Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable in all stock deal worth $159 per $TWC share- sources. Deal set for tomorrow morning. Ratio is 2.875 $CMCSA.
Apple to unveil updated Apple TV set-top box by April, release for holidays amid Time Warner, other partner negotiations
Apple Said to Plan New Set-Top Box Amid Time Warner Cable Talks — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is planning to introduce a new Apple TV set-top box as early as April …
Strange bedfellows: Microsoft could bring Android apps to Windows
Of Microsoft's many challenges in mobile, none loom larger than the app deficit: it only takes a popular new title like Flappy Bird to highlight what the company is missing out on. Windows 8 apps are...
IDC: Android and iOS accounted for 95.7% of global smartphone shipments in Q4 2013, and 93.8% for the year
Android and iOS accounted for 95.7 percent of all smartphone shipments in Q4 2013, and for 93.8 percent of all smartphone shipments for the whole year.
Verizon “More Everything” Launches Tomorrow - Increased Data Caps, Lower Prices For Edge Subscribers
The big US carriers are currently falling all over themselves to tweak their plan offerings to be more competitive with each other. After changing the upgrade window of its Edge plans last month …
‘CandySwipe’, a Game Released Two Years Before ‘Candy Crush’
Last month, Candy Crush Saga creator King.com angered the entire internet by announcing their intention to trademark the word “candy” (and the word “saga” but that's another, er, saga).
Dropbox Hires Google's Woodside as Operating Chief
Company Veteran Was Motorola CEO Under Google — Dropbox Inc., the fast-growing online storage company, plans to name Google Inc. executive Dennis Woodside as its first chief operating officer, accor...
Gary Vaynerchuk Launches New $25 Million Seed Fund
Gary Vaynerchuk, the well-known entrepreneur, is launching a $25 million seed fund, which is backed by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. — In an interview, Vaynerchuk said it was not a “pure invest...
Facebook Testing ‘Water Taxi’ to Shuttle Employees From San Francisco
All aboard the Facebook ferry. — The social network launched a private ferry service last week that will shuttle employees between San Francisco and Redwood City, just a few miles from company headq...
Tablet Hourly Usage Study: iPad Dominates, Surface Users More Active During Working Hours
Microsoft has positioned its Surface tablets as devices more fit for work activities as compared to those from other manufacturers. The question remains though, are Surface tablets actually being use...
Source: Former Steam head Jason Holtman has left Microsoft
Photo by Dan Griliopoulos. — Microsoft's often troubled relationship with PC gaming took a positive step in our eyes when the company hired Jason Holtman, previously the head of Steam at Valve, last...
Cisco's Q2 mixed as revenue slides, EPS exceeds target
Summary: Non-GAAP earnings were 47 cents per share on a revenue of $11.2 billion, down eight percent year-over-year. — Cisco talks a big talk when it comes to the value of the Internet of Things in ...
Google partners with VMware to let Chrome OS users access their Windows desktops, data, and applications
Google today announced it has partnered with VMWare to bring Windows access to Chrome OS. More specifically, if you own a Chromebook, you can now use VMware Horizon DaaS to manage …
Ahead of Acquisition Binge, Lenovo Quarterly Revenue Tops $10 Billion for First Time
Lenovo, which is in the process of buying IBM's server business and Google's Motorola phone business, said Thursday that its existing business topped $10 billion in quarterly revenue, a first for the ...
Finally, here come the 64-bit Windows 8.1 tablets
At least one major PC maker is expected to show an Intel “Bay Trail” tablet running 64-bit Windows 8.1 at Mobile World Congress, according to a source familiar with upcoming plans for those tablets. ...
Netflix's Streaming Quality Is Based On Business Decisions by Netflix & ISPs, Not Net Neutrality
Over the past two days, there's been some news articles suggesting that some ISPs, like Verizon, may be purposely throttling or slowing Netflix's video content over their last mile network, because of...
Startup Datacoup Will Pay You $8 a Month If Your Feed It Data from Facebook, Twitter, and Your Credit Card
A startup called Datacoup is far from the only tech company hoping to get rich by selling insights mined from your personal data. But it may be the only one offering to give you money for that inform...
Facebook Drops Two Mobile Ad Partners For Keeping Data Too Long
Facebook has cut two partners from its mobile ad measurement program for failing to honor its policies around data retention and disclosure, AdExchanger has learned. — The companies, HasOffers and K...
PCs sales may suck, but people still are buying Nvidia GPUs
Nvidia can always count on the gamers. — The Santa Clara, Calif., graphics chipmaker on Wednesday posted fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that were better than analysts had expected.
Marc Andreessen: Tech Is Still Recovering From A Depression
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn sat down today at the Goldman Sachs conference in San Francisco, to talk about the thing investors ...
A Snapchat Hack Is Sending People Pictures of Smoothies
This happened to me about an hour ago: I started getting texts from friends asking if I had intentionally snapped them photos of smoothies festooned with the URL of a scammy website. I had not. Hone...
Google's $3.2 Billion Nest Acquisition Is Now Final
Google said in a regulatory filing this morning that it closed its acquisition of Nest on February 7. — The $3.2 billion cash deal brings the smart thermostat and smoke-detecting hardware company an...
Steve Jobs time capsule dug up after 30 years: Exclusive video
Lost Steve Jobs mouse found after 30 years — For 30 years, a potentially priceless piece of technology history was lost somewhere beneath Aspen, Colo. — At the Aspen International Design Conferenc...
The Rise of the Facebook Truthers
Journalists will believe anything about the social network, as long as it's totally outlandish. — Something about Facebook makes journalists lose their minds. How else to explain the seemingly unen...
The Day the Internet Didn't Fight Back
So much for mass protest. — A consortium of Internet and privacy activists had long promoted Feb. 11 as the day the Internet would collectively stand up and shout down surveillance by the National S...
Betaworks unveils Alphaworks, a new equity crowdfunding platform
The New York “startup factory” has invested $1 million alongside SV Angel and Lerer Ventures to make equity crowdfunding easier for startups. — FORTUNE — Since forming in 2008, Betaworks has launche...
Dutch police seize hidden online marketplace Utopia
The Dutch National Police seized the hidden market place Utopia, which was used to sell illegal goods, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Tuesday. — Public Prosecution Service spokesman Wim d...
Dropbox Outlines Its Principles For Handling Government Data Requests
Joining other leading technology firms, Dropbox today detailed the number of national security requests it received in the preceding 12 months for user data of its customers: 0-249. — While Dropbox ...
Microsoft's Mobile Muddle
Saying “Microsoft missed mobile” is a bit unfair; Windows Mobile came out way back in 2000, and the whole reason Google bought Android was fear that Microsoft would dominate mobile the way they domina...
IBM's Watson Group Makes First Startup Investment In “Social Health Management” Pioneer, Welltok
Remember Watson? Yes, the artificially intelligent, question-answering computer system developed by IBM that trounced two former champions on Jeopardy like they were a couple of kindergartners.
Xbox One will get multiplayer tweaks and headset accessories ahead of ‘Titanfall’ release
Early March update improves party chat and friends list features — As an Xbox One system update rolls out this week, Microsoft has revealed more details on the multiplayer-focused improvements comin...