Amazon Smartphone Photos: Exclusive first clear photo of Kindle Phone
Following a series of exclusive reports, BGR has now obtained the first unobscured image of Amazon's debut smartphone — Amazon is still more than a month away from unveiling its first own-brand smar...
OS X 10.10 emphasis planned for WWDC, iOS 8 features pushed to iOS 8.1, new Apple TV still in the works
Apple may be planning to give the next version of the Mac OS X operating system, 10.10, a larger presence than iOS 8 at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, according to sources with knowledge...
Microsoft patches IE zero-day flaw, issues special security update for Windows XP despite end of support
Microsoft today announced it is releasing an emergency patch for Internet Explorer to fix a zero-day flaw spotted in the wild. The security hole was found in IE6 through IE11 …
Snapchat adds ephemeral text messaging and live video chats
Real talk: the new Snapchat brilliantly mixes video and texting — More than just photos, Snapchat's new text and video chat feels immediate and intimate — By any measure, Snapchat has had a busy y...
John Carmack's former employer claims he stole tech for Oculus VR when he left
The man who co-created Doom, who co-founded id Tech, and who later left id Tech for Oculus VR, is being accused by his former employer of taking intellectual property with him to Oculus VR.
Foursquare splitting into two apps: Foursquare for discovery and Swarm for checkins
Meet Swarm: Foursquare's ambitious plan to split its app in two — To take on Yelp, Foursquare is moving beyond the check-in — Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley has spent the last year trying to convin...
Amazon expands same-day delivery service to Dallas and San Francisco, extends ordering hours
Amazon Widens Same-Day Delivery Service — Amazon.com is making it even easier to skip the mall. — The e-commerce giant is set to broaden its same-day shipping service starting Thursday …
Apple, Facebook, others defy authorities, notify users of secret data demands
Major U.S. technology companies have largely ended the practice of quietly complying with investigators' demands for e-mail records and other online data, saying that users have a right to know in adv...
T-Mobile adds another 2.4M customers in record quarter, within shouting distance of Sprint
T-Mobile added a net total of 2.4 million customers in the first quarter — the biggest growth in its history — including record expansion of 1.3 million customers in the coveted category of branded po...
Preliminary analysis of Google Glass teardown estimates cost of components less than $80
Google Glass Parts Estimated to Cost Less Than $80 — Google Glass currently carries a $1,500 price tag, but the components packed tightly inside the device may cost the Internet giant a lot less …
Wild Rumor of Apple EarPods with Biometric Sensors Has Roots in Apple's Research
A seemingly wild rumor of Apple planning to launch new EarPods headphones with integrated heart rate and blood pressure sensors has been making the rounds today after the claim was posted on anonymous...
Groupon Goes After Costco And Sam's Club With Groupon Basics, A Portal For Home Goods
Last year, Groupon's CEO Eric Lefkovsky said that his ambition was to make the e-commerce company's Goods business more like Costco, not Amazon. Today, the company is launching a new business called ...
MakeSpace, The Dropbox For Physical Storage, Packs Up $8 Million Led By Upfront Ventures
NY-based MakeSpace, the Dropbox for physical objects, has today closed an $8 million Series A funding round led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, OATV, and follow-ons …
Indoor Positioning Startup Wifarer Not Acquired By Apple, But Its Founder Now Works There
If a CEO and co-founder quits his indoor positioning startup to work for Apple, should his staff and customers be concerned? Wifarer, a startup which offers tools to help consumers navigate malls …
New York City looks to blanket the five boroughs with free WiFi thanks to next-gen payphones
Free public WiFi has been available in spots throughout NYC, but now the mayor's office is looking to cover all of its five boroughs with connectivity. In a press release today …
Sony cuts earnings forecast by 67.5% due to quickly shrinking Blu-ray sales, restructuring expenses
Sony Posts Loss 18% Larger Than Forecast on Charges — Sony Corp. (6758), the maker of Xperia smartphones and PlayStation consoles, posted a loss 18 percent larger than forecast …
T-Mobile closes deal for 700MHz spectrum, reiterates commitment to LTE rollout
T-Mobile has finally closed a deal to acquire highly-valuable 700MHz spectrum from Verizon, enabling the next wave of network upgrades for the carrier. In the wireless world not all spectrum is creat...
Microsoft Acquires High-Performance Cloud-Computing Company GreenButton
Microsoft today announced that it has acquired GreenButton, a U.S.- and New Zealand-based high-performance cloud-computing company that has long had a close relationship with Microsoft's Azure group.
Kamcord mobile gameplay recording platform launches iOS app, hits 3B videos, & picks up $7.1M Series A
Kamcord, the Y Combinator-backed startup with an SDK that lets developers offer gameplay recording functionality in mobile apps, today announced it has secured another big round of funding …
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: A ‘whisper mode’ would encourage friends to privately discuss public conversations
Twitter is looking to encourage more private discussions on its service. CEO Dick Costolo would like to have a “whisper mode” that allows users to take public conversations …
LeapFrog launches LeapBand, a $40 wearable activity tracker for kids
Kid Wearables? LeapFrog Debuts Fitness Tracker for Training Wheels Set — The inevitable is happening: Kids and wearable devices are now going hand-in-hand, er, wrist-in-wrist. But will parents jum...
Snapchat Hires Google Exec for Security, Debuts Chat
Snapchat Inc. is adding executives and new features, as it steps up efforts to build the company. — The Los Angeles-based mobile-application startup, which has an app that lets people send annotated...
Qualcomm spins off Gimbal Bluetooth beacon business
Qualcomm has spun off Gimbal, its location-based services system compatible with Apple's iBeacon, into a standalone company, offering retailers, entertainment venues, and businesses proximity-sensing ...