Apple's OS X Mavericks release planned for end of October
Apple plans to release its next Mac operating system, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, at the end of October, according to sources with knowledge of the launch plans. — This comes despite claims and speculation...
Judge lays down Apple's punishment in ebooks case. It's largely in line with what the feds wanted
After weeks of back-and-forth between the Department of Justice and Apple, the federal judge overseeing the ebooks antitrust case issued an injunction against Apple in a filing released Friday.
Crypto expert: encryption libraries, NIST standards now warrant extra scrutiny
On the NSA — Let me tell you the story of my tiny brush with the biggest crypto story of the year. — A few weeks ago I received a call from a reporter at ProPublica, asking me background questions...
Leaked Nokia Lumia 1520 shows the giant 1080p Windows Phone
Nokia is preparing its own large-screen Lumia 1520 Windows Phone. Images of the handset, codenamed Bandit, have leaked previously, but the latest image from Twitter account evleaks shows exactly what...
LG Nexus 5 with LTE makes probable appearance in FCC (update: 5-inch display, Snapdragon 800)
The oft-rumored Nexus 5 is turning into quite a riddle. If you've been following the saga, there has been no shortage of drama in recent memory. Most recently we saw a Google employee snapping pictu...
Note 3 arriving alongside Galaxy Gear October 1st and 2nd for $299.99
Samsung already announced that it's new Galaxy Note 3 will arrive on all of America's major carriers soon, and today AT&T and T-Mobile have confirmed the availability of the company's enormous new sma...
MyGlass update lets you control Google Glass UI with an Android device
As anyone who's stuck Google Glass on their head knows, controlling its UI via swipes, nods and voice commands can sometimes be... awkward. Now you can do it remotely, thanks to an update to the MyGl...
Europe drafts law to ban mobile roaming charges
EU commission legislation would introduce flat rate call charges, but big network providers say changes could cost them €7bn — Europe will ban mobile phone networks from charging customers more to u...
China Telecom (Accidentally?) Offers Peek at New iPhones
Thursday afternoon, a verified China Telecom Corp. account on Sina Corp.'s Weibo microblog put out a post advertising advance orders …
eBay acquires Decide.com, shopping research site will shut down Sept. 30
Decide's CEO Mike Fridgen taps power of data to change how we shop. — eBay is buying Seattle startup Decide.com, gobbling up the online shopping research service that predicted whether prices …
Yahoo releases first transparency report, says government data requests covered
Yahoo published its first global transparency report today detailing the number of government requests for user data throughout the first six months of 2013. The US came out on top, with 12,444 data ...
Let The Music Play: Spotify Is Raising Money Again At A $5.3B Valuation, Says Swedish Paper
Spotify, the very popular music streaming service, is moving ahead with its aggressive growth strategy, and it looks like it's raising more money to do it: a report today in the Swedish financial …
All LinkedIn with Nowhere to Go
In a jobs economy that has become something of a grim joke, nothing seems quite so bleak as the digital job seeker's all-but-obligatory LinkedIn account. In the decade since the site launched publicl...
How Netflix could use Big Data to make twice as much money off you
How much would you pay for a Netflix subscription? — For some people, paying $8 a month for Netflix is a steal. Others aren't so willing to open their wallets. Both types of consumers represent a ...
Techmeme is now writing its own headlines
Right now there's a headline on Techmeme written by our news editors. Our more familiar readers know why this is noteworthy: from the time we launched in 2005 until yesterday, our content consisted e...
Exclusive: Amazon Wants To Offer Its Smartphone for Free. Who Will Follow?
Which technology giant will be the first to offer a free smartphone? Amazon.com Inc. is making a play. — In a previously unreported move, the online retailer and Kindle maker is considering introdu...
Google tells Washington Post it's stepping up encryption rollout between data centers
Google encrypts data amid backlash against NSA spying — Google is racing to encrypt the torrents of information that flow among its data centers around the world, in a bid to thwart snooping by the ...
Apple Won't Introduce New Apple TV Box Next Week, Will Upgrade Software
There are very, very good odds you're going to hear about new iPhones at Apple's event next Tuesday. — But if you're looking for a new Apple TV, you're going to be disappointed. — Despite speculat...
Mapping Silicon Valley's Gentrification Problem Through Corporate Shuttle Routes
Where's the densest place in the Bay Area, the place where the largest numbers of people can use the smallest numbers of buses? By this logic it's not the hipsters that have chosen to gentrify San Fr...
Microsoft Prepping a Surface Docking Station
Yes, we're finally getting the desktop dock we wanted — Another day, another report about next-generation Surface hardware from Neowin. And this time around we get news about one of the more eagerl...
California poised to implement first electronic license plates
Advocates say that electronic license plates can be used to display messages, like EXPIRED. — Compliance Innovations — This week, the California State Senate approved a bill that would create the ...