Fred Wilson to Senator Manchin: “Benefits of Bitcoin will be as important, impactful, and beneficial as that of the Internet”
A Letter To Senator Manchin — Senator Joe Manchin wrote a public letter to financial regulators asking them to “take appropriate action to limit …
Amazon Talks to Music Labels About a Streaming Service
Amazon gives away movies and TV shows to people who join its Amazon Prime subscription service. When will it start giving away music, too? — Maybe this year. People have been predicting that Amazo...
UK spy agency intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users
• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk — • 1.8m users targeted by GCHQ in six-month period alone — • Yahoo: ‘A whole new level of violation of our users’ privacy'
Hands-free Google Voice Search in Chrome
If you've ever tried to cook and search at the same time—say, when your hands are covered in flour and you need to know how many ounces are in a cup—you know it can be tricky. With the latest Chrome ...
California Court: Drivers Can Read Cellphone Maps
Drivers in California can legally read a map on their hand-held cellphones while behind the wheel, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. — The 5th District Court of Appeal reversed the case of a Fre...
Google donates $6.8 million to fund free transit rides for San Francisco youth
Amid widespread protests over tech companies' use of public transit infrastructure, Google said today it would fund two years of free transit rides for San Francisco youth. The $6.8 million grant …
Google Redesigns Hangouts For iOS, Adds Video Messages And Animated Stickers
California Court Rules In Favor Of Using Cellphone Maps While Driving — Google today launched a new version of its Google+ Hangouts for iOS app. This new version is the first to be fully optimized ...
Facebook Messenger for Windows will shut down on March 3
Facebook today began prompting Facebook Messenger for Windows users with a message saying the app is shutting down next week. Without much of an explanation, the company plans to kill off Windows sup...
The Fingerprint Scanner On The Samsung Galaxy S5 Will Be Accessible By Developers
Samsung's Galaxy S5 includes a fingerprint scanner embedded in the home button, and that hardware will be made available to third-party devs, the company announced today at a developer-focused event d...
Nintendo ending DS and Wii online multiplayer in May
Nintendo has announced that it will end support for its online multiplayer service on the DS and Wii. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will shut down on May 20th, meaning that games will no longer work onli...
Andreessen Offers Defense in Wake of Icahn's eBay Criticism
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen defended the corporate-governance practices of the technology industry and said he recuses himself from boardroom discussions that could involve companies his firm i...
Microsoft to add a standalone Windows Enterprise version to its business line-up
Summary: Microsoft is introducing a Windows Enterprise Edition SKU available for the first time to those without Software Assurance. — Microsoft is tweaking its line-up of Windows versions for busin...
Feds Refuse to Release Public Comments on NSA Reform — Citing Privacy
Citing Privacy — The Obama administration has received 28 proposals from corporations with ideas for managing the NSA's massive database of U.S. phone call metadata. But don't expect to see the prop...
Marketing Chief Kathy Savitt's Star Rises at Yahoo
A management shake-up at Yahoo Inc. has conferred more power on Kathy Savitt, a marketing executive who has quickly risen to become one of Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's most prominent and trusted li...
Carl Icahn Goes After The eBay Board In A New Open Letter With 6 Facts
Carl Icahn is out with a new open letter to the shareholders of eBay. — There has been quite a back and forth between the activist investor and eBay's board, and the scrap continues today with Icahn...
Hulu is selling its Japanese service to Nippon TV
Hulu Japan is being acquired by the local broadcast giant Nippon TV. Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins announced the move in a blog post, which read in part: … Hopkins said that the service had grown to a size w...
Meet Oppia, Google's New Open Source Project That Allows Anyone To Create An Interactive Learning Experience
Google has become an increasingly active participant in the world of education, particularly when it comes to exploring the role technology can play in re-imagining the way we learn.
It's official: Google Barge moving to Stockton
The guessing game about Google Barge's future destination after leaving its current construction site on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay is over. — CNET has confirmed that Google Barge will be ...
“Free-to-play” shouldn't include in-app purchases, says European Commission
The European Commission has begun talks with tech companies and authorities to crack down on misleadingly advertised “free” games and apps. — “Consumers and in particular children need better protec...
Salesforce Q4 Beats Street, as CFO Smith Plans Exit
Cloud software company Salesforce.com just announced quarterly earnings results that were slightly better than what analysts had estimated, and the company announced that CFO Graham Smith will retire ...
Netflix engineers experiment with bump-based video sharing and sleep tracking
Netflix uses its internal Hack Day competitions to encourage new thinking around its streaming video service, and its latest event has produced a few clever experiments that we wouldn't mind seeing in...
Europe invites Apple, Google to discuss ‘in-app’ purchases
(Reuters) - The European Commission announced plans on Thursday to tackle one of the scourges of the modern age - games on tablets and mobile phones that allow adults and children to rack up vast cred...
Apple Explains Exactly How Secure iMessage Really Is
Millions and millions of people use iMessage every day. But how many people know exactly what's going on behind the scenes, or what happens to a message once you send it? — Maybe a handful. Up unt...
GCHQ, aided by NSA, intercepted and stored webcam images of millions of global Yahoo users
UK spy agency intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users — • Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk — • 1.8m users targeted by GCHQ in six-month period alone
eBay chairman Omidyar defends board members, CEO against Icahn attack, says PayPal should remain part of the company
Statement by Pierre Omidyar, eBay Inc. Chairman of the Board — I am eBay Inc.'s founder, board chairman and largest shareholder. — A new eBay shareholder, Carl Icahn …
Hands-free Google Voice Search in Chrome
If you've ever tried to cook and search at the same time—say, when your hands are covered in flour and you need to know how many ounces are in a cup—you know it can be tricky. With the latest Chrome ...
A Long Tail of Whales: Half of Mobile Games Money Comes From 0.15 Percent of Players
Oh, you've spent a couple dollars on Candy Crush? How cute. — In a mobile monetization report released today, app testing firm Swrve found that in January, half of free-to-play games' in-app purcha...
Microsoft to add a standalone Windows Enterprise version to its business line-up
Summary: Microsoft is introducing a Windows Enterprise Edition SKU available for the first time to those without Software Assurance. — Microsoft is tweaking its line-up of Windows versions for busin...
Google Launches Maps Gallery To Make Public Data Maps More Discoverable
Google today launched the Google Maps Gallery, an extension of the Google Maps Public Data Program it announced last October. The new gallery is meant to showcase maps from the organizations Google i...
T-Mobile has turned every accepted practice in the mobile phone business on its head
T-Mobile Turns an Industry on Its Ear — A rash of consumer-friendliness has broken out across the mobile data industry. Over the last year, the four major carriers — AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mob...
Meet Moov, the fitness tracker that turns Siri into your new personal trainer
Nikola Hu is running wrong. He's loping along, leaning back as he goes. Suddenly a voice emerges from his phone: “Your cadence is low. Try swinging your arms legs and arms faster.”
Best Buy profit beats, set to cut costs more; shares jump
(Reuters) - U.S. retailer Best Buy Co Inc (BBY.N) reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday and announced more aggressive cost cuts this year, sending its shares up nearly 6 percent...
Spotify and Ministry of Sound settle music playlists copyright lawsuit
Playlists based on dance brand's compilations will be removed from streaming service's search engine — Dance brand Ministry of Sound and streaming service Spotify have reached an “amicable” out-of-c...
With $50 million, ClearSlide will beef up analytics for salespeople
ClearSlide [1], the provider of services designed to help sales people better communicate with customers, just raised a whopping $50 million. It plans to use the funding to scale up and continue deve...