their Maps for the First Time
Google today is introducing the first integrations between its homegrown Google Maps for mobile and its newly owned Waze. — Google adds Waze — The traffic tab on Google Maps for iOS and Android wi...
Vevo in Deals With Apple, Samsung for TV Programming
Online Music-Video Company to Deliver On-Demand Programming Via Set-Top Boxes, Television Sets — Music-video company Vevo LLC is migrating from YouTube to the boob tube in a back-to-the-future attem...
Barnes & Noble totally reverses strategy in train wreck of an investor call
Want to know what Barnes & Noble's plan is for the future? In that case, it would be wise to ignore pretty much everything the company has said it was going to do in recent months. — Getting out of...
LG Display claims a world's first with 2,560 x 1,440 LCD for smartphones
Full HD displays? Eat your heart out, handset manufacturers. LG Display has just laid claim to the world's first Quad HD (2,560 x 1,440) smartphone display, which also boasts the highest pixel densi...
TiVo Roamio Pro review: this is the ultimate cable box
But it comes at a price — There is nothing more instantly dangerous to the average relationship than screwing up the TV. — It's just a fact, crystallized in 50 years of jokes about remote controls...
Siri vs. the Android: The Sequel
“Your review was the dumbest thing I've ever read. It strains me to avoid profanity in describing how stupid you sound.” — That's the kind of e-mail that brightened my day after I reviewed Google's...
Motorola pulls engraving features from Moto X for now, cites quality control issues
One of the allures of the Moto X is the ability to customize the appearance of the device to your own specifications — even down to having your own message printed on the back of the phone (provided y...
TechCrunch's Picks: The Top 8 Startups From Y Combinator's Summer '13 Demo Day
Convenience tech, developer assistance, and services for senior citizens were the big trends amongst the 45 startups that pitched on the record today at Y Combinator's Summer 2013 Demo Day.
The ‘Mood Graph’: How Our Emotions Are Taking Over the Web
Recently, URL shortener Bitly announced a beta version of its tool for “Feelings”, a “fun bookmarklet to express how you feel about the content you're sharing”. Its tagline, however, is even more tel...
Judge dismisses suit against AOL in patent sale to Microsoft
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing AOL Inc and some of its executives of fraud for repurchasing 14.8 million shares in 2011 without disclosing that the company would se...
Dropbox gives users 1GB of extra space just for linking their account with Mailbox
Cloud storage service Dropbox has revealed a nice little easter egg that is gives users 1GB of additional space for free. All that's required to take advantage of this offer is to link your Mailbox a...
Microsoft unveils ID@Xbox plan to lure indie developers to Xbox One
After unveiling its plans to support self-published games on Xbox One, Microsoft is detailing some of its additional efforts to support indie developers today. As Sony continues to woo indie develope...
Wacom outs Intuos Creative Stylus with revamped Bamboo Paper app in tow for iPad sketching
If you're the type to digitally doodle on the slate that you already own rather opt for a professional-grade unit, Wacom just announced its latest accessory for doing just that.
Security researcher Ibrahim Balic credited by Apple for reporting Developer Center issue
This morning, Apple updated its Apple Web Server notifications page to credit security researcher Ibrahim Balic and several others for pointing out security flaws in their web servers.