Skype Translator, a real-time language translation tool, will begin rolling out later this year
Microsoft demos breakthrough in real-time translated conversations — The following post is from Gurdeep Pall, Corporate Vice President of Skype and Lync at Microsoft.
Google unveils a self-driving car prototype, sans steering wheel, accelerator, and brake, speed limited to 25mph
Google's New Self-Driving Car Ditches the Steering Wheel — Google has finally built its own car from scratch. And it looks like a gondola with wheels.
Australian Apple iDevices hijacked, held to ransom
Owners of Apple devices across Australia are having them digitally held for ransom by hackers demanding payment before they will relinquish control. — iPads, iPhone and Mac owners in Queensland, NSW...
Amazon confirms its fight with publishing giant Hachette is real, and it's far from over
The war for ebooks rages on — Amazon's spat with publishing conglomerate Hachette has been unofficial but well-documented, as the retail giant uses its considerable muscle to gain more favorable ter...
LG announces the G3, its new flagship smartphone with a 5.5" 2560 x 1440 display that launches May 28 in South Korea, later in other countries
WITH NEW G3, LG AIMS TO REDEFINE CONCEPT OF SMART AND SIMPLE — LG Electronics (LG) today introduced to the world its eagerly anticipated G3 smartphone …
Valve: Steam Machines delayed until 2015
Valve attached this controller sketch image to its announcement. Go ahead, pick it apart for clues about new hats coming to Team Fortress 2! — Valve Software — On Tuesday evening, Valve Software ...
Inside Internet Archive: the “Library of Alexandria, version two” is now home to 15 PB of data
Meet the People Behind the Wayback Machine, One of Our Favorite Things About the Internet — The Internet Archive is home to more than 15 million gigabytes of free digital information—and it's just g...
Razer Blade review: 2014 model trades battery life for a high-res touchscreen, more horsepower
Razer Blade (2014) review: laptop gaming never looked so good — The resolution is high, the battery life is not — I feel spoiled. Ever since I started playing games …
AF Holdings is denied 1K IP addresses in federal court, big win against copyright trolls
Crushing Blow for Copyright Trolls: Appeals Court Halts AF Holdings' Extortion Scheme — Copyright Holders Can't Abuse Legal System to Pressure Thousands of Internet Users to Pay Unfair Settlements
Yahoo Plots YouTube Rival for Summer Debut After Delay
Portal's Proposed Terms Have Received Pushback From YouTube Creators — Yahoo wants to rival YouTube for viral videos. — Creativity Reimagined — Is there room for another YouTube? — Yahoo is ra...
Dating Mining Reddit Posts Reveals How to Ask For a Favor—And Get it
And Get it — There's a secret to asking strangers for something and getting it. Now data scientists say they've discovered it by studying successful requests on the web — One of the more extraordi...
Bitcoin and Regulation: Lessons from the Early Days of Skype
Michael Jackson, former COO of Skype and current venture capital investor at Mangrove Capital Partners, explores how bitcoin companies can learn from the early struggles Skype had with regulators acro...
Canada's Pitch to Tech Entrepreneur: We'll Pay 80% of Your Salaries
Lucrative Rebates Aimed at Top Tech Talent — Imagine you are launching or running a startup and there's a place where all of your developers—the biggest expense for most tech companies—cost one quar...
Twitter and Omnicom Strike $230 Million Mobile Ad Deal
Omnicom Media Group announced a mobile-focused deal with Twitter on Tuesday, worth $230 million over the next two years. — The deal will integrate Omnicom's programmatic ad buying unit Accuen with T...
Foxconn to buy $390 million stake in Taiwan telecom operator in 4G push
(Reuters) - Apple Inc supplier Foxconn Technology Group will buy a stake in Taiwanese mobile telecoms operator Asia Pacific Telecom for T$11.6 billion ($390 million) in a deal that would expand its pr...
Zappos creates social media network “Zappos Insiders” to evaluate potential hires
Zappos Zaps Its Job Postings — Online Shoe Retailer Creates Social-Media Network to Evaluate Potential Hires — A few months ago, online shoe retailer Zappos did away with job titles for its 1,500 ...
Spotify's been hacked, but only one user is affected so far
Spotify CTO Oskar Stål just published a blog post revealing that someone managed to gain unauthorized access to his company's systems and internal data. “As soon as we were aware of this issue we imm...