NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with U.S. intelligence offi...
TIME Exclusive: Icahn Files Apple Shareholder Proposal
The richest man on Wall Street is opening a new front in his quest to persuade Apple to part with more of its massive cash stockpile. — Veteran investor Carl Icahn is opening a new front in his ques...
Andy Rubin leads Google's new manufacturing-focused robotics effort that acquired seven companies in the last six months
Google Puts Money on Robots, Using the Man Behind Android — PALO ALTO, Calif. — In an out-of-the-way Google office, two life-size humanoid robots hang suspended in a corner.
Leaked: Uber's Internal Revenue and Ride Request Numbers
Valleywag has obtained detailed internal financial information indicating that Uber, the e-hailing app that has spawned a hundreds of half-baked pitches, is making a lot more money than its investors ...
Next USB plug will finally be reversible
Work has begun on a new generation of USB that will break compatibility with existing connectors in order to improve ease of use and allow for thinner devices. The new connector, called Type-C, is an...
China Mobile signs deal with Apple, bringing iPhone option to 700 million+ subscribers later this month
Apple, China Mobile Sign Deal to Offer iPhone — Tie-Up Would Give Apple Access to 700 Million Subscribers … China Mobile Ltd. has signed a long-awaited deal with Apple Inc …
LG G Flex Hands-On: First Self-Healing, Flexible Smartphone
The future will not be flat. That's what LG's Dr. Ramchan Woo declared as he unveiled the new LG G Flex during an exclusive press event in California. The 6-inch handset is one of the first to offer...
Two million stolen Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, ADP passwords found on Pony Botnet server
Summary: Trustwave's SpiderLabs found a Pony Botnet Controller server holding over two million passwords and account credentials for ADP payroll, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and more belonging to victims...
Three UK offers free data, text and calls while roaming in the USA
Hey hey, it's a party in the USA, or at least, it will be for UK-to-US travelers who are signed up to Three. The network has just announced that those intrepid pond-hoppers will be entitled to roam w...
Plex for Chromecast: new clues hint at imminent launch
One of the most-requested features for Google's Chromecast streaming stick has been support for local file playback, and it looks like Chromecast users won't have to wait much longer: Media center app...
Hands-on with the YotaPhone: the e-ink Android phone that nobody expected
There was a moment, back in 2012, when we had some quiet doubts about the YotaPhone. The first prototype was desirable, useful, and far beyond any kind of gimmick — but it also seemed like it'd be ha...
iBeacons Used To Deliver Location-Based Access To iOS Newsstand Publications
iBeacon, Apple's hyperlocal trigger tech in iOS 7, is an innovation that holds a lot of promise, and that will probably continue to make waves in the retail industry for a long time to come.
FCC chair: ISPs should be able to charge Netflix for Internet fast lane
Newly anointed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said this week that it would be OK for Internet service providers to charge Netflix and other companies for a faster lane to consu...
Beats Music Streaming Service Launches January 2014, Fires Up Username Reservations
The new Beats Music streaming music service will launch January 2014, according to CEO Ian Rogers. The service also launched a ‘name claiming’ site today that lets you snag a primo username early.
Google Search for Android gets app listings, surfacing results from inside apps on your device and Google Play
Google today announced a big update to Google Search for Android that will make it a lot easier to find information. In short, the company has added app listings …
Verizon wins approval for $130 billion takeover of Vodafone's share of its wireless network
Months after Verizon confirmed its $130 billion buyout of Vodafone's stake in Verizon Wireless, the FCC has given its approval. With the commission's blessing, Verizon will have complete control …
Google invites Glass Explorer Edition owners to upgrade their eyewear
Google promised early Glass wearers that they could eventually upgrade to next-generation Explorer hardware, and that moment is finally at hand. The company is now inviting owners to swap devices thr...
Twitter Is About To Officially Launch Retargeted Ads
Twitter is ready to roll out retargeted ads fueled by browser cookies, sources confirm. Twitter could make the announcement as soon as tomorrow, expanding retargeted ads beyond the “experimental” pha...
Rhode Island School of Design President John Maeda Departs for Roles at Kleiner Perkins and eBay
John Maeda, the former MIT professor who is a director on the boards of Sonos and Quirky, is leaving his job as president at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design to take a role at venture fir...
Amazon's New Cloud Desktop Service, Amazon WorkSpaces, Arrives On iPad
Amazon WorkSpaces, the company's recently announced virtual desktops service and competitor with VMware, has now arrived on the iOS platform, or more specifically, on iPad. The new app will allow tho...
Intuit Buys Docstoc for a Price of Up to $50 Million to Round Out Small Business Services
Intuit has acquired Docstoc, the electronic document service aimed at the sale and storage of a wide variety of documents for businesses. — While the well-known Silicon Valley-based business softwar...
Obama administration backs patent troll bill, House vote set for this week
The White House has been trying to crack down on patent trolls, and today it's come out in support of a House bill that would begin to do just that. The bill, Representative Bob Goodlatte's (R-VA) In...
This Is the MIT Surveillance Video That Undid Aaron Swartz
The door to the network closet pops open and a slender figure enters, a bicycle helmet hanging from one arm. He sheds his backpack and pulls out a cardboard box containing a small hard drive, then kn...
Publishing Platform Medium Keeps Iterating With New Photo, Layout Tools And Collection Controls
Medium, the blog publishing platform from Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, has today released new features and a few design changes. — Medium has sprouted from a seedling to a full-fledged media to...
iPad Air Wins Black Friday-Cyber Monday: New Devices Increase by 51%
According to a recent VentureBeat article, 54% of parents are looking to buy technology gifts this year. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday now behind us, many of the temporary deals that make these ...
European Commission clears Microsoft's Nokia purchase
The European Commission has given Microsoft's planned acquisition of Nokia's mobile device business the green light. EUapprovesmsnokia In a press release dated December 4, the Commission said it had ...
Twitter IPO Sparks Investor Interest in Social Startups
DataSift Inc., a startup that makes information from social sites easier to manipulate, wasn't planning on raising money this year — until Twitter Inc.'s initial public offering prompted a surge of in...
Techmeme finally posts stories to its Facebook page
You may not know this, but Techmeme's had a Facebook page since 2007. And it has garnered many “likes”, including Mark Zuckerberg's. (You may have heard of him!) Unfortunately, and perversely, Tech...
Google May Have Lost NORAD, But It's Still Tracking Santa This Year
After years of collaboration with Google, NORAD decided to partner with Microsoft instead last year to release its Santa Tracker app exclusively on Windows 8. That's not going to change this year, bu...
Former Wall Street Journal reporter launches The Information, a tech news site with a $399 annual subscription
Letter From the Editor — Technology news needs a reboot. There are more stories and outlets than ever, but a troubling cycle is playing out:
Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates Put $9M Into EducationSuperHighway To Improve School Broadband
The digital divide between those who have Internet access and those who do not is often described as an economic or geographical issue, but there is another divide that actually runs across both of th...
Tech's space appetite eclipses highs of dot-com boom
Technology companies have leased 40 percent more San Francisco office space since the start of 2010 than during the five-year dot-com boom. — That's just one eye-catching statistic in a comprehensiv...
You are the query: Yahoo's bold quest to reinvent search
When Yahoo launched its home page redesign in February — its first such overhaul in the Marissa Mayer era — the company's chief executive sent out a jovial tweet: — A new experience launching on Yah...
Any.DO's Cal app vies for your attention on Google Play (video)
While a ton of calendar apps already populate Google Play, we bet Any.DO fans will still be happy to hear that Cal has finally made its way to Android-land. The software retains most of its iOS count...
More drone envy: Former Wired editor's 3D Robotics adds $6M for commercial drones
The rise of the drones continues this week, as 3D Robotics is announcing today that it has raised $6 million in funding from venture capital firm Mayfield. The money will help commercialize drones …
Bluetooth 4.1 prepares headsets and more to connect to the 'Net
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group said Wednesday that it had published Bluetooth 4.1, which prepares Bluetooth peripherals for the “Internet of Things” by allowing them to serve as both hub and per...
Mint's personal finance app comes to Windows devices with Live Tile support
It's been a long time coming, but Mint has finally released a version of its personal finance app for both Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8. Just like its Android and iOS iterations, the app lets user...
Video on Demand Pushes TV Viewing Up - Nielsen
No one watches TV anymore. — You don't, and no one you know does, and it's just a matter of time before the TV Industrial Complex folds in on itself and disappears. — Except ... it turns out that ...
Misfit Wearables Raises $15.2M on Back of Shine, Even as Founder Dismisses Activity Trackers
Misfit Wearables, maker of the Shine wearable activity tracker, has raised $15.2 million in Series B funding. — The round was led by Li Ka-Shing's Horizon Ventures and included previous backers Foun...
Inside Vertu, makers of the world's most expensive phones
The company that grew out of Nokia's answer to ‘what if you could build a phone without worrying about the money?’ — Vertu started life in the late 1990s as an indulgence for Nokia's designers.