Samsung Loses Bid for Presidential Veto of Apple-Won Import Ban
Samsung Electronics Co. must stop importing certain models of its smartphones and tablet computers after President Barack Obama's administration let stand a ban won by Apple Inc. in a patent-infringem...
Nest Gives the Lowly Smoke Detector a Brain — And a Voice
And a Voice — One day in June, about 20 engineers and managers at the startup company Nest went on a field trip. They didn't need to pack a lunch. Their destination: a storage closet near the bathr...
Office for iPad will debut after Microsoft's touch-friendly Windows version
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has revealed that the company is planning to bring Office to the iPad with a touch user interface. Speaking at a Gartner event in Florida today, Ballmer said “iPad will be...
Google announces HP Chromebook 11 for $279, we go hands-on
Today Google announced some new hardware: the HP Chromebook 11. Priced at $279, this 11-incher is available today, and we've already spent had a change to get our hands on several units. — The lapt...
All But Confirmed - Google Hangouts 1.3 Screenshots Suggest SMS/MMS Integration; Video Sharing Capabilities Coming Too
Several days ago, I started a series of rumor posts on my personal Google+ account discussing some Android rumors I felt were interesting enough to share …
Yahoo Mail Gets Cross-Platform Themes, 1TB of Storage, ‘Mail Plus’ Features For All And Better ‘Conversations’
Yahoo is updating its Mail app across all platforms with a fresh design that includes syncing themes, a new compose experience, collapsible toolbar and better handling of threaded conversations.
Microsoft Announces Azure For US Government, Satya Nadella Dodges The CEO Question
At the San Francisco offices of Yammer, Microsoft's Satya Nadella today announced a new instance of its Azure cloud product built for U.S. government customers. The product, formally called …
Samsung eyes software acquisitions, has evaluated several gaming and mapping startups
A Weak Spot for Samsung? — South Korean Giant Weighs Software Deals to Better Compete With Apple, Google — Samsung Electronics Co. is stepping up its hunt for acquisitions and building …
Early Apple designer and Frog Design founder Hartmut Esslinger on 4 areas ripe for innovation
The Godfather of Apple Design Spots 4 Looming Tech Trends — Before there was Jony Ive, there was Hartmut Esslinger. The founder of the influential design consultancy Frog started working …
Zulily files for $100M IPO — reveals $331M in 2012 revenue, 2.2M active customers
reveals $331M in 2012 revenue, 2.2M active customers — Fast-growing Zulily is looking to take the IPO plunge. — The Seattle company, which sells clothes, toys and accessories for babies, kids and m...
BBC Launches Playlister, A Social Music Service With Spotify, YouTube And Deezer To Tag Tracks Heard On BBC
On the heels of the BBC ramping up its iPlayer on-demand video and music player as the go-to place for all its digital assets, the UK's public broadcaster is also gearing up to take its music service ...
BlackBerry, Kik Interactive settle lawsuit over instant-messaging app
BlackBerry Ltd. has settled its lawsuit against Kik Interactive, a company started by one of its former co-op students which developed a rival instant messaging application to its BlackBerry Messenger...
PayPal Unveils Yet Another Way to Pay in Stores. Now It Has to Get People to Use It.
Another day, another announcement of a product aimed at getting shoppers to buy stuff in retail stores using an app on their phone instead of a physical credit card or cash.
Sharp Bringing OS X-Compatibility to New 32" 4K Touchscreen Monitor
Sharp has announced that its 32" 4K touchscreen monitor will eventually have drivers for full OS X touchscreen support, reports Japanese site Mac Otakara [Google Translate] (via 9to5Mac).
Basis bags $12M for health-tracking watch amid growing competition in wearable tech
Seven months after announcing an $11.5 million Series B round of funding, Basis Science is filling its coffers once again. On Tuesday, the startup behind the Basis health-tracking wristwatch …
Fox, Sinclair and Local TV file suit against Aereo in Utah
This post has been updated. Please see details below. — The fight over Aereo is moving to Utah. — On Monday afternoon, Fox Broadcasting Co., Sinclair Broadcast Group and Local TV filed suit in fe...
Baked in Britain, the millionth Raspberry Pi
For British computing this is quite a day. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced that a million of the tiny cheap computers aimed at transforming education have now been made in the UK. — When ...
Google chairman Eric Schmidt's next book will tell you how to lead a tech company
Eric Schmidt will reveal stories and advice from how he led Google for a decade in an upcoming book. The former Google CEO's first book, The New Digital Age, was just released this past April …