Microsoft Board Said to Lean to Mulally, Nadella in CEO Hunt
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s board is focusing on Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally and internal executive Satya Nadella as part of a group of more likely candidates to become the next C...
Apple offers Black Friday savings in Europe, gift cards in Australia
For several years, Apple has joined other retailers in discounting various products for Black Friday. Unfortunately for deal hunters, that's not the case this year. When shoppers visit the company's...
Want Android and Firefox OS in one phone? Geeksphone has something lined up for you
Spain's Geeksphone is a scrappy little manufacturer that started off making Android handsets for open-source cognoscenti before becoming the first creator of Firefox OS developer devices.
Samsung's marketing splurge doesn't always bring bang-for-buck
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co is expected to spend around $14 billion - more than Iceland's GDP - on advertising and marketing this year, but it doesn't always get value for money. — The outlay...
Google's privacy policy violates Dutch data protection law, Dutch DPA says
Google's practice of combining personal data from different Google services violates the Dutch data protection act, the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) said Thursday. But Google will not face a...
The internet mystery that has the world baffled
For the past two years, a mysterious online organisation has been setting the world's finest code-breakers a series of seemingly unsolveable problems. But to what end? Welcome to the world of Cicada...
Bitcoin Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About the Future of Money
The price of a bitcoin topped $900 last week, an enormous surge in value that arrived amidst Congressional hearings where top U.S. financial regulators took a surprisingly rosy view of digital currenc...
Stolen smartphone database is complete, says CTIA
But will it make a difference? — AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless launched a database for stolen smartphones last year, and today the wireless industry says that database is complete. C...
U.S. Government Caught Pirating Military Software, Settles For $50 Million
In recent years the U.S. Government has taken an aggressive stance towards copyright infringement, both at home and abroad. — “Piracy is theft, clean and simple,” Vice President Joe Biden said when ...
Suddenly, Upworthy Clones Are Everywhere And Millions Of People Are Reading Them
On March 26, 2012, a new media startup called Upworthy launched. Now it has 50 million monthly unique readers. — Almost all of its readers come from Facebook. The headlines, which Upworthy's edito...
PS4 will see some PSN features disabled to ensure smooth European launch
PlayStation 4′s list of launch day PSN services has been updated by Sony, confirmed that a few small features will be turned off to ensure a smooth ride on day one. — Sony posted an update on PS Blo...
Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Adds ‘Extra Security’ With One-Time Password Card
Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has announced some new updates and features to its platform including a one-time password (OTP) card. — This battery-powered password generator is linked to a us...
Who Will Own The Next Great Instant Messaging Service?
The social media era was about what we make public. Now, it's about what we don't. The race to own the next great back channel. — Instant messaging is the center of the internet. Everything else ...
Despite US opposition, UN approves rights to privacy in the digital age
Summary: Despite last week's US-led opposition to the United Nations' “Rights To Privacy In The Digital Age,” the resolution put forward as a reaction to US surveillance activities was passed. — Vio...
Baidu says Android now has 270 million daily active users in China. Mobile Internet statistics galore
Reliable data about Chinese smartphone users is hard to come by. There is no centralized app store there, and since most of Android smartphones in China do not use any of its services …
Kim Dotcom's Mega cloud storage service gets an official iPhone app
Now that Kim Dotcom's cloud storage service Mega is available to the public, it's finally found time to launch the iOS app it's been promising. With its Android app already four months old, the new M...
Embeds Return To New Google Maps, Will Soon Include Ads
Google has quietly brought back embeds to its new Google Maps interface today and announced that it plans to include ads in these embedded maps in the coming weeks. — When Google launched the new ve...