Facebook cleans up News Feed spam by cracking down on Like-baiting, repeated content, and spammy links
News Feed FYI: Cleaning Up News Feed Spam — The goal of News Feed is to deliver the right content to the right people at the right time so they don't miss the stories that are important and relevant...
NSA Said to Have Used Heartbleed Bug, Exposing Consumers
The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather crit...
Appeals court reverses hacker/troll “weev” conviction and sentence [Updated]
A federal appeals court Friday reversed and vacated the conviction and sentence of hacker and Internet troll Andrew “weev” Auernheimer. — The case against Auernheimer, who has often been in solitary...
Amazon plans to announce a smartphone in June, to ship by the end of September
Amazon Preparing to Release Smartphone — Retailer Has Plans to Announce Phone in June, Begin Shipping By End of September — Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to release a smartphone in the second half ...
Dropbox responds to uproar over Condoleezza Rice: our commitment to your rights and privacy will continue
Our commitment to your rights and privacy — There's nothing more important to us than keeping your stuff safe and secure. It's why we've been fighting for transparency …
IAC bought 11% of Tinder from Palihapitiya for only $55M, valuating company at $500M
Hot But Not That Hot: Tinder Stake Sale Puts Valuation of Whole Startup at $500 Million — As in dating online, a Bloomberg report from earlier today that put the valuation of popular dating app Tind...
Samsung Galaxy S5 and Gear devices begin selling in 125 countries
Samsung Brings Galaxy S5 and New Gear Devices to Global Market — Summary: — ·The new Galaxy S5 and the Samsung Gear devices - Samsung Gear 2, Samsung Gear 2 Neo, and Samsung Gear Fit - are ready t...
IAC said to buy back 10% of Tinder from VC Chamath Palihapitiya, valuing company at $5B
IAC Said to Buy Back 10% of Dating App Tinder for $500 Million — Mobile-dating site Tinder Inc. is taking off so fast that it's now worth almost as much as its majority owner, Barry Diller's IAC/Int...
Report: 44% of Twitter Accounts Have Never Sent a Tweet
Twitter is having no trouble signing up users. But some new research provides an update on the size of an ongoing problem: getting people to tweet. — A report from Twopcharts, a website that monito...
Another SF protest at the home of a Googler targets lawyer accused of evicting families
SF housing protests get personal as another Googler is confronted at home — There's an undeniable second boom underway in the tech sector, and the consequences, both positive and negative …
Apple vs. Samsung docs reveal Galaxy Tab was a flop and Samsung knew it
Top secret sales data revealed during the Apple vs. Samsung trial this week shows that Samsung knew that the Galaxy Tab sales figures (and overall Android tablet sales) it and various market research ...
Microsoft and Sony invest in Intellectual Ventures' latest acquisition fund, Apple and Intel decline
Exclusive: Microsoft, Apple diverge on bankrolling big patent buyer — (Reuters) - Patent buyer Intellectual Ventures has persuaded Microsoft and Sony to invest in its latest acquisition fund …
Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders May Soon Be Allowed to Work in the U.S.
It may be about to get easier for Indian programmers to get work for their spouses in the United States. — The U.S. is planning changes to the immigration rules that will make the country more attra...
Sony warns of battery fire risk in latest Vaio Fit 11A laptops, 26,000 affected worldwide
Sony Issues Warning Over Vaio Battery Fire Risk — Nearly 26,000 Personal Computers Affected World-Wide — TOKYO— Sony Corp. said Friday there was a risk that batteries made by Panasonic Corp …
Apple rests its case against Samsung after calling it a copycat yet again
After nearly five full days of court, Apple has rested its case against Samsung, marking a turning point in a trial where billions of dollars hang in the balance. Now it's Samsung's turn to go on the...
Facebook report shows where and how often it blocked illegal content
Facebook's plan isn't a secret: Mark Zuckerberg wants to connect the world, be it through the website proper or a buzzy, expensive mobile messaging app. Breaking down communication barriers also mean...
Chrome beta for Android makes it easy to send web video to Chromecast
You no longer have to engage in some hidden setting gymnastics just to send web videos from Chrome for Android to your Chromecast. Google has rolled out a Chrome 35 beta that lets you deliver “some” ...
The Hunt Raises $10M From Khosla For Crowdsourced Shopping
The Hunt, a website designed to help shoppers find specific items to buy online, has raised $10 million from Khosla Ventures and Javelin Ventures. This brings The Hunt's total funding to $15.5 millio...
YouTube Hurts Music Album Sales, Research Finds
In recent years many academics have researched the link between Internet piracy and the revenues of the major music labels, with varying results. Some have concluded that there is no adverse impact o...
Amazon Web Services launches R3 instances
Summary: It's been a busy time for the cloud giant, which is finding itself fighting off competitors increasingly these days. — Amazon Web Services announced the availability of R3 instances, the ne...
Google is testing a program with advertisers to match web users to in-store sales
Google Tests a Way to Follow You to the Mall — Internet Giant Working With Advertisers to Match Web Users to Their Purchases at Stores — Retailers have long struggled to determine whether online a...
Reddit Starts Listing Trending Subreddits To Get More Users Into Its Smaller Communities
Subreddits are, perhaps, reddit's biggest strength. Introduced in 2008, they're a huge part of the reason why the site rose to popularity, and why that popularity has yet to taper off.
Apple Developers Must Now Agree To Ad Identifier Rules Or Risk App Store Rejection
Apple has just updated a section in iTunes Connect, the service mobile developers use to distribute and update their applications on the iTunes App Store, with new language that details how the Advert...
Cloudflare's extensive testing with Heartbleed unsuccessful in retrieving private SSL key data
Answering the Critical Question: Can You Get Private SSL Keys Using Heartbleed? — The widely-used open source library OpenSSL revealed on Monday it had a major bug, now known as “heartbleed”.
Twitter.com brings interactive real-time notifications for replies, retweets, favorites, and DMs
Stay connected with notifications on twitter.com — When it comes to your interactions on Twitter, it should be easy for you to stay connected to what's relevant.
Alibaba to acquire AutoNavi in $1.5 billion deal
Summary: The Chinese e-commerce powerhouse already had a 28 percent stake in the mobile-map developer, and has been seeking a full acquisition in order to fold the technology into its platform. — Th...
Amazon Web Services launches R3 instances
Summary: It's been a busy time for the cloud giant, which is finding itself fighting off competitors increasingly these days. — Amazon Web Services announced the availability of R3 instances, the ne...
LinkedIn now shows you jobs open at your own company
Your next dream job could be at your current company. — It sounds counterintuitive, but LinkedIn aims to make employees more aware of new opportunities within their companies. It's rolling out a fe...