Honeywell takes on Nest with $279 Lyric smart thermostat, available in Lowe's stores by August
The heat is on: Honeywell is finally ready to challenge the Nest thermostat — The Lyric thermostat builds on Nest's iconic design — The idea of a connected home …
Google Pays $500M for Satellite Maker Skybox, for Photos and Eventually Internet Access
Google said on Tuesday it had bought Skybox Imaging, a company that provides high-resolution photos using satellites, for $500 million in cash. — Google explained the deal as such …
Apple is urgently building an internal ad agency of 1000 people, poaching industry executives, pitting internal creative against external agencies
For Apple, Marketing Is a Whole New Game — Here's What the Company's Doing to Regain Its Edge — By Ann-Christine Diaz, Maureen Morrison.
Exclusive: Amazon.com plans local services marketplace this year - sources
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc later this year plans to launch a marketplace for local services, a broad term that encompasses anything from babysitters to handymen to birthday clowns, beginning with a si...
Second China army unit linked to hacking attacks in international space and satellite industry
2nd China Army Unit Implicated in Online Spying — SAN FRANCISCO — The email attachment looked like a brochure for a yoga studio in Toulouse, France, the center of the European aerospace industry.
Index Ventures Raises New $550M Early-Stage Fund For Europe, The US And Israel
Index Ventures has announced a new early-stage, €400 million ($550 million) fund aimed at tech startups in Europe, US and Israel. This is its seventh early-stage fund and part of a total €3 billion …
Preorders open for Ringly, a $145-180 Bluetooth ring that vibrates and blinks with phone notifications
This Jewelry Lights Up and Buzzes When Your Phone Needs You — We've all done it: You're at a restaurant, enjoying a nice moment with a friend when all of a sudden you hear your phone buzz.
The Sprawling, Booming LA Tech Scene Is Having a Moment
So why are there still so many surfboards?
Pinterest hires veteran Apple executives Michael Lopp and Bob Baxley to lead engineering and product design
Pinterest Hires Long-Time Apple Execs to Lead Engineering and Product Design — You might think that with its $5 billion valuation, Pinterest would have its senior management largely set.
Microsoft fights U.S. search warrant for customer e-mails held in overseas server
Microsoft, one of the world's largest e-mail providers, is resisting a government search warrant to compel the firm to turn over customer data held in a server located overseas.
The FCC Was Hacked After John Oliver Called for Net Neutrality Trolls
When HBO host John Oliver called for Internet trolls to deluge the Federal Communications Commission with comments about net neutrality, he may not have expected for the FCC's site to get shut down.
Google demotes Chrome feature that would hide full Web addresses
Those who want their browser to show Web sites' full addresses gain a victory as Google opts to put the “origin chip” idea on the back burner. — The actions Google takes with its Chrome browser cast...
Money Doesn't Talk. Why Most Startups Aren't Announcing Their Seed Financings
Most of the startups we've backed at Homebrew don't rush to announce their funding. Not because they're all operating in stealth or pre-product - in fact some already are earning $1m+ in revenue per ...
Entirely new 1Password for Android app now available with redesigned interface, totally free until August 1
After teasing the redesign earlier this year, 1Password has finally launched a much-needed update to its Android app. Prior to this update, 1Password on Android was hideous, to say the least.
How a credulous media repeated dubious claims of a Turing Test milestone
No, A ‘Supercomputer’ Did NOT Pass The Turing Test For The First Time And Everyone Should Know Better — So, this weekend's news in the tech world was flooded with a “story” about how a “chatbot” pas...
Google's university book scanning can move ahead without authors' OK
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the right of universities, in conjunction with Google, to scan millions of library books without the authors' permission. — The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appe...
Cisco report says video to make up 84% of all US internet traffic by 2018, up from current 78%
Cat Videos, Binge TV Watching Will Account for 84 Percent of Internet Traffic, Cisco Says — Internet traffic will likely more than double in five years, and much of it will be used for online video ...
Sony formally announces PlayStation original sci-fi series ‘Powers’
We heard rumors that it was in the works a few months ago but Sony has now made it official: the first original television show for the PlayStation is coming, and it is called Powers. An adaptation o...
Samsung Chromebook 2 review: excellent portability & battery, processor struggles to multitask
Samsung Chromebook 2 review — Still waiting for the truly great, truly beautiful, truly portable Chromebook — Two years ago, Samsung made the first great Chromebook.
Alamo Drafthouse Bans Google Glass In Movie Theaters
Google Glass wearers have one fewer place to sport their wearable devices. Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League made his company's policy official today, announcing that the cinema chain will ban use of G...
Dropbox For Business Acquires MobileSpan To Make Bring-Your-Own-Device More Secure
Dropbox has just acquired MobileSpan, a startup that helps enterprise employees access corporate firewalled content securely. MobileSpan will shut down at the end of 2014, and active development will...
Longtime Apple-accessory distributor Dr. Bott files for bankruptcy
Online retailer and distributor Dr. Bott, a fixture in the Apple-accessory market since the late 1990s, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in its home state of Oregon, according to public records and...
Placed Raises $10 Million Series B For Mobile-Powered Location Analytics
Location-based analytics provider Placed, which operates an opt-in mobile surveying panel that now reaches over 175,000 people, is announcing $10 million in Series B funding in a round led by Two Sigm...
European Commission to investigate Irish tax arrangements with Apple
Ireland has been accused of creating a system that allowed Apple to sidestep large tax payments worldwide — The European Commission is to open a formal investigation into Apple's tax arrangements wi...
Formlabs' second-gen pro 3D printer is 50 percent faster
Formlabs' Form1 was a top dog among 3D printers when it first shipped, but others have stepped up their game in the past year. It's about time for an upgrade, don't you think? Appropriately, the com...
About.me Raises $11M To Rival Facebook For Simple Online Identity
About.me, the second-time around startup that lets you create a simple page about yourself online that others can use to find out a bit more about you, is today announcing another round funding, its s...
Salesforce launches platform for enterprise apps on wearables, partners with ARM and Pebble
Salesforce steps up consumerization pace with wearable push — Summary: Salesforce is taking another largely consumer technology—wearable computing—and giving it an enterprise spin.
eBay: We're not killing our same-day delivery service
But plans of expanding to 25 cities by end of the year have been shelved. The rumors about eBay Now's demise are greatly exaggerated. “There are no plans to shut down our same-day delivery offering ...
Amobee Buys Adconion For $235M And Kontera For $150M In Consolidation Play
Another day, and another two big acquisitions in the digital advertising industry. Amobee, a mobile ad company acquired by Singapore's main carrier SingTel two years ago for $321 million, is buying …
Lady Gaga's Backplane Pivots To Let You Build And Monetize Your Own Social Network
Why should Facebook or Ning earn the money if you bring the audience? Backplane wants to put that cash in your pocket. That's why it's pivoting from building social networks for big brands and celeb...
New Data Questions Netflix's Assertion That ISPs Are At Fault For Poor Quality
In the Netflix versus ISPs peering dispute, there are a lot of opinions and debate around who's at fault for letting some peering points degrade and who should be responsible for upgrading them.
Google's Skybox acquisition helps extend global internet access, enables cloud service for data about Earth
Google Owns a Satellite Now — To understand the behemoth's $500 million purchase of Skybox Imaging, don't look to the sky. The clouds will do just fine.