Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview now available to download
Windows Phone 8.1 now available to download — After 18 months since the last major Windows Phone update, Microsoft is finally releasing Windows Phone 8.1 to developers today. The software maker det...
Windows Phone 8.1 review: a magnificent smartphone platform
It's a 0.1 update that feels like a 2.0 update. — For the growing number of Windows Phone users, Windows Phone 8 was a frustrating release. The major difference between Windows Phone 7.5 and Window...
Facebook is reportedly prepping an e-money service, and is close to getting approval in Ireland
Facebook wants to be more than a social network — it is planning to facilitate financial services in the form of electronic money and remittances, the Financial Times reports (as spotted first by Bene...
Early internal document reveals Android was initially designed without touchscreen support
Here's What Android Looked Like Before the iPhone — One of the more interesting documents that came to light during the Apple-Samsung document last week was an early internal Google document …
Greylock's Chris Beard joins Mozilla's Board of Directors, becomes interim CEO
Mozilla Moving Forward — Mozilla finds itself in the midst of an unexpected leadership transition. Along with my fellow board members Reid Hoffman and Katharina Borchert, I am pleased to announce …
Google buys Titan Aerospace, the maker of high-altitude drones Facebook was considering
Google Buys Drone Maker Courted by Facebook — Internet Giant to Acquire Titan Aerospace — Google Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy Titan Aerospace, a startup maker of high-altitude drones …
Alpine Planning to Release Aftermarket CarPlay Console This Fall
Car electronics manufacturer Alpine will begin selling a standalone aftermarket console that will support Apple's CarPlay vehicle integration feature, reports Japanese business newspaper Nikkei.
Heartbleed bug responsible for theft of 900 Canadian tax ID numbers
Canada's taxpayers may be the first victims of the Heartbleed bug that put the web on high alert last week. According to the Canada Revenue Agency, 900 social insurance numbers (SINs) were stolen by ...
Google considering giving a boost in its search-engine results to websites that use encryption
Google May Push Sites to Use Encryption — A powerful voice at Google wants websites to be more secure. — In a move that experts say could make it harder to spy on Web users …
Google's updated terms of service clarifies how emails are analyzed for targeting ads
Google unveils email scanning practices in new terms of service — (Reuters) - Google Inc updated its terms of service on Monday, informing users that their incoming and outgoing emails …
David Fincher pulls out of talks to direct Sony Pictures' Steve Jobs film
David Fincher Out of Steve Jobs Movie in $10 Million Fee Fight (Exclusive) — The director was negotiating with Sony to reteam with “The Social Network” writer Aaron Sorkin and producer Scott Rudin.
Samsung exec at trial: marketing drove our sales; designer denies influence of slide-to-unlock
Samsung Designer Denies Apple Influence: “Absolutely Not” — Did Samsung steal its slide-to-unlock feature from Apple's smartphone software? — “Absolutely not,” said Samsung senior UI designer Youn...
Beauty And E-Commerce Brand Julep Raises $30M To Disrupt The $160B Cosmetics Industry
Julep, a cosmetics and beauty brand and e-commerce platform, has raised $30 million in Series C financing; Azure Capital, Madrona Venture Group, Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Maveron all ...
Netflix streaming speeds on Comcast jump 65 percent after controversial deal
Netflix customers on Comcast are already seeing the benefits of a controversial pact between the streaming service and cable provider. Comcast jumped five spots in Netflix's ranking of ISP performanc...
How and why startups like Lyft and Quora are increasingly taking big late-stage investments
Rich Start-Ups Go Back for Another Helping — Quora, a question-and-answer website, didn't need to raise money. It had barely touched $60 million in venture capital that it accepted just two years a...
A profile of Benchmark venture capitalist Richard Barton
The Art of ‘Something From Nothing’ — SEATTLE — Entrepreneurs are lucky to have one big score. Richard Barton has had a string of them, by repeatedly asking the same simple question: What piece of ...
Did Microsoft just kill its anti-Google ‘Scroogled’ campaign?
Summary: A Microsoft Corporate Vice President claims Microsoft is ‘done’ with its ‘Scroogled’ campaign. But is the company really Scroogled out? — Has Microsoft quietly done away with its anti-Goog...
Google Glass Kit Kat update arrives ahead of tomorrow's big sale, but removes video calling
Still need a push to drop $1,500 on Google's Glass headset when they go on sale to all US residents tomorrow? After skipping a couple of months, the team behind it is pushing a big software update …
Guardian and Washington Post win Pulitzer prize for NSA revelations
Pair awarded highest accolade in US journalism, winning Pulitzer prize for public service for stories on NSA surveillance — The Guardian and the Washington Post have been awarded the highest accolad...
18% of online Americans have had important personal information stolen, up from 11% last year
More online Americans say they've experienced a personal data breach — As news of large-scale data breaches and vulnerabilities grows, new findings from the Pew Research Center suggest …
Windows Phone 8.1 natively supports Apple Passbook data, an unannounced feature Apple may want to stop
Apple's Passbook passes are being used by Windows Phone 8.1 and Microsoft Wallet — When Apple introduced Passbook in iOS 6 they billed it as a way to store all your tickets, coupons …
Napster co-founder Sean Parker to run Brigade, a startup that aims to boost civic engagement
Napster co-founder Sean Parker to lead civic startup — Big tech industry players want to help get out the vote and are pouring millions into a new start-up to boost American civic engagement.
Amazon Says No to Accepting Bitcoin, Maybe to Building an Amex or Visa Competitor
Like bitcoin? Like Amazon? Want to use bitcoin to buy stuff from Amazon? — I have some bad news for you. Not going to happen anytime soon. — “Obviously it gets a lot of press and we have consid...
Microsoft makes Office Online available in Chrome Web Store
Summary: Microsoft is making the Web versions of its Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote apps available to users through the Chrome Web Store. — Microsoft's Office Online — the Webified and free ver...
Samsung says Galaxy S5 launch weekend sales were better than S4
How Were Opening Weekend Sales For The New Galaxy S5 Phone? Samsung Won't Say Anything Specific — Samsung bragged about opening weekend demand for its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, but...
Inside Clinkle, Lucas Duplan's struggling payments app now three years in the making
A SILICON VALLEY DISASTER: A 21-Year-Old Stanford Kid Got $30 Million, Then Everything Blew Up — The week after Thanksgiving, 40 Clinkle employees gathered in the kitchen of their San Francisco offi...
Square Hires Amazon AWS Exec Alyssa Henry as Engineering Lead
Square is one step closer to fully filling out its executive team, hiring long-time Amazon veteran Alyssa Henry as its new engineering lead. — At Square, Henry will “head up engineering operations f...
Chrome Remote Desktop for Android beta being tested
Remotely accessing a computer isn't new and there are plenty of options to do so. One of the newest is coming from Google however: The company has been working on an Android version of its Chrome Rem...
Y Combinator Adds Four New Partners, Including Stripe CEO Patrick Collison
Y Combinator is announcing today the addition of four new partners to its roster, as part of its larger push for more growth under new president Sam Altman. — Altman announced in a blog post this af...
As phone designs homogenize, some manufacturers experiment with unused rear space
Phones Go Back To The Future — I'm no fan of LG's rear smartphone control keys — but turns out the company had its finger on the pulse of looming hardware disruption when it ushered in those backsid...