Google removes “Add to Feedly” and “Tweet This Page” extensions after they were paid to show adware
Google Removes Two Chrome Extensions Amid Ad Uproar — Google removed two Chrome browser extensions from its web store after it was discovered the software included code …
Paramount first major studio to release movies in digital format only, abandons film
Paramount stops releasing major movies on film — It becomes the first big Hollywood studio to embrace digital-only U.S. releases. Others are expected to quickly follow suit. — Roll credits.
The Tipping Point (E-Commerce Version)
The news around shopping during the holiday season was dominated by two separate stories. One talked about how traffic to brick-and-mortar stores was well below expectations, and that these retailers...
Sony's SRF-39FP Radio: The iPod of Prison
In early 2005, Josh Demmitt arrived at a federal prison camp, in Sheridan, Oregon, to serve a thirty-month sentence for starting a fire outside an animal-testing facility at Brigham Young University. ...
As Microsoft CEO Rumors Continue to Churn, One Thing Is Clear: Gates Will Be More Visible at Microsoft
On Friday, the latest chatter in the ongoing rumor mill that has become the Microsoft CEO search began again, with sudden noise that the new leader would be announced sometime in the next few days.
IBM Revives Effort to Sell Low-End Server Business
Revives An Effort That Came Close To Yielding A Deal Last Year — International Business Machines Corp. is exploring a sale of its low-end server business, according to people familiar with the matte...
Canada Says Bitcoin Isn't Legal Tender
The Canadian government, along with regulators including the central bank …
More on Silk Road creator: FBI arrested Ulbricht before he could close laptop, Ulbricht asked agent posing as dealer to execute Silk Road employee
Eagle Scout. Idealist. Drug Trafficker? — Ross Ulbricht's last moments as a free man were noisy enough to draw a crowd.
Inside Apple's MFi game controller program: Why the current crop of controllers aren't up to snuff
Apple's new MFi game controller program offers a lot of promise for gaming on iOS— the top mobile gaming platform around could also soon be a serious platform for hardcore gamers.
Activist groups like OpAntiBully try to help bullying victims, doxx perpetrators
The Online Avengers … One day last April, a 25-year-old named Ash smoked a cigarette in the garden of his London workplace and scrolled through the Twitter feed on his phone.
After Mulling Sale, Business Insider Raising a New Round of Funding
Business Insider — which rejected an informal acquisition offer of around $100 million floated by AOL last year and has discussed other sale efforts — is likely to be raising a new round from its exis...
Marc Andreessen Is Using Twitter Like A Real Human, And It's Amazing
Nowadays, if you're a prominent or powerful person, a Twitter presence has become de rigueur. But for the vast majority of those who tweet, their Twitter account is just a feed for press releases.
The Rise Of The Hedge Fund Startup Investor (Again)
The first question I thought of when I read that San Francisco hedge fund Coatue Management was the backer behind Snapchat's $50 million round of funding was which VC firm lost the deal. My second qu...