Elusive bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto is reportedly a 64-yr old living in California
The Face Behind Bitcoin — Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of his sunbaked driveway looking timorous. And annoyed. He's wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks …
Apple building support for driving 4K displays at ‘Retina’ resolution, 60Hz output from 2013 MacBook Pros
4K display running at “Retina” resolution on 10.9.3 — Earlier today, Apple provided developers with the first beta for the upcoming release of OS X Mavericks version 10.9.3.
Dorian S. Nakamoto denies he's Bitcoin founder, heard of Bitcoin 3 weeks ago
AP Exclusive: Man denies he's bitcoin founder … LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man Newsweek claims is the founder of Bitcoin denies he had anything to do with the digital currency.
Apple moved $8.9B in untaxed profits from Australia to Irish subsidiary in last decade
How Ireland got Apple's $9bn profit — US tech giant Apple has shifted an estimated $8.9 billion in untaxed profits from its Australian operations to a tax haven structure in Ireland in the last deca...
Setback for Apple: U.S. judge denies renewed bid for permanent injunction against Samsung
After it just became publicly-known that Apple itself had disclosed confidential licensing terms with respect to which it wanted Samsung sanctioned, Apple has to deal with another setback in its litig...
‘Wello’ iPhone case can track your blood pressure, temperature and more
Last year, Scanadu caught our attention with Scout, its simple-to-use tricorder-style health monitor. Now a new iPhone case promises to make monitoring your vital signs even easier.
Commercial Drones Are Completely Legal, a Federal Judge Ruled
For the moment, commercial drones are, unequivocally, legal in American skies after a federal judge has ruled that the Federal Aviation Administration has not made any legally binding rules against it...
Spotify Acquires The Echo Nest, Gaining Control Of The Music DNA Company That Powers Its Rivals
Spotify has acquired The Echo Nest, as revealed by an official blog post today. The financial details of the acquisition haven't been revealed, but The Echo Nest is a self-described …
Mercedes-Benz plans aftermarket CarPlay installations for older vehicles by end of the year
Update: Mercedes told us its “goal is to offer an after market solution by the end of the year.” — There have been a lot of mixed reviews of Apple's CarPlay, a new feature that brings iOS …
Vine officially bans all sexually explicit content
Vine has previously taken steps to hide pornographic and sexually explicit videos that users share, but today it's outright banning the content. The company has updated both its rules and terms of se...
DigitalOcean Raises $37.2M From Andreessen Horowitz To Take On AWS
Cloud hosting company DigitalOcean raised a Series A round of $37.2 million at a $153 million valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz. Previous investors IA Ventures and CrunchFund also participated, bu...
Facebook rolls out a simpler newsfeed redesign a year after first try was scrapped due to negative feedback
Facebook goes back to basics with latest News Feed redesign — After a year testing an aggressive update, Facebook finally settles on a look — Almost exactly one year ago …
Exclusive: Former Apple CEO John Sculley to launch smartphone brand in India
Former Apple CEO John Sculley is planning on launching a new smartphone brand in India. The yet unnamed brand will be led by Ajay Sharma, who was heading Micromax's smartphone division and was also a...
EBay CEO says top shareholders agree PayPal should stay put
(Reuters) - EBay Inc CEO John Donahoe said on Wednesday that several of the online retailer's most active shareholders have assured him they support his efforts to resist demands by activist investor ...
After 2 Years In Beta, Findery Launches Its Geo-Tagged Story Sharing App On iOS Worldwide
Findery's Caterina Fake On New iPhone App — In a city like San Francisco, there are tons of stories packed into every block — there's the one building that didn't burn down in the 1906 earthquake an...
The Bitcoin project is decentralized; it has no leader by design
We Are All Bitcoin — There is never a dull moment in Bitcoin. Today we have seen heightened media speculation on the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. As of this writing, we have seen zero conclusive ...
Banter Debuts An Anonymous Social Network On Mobile That Focuses On Interests, Not Confessions
A new mobile app called Banter wants to build an anonymous social network on mobile by carving out a niche for itself that falls somewhere in between mobile messaging apps, like WhatsApp or Facebook M...
Pixelworks Discloses Relationship With Apple
Wednesday afternoon, Pixelworks made a major (and mandatory) disclosure to the SEC that Apple represented more than 10% of its revenue. — The stakes couldn't be higher for Apple. Any consumer device...
Trusper Raises $6.17M For Tips Based Social Networking App
New mobile app developer Trusper has just launched with $6.17 million to bring the knitting circle and the farmers almanac into the age of the iPhone. — The Los Gatos based company is the brainchild...
Ex-NSA official warns tech firms that amass vast amounts of personal data to learn from his agency's mistakes
Ex-NSA Official Inglis Warns Tech Firms: Be Transparent — Companies That Amass Vast Amounts of Personal Data Should Learn From Agency's Mistakes, He Says
HootSuite launches HootSuite Labs, a team focussed on developing the next generation of social technologies
Vancouver-based HootSuite has had a banner year. The company successfully raising a massive $165 million Series B venture capital last October, then went on a hiring spree …
OnDeck Capital Raises $77M Led by Tiger Global to Expand Small Business Lending
Tiger Global Management led a $77 million growth round in OnDeck Capital Inc., bankrolling the small business lending site's international and product expansion plans while raising the bar for other c...
Opera brings in-browser video chat to its Android iteration, courtesy of WebRTC
The move brings Opera in line with the other two big WebRTC-supporting browsers, Chrome and Firefox, which both already support the promising protocol in their Android versions.