Nadella: “Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world”, reaffirms commitment to Xbox
Satya Nadella's email to employees: Bold ambition and our core — Team, As we start FY15, I want to thank you for all of your contributions this past year.
Chromecast and Roku sold an estimated 3.8M units each in 2013 in the US, compared to 2M Apple TVs
Roku and Chromecast go head-to-head in streaming race, Apple TV falling behind — Roku and Chromecast were the two most successful streaming devices sold in the U.S. in 2013 …
Chinese hackers accessed personal details of US federal employees, targeted applicants for top-secret security clearances
Chinese Hackers Pursue Key Data on U.S. Workers — WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers in March broke into the computer networks of the United States government agency …
FTC Alleges Amazon Unlawfully Billed Parents for Millions of Dollars in Children's Unauthorized In-App Charges
No Password or Other Indication of Parental Consent Was Required for Charges in Kids' Apps; Internal E-mail Referred to Situation as “House on Fire”—Amazon.com …
PCs see surprising gain in US as global decline slows, but Apple slips
PCs are seeing surprising strength, especially in the US, according to IDC. Are some tablet models starting a slow fade? — HP EliteBook Folio 1040: HP gained, as business laptops are seeing strengt...
Ready for takeoff: Microsoft's iconic Flight Simulator revived, coming to Steam
Microsoft Flight Simulator is making a comeback — but Microsoft won't be doing any of the work to make it happen. Dovetail Games, makers of the Train Simulator franchise, has signed a global licensin...
Forget “OK Glass,” MindRDR Is A Google Glass App You Control With Your Thoughts
Google Glass has made a name for itself (somewhat infamously) as head-mounted hardware that you can control with your voice and a sliding finger. Now, a team based out of interactive studio This Plac...
Singapore passes anti-piracy law enabling copyright owners to block sites like Pirate Bay
Singapore passes law to block illegal sites — The Singapore government has passed an amendment to the country's Copyright Act that will let content owners compel service providers to block infringin...
Google sets up European venture capital arm with initial $100 million fund and four general partners
The beans have been spilled, courtesy of the FT: Google is creating a $100 million fund to invest in European startups. — The Internet behemoth's newest VC arm will have five general partners …
Amazon Goes After Box, Dropbox And Huddle, Launches Zocalo For Secure Enterprise Storage
E-Commerce giant Amazon has made huge competitive inroads into the cloud services market with Amazon Web Services, and today it's adding another feature that will put it into direct competition …
UK fast-tracks communications data retention law in attempt to expand powers overseas
As reported a few days ago, the U.K. is set to introduce emergency legislation to respond to a recent ruling by Europe's top court, which struck down an EU-wide law forcing communications firms to han...
TaskRabbit pivots, launches on-demand service for cleaning, handiwork, moving, & errands
TaskRabbit just killed off its famous task bidding system for an new model: instantly bookable services in four of its most popular categories. — News of the change was shared last month to ease …
Samsung child labor allegations contradict recent audit
China Labor Watch uncovers a practice of hiring underage workers during periods of peak demand — The 2014 edition of Samsung's annual Sustainability Report was issued a few days ago and enumerated a...
LinkedIn Steps Up Its AI Play, Turns Its Contacts App Into A New Connected App
With 40% of LinkedIn's 300 million users accessing the social network for professionals via mobile devices, the company has been stepping up a gear on its mobile business, adding new apps around speci...
Xperia Z1 Compact on sale in the US six months after announcement
Better late than never, but why aren't the carriers picking it up? — One of our favorite phones of this year, the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, has finally gone on sale in the United States half a year af...
CYNK Technology, a dubious “social networking” company with no revenue, valued at $4B after 25,000% market rise in a few weeks
A ‘Social Networking’ Stock Has Exploded 25,000% In A Few Days, And It's Not Even Clear If The Company Exists — This is a chart showing trading …
Apple Secures EU Trademark for Store Layouts
Court Ruling Extends Apple's Trademark beyond U.S. — BRUSSELS— Apple Inc. has a secured a court ruling allowing the company to register the layout of its retail stores in the European Union as a tra...
Silent Circle takes on Skype and Viber with global, encrypted phone calls
Secure comms firm promises ‘beautiful disruption’ with its new Silent Phone calling plans, but will businesses agree? — Silent Circle's Silent Phone service. — Secure communications firm Silent Ci...
Malwarebytes raises $30M in Series A Funding, secures 60m users
Summary: Security firm Malwarebytes has secured $30 million in Series A funding from Highland Capital Partners. — Malwarebytes has secured $30 million in Series A funding from Highland Capital Partn...
Access to Google services within China returns
(Reuters) - Users in China were able to access online services for Google Inc on Thursday, after more than a month of severe disruption that almost completely blocked people from using features such a...
FreedomPop Brings Its Free Wireless Service To Europe, Sans Handsets
FreedomPop, the startup out of L.A. that has been going after U.S. carriers' wireless business with a “free” basic mobile offering, is now bringing a SIM-only version of its service to Europe and beyo...
Google faces German Motorola phone patent ban
Motorola uses a laser-based technology to help minimise the size of its phones' antennas — Motorola faces the prospect of being forced to remove its handsets from sale in Germany and to recall phone...
How The EU Censors Google & Search Engines Just Like China
When it comes to censorship, the European Union generally isn't one of the political entities that immediately comes to mind. But it should, especially since its new Right To Be Forgotten mandate has...
Malwarebytes raises $30M in Series A Funding, secures 60m users
Summary: Security firm Malwarebytes has secured $30 million in Series A funding from Highland Capital Partners. — Malwarebytes has secured $30 million in Series A funding from Highland Capital Partn...
Scytl snags another $20M to put secure elections on the Web
Scytl is trying to modernize elections by killing the ballot box and moving the voting process online. SAP Ventures, a European based firm, just handed the startup another $20 million to help the com...