NSA morale down after Edward Snowden revelations, former U.S. officials say
Morale has taken a hit at the National Security Agency in the wake of controversy over the agency's surveillance activities, according to former officials who say they are dismayed that President Obam...
The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry: An Oral History
In 1984, Mike Lazaridis, an engineering student at the University of Waterloo, and Douglas Fregin, an engineering student at the University of Windsor, founded an electronics and computer science cons...
Local police get metadata dumps from cellular providers, spoof towers using Stingray devices
Cellphone data spying: It's not just the NSA — Police maintain that cellphone data can help solve crimes, track fugitives or abducted children — or even foil a terror attack.
The Sad Story Behind Yahoo's Latest Startup Acquisition: Ptch
On Wednesday we reported that Yahoo acquired a mobile app called Ptch and will shut it down in a month. — Business Insider has since learned from multiple sources that Yahoo paid $6.5 million for Pt...
Binge-viewing was just the beginning. Netflix has a plan to rewire our entire culture
Given all the faces you see glued to computers, tablets, and cell phones, you might think that people watch much less television than they used to. You would be wrong.
German Patent Ruling Threatens Microsoft's Windows Phone Earnings From Android
In yet another round of the patent fights going on over smart phones we find that Microsoft has just been dealt a blow over the revenues it gains from Android hand sets. Yes, read that again …
Inside the Effort to Kill a Web Fraud ‘Botnet’
Working With Law Enforcement, Team Cuts Off Servers for Zombie Computers — For months, investigators at Microsoft Corp. hunkered down in front of their computer monitors, patiently stalking the shad...
How Intel TV failed — pay attention, Google and Apple
pay attention, Google and Apple — analysis Intel aspired to revolutionize cable and satellite with Web TV. Just because it failed doesn't mean Apple, Google, and the rest will too — but they're no c...
Mirroring Amazon, Uber could evolve into a platform for transportation and logistical services
Uber Might Be More Valuable Than Facebook Someday. Here's Why — One of the odd things about traveling between the Bay Area and New York a lot is the asynchronicity of mass culture between coasts …
The Test Begins: Do Google Shopping & Other Shopping Search Engines Give You The Best Deals?
It sounds pretty damning. Two recent surveys suggest that Google Shopping isn't leading searchers to the best prices on products. But the surveys weren't well documented …