Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update from the Windows Store due to ‘a situation’
Microsoft has apparently removed the Windows RT 8.1 update from the Windows Store, citing a situation as the culprit for some users. Microsoft is investigating the issue and will provide further deta...
Twitter Likely to Kill Its Music App
Just six months after launching it, Twitter is strongly considering killing off its Twitter #Music mobile application, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. — It is unclear what Tw...
SoftBank to take majority stake in big U.S. wireless device distributor Brightstar
SoftBank makes $1.26B investment in wireless distributor Brightstar — Sprint (NYSE:S) parent SoftBank said it agreed to take a 57 percent stake in U.S. wireless device distributor Brightstar Corp. f...
Apple inventory snapshot suggests new MacBook Pros imminent, non-Retina iPad mini may live on
A near last minute snapshot of Apple's indirect channel inventory ahead of Tuesday's media event supports expectations of new Retina MacBook Pros, 9.7-inch fifth-gen iPads, and a redesigned Mac Pro …
Anonymity of Bitcoin transactions a boon to ransomware crooks
You're infected—if you want to see your data again, pay us $300 in Bitcoins — Malware that takes computers hostage until users pay a ransom is getting meaner, and thanks to the growing prevalence of...
Seene Uses Computer Vision To Create Unique And Eerie 3D Images On iPhone
It's not often that I use a new ‘photo capture’ app and impressed by it within seconds. It's not that there's not a lot of cool stuff being built out there, it's just that the frontiers are getting c...
CONTROLLING CHAOS: Twitter's Wild Ride From Doodle To IPO
In the fall of 2010, Twitter was in chaos. — The micro-blogging site, which had been founded four years earlier, still wasn't generating much revenue despite having 145 million users. The site was ...
Megaupload Raid ‘Destroyed’ (Way) More Than 10,000,000 Legal Files
When the U.S. Government took down Megaupload it branded the company as a pirate site with seemingly few legitimate uses. Up until now, however, there has been no research to back up this claim.
What Does It Mean for the U.S. to ‘Lose Control of the Internet?’
The NSA revelations have thrown open an Internet governance dispute that seemed resolved. What's next? — Is the U.S. losing control of the Internet? — That's how some are interpreting a statement...