Celebrity photo theft a targeted attack on names, passwords, and security questions, and didn't result from breaches of Find my iPhone or iCloud
Update to Celebrity Photo Investigation — We wanted to provide an update to our investigation into the theft of photos of certain celebrities.
Banks: Credit Card Breach at Home Depot
Multiple banks say they are seeing evidence that Home Depot stores may be the source of a massive new batch of stolen credit and debit cards that went on sale this morning in the cybercrime undergroun...
Apple sets developer rules for HealthKit, HomeKit, TestFlight, and Extensions ahead of iOS 8 launch
Today, Apple has updated its official App Store developers Review Guidelines to outline the requirements for iOS 8 applications that will make use of the new HealthKit, HomeKit, TestFlight, and Extens...
Office for iPad adds monthly in-app subscriptions; $6.99/month for Office 365 Personal, $9.99/month for Office 365 Home
Microsoft adds monthly in-app subscription option to Office for iPad — Summary: Microsoft Office for iPad users now have the option to subscribe to Office 365 monthly and from inside Word, Excel or ...
Google's Android Wear to support Bluetooth headsets, GPS, and third party watch faces
Google says Android Wear about to get even smarter (Q&A) — The search giant hasn't said much about its OS for wearable devices since a demo in June. CNET sat down with two of the project's head eng...
Apple, Nordstrom in Talks to Partner on Payments
Department store Nordstrom is reportedly in talks to be one of Apple's early merchant partners when the company unveils its new payments platform soon, according to sources with knowledge of the discu...
SoftBank's humanoid robot Pepper will go on sale in US within a year, coming to Sprint stores
SoftBank to Sell Robot in U.S. Stores Within 12 Months — Billionaire Masayoshi Son will start selling his humanoid robots named “Pepper” at Sprint Corp. (S) stores in the U.S. by next summer …
Greg Wyler, satellite executive and founder of 03b Networks, has abruptly left Google
Abrupt Exit for Google Satellite Exec — One of the leaders of Google's effort to build a constellation of Internet-beaming satellites, Greg Wyler, has left the company, according to two people famil...
Court bans UberPop ride-sharing service in Germany, Uber Black unaffected; Uber will continue operations and appeal
Uber Service Banned Across Germany by Frankfurt Court — LONDON - The ride-hailing service Uber is about to have a head-on collision with Germany's taxis and legal system.
Behind the new HTML element, which speeds up page loads by letting browsers choose the best image for different screens
How a new HTML element will make the Web faster — Soon, you won't need to be the Flash for quicker Web browsing. — Flickr user: Katie Krueger
Android Game Console Maker Ouya in Sale Talks With Chinese Internet Giants, Others
Ouya, the maker of an low-cost Android-based gaming console of the same name, has been engaged in preliminary acquisition talks with multiple big players in China, as well as a few here in the U.S.
A look inside the hacker networks dealing in stolen celebrity data
Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft — An interesting aspect of information security is how periodically it collides with other industries and subcultures. With more information than ever being stored...
Fan Funding for YouTube creators now available in US, Japan, Mexico, Australia; Google to take 5% + $0.21 cut in the US
YouTube Now Offers Fan Funding In Four Countries - Here's A Look At How It Works — YouTube thrives off the videos produced by independent content creators all over the world …
Sonos speakers can now directly connect to home Wi-Fi, no longer require proprietary network
To simplify whole-home audio, Sonos starts to embrace your Wi-Fi router — Internet-connected speakers from Sonos now work directly with your Wi-Fi router, eliminating the need to also use …
Tox, a secure, open-source P2P messaging system first conceived on 4chan, aspires to become a Skype alternative
Out in the Open: Hackers Build a Skype That's Not Controlled by Microsoft — The web forum 4chan is known mostly as a place to share juvenile and, to put it mildly, politically incorrect images.
Swatch plans smartwatch with always-on touch screen and fitness tracking, coming next summer
Swatch prefers go-it-alone route for smartwatch plans — (Reuters) - Swatch Group is happy to go it alone with a launch next year of watches with “smart” features to compete with so-called wearable g...
Reddit unveils its first mobile app for Ask Me Anything (AMA) interviews on iOS
Reddit to Launch Mobile App for AMAs (Exclusive) — Reddit has made its long-awaited entry into the mobile app category with one devoted to its most popular attraction, the Ask Me Anything (AMA) inte...
Elgato announces $50 Avea smart lightbulb and Eve smart home sensors
Apparently, the world needs another smart lightbulb, and Elgato's going to sell it to you. Called Avea, the $50 bulb connects to your iDevice directly using Bluetooth (no external hub needed), and le...