Twitter launches mobile app install ads, integrates MoPub ad-buying
A new way to promote mobile apps to 1 billion devices, both on and off-Twitter — We are excited to announce new ways for marketers and developers to drive app installs and app engagements using our ...
Dropbox acquires two more startups: collaborative document tool Hackpad and photo sync app Loom
As It Becomes an App Platform, Dropbox Gobbles Up More Than One App Startup Per Month — Once a simple way to move stuff around between devices and people, Dropbox now wants to be a platform …
Facebook Launches “Nearby Friends” With Opt-In Real-Time Location Sharing To Help You Meet Up
Today Facebook begins rolling out a new opt-in feature called Nearby Friends. It lets friends see approximately how far away you are from them, and you can share your exact, on-going location with th...
UberX adds $1 ‘Safe Rides Fee’ for passengers, reinstates 20% commission fee for drivers
UberX customers, take note: Your rides are about to cost a little more. In an email sent to UberX Seattle drivers, the company notes a new “Safe Rides Fee,” that takes effect today.
Sonos software update lets it connect completely wirelessly, $50 Bridge unit no longer needed
Our Vision for Rock-Solid Wireless, Evolved — From the archives: drawing of the original Sonos architecture, 2003. — We created the Sonos Wireless HiFi System to provide music lovers …
RunKeeper's new Breeze app tracks every step you take
RunKeeper is one of the most popular run-tracking apps for the iPhone, and today it's launching a new app called Breeze to take count of how much you're walking around too. The app works only on the ...
Dropbox acquires Loom, will shut it down and migrate users to Carousel by May 16
Loom is joining Dropbox — We have some exciting news that we wanted to share with you. Loom is now officially part of Dropbox, and we couldn't be happier to join forces!
Grams, a Tor-accessible search engine for contraband, aims to be the Google of Dark Web
New ‘Google’ for the Dark Web Makes Buying Dope and Guns Easy — The dark web just got a little less dark with the launch of a new search engine that lets you easily find illicit drugs and other cont...
GoogolPlex intercepts Siri commands, lets it control third-party apps like Spotify and Google Maps
College kids gave Siri new powers and now you can too — We already know Apple is working on improving Siri, but gosh dangit, the folks in Cupertino just aren't moving as fast as some would like.
Try before you buy: Google launches home try-on program for Glass
Google is allowing potential Explorers to try Glass before they shell out the $1,500 to actually buy the device, according to a Reddit user by the name of clide. He posted various images of a home tr...
Aereo Launches ProtectMyAntenna.org To Explain Its Position Vs. Broadcasters
Aereo is about to present its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, but first it wants to present its case to you. Today, the startup launched ProtectMyAntenna.org, a website designed to inform its users a...
Ubuntu 14.04 will power “first commercially available Ubuntu tablets”
From May 2013, a tablet running an early version of Ubuntu Touch. — Andrew Cunningham — Canonical today is releasing Ubuntu 14.04, a Long Term Support (LTS) edition for desktops and servers and an...
Confirmed: Nasty Heartbleed bug exposes OpenVPN private keys, too
Private encryption keys have been successfully extracted multiple times from a virtual private network server running the widely used OpenVPN application with a vulnerable version of OpenSSL, adding y...
3 Million Customer Credit, Debit Cards Stolen in Michaels, Aaron Brothers Breaches
Nationwide arts and crafts chain Michaels Stores Inc. said today that two separate eight-month-long security breaches at its stores last year may have exposed as many as 3 million customer credit and ...
Nokia suspends Lumia 2520 tablet sales in Europe due to safety concerns over faulty charger
Nokia suspends Lumia 2520 tablet sales due to electric shock risk — Nokia has suspended sales of its Lumia 2520 tablet in the UK, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Russia, and Switzerland after di...
Unfinished ‘Easy Unlock’ Feature Creeps Into Chrome OS Dev
A new feature has snuck into the Chrome OS dev channel that, while not yet fully baked (okay, it's still mostly a block of ice), could one day allow users to unlock their Chromebooks automatically jus...
Samsung And Amazon Team Up For Custom Galaxy Kindle E-Book App
So much for trashing the Kindle. Today Samsung is announcing a new app, Kindle for Samsung, created in partnership with Amazon, that will let Galaxy device users using Android 4.0 and up, starting wi...
Microsoft's Xbox One passes 5M units sold to retailers, but Titanfall boost not enough to beat Sony
Microsoft today announced that it has sold over 5 million Xbox One consoles to retailers around the globe, but sales of the system have still lagged behind rival Sony's PlayStation 4.
Eye-Fi Cloud backs up every photo, no matter what you use to take it
The SD card maker branches out into cloud storage — Seamlessly backing up your photos and making them easily shareable seems to be the dream for cloud storage services. Dropbox and Google have put ...
LG releases open source Connect SDK, wants every TV to behave like Chromecast
Mobile app developers just got a bit of a break when it comes to bringing their content to the TV screen, courtesy of LG: The consumer electronics maker released an open source Connect SDK Thursday …
Drop in Tech Stocks Hits Startup Funding
Venture Capital, IPO Investors Get Cautious About Silicon Valley — Tech stocks have taken a pounding over the past month, putting pressure on the ecosystem for financing startups and taking them pub...
U.S. Venture Capital Investment Highest Since 2001
Venture capital investment continued to trend upwards in the first quarter of 2014 with $10.74 billion raised by U.S. based companies, up 18% from the fourth quarter of last year and the most raised s...
One Medical Group Raises $40M To Help Reinvent The Doctor's Office
Disruptive primary care medical practice One Medical Group, is announcing $40 million in growth capital led by Redmile Group, with participation from current institutional investors. The company prev...
Amazon to expand Fire TV's voice search with support for Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime
Amazon announced today that the voice search functionality in its Fire TV media streaming box would soon be expanded to include information from Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime Anytime.
Could “Liking” A Brand On Facebook Waive Your Legal Rights?
There is a very disturbing trend in the world of corporate terms and conditions. Consumers (and small merchants) are increasingly being forced by fine-print clauses into binding arbitration to resolv...
Tor may be forced to cut back capacity after Heartbleed bug
The secure service may have to remove vulnerable servers affected by the bug, the network's co-founder warns — Tor, the secure networking service, may have to close down an eighth of its capacity as...
AMD beats earnings targets as game console-chip shipments remain strong — but earnings are down big
but earnings are down big — Advanced Micro Devices reported financial results that beat Wall Street earnings targets thanks to strong sales of game console chips. — The chip maker reported a non-GA...
Amazon and Google are in an epic battle to dominate the cloud—and Amazon may already have won
and Amazon may already have won — In technology, it's sometimes good to let a pioneer figure out the pitfalls of a new market. Apple's iPod transformed music listening after countless lesser MP3 pla...
Google Fiber picks Kansas City to test Internet service for small businesses
Google Fiber picks KC to test business service — The Google Fiber bunny is finally hopping closer to Kansas City businesses. — After nearly two years of insisting they “hang in there,” …
MLB At Bat iOS and Android apps add Chromecast support for Premium subscribers
Google announced today on its Chrome blog that Major League Baseball is adding support for its $35 Chromecast streaming stick through the MLB At Bat app for Android and iOS. That means that users wit...
Weibo Stock Rises 19% on First Day Despite Investor Concerns
Weibo stock closed at $20.24 a share, an increase of just under 20% on the day, despite investor concerns leading up to the initial public offering. — Weibo priced its IPO at $17 a share, at the low...
Yahoo Acquisitions Power Flickr's New Object Recognition Search, Editing And Video Capture
Today, Yahoo launches new Flickr app for Android (and iOS coming soon.) They include the ability to shoot video in the apps, or upload it directly. There is also better search …
Weibo cuts IPO size amid selloff in technology stocks
(Reuters) - China's Weibo Corp, a Twitter-like messaging service company, raised a less-than-expected $286 million after it cut the size of its U.S. initial public offering amid a selloff in technolog...
Google I/O To Elevate Focus On Design
For Google to win, it needs to attract the best designers to its team and get beautiful third-party apps built for its platforms. Yet right now it's Google's rival Apple and the iOS ecosystem that ar...
Instacart Could Raise A Big New Round Of Funding Valuing It At $400 Million
On-demand grocery startup Instacart is fielding term sheets for a big new round of funding, according to sources. We've heard the new financing could be led by a non-VC investor, and according to one...
Lending Club Raises $115 Million, Acquires Springstone Financial for $140 Million
Lending Club, the online market that connects borrowers looking for loans with individuals with the money to fund them, has acquired Springstone Financial for about $140 million in cash and stock, the...
Exclusive: Google's Project Loon tests move to LTE band in Nevada
Google has expanded its Project Loon tests to the Nevada desert and, for the first time, into licensed radio spectrum. — Google declined to comment on the secret trials, but a local official confirm...
Line opens its ‘creators market’ to let you sell your own stickers on its messaging service
Few companies have done more to pioneer the concept of stickers than Line, and now the Japanese company is democratizing sticker production after it opened a marketplace where anyone can upload packs ...
Time Warner Cable bets big on easy and secure Wi-Fi, rolling out Hotspot 2.0 networkwide
Time Warner Cable has turned on the Hotspot 2. capabilities across its public Wi-Fi network, letting customers with newer smartphones or tablets connect to its 33,000-node wireless network without ent...