Apple starts selling unlocked, SIM-free iPhone 5s in the U.S.
Apple today released an unlocked GSM version of the iPhone 5s on its online store for the United States. This version of the iPhone 5s includes the same exact capabilities of the non-unlocked models,...
Twitter enables forward secrecy to avoid snooping, joining Google, Mozilla, and Facebook
Forward Secrecy at Twitter — As part of our continuing effort to keep our users' information as secure as possible, we're happy to announce that we recently enabled forward secrecy for traffic on tw...
N.S.A. Report Outlined Goals for More Power
WASHINGTON — Officials at the National Security Agency, intent on maintaining its dominance in intelligence collection, pledged last year to push to expand its surveillance powers, according to a top ...
Sheryl Sandberg Says Facebook Totally Doesn't Have a Teenager Problem
Perhaps you've heard: Facebook may — or may not — have a teen problem. — It's been the talk of the town since Facebook's last earnings call, when CFO David Ebersman admitted that in the past quarter...
id Software founder John Carmack resigns
John Carmack, co-founder and technical director at id Software, has left the company to focus his full-time attention on his role as chief technical officer at Oculus VR, according to a statement from...
What is Instagram's next big thing? Messaging, perhaps
Instagram, known as a visual communication platform, is looking for way to expand its appeal to its community of 200 million (and growing) users. First it was short-form video and next up is messagin...
Microsoft sells 1 million Xbox One units in its first 24 hours
Microsoft has announced a successful Xbox One launch with over 1 million units sold worldwide in the first 24 hours. That roughly matches Sony's PlayStation 4, which also topped 1 million in its firs...
Turntable.fm Shutting Down So Company Can Focus On Turntable Live Events Platform
Today, Turntable.fm has announced that it will shut down its ‘virtual dj’ product entirely to focus on its new Turntable Live platform, which attempts to replicate the ‘being there’ experience of live...
Google invites devs over for a Chromecast hackathon plus SDK show-and-tell, updates official app
Google has slowly trickled out more authorized commercial apps that can stream to its Chromecast dongle since launch (Hulu, Pandora, and most recently HBO Go) but what about homebrew?
Motorola inks deal with 3D Systems to build its modular ‘Ara’ smartphones
When Motorola threw its weight behind Phonebloks' modular smartphone concept, it pretty much signaled to the rest of the industry that the Google company was dead serious about customization.
Apple Stores start selling Retina iPad mini to walk-in customers as regional carriers launch cellular models
Regional carriers are starting to announce availability for cellular models of Apple's new Retina iPad mini just as the company today started offering the device to walk-in customers.
Deezer to launch in the USA in 2014 with a partner, potentially Microsoft
2014 will be the year of US expansion for Deezer, LeFigaro confirmed finally this week. After a week of rumors around Deezer's US launch, as well as a rumor that Microsoft would acquiredthe online mu...
Raspberry Pi now includes Mathematica and Wolfram Language for free
Wolfram wants to make it easier for would-be programmers everywhere to start learning how to code, and it's announced a new partnership today that'll have every Raspberry Pi include at no extra cost a...
Google in Talks to Create Prescription Lenses, Designs for Google Glass
Internet Giant Exploring Ways to Put High-Tech Eyewear in Optometry Offices — Google Inc. 's new computer-powered glasses haven't hit the shelves yet, but already efforts are afoot to keep them from...
What Mozilla is doing with its big pile of new money (Q&A)
Mozilla has embarked on an expensive new effort to build an entirely new mobile operating system, Firefox OS, despite the dominance of Apple's iOS and Google's Android. It's a good thing Mozilla's go...
Microsoft to win EU okay for $7.3 billion Nokia deal: sources
(Reuters) - Microsoft is set to secure unconditional EU regulatory approval for its proposed 5.4-billion-euro ($7.30 billion) takeover of Nokia's mobile phone business, two people familiar with the ma...
Google+ iOS app gets full resolution photo and video backups in iOS 7, new notification tray
Google has updated its Google+ app for iOS with a full-resolution backups of photo and video, a new design for the notification tray, and the ability to share your location.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Blasts “Insidious, Chilling Effects”
The rising tides of online surveillance, and the lack of safeguards from governments to protect individuals against them, are having a disastrous effect …
Some of iWork's missing features return with the latest update
Some of the features culled during iWork's 64-bit transition have reappeared with the productivity suite's latest update. To start, Pages, Numbers and Keynote for OS X are regaining their sorely miss...
Time Warner Cable Has Reached Out to Comcast to Discuss Deal
The Two Cable Firms Are Not in ‘Active Discussions’ … Time Warner Cable Inc. has reached out to Comcast Corp. to discuss a possible combination in recent months, in an effort by Time Warner Cable to h...
More Moolah for MOOCs: Coursera Raises Another $20M
After being founded just last year, online education startup Coursera turned heads this summer when it raised a $43 million Series B round. — Coursera's current business model is selling verified ce...
Foxconn invests $40 million in Pennsylvania to tap research, talent
Don't expect any U.S.-made iPhones yet, but electronics supplier Foxconn Technology Group is expanding its manufacturing presence in the nation with a new $40 million investment to tap research and ta...
FCC confirms it may allow mobile calls during flight, but airlines have final say (update)
The FCC has confirmed that on December 12th, it will consider a proposal that would give airlines the option to let passengers make cellphone calls during flight. But the Commission is also attemptin...
Sift Raises $2 Million For Its Personalized Shopping App, Now On iPhone
Mobile shopping service Sift has closed on $2 million in seed funding, the company is announcing today, alongside its launch on iPhone. The startup first emerged almost exactly a year ago as a way to...
Music Tech Company The Echo Nest Expands Into Ad Targeting
The Echo Nest, a “music intelligence” company whose technology powers recommendations in services like Rdio and Clear Channel's iHeartRadio, is now looking to help partners make money from advertising...
Apple Designer Jony Ive Explains What Steve Jobs Taught Him About Making Great Products
Apple's design boss Jony Ive and designer Marc Newson curated a collection of products they'll auction off at Sotheby's for U2 singer Bono's AIDs charity, (RED). — There are a bunch of cool things …
Android 4.4 KitKat now rolling out to Moto X on T-Mobile and AT&T
Verizon Wireless stunned everyone earlier this week when it became the first carrier to bring Android 4.4 KitKat to the Moto X. The update — which came even before Google's own Nexus 4 received it — w...
Google Play update showcases big-screen optimized apps on tablets
As promised a month or so ago, Google Play is implementing a few changes today that'll push tablet-optimized apps to the forefront. That is, if you're using a device not quite small enough to be cons...
AT&T and Verizon Pressed to Detail Roles in U.S. Surveillance Efforts
Shareholders are putting AT&T and Verizon Wireless on notice: Tell the public more about the companies' role in government surveillance efforts or risk a ding to the bottom line. — Two separate but ...
Introducing node.js Tools for Visual Studio
Just when you thought it couldn't be crazier in Redmond, today they are introducing node.js Tools for Visual Studio! — NTVS runs inside VS2012 or VS2013. Some node.js enthusiasts had forked PTVS an...
Two Harvard University Alum Win Disupted Salesforce $1M Hackathon Prize At Dreamforce [Updated]
Two developers who met at Harvard University 15 years ago are the winners of the Salesforce.com $1 million hackathon for its service to create mobile reports for sales people using the Salesforce.com ...
Here's how Bitcoin charmed Washington
The pair of Bitcoin hearings held this week by Senate committees could have been a disaster for the Bitcoin community. After all, Bitcoin first came to mainstream attention in 2011 when Gawker report...
TapCommerce Raises $10.5M To Compete In The Mobile Ad Retargeting “Land Grab”
Mobile ad retargeting startup TapCommerce is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. — When I first spoke to co-founder and CEO Brian Long earlier this year, he described the ...