Why US government IT fails so hard, so often
The rocky launch of the Department of Health and Human Services' HealthCare.gov is the most visible evidence at the moment of how hard it is for the federal government to execute major technology proj...
Coming from Apple in 2014: 12-inch Retina MacBook, sharper iPad, cheaper iMac?
According to typically-reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, Apple has a slew of new products in the works for 2014. The analyst has summarized his expectations for these new products in a...
Bilton Book: Twitter's Dick Costolo Was Fired (And Rehired) in 2010
Twitter's founding tale keeps getting more and more complicated. — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo was briefly fired from the company by an advisor to the board in 2010, according to a new book detailing t...
Waywire, Cory Booker's Attempt to Build a Web Video Startup, Sells to Magnify
Waywire, the video startup best known for its association with politician Cory Booker, is being sold to Magnify, a Web video distributor. — People familiar with the transaction say that Magnify …
Iconic Homebrew Computer Club to Reunite Thanks to Kickstarter
The legendary computer club where Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak first showed off their early retail computers is reuniting next month — Tech-savvy members of the Homebrew Computer C...
In a Mood? Call Center Agents Can Tell
IN a YouTube clip from one of Steve Jobs's last interviews, he appears to be enjoying reminiscing about how he first hit upon the idea for the keyboardless tablet that eventually became the iPad. — ...
Xero Zeros In On Another $150M To Do Battle With Intuit In The World Of Online SMB Accounting Software
Nearly a year after Peter Thiel, Matrix Partners and others put an extra $49 million into Xero, the online accounting software company is adding yet more capital to its coffers.
Netflix in talks with cable providers to make its service available on set-top boxes
Netflix Pursues Cable-TV Deals — Online Video Service Would Be Available on Set-Top Boxes - Netflix Inc. is in talks with several U.S. pay-television providers including Comcast Corp …
Canadian gov't to push cable providers to unbundle channels
The Canadian government will soon require cable and satellite television providers to make it easier for customers to buy only the channels they want rather than pay for bundles, the country's industr...