“Healthbook” app managing fitness and health data may come preinstalled with iOS 8, integrate with iWatch
iWatch + iOS 8: Apple sets out to redefine mobile health, fitness tracking — Apple has its sights set on another industry ripe for reinvention: the mobile healthcare and fitness world.
NFL deploys iBeacons at MetLife Stadium and Times Square to send ads and alerts to fans for Super Bowl
Another Super Bowl Ad Fest, This Time on the Cellphone — Want to see the Vince Lombardi Trophy that goes to the Super Bowl winner? Take a left in 15 feet. Looking to buy some Super Bowl merchandis...
Nadella in contract talks with Microsoft board, asks Gates to assist with technology, strategy
Satya Nadella in Contract Talks With Microsoft Board — CEO Appointment Could Lead to a New Role for Bill Gates — Microsoft Corp.'s board is in contract negotiations with veteran executive Satya Na...
Nest Team Will Become Google's Core Hardware Group
Google today sold Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion. While many speculated that Google would release phones after it bought Motorola in 2011, it didn't happen — Motorola remained a partner like ot...
Mockup by commerce site Fancy for Twitter shows ability to make purchases from tweets
Is This What Twitter Commerce Will Look Like? — Twitter is getting serious about commerce on its service. So much so, that it looks as if soon you'll be able to buy goods for sale directly from a t...
On BlackBerry 10′s 1st anniversary, BlackBerry's U.S. market share hits 0%
BlackBerry has become the Bluto Blutarsky of the American smartphone market because, as Dean Wormer once said to Bluto, its market share is now “zero... point... zero.” Consumer Intelligence Research...
Lenovo CEO on Apple, Samsung: ‘Our mission is to surpass them’
In an interview with Fortune, Yuanqing Yang says that his company seeks to replicate its ThinkPad success with Motorola. — FORTUNE — Fresh from signing a $2.91 billion deal with Larry Page to acquir...
Aereo Is Out of Capacity in New York City
Last night I started tinkering with a new Roku 3 and Plex, a combination that's delivering a lot of surprisingly impressive (to me, anyway) functionality promised but not delivered by more expensive d...
Twitter Acquires Over 900 IBM Patents Following Infringement Claim, Enters Cross-Licensing Agreement
Twitter announced today that it has acquired over 900 patents from IBM, and that it has entered into a cross-licensing agreement with the Internet services and software company.
YC disallows early investments by its partners in companies it funds to avoid bad signaling
New YC Partner Investment Policy — As of this batch we're introducing a new policy for investments by YC partners in the companies we fund. — YC partners have invested in the startups we fund sinc...
Yahoo to Donna Users: We're Dispensing With Your Indispensable App
Incredible Labs — the company behind smart-calendar app Donna — is being acquired by Yahoo. The app is being shut down, and most of the folks who worked on it will join the Yahoo Mail team.
Nintendo offers a vague, confusing, unfocused vision for its future
The briefings Nintendo gives following its quarterly earnings results are usually relatively dry affairs, filled with charts of worldwide gaming hardware breakdowns and canned enthusiasm about upcomin...
Game Developers Are Trolling the Makers of Candy Crush With Other “Candy” Games
What if a game developer was so concerned about protecting its viral iOS hit that it trademarked the word candy in Europe, and then succeeded in getting Apple to enforce the trademark?
Mayer is working to bring back search technology to Yahoo, ending reliance on Microsoft
With “Fast Break” and “Curveball,” Mayer Is Aiming to Bring Back Search Tech to Yahoo — According to numerous sources inside Yahoo, CEO Marissa Mayer has ordered up two under-the-radar initiatives …
Tor-enabled malware stole credit card data from PoS systems at dozens of retailers
Payment card data was stolen during the past three months from several dozen retailers that had their point-of-sale systems infected with a memory-scraping malware program called ChewBacca.
Airbnb Is Testing Out An Affordable Cleaning Service For Hosts In San Francisco
Peer-to-peer lodgings marketplace Airbnb has been focused on finding ways that it can help its hosts improve the quality of experience for guests that stay in their homes. As part of this effort …
Facebook now lets advertisers target users based on purchases in retail stores
Facebook Uses Data to Charm Advertisers — Facebook Refined its Tools that Allow Advertisers to Target Users Based on Spending Habits in Brick and Mortar Stores — To make the journey from underachi...
Exclusive: Wayfair raises around $150 million in funding
(Reuters) - Wayfair, the online home-furnishings site, is raising around $150 million at a valuation of around $2 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, underscoring the appeal of se...