Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
iPhone, Mac & Services Growth Drive Record June Quarter Revenue & 20% EPS Growth — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended June 28, 2014. The Company posted...
Xiaomi's latest phone gets a steel frame, IR blaster and top specs for just $320
Having sold 26.11 million phones in the first half of this year, the beast from the East that is Xiaomi is back again with a new flagship Android phone: the MI4. For the first time ever …
Apple granted comprehensive ‘iTime’ smartwatch patent with in-strap circuitry, arm gesture support
In one of the clearest signs that Apple is — and has been — working on a smartwatch device, the Cupertino company was on Tuesday granted a patent for a wrist-worn wearable …
Amazon Quietly Launches Its Consumer-Facing Mobile Wallet App, Amazon Wallet
Amazon's first attempt at its own mobile wallet application, designed for use at the point-of-sale, has made a quiet debut on the Amazon Appstore and on Google Play. However, the current implementati...
Amazon Fire phone review: a unique device, but you're better off waiting for the sequel
After producing a long line of e-book readers and tablets (not to mention a set-top box), Amazon has its sights set on the smartphone market. But finding success here won't be easy, even for an estab...
Apple reaffirms it has never worked with any government agency to create a backdoor in any product or service
On July 18, Jonathan Zdziarski, a former iOS jailbreaker and current iOS forensic scientist and law enforcement consultant, gave a talk at the HOPE X conference in New York City.
William Shatner reviews Facebook Mentions, calls it “ill conceived”
Facebook Mentions Versus Facebook Pages Apps — I want to talk and compare an app that most of you don't have access to: Facebook Mentions and compare it to the Pages App that anyone who has a Facebo...
One of the most-viewed YouTube channels worldwide is a woman unboxing toys for toddlers
YouTube's Biggest Star Is An Unknown Toy-Reviewing Toddler Whisperer — Is it possible an unknown, one-woman toy-reviewing YouTuber called “Disney Collector” is making more money than most CEOs?
Researchers: Lawyers blocked our Black hat demo on de-anonymising Tor
Shelved Black Hat presentation would have explained why you don't have to be the NSA to break Tor — The Tor network promises online privacy by routing users' internet traffic through a number of ser...
Apple Faces Class-Action Lawsuit In California Over Alleged Labor Violations Affecting 20K Employees
While Apple today reported its quarterly earnings, another group seized the moment to push out another bit of Apple-related news. The company is being sued in a class-action suit …
Nvidia's Shield Tablet And Shield Controller Look To Offer No-Compromise Mobile Gaming
The Nvidia Shield was a first attempt by graphics chip- and card-maker Nvidia, but it gave the company a taste for building gadgets that wouldn't go away, so now they're back with the Shield Tablet …
Comcast Memo: Rep From “Painful” Retention Call Was Doing “What We Trained Him To Do”
A week after the posting of the neediest customer-retention call in Comcast history, the fallout continues, with the company's Chief Operating Officer telling Comcast employees in a memo leaked to Con...
LinkedIn Will Acquire Business Marketing Company Bizo For $175M
LinkedIn just announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Bizo, a company that helps advertisers reach businesses and professionals. — LinkedIn says the deal is worth around $175 million —...
Analysts' estimates for Apple's Q3: revenues up 8.5% year over year, earnings up 18%
Spreadsheet of the day: Final estimates for Apple's fiscal Q3 — With the world's most valuable company — and the hedge funds' favorite — set to report earnings after the markets close today, the eye...
To focus on services, Microsoft should split in two and make the Windows business a separate company
It's Time to Split Up Microsoft — To understand why so many serious Microsoft observers were encouraged by Satya Nadella's week-ago memo Bold Ambition and Our Core,1 it's useful …
Verizon tops Q2 expectations as tablet demand drives growth
The company added 1.15 million new tablets in the period, offsetting a slowdown in smartphone growth. — Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam. — Verizon's customer growth bounced back in the second quarter, t...
Application performance management company AppDynamics raises $120M at $1B valuation, plans eventual IPO
AppDynamics Raises $120M, Valued at $1 Billion for Corporate Software — AppDynamics Inc., whose software monitors how applications are performing in order to help companies avoid bottlenecks …
Timehop, The App That Works As A Digital Time Capsule, Raises $10M Led By Shasta Ventures
Timehop, the app that serves as a personal “today in history” memo by surfacing your social networking photos and posts from a year ago or more, has raised $10 million in new funding.
‘One more thing’: ex-Google exec says his Chinese employer is no Apple ripoff
“We're not copying Apple's products. End of story.” — A man wearing a black top and denim jeans stands on stage promising to unveil “one more thing.” As much as that might sound like the familiar ...
Ex-Goldman trader raises $1.6M for bitcoin exchange bitFlyer, looking to expand beyond Japan by year end
Ex-Goldman Trader's Bitcoin Exchange to Fill Mt. Gox Void — Yuzo Kano quit Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS:US) twice: once for a rival bank, the second time to open Japan's first bitcoin exchange since...
Profile of Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel and chief official on public policy matters
Microsoft's Top Lawyer Is the Tech World's Envoy — REDMOND, Wash. — Bradford L. Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, was in Berlin meeting with government officials this spring when a case kept poppi...
Microsoft appoints former Best Buy exec to head its Consumer Channels Group
Summary: Microsoft has brought in a former Best Buy exec to head its Consumer Channels Group, which handles sales and marketing relationships with OEMs, operators and retail partners.
Microsoft's enterprise offerings continue to carry the day
Summary: Microsoft still is an enterprise-driven company, even if management wants to do its best to deny that fact. Just look at its fourth quarter fiscal 2014 earnings for proof. — Microsoft exec...
William Shatner reviews Facebook Mentions, calls it “ill conceived”
Facebook Mentions Versus Facebook Pages Apps — I want to talk and compare an app that most of you don't have access to: Facebook Mentions and compare it to the Pages App that anyone who has a Facebo...
Tim Cook Says Businesses Could Revive Slowing iPad Sales
Although iPad sales were below analyst projections for a second straight quarter, Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the tablet can continue to grow, particularly if Apple can increase sales to businesses.
Google Play App Updated to 4.9.13 With Material Design App Pages
Google has begun the rollout of an update to the Google Play application on Android. At first glance the update doesn't seem to have any big changes. The sliding menu is the same, and the Play Store...