Google Agreed to Pay Some of Samsung's Costs, Assume Some Liability in Latest Apple Case
A Google lawyer testified on Tuesday that the software maker, pursuant to its contractual obligations, agreed to take over defense of some of the claims in Apple's current patent lawsuit …
Amazon's phone requires tilt gestures to navigate apps and menus, can capture notes with OCR
EXCLUSIVE — BGR reveals everything you could possibly want to know about Amazon's smartphone! — An exclusive in-depth look at the unique software that will power Amazon's upcoming smartphones
Twitter makes new web profiles available to all users
Your new web profile is here — Today, the new web profile experience is rolling out to all users around the world. — Get the new profile now. If you need some creative inspiration for your new he...
As WhatsApp Hits 500 Million Users, CEO Jan Koum Preaches Focus
While waiting to hear whether European regulators will clear its $19 billion acquisition by Facebook, the mobile messaging app maker WhatsApp hit a big milestone yesterday: It has 500 million active m...
Apple is like a movie studio: blockbuster franchise products followed by sequels
Why Apple Is Like a Movie Studio — Steve Jobs has been dead for about two and a half years now, and it's hard not to notice that the regular parade of game-changing Apple products for which he was f...
Apple releases Heartbleed fix for AirPort Base Stations
Apple on Tuesday patched a bug in its most recent AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule models related to the Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability discovered earlier this month. — The update, AirPort Base St...
Apple Opens OS X Beta Testing To All Users With New Seed Program
Before today, you needed a developer account to help test Apple's upcoming software releases before they hit the general user population. You didn't need to actually develop anything, but it would st...
The Supreme Court Loves the Cloud. It's Not Sure About Aereo.
All of those arguments about Aereo's case and its impact on the future of cloud computing? — It turns out the Supreme Court was listening. — As attorneys for the Web TV service and the TV networks...
OpenSSL code beyond repair, claims creator of “LibreSSL” fork
OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has created a fork of OpenSSL, the widely used open source cryptographic software library that contained the notorious Heartbleed security vulnerability. — OpenSSL has ...
Weebly raises $35M from Tencent and Sequoia Capital at a valuation of $455M
Weebly Valued at $455 Million Amid Website-Building Boom — Weebly has been valued at $455 million in a new round of funding from investors eager to cash in on a recent boom in website-creation servi...
Apple Stores launch in-store iPad trade-in program on Earth Day
In its continued full-court Earth Day press, Apple is expanding its Reuse & Recycling program to help responsibly recycle more devices and get current generation devices into the hands of more custome...
AT&T creates $500M joint venture for a Netflix-style TV service
AT&T, the nation's second largest broadband provider and wireless company, is getting into the streaming business with a $500 million joint venture created to acquire, invest in and launch a Netflix-s...
Google To Offer Targeted Mobile App Install Ads In Search And YouTube; Expands App Deep Linking To AdWords
Google is announcing today its plans to offer targeted app install ads on mobile search and YouTube, following moves made by other tech industry companies, including Facebook and more recently Yahoo a...
Lytro's new Illum light-field camera targets professional photographers, costs $1599
Lytro changed photography. Now can it get anyone to care? — An exclusive look at the company's new Illum camera — “Okay, can I take it out of the box now?” — Lytro product director Colvin Pitts...
Exclusive: Leaked LG G3 screens show fresh UI, confirm ‘concierge’ service, and more
A new, modern UI for LG's upcoming G3 has been revealed in three new screenshots, obtained by Digital Trends from a trusted industry source. The screens show flatter and brighter icons …
Dish plans late-summer debut for internet TV package at $20-$30/month aimed at 18-34 age group
Dish Said to Target Summer Debut for Internet-TV Service — Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is targeting a summer debut for its Internet-TV service in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter...
LG's G Watch is always-on and water resistant
LG revealed more information about the upcoming G Watch on its new website. The smartwatch will come in two colors: stealth black and champagne gold. On top of having what is being described as an a...
Cisco, Netgear router patch for backdoor vulnerability merely hides it, does not fix it
Easter egg: DSL router patch merely hides backdoor instead of closing it — Just what you wanted for Easter: a re-gifted backdoor from Christmas. — First, DSL router owners got an unwelcome Christm...
Microsoft's new, new Windows cadence: Once a year is not enough
Summary: What comes after Windows 8.1 Update? Sources say a second update is on its way, and that Microsoft's unified OS group is picking up the delivery pace. — Just a year ago, Microsoft official...
Nest Thermostat now available from Google Play
Yesterday, Google's newly acquired thermostat system made an appearance on a Play Store support page. This led many to believe that the search giant would soon offer its smart climate controller at i...
New York Attorney General: Airbnb and Uber should cooperate with regulators, like Yelp
Taming the Digital Wild West — THE Internet has grown up. It is no longer just about providing information but about fundamental changes in the way we go about our daily lives.
iPhones and Macs get fix for extremely critical “triple handshake” crypto bug
Apple has patched versions of its iOS and OS X operating systems to fix yet another extremely critical cryptography vulnerability that leaves some users open to surreptitious eavesdropping.
Exclusive: YouTube Product Head Shishir Mehrotra Likely to Depart — Moving to Advisory Role
Moving to Advisory Role — Shishir Mehrotra, YouTube's head of product and a longtime Google exec, is likely to depart the company, and has moved to an advisory role at the premium online video powerh...
Artemis partners with Dish Network to trial its pCell wireless tech in SF later this year
Dish Network Is Partnering With This Startup To Make Cellphone Internet 1,000 Times Faster Than 4G — In today's world, there's one area of technology that can almost never be fast enough …
Justices Skeptical of Aereo's Business
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled on Tuesday that it was struggling with two conflicting impulses in considering a request from television broadcasters to shut down Aereo, an Internet start-up t...