Google CEO: Motorola to be better served at Lenovo, which is “all-in” on making mobile devices
Lenovo to acquire Motorola Mobility — We've just signed an agreement to sell Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion. As this is an important move for Android users everywhere, I wanted to explain why...
Facebook Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Results
Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. — “It was a great end to the year for Facebook,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Face...
Apple aggressively pushing to take Arizona sapphire plant live in February for ‘critical’ product component
In November of last year, Apple announced that it would be opening up a new manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona. Since that time, little information has come out about the plant except …
Obama proposes creation of six new tech manufacturing hubs
President Obama made a push for an expanded high-tech manufacturing base in the US during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, proposing the creation of six new high-tech manufacturing hubs i...
After Google Pressure, Samsung Will Dial Back Android Tweaks, Homegrown Apps
In early January, while the rest of the consumer technology world at CES marveled at the sheer size of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy tablet, Google execs were dismayed by what they saw on the screen of th...
Flat Sales of Wii U Put Nintendo in Hot Seat
TOKYO — Nintendo said Wednesday that poor sales of the Wii U game console had caused a big drop in revenue in the first nine months of its financial year, adding pressure on the company to execute a s...
New 3D Printer by MarkForged Can Print With Carbon Fiber
Looking for a better way to make racecar parts, Gregory Mark invents a 3D printer that can print in tough, lightweight carbon fiber, the first of its kind. — Gregory Mark co-owns Aeromotions, which ...
Why Hasn't Twitter Just Given @N His Name Back?
Yesterday Naoki Hiroshima, an Echofon developer, posted an article about how he lost his extremely short Twitter handle @N in an extortion scheme. Hackers compromised his GoDaddy account with social ...
New Web addresses now live: .bike, .guru, others now open
Remember this day: it's the day the Web started to expand. As of Wednesday, Internet users can now register addresses in new domain names — the official term for everything that comes right of the do...
Samsung devours over 60 Carphone Warehouse stores in major European push
Samsung is literally taking over the phone industry — 60 Carphone Warehouse stores across Western European will be converted to dedicated Samsung outlets, according to a press release from the two c...
Nintendo plans non-wearable health products, still has no interest in smartphone gaming
Nintendo has again confirmed today that it won't introduce its games to smartphones and tablets, however, company President Satoru Iwata did reveal plans to introduce non-wearable technology that moni...
Here Come the Google Glass Videogames (Video)
Games are a rapidly growing category on Android, with the top 200 games on Google Play grossing some $12 million per day worldwide, according to Distimo. — Now, here come the inevitable games for on...
Amazon to Offer Kindle Checkout System to Physical Retailers
Project Would Give E-Commerce Firm Access to More Customer Data — Amazon.com Inc. plans to offer brick-and-mortar retailers a checkout system that uses Kindle tablets as soon as this summer, people ...
California regulator tells unapproved coding bootcamps to “seek compliance or be shut down”
California regulator seeks to shut down ‘learn to code’ bootcamps — Caption: Hackbright Academy and others face hefty fines if they don't comply with regulators
Lavabit case highlights legal fuzziness around encryption rules
While privacy advocates may see Lavabit as bravely defending U.S. privacy rights in the online world, federal judges hearing its appeal of contempt-of-court charges seem to regard the now defunct encr...
Dell's new Android HDMI dongle turns screens into virtualized desktop computers for $130
Dell's betting that a bunch of business people want to be able to carry their work computer around in their pocket. Not literally, of course, but with the release of the company's $130 dollar Wyse …
Facebook Officially A Mobile Ad Firm With 53% Of Ad Revenue Now Coming From Its 945M Mobile Users
Linode Moves From Monthly To Metered Billing — Facebook hit a major milestone with today's Q4 2013 earnings as it crossed the halfway point and now earns 53% of ad revenue from mobile …
Electronic Arts Sales Come Up Short in Console Transition
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), the No. 2 U.S. video-game maker, posted third-quarter sales that fell short of analysts' estimates and cut its full-year revenue outlook as shoppers spend less on games for ...
Data centres now ‘magnets’ for DDoS attacks, says Arbor report
Bigger, badder but also sneakier — Data centres have become “magnets” for DDoS attacks with many recording a marked rise in incidents during 2013, Arbor Networks' latest Worldwide Infrastructure Sec...
Yahoo Has Closed The Tomfoolery Acquisition, Will Shut Down Anchor, Team To Work For Bonforte
We now have more details about the deal between Yahoo and Tomfoolery, an enterprise app studio co-founded by ex-Yahoo and ex-AOL alums, which we and others have reported is getting acquired by Yahoo.
Verizon LTE now available in 35 NYC subway stations
Many commuters around the world take underground connectivity for granted at this point, but New Yorkers are still disconnected more often than not while riding the subway, or even just waiting for a ...
Apple 2013 Mac Pro review: successful workstation design, a great template for future versions
A pro with serious workstation needs reviews Apple's 2013 Mac Pro — Specs at a glance: 2013 Apple Mac Pro OS — 3.0GHz 8-core Xeon E5-1680 v2 (Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz)
Exclusive: Google close to settling EU antitrust investigation - sources
(Reuters) - Google and EU regulators are close to settling a three-year antitrust investigation into the company's suspected anti-competitive behaviour after it offered improved concessions to allay c...
Gmail bug made some users accidentally delete emails
A recent bug in Gmail resulted in some users accidentally deleting emails and reporting others as spam when applying those actions to other messages. Google says the bug cropped up in a software upda...