US Justice Department charges five members of Chinese military with conducting economic cyber-espionage against six American companies
Chinese military members charged with cyber-espionage against U.S. firms — The Justice Department on Monday charged members of the Chinese military …
Angela Ahrendts' plan for the future of Apple Retail: China emphasis, mobile payments, revamped experience
When Ron Johnson finalized his decision to move from leading Apple's retail strategy to become the Chief Executive Officer of J.C. Penney, the executive jumped in his car to drive …
NSA records every cell phone call in the Bahamas and one unnamed country, gathers call metadata in Mexico, the Philippines, and Kenya
Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas — The National Security Agency is secretly intercepting …
Twitter Is Considering a Deal to Buy SoundCloud
Twitter may try to buy its way out of its growth problem by making another move into music. — The company is considering a deal to acquire SoundCloud, the music and audio-sharing company, according ...
Exclusive: Intel CEO promises Broadwell PCs on shelves for holidays
(Reuters) - Intel Corp's next-generation Broadwell processors will ship in time to be used in personal computers sold during the holiday season but probably won't be available for back-to-school shopp...
Verizon doubles down on bandwidth and marketing for its ‘XLTE’ network
After rumors surfaced over the weekend, Verizon has officially announced XLTE. Rather than a new wireless technology, XLTE is basically just a consumer-friendly buzz term for speed and capacity impro...
Samsung sold 500,000 smartwatches in Q1 2014, for 71% of the global marketshare
According to a new report by Strategy Analytics, the worldwide smartwatch market during the first quarter of 2014 equated to 700.000 units, of which Samsung sold about 500.000, giving the Korean compa...
Google Buys an Enterprise Android Company, Divide (Formerly Known as Enterproid)
Google is buying a startup that focuses on Android in the enterprise and was backed by its Google Ventures investing group. — Needless to say, it's an alignment of interests. — The company is Divi...
Biometrics pioneer cautions against unfettered proliferation of face recognition technology
Never Forgetting a Face — Joseph J. Atick cased the floor of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington as if he owned the place. In a way, he did.
GoPro Files For $100M IPO With 2013 Revenue Of $985.7M, Up 87.4% From The Year Prior
This afternoon GoPro filed its S-1 document with the SEC, detailing its financial performance as it looks to go public. The company states that it will raise up to $100 million in the offering, tradi...
Groupon to Replace Nearly All of Its Merchants' Cash Registers With iPads
Groupon has long said it wants to be known as more than a deals company. Now it's showing how. — Today, the company is introducing an iPad-based checkout system that it expects tens of thousands of...
IndoorAtlas publicly maps a building's interior for free, charges $99/month to keep it private
Mapping Our Interiors — Sure, that's your office cubicle. Your corner store. Maybe even the layout of your furniture in your living room. But that doesn't mean that soon we won't all be peering a...
Canonical's cloud-in-a-box: The Ubuntu Orange Box
Summary: Canonical had an unexpected hit at OpenStack Summit: It's an Intel-powered, cloud-in-a-box. — When Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu Linux, made his keyn...
Pioneering web forum MetaFilter lays off 3 moderators, says revenues peaked before plunge in Google referrals
State of MetaFilter — Today I need to share some unfortunate news: because of serious financial downturn, MetaFilter will be losing three of its moderators to layoffs at the end of this month.
Samsung planning to bring biometric authentication to lower-end smartphones
Samsung Looks to Expand Biometric Sensors in Mobile Devices — Samsung Electronics is working to use biometric sensors in its mobile security system which the company expects to be available even for...
As Amazon's fight with book publisher Hachette continues, criticism from authors and others grows
It's been a week since it became clear that Amazon is delaying shipments of publisher Hachette's print titles, likely due to a fight over terms. As Amazon continues to ship many Hachette print titles...
AT&T Says It Wants to Sell Web TV, Too
AT&T's proposed $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV will accelerate its plans to offer an Internet television service. — AT&T Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said DirecTV ho...
Facebook reaches multi-year deal with advertising giant Publicis Groupe worth around $500M
Publicis Strikes Deal With Facebook Worth Hundreds of Millions — Budgets Moving More Aggressively Toward Digital — Festival — Internet Week New York — Publicis Groupe …
Microsoft, SAP Strengthen Ties With Mobile, Data, Cloud Partnership
Microsoft and SAP are two old-school enterprise vendors that have been partnering for almost 20 years, and this week their partnership is taking a pronounced leap into the future as they come together...
Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs' Biographer, Predicts Jimmy Iovine Will Run Apple's Content Business
It may not be the headphones or the streaming. Does Tim Cook think Jimmy Iovine is the next Steve Jobs? Apple is reportedly acquiring Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion …
Cisco announces line of dedicated desktop videoconferencing devices for $1,000 to $2,000 each
Cisco hopes to put a $1500 videoconferencing device on every desk — Hot on the heels of its lower-priced videoconferencing gear for conference rooms, Cisco is now hoping …
Inside High Fidelity, the virtual reality successor to ‘Second Life’
A crude hint of how physical connection could invade the online world — As virtual reality gains steam, the question of virtual worlds is never far behind. Philip Rosedale is best known for online ...
Amazon reportedly drops $20M in Yummy77
Amazon will hold a minority stake in the Chinese online food vendor but will allow it to operate as a standalone company. — Amazon appears to have invested millions into an online company that provi...