Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Teardown
It has finally come: Microsoft's all-new Surface Pro 3—all-new in the sense that it's third in a trilogy of devices. Where the second was actually just a rehashing of the original, the third is showi...
Google Glass finally arrives in the UK, the first country outside the US
Google Glass, the head-mounted wearable computer unveiled more than two years ago, is finally available outside the US. After appearing in a support page linked to hardware availability, Google has l...
4.7-Inch and 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 to go into production in July, may ship simultaneously in September
Apple's Big IPhones Said to Start Production Next Month — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s suppliers will begin mass production of new iPhones in China next month, according to people familiar with the plans.
Verizon stops providing free data for Chromebook Pixel buyers one year into 2-3 year agreement
Broken promises: Verizon, Google, and the Chromebook data debacle — When a company promises two years of free mobile data service with a device, you expect them to deliver.
Microsoft giving away 15GB of OneDrive storage, 1TB for Office 365 users
More free storage? Lower prices? It's all good news from Microsoft today: The company just announced that it will begin offering 15GB of free storage to OneDrive users, up from 7GB.
San Francisco sends cease-and-desist letter to MonkeyParking, warns similar parking services
San Francisco Tells Parking Startup to Stop Operations, Warns Two Others — Several parking startups that want to make it easier to find a parking spot in busy cities are facing a legal gauntlet …
Google begins testing a domain registration service
Google today revealed that it is building a domain registration service called Google Domains. The product is still an early work in progress, so it's in invite-only beta for now. — Google's small ...
Cruise Automation previews $10,000 highway autopilot kit for specific Audi models
Tiny Startup Cruise Beats Google to Offer Self-Driving Car Tech to Consumers (Video) — Neither Google nor the big car manufacturers will likely be the first to put the keys to self-driving car techn...
Oracle Agrees to Buy Micros Systems for $5.3 Billion
Oracle Corp. agreed to buy Micros Systems Inc. for about $5.3 billion. — The deal is the biggest for Oracle, a serial acquirer, since its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. in 2010. ...
Withings introduces Activité, a $390 watch with analog face and accelerometer to monitor your steps and sleep
The Withings Activité hides a fitness tracker inside a gorgeous watch — It's not just a screen on your wrist — it's a fashion statement — The Withings Activité isn't a smartwatch.
Sprint and Samsung announce fitness-focused Galaxy S5 Sport, coming July 25
Sprint and Samsung have just announced the Galaxy S5 Sport. Similar to the Galaxy S5 Active, available on AT&T, the Galaxy S5 Sport is IP67 water and dust resistance and has a textured casing to give...
“Free” Wi-Fi from Xfinity and AT&T also frees you to be hacked
Ars tests how easy it is to spoof big broadband providers to grab data. — If you've traveled and tried to get on the Internet, you've probably seen some pretty suspicious looking Wi-Fi networks with...
Why ISIS' Social Media Campaign is ‘Even More Brutal’ Than Most
With a reported $2 billion war chest, ISIS is unusually well funded. Its relatively large force of 10,000 relies on more foreign fighters than most. And, perhaps most infamously, the group is too ex...
Mozilla puts a development environment into the browser with WebIDE
Nightly Firefox builds can develop, deploy, and debug apps all in the browser. — Browsers have long contained development tools to help debug and diagnose problems when authoring Web content, but Mo...
Amazon Brings Free, Ad-Supported TV Episodes To iOS, Plus HBO Content
Amazon may have denied earlier reports that it would launch a free, advertising-supported TV and music video service, as a departure from Prime Instant Video, but it has at least begun dipping its toe...
Yahoo's Aviate intelligent home screen app leaves beta, gains useful new features
One-touch access to friends, conference calls, and directions — Aviate, the Android app that caters your home screen to the time of day and where you are, is finally opening its doors to the world.
How Marissa Mayer Fell Asleep and Kept Ad Executives Waiting For Hours
Uber blocking secondary stock sales, has recently offered early shareholders buybacks at a price pegged to sub-$4B valuation
Uber plays hardball with early shareholders — Uber is very valuable. But there's only one way to sell its stock. Two months ago, an early Uber employee thought …
Letter from EU competition commissioner suggests new antitrust investigations await Google
Google's European Antitrust Woes Are Far From Over — BRUSSELS — Google has struggled for years to settle an antitrust investigation in the European Union, to avoid a huge fine and the stigma that wo...
Skyhigh Networks raises $40M led by Sequoia and Greylock, 13 months after it raised $20M
Skyhigh Networks Picks Up $40M, 13 Months After It Raised $20M — Skyhigh Networks, looking to accelerate its growth, has raised a $40 million Series C round of funding.
Opera's Chromium-based Web browser is now available on Linux
To the surprise of some, Opera has released a new version of its Web browser for Linux-based operating systems. — Available to download now, the last new version of Opera for Linux was version 12.16...
Bill Maris, the Man Behind Google Ventures, Wants to Redefine Silicon Valley Economics
Bill Maris is unimpressed with the mechanics of Silicon Valley venture capital. — He sees a lot of short bets on incremental advances and copycat apps. He thinks partners get paid for putting money...
Microsoft launches Interflow, a security and threat information exchange platform
In the wee hours of Monday morning, software giant Microsoft launched a new security and threat information exchange platform. The idea is to enable quick communication between cyber security provide...
Etsy buys French handmade goods marketplace A Little Market, its biggest acquisition to date
Etsy Acquires French Market in Biggest Deal Yet — Online marketplace Etsy is making its biggest acquisition yet, buying Paris-based A Little Market, a French website for handmade goods, foods, and w...
Google Play Quarterly App Revenue More Than Doubled Over Past Year, Thanks To Games, Freemium Apps
How well the Android app marketplace on Google Play is performing is the subject of a new report from recently expanded app analytics firm App Annie, out today ahead of this week's Google I/O 2014 dev...