Apple plans to match Microsoft Surface with split-screen iPad multitasking in iOS 8
iOS 8 is likely to supercharge the functionality of Apple's iPad with a new split-screen multitasking feature, according to sources with knowledge of the enhancement in development.
Letter from major ISPs urges FCC not to reclassify broadband as a utility
Internet Providers Strike Back on Net Neutrality — In a surprise to no one, Internet providers warned federal regulators that treating broadband like phone lines will stunt future investments and se...
Microsoft Had No Choice but to Yank Kinect From Xbox One
Xbox One just got dis-Kinected: Microsoft said this morning that on June 9, it will begin selling a $400 version of its Xbox One console that does not include the Kinect camera peripheral. — This wo...
Google Search for iOS 4.0 adds new voice search options, more relevant results, and more
Google has updated its iOS search app to version 4.0, which introduces a variety of new and useful changes. The app now recognizes new voice search cues and conversational input similar to the way Si...
Google starts selling Glass to anyone (in the US) with $1,500 to burn
Forget an Explorer program or attendance at either a developer conference or golf tournament, Google has just announced it's opening sales of the Glass headset to all (in the US). As long as they're ...
Google's Legal Blow: What ‘the Right to Be Forgotten’ Means
What's the bottom line? — The court's decision means that individuals can ask Google or other search operators to take down links to web pages that are published by third parties, such as newspapers...
Here's What It's Like to Go For a Ride in Google's Robot Car
The Google self-driving car has come a long way. On a demo excursion through Google's Mountain View campus and surrounding neighborhoods today, the white Lexus self-driving test vehicle I rode in was...
Evernote announces 100M registered users, says it spent less than $0.01 per user on ads
We Have 100 Million People to Thank — We're humbled and thrilled to announce that Evernote now has over 100 million total users! — There are two ways to look at this.
Google Maps adds public transport data across UK
Partnerships with National Express, Traveline and local tram and ferry firms have provided 17,000 routes across the country through Google's popular mapping tool — Travellers across Great Britain ca...
Yahoo acquires self-destructing messaging app Blink and entire team, will shut app down
Yahoo Acquires Self-Destructing Messaging App Blink, Which Will Soon Disappear — Blink, a mobile messaging application that lets users share self-destructing messages, has been acquired by Yahoo, Te...
Salesforce Finally Connects Heroku To Its Cloud
Salesforce finally connected the powerful Heroku cloud application platform to its own database layer on Tuesday with the release of the Heroku Connect tool. The move was promised last year when the ...
Judge Strikes Down NY Attorney General's Subpoena In Airbnb Case For Being Overly Broad
Airbnb received some good news in New York today, as the State Supreme Court quashed a subpoena issued by the attorney general there. The decision puts an end to the first part of a legal battle …
Such hack, much sad: Doge Vault reportedly loses $56,000 in heist
On Tuesday, Doge Vault, one of the most popular online repositories for the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, formally acknowledged that it had been hacked two days earlier. — “On the 11th of May, the Doge V...
BlackBerry opens devices to third-party management - including its new, sub-$200 Z3
First Foxconn-built BlackBerry lands as Indonesian exclusive — Ailing BlackBerry has launched its first new mobe since John Chen took over as CEO in November, and to help drum up interest …
Tech Firms' Cash Piles Cool Fears of a Meltdown
Stock Swoon Brings Back Memories of Dot-Com Bust, but Analysis Shows Companies Have Healthy Cash Supplies — The two-month swoon in technology stocks has given investors flashbacks to the dot-com mel...
Google Glass Materials Cost $152, IHS Says
Firm Says Materials Are a Small Slice of Glass's Price—but Much of Cost Can Come From Engineering and Development — IHS Inc. this week came out with a new product teardown of Google Glass, saying th...
Leaked LG Uni8 image reveals the company's first Windows Phone 8 device
It looks like LG is preparing to launch its very first Windows Phone 8 device, after serial smartphone industry insider Evleaks revealed a render of what is purportedly called the LG Uni8.
Yelp Bites Back At OpenTable, TripAdvisor And Google With Free Yelp Reservations Service
TripAdvisor last week consumed LaFourchette to make a big move into online reservations against OpenTable, and Google gobbled up Appetas to battle with Yelp and raise its game with restaurants looking...
Senator seeks answers on Samsung's fingerprint scanner for Galaxy S5
Technology poses security concerns, says Franken — A U.S. senator Tuesday questioned Samsung on the privacy protections the company has in place for the fingerprint scanning technology on its recent...
Instart Logic raises $26M in Series C from KPCB, Andreessen Horowitz, others, to reinvent CDNs
Instart Logic Bags $26M in Series C Funding To Continue Reinventing Content Delivery Networks — Content delivery network company Instart Logic today received $26 million in Series C funding from KPC...
Popcorn Time for Android available for download via web after being pulled from Google Play
Popcorn Time Is Now On Android — Hollywood's worst nightmare just went mobile. — A popular fork of Popcorn Time just launched its Android app. Time4Popcorn's Popcorn Time app is now available …
Alibaba's Cloud Business Expands With Hong Kong Data Center
AliCloud, the cloud services arm of Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group, has launched a data center in Hong Kong, which will be its first data center outside of mainland China. — The provider, also...
Microsoft lowers Xbox One price to $400 without Kinect
Is the $500 asking price of Xbox One too rich for your blood? Turns out you're not alone, and Microsoft's responding: the price of the Xbox One is dropping to $400, and the company's dropping Kinect ...
EU top court upholds “right to be forgotten”, says Google must edit sensitive search results
European court says Google must respect ‘right to be forgotten’ — (Reuters) - Internet companies can be made to remove irrelevant or excessive personal information from search engine results …
The 1999 tech bubble was about naive optimism, but now it's about gross entitlement
Is it really a tech bubble, or is it something else? — Adam Lashinsky, in a piece for Fortune last week, wrote at length about the question that has crossed the minds of everyone north of San Jose: ...
The popular online wallet Dogevault is offline, large amounts of Dogecoin appear to have been stolen
Dogevault is a popular online wallet, where people can store and send Dogecoin. It provides no advantage over a normal Dogecoin wallet however, and generally online wallets are regarded as risky …
Airbnb takes on hotels with last-minute booking
It's 8:00. Do you know where you'll sleep tonight? — Airbnb, the service that makes it easy for anyone to convert their extra space into an income-generating vacation rental, is experimenting with ...
Motorola adds LTE to Moto G, launches $129 Moto E
Motorola adds LTE to Moto G, introduces an even cheaper Moto E — Shipping with Android 4.4 and a guaranteed upgrade to the next major version of Android — The Moto G is the best selling smartphone...
BitPay Raises $30m in Record-Breaking Bitcoin Funding Round
Georgia, Atlanta-based bitcoin merchant processor BitPay has raised $30m in Series A funding in what is the largest-ever financing round to date for a bitcoin company. — The round was led by Index V...
Even if you host your own email server, Google will end up capturing about half of your emails
Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours — For almost 15 years, I have run my own email server which I use for all of my non-work correspondence.
Lenovo's ThinkPad 10 tablet brings a sharper screen, loads of accessories
Some companies throw gadget spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Others... keep the same tablets around for nearly two years. We've seen Lenovo be both those companies, frankly, but when it com...
Zuckerberg's $100M pledge in 2010 to reform Newark schools has had little benefit to students
SCHOOLED - Cory Booker, Chris Christie, and Mark Zuckerberg had a plan to reform Newark's schools. They got an education. — Late one night in December, 2009, a black Chevy Tahoe in a caravan …
Apple's iOS Human Interface Guidelines Now On The iBooks Store
Previously available on the web from Apple's developer portal, the company's iOS Human Interface Guidelines are now on the iBooks Store as a free download (via Dave Addey). The 20 MB guide is compati...
With $50M in boottrapped revenue, Swagbucks raises $60M from TCV for its rewards and loyalty shopping platform
In an era where startup valuations and the piles of capital that accompany them seem powered more by pixie dust than they do business fundamentals, it's refreshing to encounter …
Google Maps adds public transport data across UK
Partnerships with National Express, Traveline and local tram and ferry firms have provided 17,000 routes across the country through Google's popular mapping tool — Travellers across Great Britain ca...
Sticking With Wells Fargo as Sole LP, Norwest Raises $1.2 Billion Fund
Norwest Venture Partners has closed its 12th fund, Norwest Venture Partners XII LP, at $1.2 billion-the same size as its last fund, which the firm raised in late 2009. — Norwest is one of a handful ...
VESA Adds Adaptive-Sync to DisplayPort 1.2a Standard; Variable Refresh Monitors Move Forward
The last half-year or so has seen the concept of variable refresh desktop monitors advance rather quickly. After sitting on the technology backburner for a number of years …
Sonos app hits big 5.0: Universal search, smarter playlists, more
Sonos has pushed out its new Sons app for iOS and Android, graduating the software from beta, and bringing universal search, musical alarms, and smoother multi-room support to all users. The new Sono...
TV Ad Dollars Slowly Shifting to Web Video
Increasing Portion of Broadcast and Cable Budgets Follow Younger Audience Online — Online video outlets are finally starting to chip away at television's hold on advertisers. — Several major adver...
Square launches Feedback, a digital receipt that lets buyers and sellers talk to one another
Mobile payments company Square wants to turn the humble digital receipt into a fully-fledged customer communication channel with the launch of Square Feedback today.
Uber brings a cheaper SUV service, UberXL, to San Francisco
Above: An Uber SUV. Not to be confused with the much cheaper UberXL SUV. — For those times when the party is not just breaking up, but moving to a whole new location, the typical Uber car might fee...
Despite Tech Stock Turbulence, Anaplan Raises $100 Million For Planning Software
Veteran software executive Frederic Laluyaux knows that his company, Anaplan, just looked to raise a lot of cash in a market that's taken big chunks out of the valuations leading public tech companies...
LG's Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate earphones coming May 18th (update: US pricing)
Though the internet was trolled recently with Apple's “biometric” earpods, LG's fitness-oriented Heart Rate earphones and Lifeband Touch are no joke. In fact, they're finally set to arrive next week ...
Iranian Hackers Targeted Defense Workers and Political Dissidents
There's a new politically motivated hacker gang to keep track of, one that started out defacing websites but which has progressed more recently into conducting full-blown campaigns of cyber espionage ...
Sony reportedly puts its OLED TV efforts on hold
There were hints that Sony's OLED TV plans were in trouble when the company's collaboration with Panasonic went south last year, and it now looks like those efforts have stalled out completely. Nikke...
Twitter's New Mute Feature Means Brand Visibility Is No Sure Thing
Brand visibility on Twitter became a bit murky today. — Twitter announced the rollout of a new “mute” feature. It lets Twitter users continue to follow other accounts, but without actually seeing a...