Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple's 5.5-inch ‘iPhone 6’ faces production issues, launch may be pushed to 2015
Apple's rumored 5.5-inch “phablet” iPhone model is said to be facing issues with its new in-cell touchscreen panel, as well as color unevenness on the new “iPhone 6” metal casing …
Secret raises $25M series B, launches ‘Collections’ feature and anonymous Facebook login
Onward — The next six months — Six months into growing and evolving Secret, our community has shown us how much demand there is for a social network centered around honest conversations.
Microsoft plans holiday assault on Chromebooks with $199 HP laptop, $249 laptops from Acer and Toshiba
Microsoft launches a price assault on Chromebooks — Microsoft is aiming straight for Google's Chromebooks this holiday season. At the company's partner conference today …
eBay partners with Sotheby's to live stream the auction house's sales worldwide, giving eBay's 145M customers bidding access
A Warhol With Your Moose Head? Sotheby's Teams With EBay — Convinced that consumers are finally ready to shop online for Picassos and choice Persian rugs …
Exclusive: Google Prepping Play Store Update That's One Step Closer To Material With Beautiful New Listing UI
When we first wrote about Quantum Paper (the internal name for the material in Material Design), we noted that Google was anticipating a series of updates to its own apps between …
LinkedIn acquires Newsle, a Google Alerts-style service for you and your network
LinkedIn's has announced it has acquired Newsle, a service that lets you import your contacts from Facebook or LinkedIn and scans the Web to alerts you whether anyone in your network has been mentione...
Former Google [X] director and head of Glass Babak Parviz joins Amazon
Google X director Babak Parviz founded and led both the Google Glass and contact lens projects at Google, but it appears he has now left the Mountain View corporation in favor of Amazon.
GCHQ developed tools to manipulate online polls, inflate pageviews, censor videos, more
Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek to Control the Internet — The secretive British spy agency GCHQ has developed covert tools to seed the internet with false information …
Meet Parisa Tabriz, Google's “Security Princess” in charge of handling Chrome security threats
Meet Google's Security Princess — As Google's top hacker, Parisa Tabriz thinks like a criminal—and manages the brilliant, wonky guys on her team with the courage and calm of a hostage negotiator.
Sources: AOL CEO Tim Armstrong would love to merge with Yahoo, but Marissa Mayer finds the idea backward-looking
Two Years and Still Stuck in a Revenue Rut, Will Yahoo's Mayer Bite the AOL Bullet? — Maybe AOL and Yahoo will merge. Maybe not. Maybe they should. Maybe they shouldn't.
Internet Association representing Google, Netflix, Amazon, and others pushes for net neutrality in FCC filing
U.S. web companies press demands for net neutrality with FCC — (Reuters) - Major U.S. web companies on Monday urged regulators to restrict the ability of Internet providers …
Comcast Acquired PowerCloud Systems, Gears Up For Smart Home Play
Update. I have now confirmed that Comcast has indeed acquired PowerCloud Systems, a spinoff from PARC that developed hardware and software to monitor broadband usage in your home or office.
Google Directors Wanted Page, Brin to Court Facebook Employees
Google considered having its cofounders personally recruit Facebook workers and instituted a policy to make counteroffers within an hour to workers offered jobs by Facebook, according to newly release...
How an enthusiast is trying to rebuild Prodigy, the online service that shut down in 1999
Rebuilding Prodigy, one screen at a time — Rebuilding Prodigy, one screen at a time — Michael Doino approached the late hours of October 1, 1999, with a lingering sense of dread.
Microsoft says its deep learning project “Adam” is faster than Google Brain in benchmark test
Microsoft Challenges Google's Artificial Brain With ‘Project Adam’ — Microsoft's new artificial intelligence system, Project Adam, can identify images, including photos of a particular breed of dog.
How Internet Providers Get Around War Zones
Internet disruptions wreak havoc on global economies. Avoiding them is dangerous, but lucrative. — Via dyn.com — In January 2008, something sharp — mostly likely an errant ship anchor — sliced in...
The Eric Schmidt email confirming Google's one-hour window to counter Facebook job offers
More fascinating emails continue to trickle out of the Google/Apple/Intel/Adobe wage-conspiracy case in California. In one exchange revealed last week, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed …
Does Anyone Outside Silicon Valley Even Want a Smartwatch?
Nearly every big tech company is betting on them in unison. — In the past week, I've been called “Inspector Gadget” twice, had a near-calamitous accident involving spray-on sunblock, and felt my arm...
Twitter Is Cracking Down On Companies That Provide Stats About Its Users
Twitter has taken the unusual step of shutting off its datapipe to certain companies that have published their own stats on how big Twitter's user base really is, according to two sources.
GCHQ developed tools to manipulate online polls, inflate pageviews, censor videos, more
Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek to Control the Internet — The secretive British spy agency GCHQ has developed covert tools to seed the internet with false information …
Seattle legalizes Uber, Lyft to operate without caps
Transportation startups like UberX, Lyft, and Sidecar will finally be able to legally operate in Seattle. The City Council today voted 8-1 to approve legislation that provides a new regulatory framew...
Swedish author and his bot created 2.7M Wikipedia articles; some editors object to methods
For This Author, 10,000 Wikipedia Articles Is a Good Day's Work — In Sweden, Sverker Johansson and His ‘Bot’ Have Created 2.7 Million Articles; Some Purists Complain
Secret raises $25M series B, launches ‘Collections’ feature and anonymous Facebook login
Onward — The next six months — Six months into growing and evolving Secret, our community has shown us how much demand there is for a social network centered around honest conversations.