Apple builds a hidden structure at Flint Center, site of Mac unveiling, ahead of Sept. 9 event
Apple Building Massive Structure at Flint Center for iPhone 6 Event — Apple today issued invitations for its upcoming iPhone 6 event on September 9, which is also said to include its much-anticipate...
Google X unveils Project Wing, its drone delivery program; tested in secret for two years
Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program — A zipping comes across the sky. — A man named Neil Parfitt is standing in a field on a cattle ranch outside Warwick, Australia.
Google X VP Megan Smith is top candidate for US CTO role
Google's Smith Is Top Candidate for U.S. Chief Technology Officer — America is close to getting a new chief technology officer: Megan Smith, a longtime executive at Google Inc. and most recently a v...
Our Sources Say the Next iPhone Will Include NFC Mobile Payments
Platforms like Google Wallet, Isis, and Square have been around for years, while Apple has remained curiously silent on the mobile payments front. Well not anymore. — The company's next iPhone will...
Apple tell developers they may not sell personal health data to advertisers
The company has tightened its privacy rules in run up to announcements of new technology expected in September — Apple has tightened its privacy rules relating to health apps ahead of next month's p...
Surface Pro 3 now available in 28 markets around the world
The next 24 hours are huge for Microsoft and Surface fans everywhere. Starting just minutes from now in New Zealand, retailers and resellers in 25 additional geographies will begin selling Intel® Cor...
Google Launches First Beta Build of 64-Bit Chrome for Mac
Google today announced the launch of the first beta build of 64-bit Chrome for Mac, following the public release of 64-bit Chrome for Windows. — Earlier this month, Google added 64-bit support to Ch...
Google drops authorship support, including authors in results, citing poor adoption by webmasters and low value to searchers
It's Over: The Rise & Fall Of Google Authorship For Search Results — After three years the great Google Authorship experiment has come to an end ... at least for now.
Profile: Lee Jae Yong, Samsung's heir apparent and the man credited with forging a relationship with Apple
Samsung Low-Profile Heir Poised to Succeed Father Seen as ‘God’ — When Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) Chairman Lee Kun Hee toured his factories, the preparations were worthy of a head of state.
IFTTT raises $30M from Norwest Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz to integrate with internet-connected hardware
With $30 Million More in Hand, IFTTT Looks to the Internet of Things — One ambitious start-up wants to reroute the plumbing of the consumer Internet.
Netflix VP of content delivery Ken Florance says the company had to pay Comcast because it was losing customers
The Netflix Case Against Comcast, in One Chart — We've already heard Netflix executives explain why they signed an Internet deal with Comcast, even though they say they didn't want to …
Xbox One SmartGlass app adds gameplay recording, TV streaming & more as it expands into new markets
Microsoft updated its Xbox One SmartGlass companion app today with new features as the app and some of its flagship features expand into new markets. After first rolling out the features in beta …
Broadcom's WICED Sense Is A $19.99 Developer Kit To Aid In Rapid Prototyping of Internet of Things Apps
The Internet of Things (IoT) space is heating up with numerous players entering the market more and more frequently. It's estimated that this will be a $300 billion market by 2020 …
An entire Hollywood-like industry has grown around YouTube creators
Hollywood's Big-Money YouTube Hit Factory — When Brian Robbins first told people he was going full time into the YouTube (GOOG) business, his colleagues in Hollywood were incredulous. “My agent, my...
Cotap, A WhatsApp For The Workplace, Adds Box, Dropbox, Google, OneDrive And Desktop App
Cotap, a startup founded by former Yammer executives Jim Patterson and Zack Parker that launched last year with the premise of becoming a “WhatsApp for the workplace”, is today unveiling a new build o...
Google's open sourced tool Kubernetes can now be used to manage Docker containers on Azure
Microsoft Azure Now Supports Google's Kubernetes For Managing Docker Containers — Back in June, Microsoft announced that it would bring support for managing Docker containers with the help …
Leap Motion Hooks Up to Oculus for Controller-Free Virtual Reality
Earlier this year, Facebook turned “Oculus” into a household name by betting $2 billion that virtual reality is ready for prime time. — One problem with that vision, as we've written before, is that...
Samsung UHD TVs bringing Amazon 4K streaming from October, also adding Netflix 4K in Europe
Samsung bets on 4K Amazon and Netflix streaming to make UHD TV more tempting — The Korean tech giant wants to persuade you to fork out for 4K by offering movies and TV shows from Amazon and Netflix ...
Q&A Startup Quora Unifies Its Design Across Devices And Launches An iPad App
Quora wants to be the place where people share their knowledge with the world, and that means being on all the devices that people around the world use. To date, that's meant the web, mobile web, and...