Twitter's new mute feature lets you hide users from your home timeline
Another way to edit your Twitter experience: with mute — Today we're beginning to introduce a new account feature called mute to people who use our iPhone and Android apps and twitter.com.
Square Finally Gives Up on Square Wallet and Bets on New Order-Ahead App
The grand Square Wallet experiment is over. As of today, Square has pulled the app from the Apple and Google app stores. At the same time, it is introducing Square Order, an app that lets shoppers p...
NSA routinely receives or intercepts US-made routers and servers to implant backdoors before international shipping
how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers — The NSA has been covertly implanting interception tools in US servers heading overseas - even though the US government …
Andreessen-inspired Tweetstorms™ are inconsiderate, and maybe abusive, to Twitter followers
Why Twitter's Newest Tweetstorm™ Trend Must Be Stopped — Twitter's sanity depends on it. — Warzel/BuzzFeed — Here's a thing you probably haven't noticed unless …
Visual Studio goes cross platform with Cordova integration from Microsoft
At its TechEd conference today, Microsoft announced the next step in its “mobile first, cloud first” strategy with a preview of Apache Cordova support in Visual Studio. Cordova is a toolkit for build...
Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre could be unveiled as Apple executives at WWDC, deal to be announced later this week
Apple May Unveil Iovine, Dr. Dre Exec Appointments at June Conference — Apple could unveil Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre as its latest recruits at its Worldwide Developers' Conference in June …
Microsoft's ‘Mohoro’ Windows-as-a-service released as a public preview
Summary: Microsoft is entering the desktop-as-a-service space with its new Azure Remote App service, which is available as a free public preview. — Microsoft is releasing its desktop-as-a-service, c...
AT&T could seal deal to take over DirecTV within two weeks, for around $50B
AT&T Could Strike Deal For DirecTV In As Soon As Two Weeks — AT&T Would Likely Pay A Combination of Cash, Stock — AT&T Inc. is moving quickly to seal a takeover deal with DirecTV …
Tim Wu, who developed the concept of net neutrality, says it should be protected by regulation
Defending the Open Internet — The future of the Internet — which means the future of communications, culture, free speech and innovation — is up for grabs.
Apple interested in Beats for paid streaming conversion rate, plans to improve its headphones
Apple's Deep Ties With Iovine Key Driver of Beats Deal — When news spread last week that Apple Inc. (AAPL) was near an acquisition of Beats Electronics LLC for $3.2 billion …
Pinterest Launches Paid Ads With Select Brands In Form Of Promoted Pins
Last fall, Pinterest announced it would begin experimenting with advertisements on its service in the form of “Promoted Pins,” which would be featured placements from select retailers and other busine...
One plaintiff in Silicon Valley no-hire agreement lawsuit asks judge to reject the deal his own lawyers negotiated
Plaintiff Maligns Deal in Silicon Valley Suit — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple has more than $150 billion in the bank, eclipsing the combined cash reserves of Israel and Britain.
Apple working on a JavaScript accelerator for WebKit which doesn't require the use of asm.js
Apple has its own JavaScript accelerator in the works — Apple's FTLJIT project aims to give JavaScript a boost, and it doesn't require the use of asm.js for its speed improvements
Facebook Said to Take Steps to Open a China Sales Office
Facebook Inc. (FB) is taking steps to open a sales office in China to work with local advertisers, according to people with knowledge of the matter, in a move that would put the social network's emplo...
YouTube shuts down public RSS feeds of user subscriptions
If you're a news junky, you probably use an RSS reader like Feed.ly to keep up with stuff on the Web. One of the nicest ways to consume YouTube subscriptions was to use an RSS feed of new videos, all...
Apple tries to lift online sales by cutting refund times in half
(Reuters) - Apple Inc has cut in half the time it takes to give refunds to online store customers who want to return their iPhones and other gadgets, a small but crucial step to try to get more people...
Al Franken discusses his opposition to Comcast-Time Warner deal and support for net neutrality
Al Franken's crusade to stop Comcast and save media — The US senator says his past as a comedian and writer gives him plenty of reasons to mistrust big media companies.
Office For iPad Apps Have Racked Up 27M Downloads In 46 Days
In just over a month, Office for iPad has picked up another 15 million downloads of its applications. Microsoft reported 12 million downloads in early April, and 27 million today. — That's a massiv...
Alibaba Is Not A Threat To US Internet Companies
Everybody loves superlatives, and it is definitely Superlatives Week for the tech press. Alibaba's IPO will represent “surely one of tech's largest ever” Kara Swisher of Re/code intoned. Heather Som...
Code.org says 20K teachers have introduced coding lessons to K-12 students since December
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding — MILL VALLEY, Calif. — Seven-year-old Jordan Lisle, a second grader, joined his family at a packed after-hours school event last month aimed …
NSA routinely receives or intercepts US-made routers and servers to implant backdoors before international shipping
how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers — The NSA has been covertly implanting interception tools in US servers heading overseas - even though the US government …
AT&T customers can connect their GM 4G cars to shared data plans for $10 a month
If you were thinking about buying one of General Motors' new-fangled 4G cars this summer but were wondering how much that LTE connectivity would cost you, then GM and AT&T today provided an answer.