Samsung's Analyst Day: Custom ARM core, 560 PPI displays in 2014, and 4K phones in 2015
Samsung just finished hosting their second ever analyst event in South Korea. Admittedly I didn't listen to all seven of the presentations given due to time constraints, but I did download …
Google tech duo thank Snowden for revealing snooping, issue the NSA ‘a giant f*** you’
The revelations that the NSA has seemingly managed to infiltrate and spy upon individuals are bad enough for most of us, but some members of the Google tech team that work specifically on how to keep ...
Nokia's 6-inch Lumia 1520 coming to AT&T on November 15th for $199
Nokia's Lumia 1520 looks set for a release on AT&T next week. The Microsoft Store is now accepting pre-orders with a release date of November 15th for $199 on contract. Following similar deals for t...
AOL Smacks Startup for Using CrunchBase Content It Gave Away
Can you release content under a free Creative Commons license, then change your mind and take that material back? — That's the question posed in a simmering battle between media giant AOL and a thre...
Op-ed: Lavabit's primary security claim wasn't actually true
Moxie Marlinspike is a cryptographer, software developer and security researcher who regularly appears at the Black Hat security conferences. His critique of HTTPS Web encryption has led browser make...
When a great product hits the funding crunch
Today I read a well-done article by The Verge on the shutdown of Everpix, a photo startup that's gained a small but loyal following. It's a great read, and I'd encourage you to check it out. There's...
Apple Adds Suppliers to Boost Smartphone, Tablet Production
Technology Firm to Broaden Assemblers of iPhone 5C — HONG KONG— Apple Inc. is adding new contract manufacturing partners in Asia to boost production of its smartphones and tablets, people familiar w...
KitKat shows caller IDs from Google Places, Apps customers; adding personal accounts in early 2014
Google formally introduced KitKat, the newest flavor of Android, last week, but the company is still revealing new features of the platform: today it confirmed that the phone app is undergoing …
Google Apps dropping support for IE9
Google has announced through its Google Apps blog that it will be dropping support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser in the coming weeks. — The blog post highlights Google's policy for bro...
Nipping At Spotify, Deezer Passes 5M Paying Subs, Adds ‘Hear This’
Spotify may be the world's biggest music streaming company, but rival Deezer is inching closer to its terrain: today the company revealed that it now has 5 million paying users globally …
“Sweetie” Sting: Dutch activists claim to nab 1,000 sex predators using computer-generated “child”
(CBS/AP) AMSTERDAM - Dutch children's rights activists used a computer-generated image of a 10-year-old Philippine girl to catch suspected sex predators and say that, as a result …
Yahoo Refreshes Its Finance Service With Updated iOS Apps And A New Website
Today Yahoo refreshed the iOS application and website of its Finance service. The updates are worthy, and will help Yahoo remain relevant in the financial space, and perhaps support the continued gro...
Bitcoin price soars over $266 and hits a new all-time high
UPDATE (6th October, 12:35 GMT): The price of bitcoin crept up to $269 at 05:30 and then fluctuated mildly until it reached a new high of $270 at 10:30. — The total number of bitcoins in circulation...
Blockbuster to End Domestic Retail, DVD By Mail Services
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) today announced that its subsidiary, Blockbuster L.L.C., will end its retail and by mail DVD distribution operations by early-J...
Backed By Sequoia, Zomato Closes $37M Series D To Expand Its Restaurant Discovery Service Internationally
Zomato wants to eat Yelp's lunch. The Indian restaurant discovery service has been chipping away at the space since 2008, mostly in its home market.
Twitter management to decide on final pricing later tonight, could be above $23-25 range: Sources
Twitter's underwriters plan to price its stock above estimates at $27 per share if the market momentum from today continues, sources tell CNBC. — The estimated price range was originally $23-$25 per...
‘Silk Road 2.0’ Launches, Promising A Resurrected Black Market For The Dark Web
The Silk Road is dead. But the dark web dream lives on. — On Wednesday morning, Silk Road 2. came online, promising a new and slightly improved version of the anonymous black market for drugs …
Instagram Competitor Mobli Gets $60M From Carlos Slim To Build A Visual Search Engine
Mobile picture and video sharing platform Mobli, a competitor to other image-sharing services like Instagram, is today announcing a strategic investment that it hopes will help it catapult itself into...
Mobile Market: iPhone Gains, Google's Got Reach, Facebook Top App
Comscore reports that 62 percent of American adults now carry smartphones (Nielsen says it's 64 percent). The firm's latest smartphone tracking data show that the iPhone remains the top single smartp...
Cyber security company Barracuda's shares soar in debut
(Reuters) - Shares of Barracuda Networks Inc (CUDA.N), a data storage and internet security company, jumped as much as 32 percent in their debut, underscoring a growing interest in the red-hot cyber s...
Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features
Apple has posted a new page on its site, detailing features of iWork that it says it will be restoring over the next 6 months. This is likely in response to the outcry by power users of its products ...
Facebook redesigns the Like button for the first time
When you're redesigning the Like button, which appears on over 7.5 million websites, the details count. Every pixel you change, color you swap, and drop-shadow you alter will get seen 22 billion time...
Verizon: Google, Asus Have Opted To Wait Until Nexus 7 Gets KitKat
We've received an official statement from Verizon on the ongoing Nexus 7 LTE / Verizon saga, a story that has gone silent in the months since Verizon promised …
Square Exploring 2014 IPO With Banks
Technology entrepreneur Jack Dorsey is trying to pull off two high-profile initial public offerings in the span of one year. — Square Inc., the payments startup with a square credit-card reader that...
Microsoft Is Making An Astonishing $2 Billion Per Year From Android Patent Royalties
Microsoft is generating $2 billion per year in revenue from Android patent royalties, says Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund in a new note on the company. — He estimates that the Android revenue has a 95...
Samsung admits its software needs improving, commits half of R&D workforce
Samsung is just like the Red Sox — Samsung today admitted it needs to work on software, an area it's “not as good” at as hardware. Samsung Vice Chairman & CEO Kwon Oh-hyun compares the company's so...
Blockbuster's Death Scene Won't End the Video Rental Store
The long-foretold death of the video rental shop—all but sealed Wednesday with news that Blockbuster will shut its last 300 stores in the U.S.—can be read as a wistful moment for retail nostalgics or ...
New Google Maps For Desktop Brings Back Pegman, Adds Waze Data And 3D Earth Tours
Google today launched an update to its new Google Maps for desktop that brings traffic data from Waze to the desktop for the first time (it's already integrated into the mobile Maps apps).
Google Apps dropping support for IE9
Google has announced through its Google Apps blog that it will be dropping support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser in the coming weeks. — The blog post highlights Google's policy for bro...