Time Warner rejected $80B takeover bid by Murdoch's 21st Century Fox last month, no longer in discussions
Rupert Murdoch Said to Have Made Offer for Time Warner — Twenty-First Century Fox, the media empire run by Rupert Murdoch, made an $80 billion takeover bid in recent weeks …
Amazon is testing “Kindle Unlimited,” an ebook subscription service for $9.99/month
Amazon is testing an ebook and audiobook subscription service called “Kindle Unlimited” that offers “unlimited access to over 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 a ...
FBI warns driverless cars could be used as ‘lethal weapons’
Internal report sees benefits for road safety, but warns that autonomy will create greater potential for criminal ‘multitasking’ — The FBI believes that the driverless car is a “game changing” vehic...
Apple agrees conditionally to a $450M settlement in e-book price-fixing case; $400M could go to consumers
Apple agrees to conditional $450 million e-books antitrust accord — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has agreed to pay $450 million to resolve U.S. state and consumer claims …
Netflix to FCC: reclassify Comcast and Verizon so they can't choke the internet
Netflix came out swinging in its submission to the FCC over proposed internet “fast lanes,” arguing Wednesday that this would be a bad idea and that the agency should instead focus on forcing broadban...
Kara Swisher Is Silicon Valley's Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist. How Does That Work?
The combination of access and toughness has made her a preeminent arbiter of status. — The technology journalist Kara Swisher likes to call herself Sherlock Homo, but on a spring evening in Austin …
FiftyThree's Pencil iPad stylus arrives in the UK
Are you a Briton who's been itching to try out Pencil, FiftyThree's Bluetooth-connected iPad stylus? Until now, the only way to get hold of the device would be to order it from the US and bracing you...
Microsoft announces 175-megawatt wind farm deal, broadens renewable energy commitment
Microsoft will purchase 175 megawatts of wind energy from the Pilot Hill Wind Project in Illinois, about 60 miles south of Chicago, as part of a 20-year agreement announced Tuesday.
Airbnb unveils its new identity, launches redesigned mobile app and website
Airbnb unveiled a complete brand and product redesign today at an exclusive event for top hosts and guests. — Airbnb calls its new logo a “multi-state moving identity,” and a “3D modular symbol” tha...
MIT roboticist unveils Jibo, a social robot for the home, available for pre-order today for $499, ships 2015 holiday season
Cynthia Breazeal Unveils Jibo, a Social Robot for the Home — Cynthia Breazeal and Jibo. — Cynthia Breazeal, the famed roboticist at MIT's Media Lab and a pioneer …
Bloomberg $20K+/year terminals have a classifieds section called POSH
There's A Secret Craigslist Just For Rich People — The classifieds section of the Bloomberg terminal, which costs more than $20,000 a year, is called POSH. Aptly named. — The Bloomberg terminal …
In IBM and Apple's wake, what will team Android do?
Summary: The biggest challenge for team Android is that Google and Samsung, two partners with enterprise ambitions, will have to herd cats to reach corporations to counter Apple and IBM. — Google, S...
Review: Overcast, Marco Arment's new podcast app with Smart Speed and Voice Boost features
Review: Overcast is a winning podcast app — AT A GLANCE — On Wednesday, Marco Arment released the podcast-playing app Overcast, his anticipated major return to the iOS App Store after selling …
Visa Launches Checkout, Another Play for Digital Payments
Visa wants you to know it gets that the future is about more than just plastic. — The company on Tuesday took the wraps off Visa Checkout, its latest effort to make itself relevant in a world of dig...
Microsoft to Surpass Yahoo in Global Digital Ad Market Share This Year
Google, Facebook continue on as the market's leaders — Yahoo's push to maintain its position as a top global ad seller will take another hit in 2014, according to new projections from eMarketer.
iPhone 5s was bestselling smartphone in May at 7M units, beating 5M for 2-month-old Galaxy S5
Samsung battles on two fronts as Apple readies iPhone 6 — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) is losing smartphone ground not only to cheaper Chinese rivals but also at the high end …
Google Search Integrates Bitcoin Price Calculator
Internet search giant Google has updated its search engine to automatically display bitcoin prices when users enter certain queries. — The news comes roughly one month after Google Finance partnered...
InkCase Plus Adds A Second, Standalone E-ink Screen To Your Android Phone
With more of our attention being gobbled up by smartphone screens it's no wonder phone displays have gotten bigger. But there's a natural limit on how big a phone's screen can get before you're basic...
Google Starts Selling Its Aerial Imagery To Maps For Business Users
Google Maps for Business is a service for enterprises and government organizations that need to visualize their assets on a map. Today, the company has announced that customers can now purchase Googl...
BlackBerry Assistant officially introduced as part of BlackBerry 10.3, Siri et al likely not worried
Canadian handset maker BlackBerry has officially introduced its virtual assistant for the BlackBerry 10.3 OS, and it's called simply ‘BlackBerry Assistant’.
eBay's Q2 earnings beat estimates despite analyst fears over security breach
Summary: However, eBay followed up with softer sales and earnings guidance ranges for the current quarter. — A major cyber attack on eBay back in May was widely expected by analysts to play …
Jawbone's new Up app makes healthy eating a whole lot easier
Jawbone finally gets food tracking right — Jawbone's Up bracelet has become perhaps the industry's most versatile fitness tracker, thanks to powerful sleep and activity monitoring. For its next act...
Funding Circle, a Peer-to-Peer Lender, Raises $65 Million
Silicon Valley has been working on new ways to bolster the flow of capital to small businesses, one of the nation's main engines of economic growth. Those efforts took another step forward on Wednesd...
Blogger Fined By French Court Because Negative Restaurant Review Was Too Prominent In Google
A French court has ordered a blogger to pay a substantial fine and change the title of a restaurant review because the review was too prominent in search results and harmed business at the restaurant.
One in five ex-Nokia workers in Finland could be axed as Microsoft prepares layoffs
Summary: Speculation mounts in Finland about heavy cuts for Microsoft's Nokia employees. — The job cuts Microsoft is expected to announce this week could fall hard on Nokia's home country …
Female Yahoo Exec Accused of Sexual Harassment Files for Defamation
Maria Zhang, the Yahoo engineering executive sued for sexual harassment by one of her female employees, is striking back. Zhang, who helps lead Yahoo's crucial mobile efforts, filed a cross-complaint...
Google plans to spend several hundred million dollars marketing Android One phones in India
Google Plans India Ad Blitz in Smartphone Bid — Google is planning a major spending effort on marketing its new Android One phones in India, in an ambitious play into a challenging but potentially h...
Apple Looks to Status-Hungry Vietnam for Growth: Southeast Asia
Bich Ngoc, who earns less than $60 a week and has a newborn son, cobbled together four months of savings to buy the latest iPhone so she could impress her colleagues who have older versions of the dev...
Ghash.io commits to staying under 40% of the Bitcoin network hashrate; will create committee to try to solve the 51% issue
Ghash.io Offers More Empty Promises To Bitcoin Miners — Ghash.io is still currently the largest Bitcoin mining pool, based on data from the last 48 hours.