Lyft launches in NYC, drivers need taxi commission licenses; company “will pause operations” in Buffalo and Rochester by August 1
Lyft Launches in NYC — Tonight, after making positive progress with local and state leaders, Lyft will launch in all five boroughs of New York City.
Verizon will start restricting LTE speeds for its heaviest unlimited-plan customers
Verizon's 4G networks soon will start favoring customers who pay for mobile data by the gigabyte over customers who draw deeply from Verizon's unlimited plans. — Verizon Wireless has been trying to ...
House votes to allow cellphone ‘unlocking’
The House on Friday passed legislation allowing people to “unlock” their cellphones and switch from one carrier to another, sending the bill to the president's desk. — The bill won unanimous support...
Bose sues Beats over headphone noise-cancellation patents
(Reuters) - High-end sound system and headphone maker Bose Corp is going after the newer kid on the block, Beats Electronics, with a lawsuit accusing Beats of infringing several patents related to noi...
Apple Secretly Acquired “Pandora For Books” Startup BookLamp To Battle Amazon
TechCrunch has learned that Apple has made another acquisition, one that it is using to boost its e-books effort and “beat Amazon at its own game.” It has bought BookLamp, a startup based out of Bois...
Russian Interior Ministry offers $111k to crack TOR network
Russia's Interior Ministry is offering $111k for a technological solution that would allow police officers to identify internet surfers who are using the TOR anonymizer network, which has been rapidly...
Amazon Fire smartphone now available at AT&T
Amazon's Fire Phone Hits Stores, Minus the Fanfare — Amazon on Friday is embarking on its grandest attempt yet to keep customers buying more from its namesake site. — The company will begin sellin...
Judge Denise Cote concerned about e-book settlement because Apple's liability could fall from $450M to $70M if her ruling is reversed on a minor issue
U.S. judge says she is troubled by Apple $450 million e-books deal — (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday expressed concern …
Fixed Raises $1.2 Million For A Mobile App That Fights Your Parking Tickets For You
Fixed, the clever mobile application that helps you fight your parking tickets just by snapping a photo of the ticket with your mobile phone, has now closed on $1.2 million in seed funding.
Vevo, the Giant Music Video Site, Tries to Fix Itself Before It Sells Itself
Music videos are huge on the Web, and Vevo is huge in music videos. It generates six billion views a month, and is crucial to both the music industry and YouTube. — Now Vevo's owners want to find a...
IBM Said to Reject Globalfoundries Offer for Chip Unit
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)'s talks to sell its money-losing chip-manufacturing operations to Globalfoundries Inc. have ended after the two companies failed to agree on terms, accordin...
Microsoft delivers OneNote for Amazon Fire Phone, Kindle Fire tablets
Summary: Microsoft is making its OneNote note-taking app available for free for the Fire Phone and Kindle Fire tablets through Amazon's Appstore for Android. — On the heels of announcing Skype for A...
Comixology users can now download DRM-free backups of some comics
Maybe Amazon's purchase of Comixology isn't the worst thing to ever happen after all. Comic book readers on iOS have been fuming over the loss of in-app purchases following the company's acquisition ...
Germany's Rocket Internet looking to raise up to $4.7B in IPO on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Germany's Rocket Internet Eyes Possible Frankfurt IPO — Company Looking to Raise Up to $4.71 Billion, People Familiar With Matter Say — BERLIN—Rocket Internet AG, a German company …
Google has granted over 50% of “Right to be Forgotten” requests, over 100,000 links from 91,000 people
Google Grants Majority of ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Requests — Statistics Come as 91,000 People Request Removal of Some Search Results for Their Names
Homejoy expands beyond cleaning, offering a beta test group plumbing, landscaping, painting and other home services
Homejoy Expands Beyond Cleaning With Beta Test Of Home Services — When Homejoy raised its $38 million round of funding last December, the company did so with a plan …