Facebook Launching Mobile Ad Network At F8 Conference
Lots of people have wanted Facebook to build an ad network for a long time. — Here it comes. Facebook will take the wraps off its plans for a mobile ad network at its “F8″ developer conference in S...
Aereo's CEO on the future of Netflix, TV sports and the public airwaves
In 2012, Chet Kanojia set out to take on TV's goliaths with a slingshot full of tiny antennas, but he never imagined things would go so far so fast. Aereo, the start-up he created, is going before th...
Sony Xperia Z2 review: a big, powerful slab of a phone
It's been nearly three years since I reviewed the Xperia Neo, manufactured by what was then Sony Ericsson. The Neo represented just the second generation of Xperia phones running on Android, from a p...
Galaxy S5's finger scanner marks an early milestone in the FIDO Alliance's efforts to eliminate passwords
The plot to kill the password — The world's most powerful companies want you to log in with fingerprints and eyescans — Last Friday, Samsung's new Galaxy S5 arrived with an unexpected and underhyp...
Former MSN Messenger Service developer recounts battle to reverse engineer AIM's chat protocol
Chat Wars — In the summer of 1998 I graduated from college and went to work as a programmer at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. I was put on the group that was building MSN Messenger Service, Micr...
Tencent: the Chinese internet giant founded by Ma “Pony” Huateng guns for global expansion
Tencent: The Secretive, Chinese Tech Giant That Can Rival Facebook and Amazon — China's most powerful Internet company is headquartered in a bland, glassy tower in southern Shenzhen.
Inside Nokia's effort to build a detailed, three-dimensional “HD Map” for self-driving cars
Inside the Nokia HERE HD Maps putting Google on notice — Where exactly am I? That's the question Nokia is facing, not in its position following the Microsoft deal that will see it shed …
Detroit's tech job growth nearly double the national average, fueled by car industry hires
By the numbers: Detroit offers a bright future for technology professionals — Metro Detroit's tech job growth was nearly 2x the national average in recent years