CIA's Financial Spying Bags Data on Americans
Information on International Money Transfers Includes Financial and Personal Data of Americans — The Central Intelligence Agency is building a vast database of international money transfers that inc...
Samsung Said to Plan Galaxy Phone Using Three-Sided Display
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) plans to release a Galaxy smartphone next year with a three-sided display that wraps around the edges so messages can be read from an angle, two people familiar with t...
New FCC chairman tells wireless carriers to unlock cell phones
Act now or we will regulate, Wheeler tells CTIA. — In one of his first days on the job, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has asked the CTIA Wireless Association to move quickly...
BBM for Android and iPhone updates now available
Originally published on the Inside BlackBerry Help Blog — A new update to BBM is rolling out for Android and iPhone users. In addition to several new features, bug fixes and performance improvement...
Exclusive - Comcast to sell movies for download, streaming: sources
(Reuters) - Comcast Corp plans to start selling movies for download and streaming through the cable operator's set-top boxes and its Xfinity TV website, according to people with knowledge of the plan.
Pricey, mighty Retina Mini is best small tablet yet
$399.00 — The good: The iPad Mini with Retina Display adds an excellent high-resolution display that rivals the iPad Air's, a far faster A7 processor, and tops it off with improved Wi-Fi and LTE con...
White spaces anyone? Google opens its spectrum database to developers
All of those unused frequencies that linger between TV channels, called white spaces, are ripe for the taking, and starting today network builders and device makers can start using them, with a little...
The Inside Story of How the iPad Got Its Iconic Design
While Jony Ive's group was secretly working on the iPad, Steve Jobs was telling the public and press that Apple had no intention of releasing a tablet. “Tablets appeal to rich guys with plenty of oth...
Pfizer Ditching BlackBerry, Citing Its ‘Volatile’ State
Pfizer Inc. (PFE), the world's biggest drugmaker, will wean off of BlackBerry (BBRY) Ltd.'s phones, citing concerns that the mobile technology company might not be around in the future or may have ser...
Microsoft Office still isn't available for iPad, but now HopTo fills the void
Eventually, Microsoft will bring a touch-optimized version of Office to the iPad. Until that day arrives, however, there's Apple's iWork—and now HopTo, which offers a reskinned version of Word as lov...
Skype is considering adding automatic removal of typing sounds from calls
At a press event in Stockholm, Sweden today, Skype confirmed it is evaluating the addition of a typing suppression feature to its desktop clients that will automatically filter the sound of your finge...
Google wins book-scanning case: judge finds “fair use,” cites many benefits
Google has won a resounding victory in its eight-year copyright battle with the Authors Guild over the search giant's controversial decision to scan more than 20 million books from libraries and make ...
Government requests for user information double over three years
In a year in which government surveillance has dominated the headlines, today we're updating our Transparency Report for the eighth time. Since we began sharing these figures with you in 2010, reques...
Nokia's first Windows Phone 8.1 handset includes ‘3D Touch’ technology
Nokia's upcoming 6-inch Lumia 1520 flagship handset hasn't been released yet, but we're already starting to hear early details on the company's Windows Phone 8.1 plans. Twitter account @evleaks revea...
The Inside Story of How the iPad Got Its Iconic Design
While Jony Ive's group was secretly working on the iPad, Steve Jobs was telling the public and press that Apple had no intention of releasing a tablet. “Tablets appeal to rich guys with plenty of oth...
Google Search for Android now does Siri-style conversational voice commands
The Google Search app for Android was updated today. While Google's official post about the new version mentioned some updated cards and traffic incidents, the real news is that voice search can now ...
Under Armour to Buy MapMyFitness in Embrace of Sports Tech
Under Armour is buying the popular workout application company MapMyFitness for $150 million, putting the sports apparel maker in charge of one of the biggest social sports communities on mobile devic...
Tired of a fat wallet? Coin lets you hold all your cards in a single connected card
Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 — With all the hype surrounding mobile payments these days, that industry faces a monumental problem: Credit cards are already pretty easy to use. — Now Coin, a Y Combinator …
Intel opening temporary showcase stores featuring free movie nights, coffee and events
Intel Opening Retail “Experience” Stores Starting November 23rd — Intel wants to give you a chance to get up close and personal with its PCs. At a press event in New York this evening …
Apple revamps design of iBooks and iTunes U for iOS 7 on iPad & iPhone
Following redesigns of many of its other applications, Apple has completely redesigned its iBooks application for iOS 7. The new iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch app follows the design aesthetic of the b...
Isis Mobile Wallet goes live nationwide, offers freebies
Wave phone, buy stuff: after a long period of trials, the joint venture teaming Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile is finally broadly available.—The wireless carriers' mobile payment initiative, Isi...
Rejecting Billions, Snapchat Expects a Better Offer
What business makes no money, has yet to pass its third anniversary and just turned down an offer worth billions of dollars? Snapchat, a social media service run by a pair of 20-somethings who until ...
Pinterest Expands to E-Commerce Sites With Now-Trending Tool
Pinterest is opening up its popular scrapbooking service to outside developers - a long-awaited move that could juice sales of e-commerce sites while helping the fast-growing startup build its influen...
Education Startup Udacity Bets It Can Fill The Need For More Data Scientists With New Online Degree Program
Hot on the heels of a new $37 million White House initiative designed to encourage data science work at American universities, education startup, Udacity, is responding with a data science initiative ...
Dart, Google's controversial Web language, turns 1.0
Dart leader Lars Bak speaking at Google I/O 2013 — Dart is done. — Well, not completely done — anything not actually cancelled at Google is a constant work in progress — but the company on Thursda...
Android powers four in every five smartphones thanks to growth in China
Gartner's third-quarter smartphone research report is out, and on the surface it paints a very flattering portrait for Google. Mirroring Strategy Analytics' report at the end of last month, Gartner a...
MeeGo Startup Jolla's First Phone To Go On Sale In Finland On November 27
MeeGo startup Jolla has just announced that its first smartphone will go on sale in Finland on November 27th. It will be sold by Finnish carrier DNA - the first carrier Jolla signed up to its Sailfis...
The Story Behind the “What Would I Say?” Facebook App
Am fond of Seinfeld, and I disparage the value of baseball arguments.—That was the first phrase generated just for me this afternoon by What Would I Say?, a new app that runs users' old Facebook statu...
CreativeLive lands $21.5M, looks to upend online learning with live broadcasts
CreativeLive co-founder Chase Jarvis at the company's offices on Thomas Street in Seattle. — CreativeLive co-founder Chase Jarvis is giving a tour of his company's spartan offices — tucked in a form...
Roku and AOL ink deal to bring first news app to the streaming TV boxes
Roku, the company behind the little internet-connected streaming TV box, has signed a deal with AOL to bring the media organization's content to TVs. — Announced today, the deal will see business, e...
Amazon Announces New I/O-Optimized Instances With SSD Storage For EC2
At Amazon's re:Invent developer conference in Las Vegas, the company's CTO Werner Vogels announced a new instance type for applications that need high I/O performance. As Vogels noted, the company's ...
MapQuest Updates Its iPhone App With Improved Cartography And Routing To Take On Google And Apple Maps
On the iPhone, Apple Maps and Google Maps app have gotten all the headlines over the last several years, but MapQuest is still hanging in there, despite a lack of real innovation over the years.
Verizon drops Moto Maker customized Moto X to $49.99 until November 18th
Motorola's world may be concentrated on the release of the Moto G this week but Big Red is working to shift some attention back to the Moto X. The carrier is offering a $50 promotion on customized ord...