94% of T-Mobile Blackberry promo participants switched to other smartphones
94% of BlackBerry trade-ins switched to other platforms during promo … Tomorrow, March 5th, the $200 trade-in for an old BlackBerry device offer is ending. We've already heard from T-Mobile's CMO …
CNN sells Zite to Flipboard, teams up to launch custom magazines for CNN shows, in deal valued at up to $60M
CNN sells Zite to Flipboard — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) CNN has sold its news reader app, Zite, to Flipboard, a social magazine application. As part of the deal …
Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, Tony Bates and Microsoft's board all initially opposed Ballmer's plan for Nokia acquisition
Microsoft's Nadella Manages Legacy of Ballmer-Board Split — New Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella is seeking to reshape a company whose main businesses are losing steam …
Corning exec: sapphire crystal displays are expensive, heavy, and environmentally unfriendly
Corning exec slams sapphire —rumored for Apple device — A Corning executive launched a blistering critique of sapphire crystal, used as a protective material for displays, on Tuesday.
Getty Images makes 35 million images free in fight against copyright infringement
Getty Images has single-handedly redefined the entire stock photography market with the launch of a new embedding feature that will make more than 35 million images freely available to anyone for non-...
Yahoo acquires social media visualization startup Vizify
Vizify, a Portland-based startup that turns your social media chatter into visualizations, today was acquired by Yahoo. — Founded by Todd Silverstein, Jeff Cutler-Stamm, and Eli Tucker in 2011, Vizi...
Quality of CarPlay implementation varies wildly with car manufacturers
'It's the Software, Dummy' — Dan Moren, writing for Macworld: … I like the analogy. But is CarPlay the iPhone in 2007, or the Rokr in 2005? From what I've seen today: — The Volvo implementation l...
Yielding to Pressure, Facebook Restricts Gun Promotion on Social Network
In a blog post, Facebook said it will remove offers to sell guns without background checks …
OnLive is reborn with IGN founder as chief and two new cloud-based gaming services
Above: OnLive leaders Rick Sanchez, Mark Jung, and Gary Lauder. — Image Credit: Dean Takahashi — OnLive has announced that former IGN chief Mark Jung is its new executive chairman …
Google Capital Pours $50M Into Real Estate Marketplace Auction.com At A $1.2B Valuation
Fresh of its public debut last week, Google Capital is putting more money to work this week with the announcement of a $50 million investment in real estate marketplace Auction.com.
Facebook Will Be First Private Company in U.S. to Pay for Full-Time Beat Cop
Facebook will become what experts say is the first private company in the country to bankroll a full-time beat cop, establishing what could become a blueprint for many more similar partnerships.
Target tech chief resigns as it overhauls security
Target says tech chief resigns as part of security overhaul following data breach — NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp. Chief Information Officer Beth Jacob is resigning effective Wednesday as the retailer...
Samsung devices with Kitkat update no longer showing dubiously high benchmark scores
Samsung's KitKat update seems to remove benchmark-boosting “shenanigans” — Samsung's Android 4.4.2 update appears to correct the boosting behavior we encountered in 4.3.
Apple Working On More Third-Party Integrations For Siri With iWatch In Mind, Report Claims
Apple is working to make Siri play nice with more third-party apps and services, according to a new report from The Information. Within a larger piece on the mobile search battleground and app integr...
In era of free services where we pay with our personal data, privacy is becoming a luxury good
Has Privacy Become a Luxury Good? — LAST year, I spent more than $2,200 and countless hours trying to protect my privacy. — Some of the items I bought — a $230 service that encrypted …
Sally Beauty Hit By Credit Card Breach
Nationwide beauty products chain Sally Beauty appears to be the latest victim of a breach targeting their payment systems in stores, according to both sources in the banking industry and new raw data ...
Business Insider raises $12M from Bezos, others, for staff expansion and UK launch
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Puts More Money Into Business Insider — Site Plans to Use Money to Hire More Staff, Finance U.K. Launch — Business Insider raised an additional $12 million in funding …
Because screw innovation: Uber already deemed illegal in Brussels, two (private) vehicles seized so far
The Brussels government really wants to make it impossible for Uber to operate in the city, even with a P2P ride-sharing service. Two private cars driven by UberPOP drivers were seized this morning.
Car repossession companies profit from scanned license plates showing when and where vehicles were located
A vast hidden surveillance network runs across America, powered by the repo industry — Few notice the “spotter car” from Manny Sousa's repo company as it scours Massachusetts parking lots …
Exclusive: DirecTV in talks with Disney on deal for Internet rights
(Reuters) - DirecTV is in talks with Walt Disney Co to license the rights to offer Disney's broadcast and cable channels as part of an Internet-based product, DirecTV said on Wednesday. — The deal w...
Pitching Security, FreedomPop to Offer Modified Galaxy S II With Encrypted Calling and Texting
With all the attention on the vulnerability of cellphone communications to snooping, a number of players are pitching more secure options. — They range from messaging app Wickr to Silent Circle …