iPhone 6 better in every way: display, performance, photos, videos, battery life, and network speed
The iPhones 6 — The Big Picture — A few days into testing the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, I accidentally left my personal iPhone 5S on a desk next to the iPhone 6 Plus.
Tim Cook Interview: The iPhone 6, the Apple Watch, and Remaking a Company's Culture
Steve Jobs's office remains Steve Jobs's office. After his death in 2011, Tim Cook, his friend and successor as Apple (AAPL) chief executive officer, decided to leave the sparsely decorated room on t...
Amazon's $200 Kindle Voyage is the Rolls-Royce of e-readers
Perhaps Amazon sold a lot of 3G Paperwhites without special offers. Or maybe Kobo's Aura HD has quietly taken the world by storm and Jeff Bezos decided he needed an answer. Whatever the impetus, Ama...
Foxconn struggles with iPhone 6 demand despite 200K workers making 540K phones/day
Foxconn Struggles to Meet New iPhone Demand — Apple fans may have to wait for weeks to get the new iPhones as Apple's major assembler Foxconn appears to be struggling to boost its production to meet...
Amazon leaks smaller, lighter, 300 DPI high-res Voyage Kindle, launching Nov 4th
Kindle Voyage leaks on Amazon with a new way to turn pages — Amazon appears to be preparing to launch new Kindles. Several listings spotted on the German version of Amazon show a new “Kindle Voyage...
Sony's inability to sell smartphones is costing it $1.7 billion
Sony has just revised its annual earnings forecast with the addition of a major 180 billion yen (roughly $1.7 billion) “goodwill impairment charge.” This relates to Sony's Mobile Communications (MC) ...
iOS 8 review: Apple empowers developers with Continuity, iCloud Drive, HealthKit, HomeKit, Pay
iOS 8, thoroughly reviewed — A big, developer-centric update completes the overhaul started in iOS 7. — “Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.”
Peter Thiel: Twitter execs probably smoke pot, Uber most ethically challenged company
Peter Thiel on Twitter and pot, Google, Uber and gay CEOs — Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, provides his play on social media company Twitter. — Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel …
Material design screenshots leaked for Google Play Store 5.0 update
An Exclusive Early Look At The Google Play Store's 5.0 Update — A couple of months ago, we shared an early look at an impending Play Store update that saw more “materialized” content listings, but t...
Airbnb to begin collecting a 14% transient occupancy tax in San Francisco October 1
Airbnb Will Collect Taxes in San Francisco Starting Next Month — Airbnb will collect taxes from its hosts and and remit them to its hometown of San Francisco starting October 1, the company said tod...
Former Qualcomm Exec Named Head of Google Fiber
Google Fiber has a new boss, the latest sign that the search giant is serious about delivering high-speed Internet service. — Former Qualcomm executive Dennis Kish replaced Milo Medin, a key visiona...
Android Browser flaw a “privacy disaster” for half of Android users
Thanks to a bug in the Android Browser, your cookies aren't safe. — Surian Soosay — A bug quietly reported on September 1 appears to have grave implications for Android users. Android Browser, th...
Dropbox suspends auto-upload feature in its iOS apps due to an iOS 8 ‘compatibility’ issue
Dropbox has “temporarily suspended” the auto-upload feature that syncs photos and videos in its primary iOS app, and the iOS version of its Carousel photo sharing app, following an issue with iOS 8.
Apple seemingly removing HealthKit compatible iOS 8 apps from App Store due to issues
Several apps began rolling out on the App Store this morning with HealthKit support for Apple's new Health app, but it seems issues on Apple's side have forced HealthKit-compatible apps to be complete...
Facebook adds label cohorts and retention charts to app analytics for developers
Introducing improved analytics tools for app developers — Today we're excited to announce that we're launching new tools within App Insights to let you better measure the performance of your app amo...
Google's rumored Android Silver program put on hold after departure of senior VP Nikesh Arora
Google Might Postpone Its Radical Plan To Change The Way Android Phones Are Sold — Google might delaying its rumored Android Silver program, a re-branding effort that would give high-end Android sma...
Cisco acquires Metacloud, boosting Intercloud, OpenStack efforts
Summary: The privately-held cloud player will be snapped up for an undisclosed sum as the networking giant aims to bolster its inter-connected cloud effort, run on open-source OpenStack. — Zack Whit...
Logitech Targets Home Automation Play with Harmony Living Home Lineup
Home Automation and Control - Setting the Stage — The increasing popularity of home automation (HA) equipment has fueled the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution. However, the low barrier to entry …
Retail Software Startup LightSpeed Raises $35 Million From iNovia
While e-commerce is huge and growing, about 90 percent of all purchases still happen offline. LightSpeed wants to provide the software and services that help brick-and-mortar retailers increase sales...