Apple launches iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake Button Replacement Program
Apple launches iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake Button Replacement Program — Apple on Friday launched a new program to help iPhone 5 users that may have been affected by a problem with the Sleep/Wake button not ...
Microsoft, Nokia Devices and Services business aim to remake mobile market
The completion of the Nokia Devices and Services business acquisition April 25 will enable Microsoft to accelerate its share of smartphones and feature phones in developed and emerging markets, and in...
HTC's head of design is leaving the company
Scott Croyle, the man responsible for the stellar designs of HTC's One smartphone line, is leaving the Taiwanese company. Having led HTC's industrial design and user experience teams since his One & ...
Amazon smartphone could be an AT&T exclusive, offer “Prime Data” plan as a key selling point
The Amazon smartphone's secret weapon: Prime Data — 3D effects and unique gesture controls aren't the only big selling points for Amazon's upcoming phones
Samsung confirms fatal camera flaw on ‘limited number’ of Galaxy S5 smartphones
The Samsung Galaxy S5's 16-megapixel camera is one of its best assets, but it's also turned into something of a liability for the company just weeks after launch. Complaints across internet forums ha...
Security researcher finds most hospital equipment hackable in study of about 100 facilities
Why It's Insanely Easy to Hack Hospital Equipment — When Scott Erven was given free reign to roam through all of the medical equipment used at a large chain of Midwest health care facilities …
Appeals Court Ruling Complicates End of Apple v. Samsung, but Jury Still Expected to Decide Case Next Week
The latest Apple-Samsung patent megatrial is nearing its end, with the final witness testimony scheduled to take place on Friday. — The two sides have just a few minutes remaining …
Workplace Communication App Slack Raises $43 Million at $250 Million Valuation
Slack, which makes a tool that helps teams communicate, has raised $42.75 million, it said today. The round values the company at $250 million. — Word of the new round had gotten out last night on ...
Surveillance court rejected Verizon challenge to NSA calls program
Verizon in January filed a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's program that collects billions of Americans' call-detail records, but a surveillance court rejecte...
The FCC's new net neutrality rules will kill Aereo, even if the Supreme Court doesn't
This week, we heard a lot about Aereo, the New York-based startup that could upend the television business if it survives a Supreme Court battle with broadcasters. But even if it squeaks past …
Hulu Blocks VPN Users Over Piracy Concerns
Free and legal streaming services such as Hulu have been proven to slow down piracy rates in the United States. — At the same time, however, they also created a new problem. With a relatively cheap...
Facebook's Mobile Ad Network Is Called “Facebook Audience Network” And Here's How It Works
Next week at f8, Facebook will unveil Facebook Audience Network, its mobile ad network that will let developers target both standard banners and custom ad units with Facebook's vast trove of personal ...
No airwaves for you! Verizon, AT&T will face bidding limits in incentive auction
Last week the Federal Communications Commission laid out all of its proposed rules for next year's controversial broadcast airwave incentive auction, save one. It didn't address the most contentious ...
Will Google+ be scaled back? Googlers are unsure, but Besbris' appointment is seen as evidence
Minus Its Leader, What's Left at Google+? — Without its biggest champion and original leader, Vic Gundotra, insiders say the fate of Google+, the search giant's big attempt to dominate …
Netflix finally comes to cable in the US
For the first time, Netflix will be available in the US from its natural enemy: cable companies. Atlantic Broadband, Grande Communications and RCN all announced that subscribers will be able to acces...
T-Mobile's LTE rollout using “4x2 MIMO” antenna technology, producing more consistent connection speeds
Forget speed, T-Mobile has started building a more resilient LTE network — T-Mobile has begun upgrading its LTE network with a new kind of antenna technology …
Baidu now has 160M daily active users, mobile monetization is growing even faster than traffic
Baidu Profiting From Smartphones — First-Quarter Net Profit Rose 24% From a Year Earlier — BEIJING— Baidu Inc. reported it was making more money off Chinese using smartphones and other gadgets …
Netflix researching “large-scale peer-to-peer technology” for streaming
When we wrote about the possibility of Netflix using a peer-to-peer architecture for streaming earlier today, it seemed like more of a thought experiment than a real possibility. — But it turns out ...
Google Is Preparing To Pay A Huge Fine For Tax Noncompliance In France
France's equivalent of the IRS (Direction générale des finances) has been investigating Google for tax noncompliance. With only €138 million of revenue reported in France in 2011, something wasn't ri...
Verizon to pass information on its users' desktop browsing habits to mobile advertisers
Heads up, Verizon users! This might be the creepiest big data tactic yet — Even if your computer isn't connected via Verizon, the company will monitor your activity and sell it to marketers
Facebook news feed: The algorithms, A/B tests, and surveying that make the social network so addictive
We all know by now that Facebook isn't cool. — And yet somehow it's more popular than ever. On Wednesday the company announced that its growth continues to surge …
Foxconn Sells Communications Technology Patents to Google
Foxconn, Also Known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Has a Sizable Patent Portfolio. — HONG KONG—Foxconn, which assembles gadgets for companies such as Apple Inc., said it has sold a number of its...
Microsoft, AOL Strike Web Video Distribution Deal
AOL and Microsoft compete for advertisers' dollars. But they've figured out a way to cooperate, too: The two rivals have struck a deal which lets Microsoft distribute AOL's videos on some of its prop...
Twitter will use Yahoo Japan's ad platform to sell ads to small businesses in the country
Twitter teams up with Yahoo in Japan to open up its advertising doors to small firms there — Twitter announced today that it is partnering with Yahoo in Japan to make its suite …