China's Alibaba files for IPO that could be tech industry's biggest ever
Chinese e-commerce colossus Alibaba on Tuesday filed for an initial public offering that is poised to be one of the largest in history and will create a mighty rival to Silicon Valley's tech giants.
Amazon clocked $67.8B in online sales in 2013, more than its next 10 biggest competitors combined
Apple Jumps to Second Place in Online Retail … In the crusade to capture clicks and pull in dollars from online sales, Amazon remains the clear frontrunner.
Lenovo announces two new 11.6-inch Chromebooks: the N20 for $279 and the N20p starting at $329
Lenovo announces N20 and N20p Chromebooks — I think it safe to say that the Chromebook movement has exceeded all expectations. What first seemed like a silly Google experiment has blossomed into a ...
App.net is “profitable and self-sustaining”, but will no longer have any full-time employees
App.net State of the Union — As many are aware, the first major round of subscription renewals from the original App.net launch happened a few weeks ago.
Microsoft Said to Use Qualcomm Chips in Smaller Surface
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is planning to introduce a new, smaller version of its Surface that will use Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) processors for the first time, according to people with knowledge of the compan...
Google experimenting with hiding URLs in Chrome
Summary: In an effort to make phishing attacks more evident to the user, Chrome Canary is taking a tip from iOS Safari, emphasizing the domain and hiding the rest of the URL. — Jake Archibald, a “de...
Google debuts Classroom, a free Apps for Education tool to help teachers create and collect assignments
Google today launched a new free tool called Classroom as part of its Google Apps for Education suite. In short, Classroom helps teachers create and organize assignments …
Foresighted? Epson Moverio Smart Glasses Go on Sale for $700
Zendesk sets IPO price range between $8 and $10 a share
Zendesk does not seem to be spooked by the same market conditions that caused Box to delay — The market has not been too kind fo cloud companies in the last few months. Just ask Box about that.
Hands-on: Android based Pwn Phone, a mobile penetration testing platform for white hat hackers
Android-based Pwn Phone is prepared to do evil for your network's own good — The Pwn Phone, with its external Wi-Fi adaptor case jacked into its USB port, is prepared to do evil for your network's o...
@WalmartLabs Buys Adtech Startup Adchemy, Its Biggest Talent Deal Yet
@WalmartLabs, the retailer's Silicon Valley-based innovation lab and R&D center, has now made its twelfth acquisition with the purchase of e-commerce technology company Adchemy, its biggest deal yet i...
FCC commissioner says FCC “invented” new authority to regulate Internet
FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly. — The FCC's Michael O'Rielly, one of two Republican commissioners since being sworn into office last November, today warned against the commission using what he ca...
Microsoft kicks off Office Mix customer preview
Summary: Microsoft is opening up a customer preview of its newest Office app, a PowerPoint-based app known as Mix, to more testers. — Microsoft has opened the testing floodgates for its newest Offic...
Pros and cons of three key materials used to make smartphones: plastic, glass, and metal
A Discussion on Material Choices in Mobile — Within the past four years, the smartphone market has changed drastically. Displays have dramatically increased in quality. Battery life has increased.
App Annie Now Lets App Developers Track Ads, App Store Optimization
Mobile app analytics platform App Annie is expanding itself product lineup today with features designed to help publishers better analyze their advertising and App Store Optimization (ASO) efforts.
Secret Is Working On A Private Chat Feature
Anonyfish has been the only way to move a Secret conversation offline or somewhere with real names. But anonymous sharing app Secret plans to release its own native private chat feature, founders Dav...
Samsung to Fight Apple Smartphone Trial Verdict: Lawyer
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) will challenge a jury's $120 million award to Apple Inc. in a patent-infringement verdict that was “unsupported by evidence,” a lawyer for the Suwon, South Korea-based...
Microsoft will hold a ‘small’ Surface event on May 20th
Microsoft has reportedly been working on a miniature version of its Surface tablet for nearly two years, but the wait may be over. The company has just sent out invitations to a Microsoft Surface eve...
Google experimenting with hiding URLs in Chrome
Summary: In an effort to make phishing attacks more evident to the user, Chrome Canary is taking a tip from iOS Safari, emphasizing the domain and hiding the rest of the URL. — Jake Archibald, a “de...
Dropbox fixes one of two vulnerabilities that allowed users to accidentally leak shared file URLs to third parties
Dropbox users leak tax returns, mortgage applications and more — If you are using file-sharing systems like Dropbox and Box without proper care and attention …
Infecting DVRs with Bitcoin-mining malware even easier than you suspected
The dialog that appears when users want to manually change the default password on their EPCOM Hikvision S04 DVR. — Sans Institute — It took just one day for a low-end, Internet-connected digital ...
Twitter shares fall over 10% to all-time low as lock-up period for 470M shares expires
Twitter shares fall as stock lock-up expires — (Reuters) - Shares of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) fell more than 10 percent in early trading on Tuesday after the expiration of a six-month “lock-up” …
Google to Acquire Online Attribution Firm Adometry
Google wants to help advertisers get a better sense of how their online ad campaigns work collectively. So the company is acquiring Adometry, an Austin-Tx.-based firm that specializes in online ad at...