Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets
As highlighted in a few reports shared in the MacRumors forums, a small but growing number of iPhone 6 Plus owners have reportedly bent their phones after carrying the devices in their pockets just da...
Blizzard cancels its next-gen MMO Titan after seven years
Blizzard has officially canceled development on its mysterious next-generation massively multiplayer game Titan. The company confirmed the news to Polygon in a recent interview. — This revelation c...
Comparing photos taken with Camera+ using all iPhone versions, from the original to iPhone 6
How does the iPhone 6 camera compare to previous iPhone cameras? — In the past seven years, each new advancement in iPhone camera technology has made dramatic improvements to image quality.
Samsung exits laptop market in Europe “for now” after decline in PC market
Exclusive: Samsung exits laptop market including Chromebooks — Following in the path of Sony and its Vaio PCs, Samsung has decided to exit the laptop market stopping sales of Ativ Windows …
Lotus Notes inventor and ex-Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie wants to make phone calls more like collaborative documents with Talko
Brave New Phone Call — Ray Ozzie's new app Talko hopes to give people their voices back — I. … It's not an abstract subject for the 58-year entrepreneur.
Apple's A8 SoC: GX6450 4-core GPU, enhanced Cyclone CPU cores, 4MB L3 Cache
Chipworks Disassembles Apple's A8 SoC: GX6450, 4MB L3 Cache & More — One of the more enjoyable rituals with Apple's annual iPhone launch is the decapping, deconstruction, and photographing of the pr...
Mobile Wallet Laughingstock Clinkle Finally Launches To Let You Pay Friends And Earn “Treats”
After 17 months of jokes about vaporware college payments startup Clinkle, its iOS and Android apps finally launched today at a few colleges. Clinkle lets you pay friends, get a pre-paid Visa …
Samsung launches $19.99 Power Sharing cable for charging micro USB devices with your Galaxy phone or tablet
Samsung today launched a new accessory for its Galaxy line of products that isn't just a gimmick but looks extremely useful: meet the Samsung Power Sharing cable for $19.99.
PRSS Digital Magazine Platform Acquired By Apple
Apple has acquired Dutch digital magazine startup Prss, a platform that makes it easy to create iPad-compatible magazines using tools that don't require any knowledge of code. The company is essentia...
Former Apple retail chief and ex-J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson to launch on-demand delivery service for gadgets
Former Apple Exec, J.C. Penney CEO to Launch Delivery Startup — The godfather of Apple's retail stores is trying to reinvent shopping again, this time by getting rid of stores.
FTC sues Bitcoin miner maker Butterfly Labs, alleging fraudulent and deceptive practices
Feds say Bitcoin miner maker Butterfly Labs ran “systematic deception” [Updated] — Sonny Vleisides (right), is Butterfly Labs' co-founder and largest shareholder.
PayPal integrates Bitcoin processors BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin for merchants in the US and Canada
PayPal today announced partnerships with three leading Bitcoin payment processors: BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin. The eBay-owned company wants to help digital goods merchants accept Bitcoin payments …
Wink announces Relay, a $300 wall-embedded touchscreen for controlling smart home devices
How one tiny startup is winning the race to power your smart home — For decades the smart home has been a tantalizing dream just out of reach. There are hundreds of connected devices on the market ...
Google investing $772M to build a 120 megawatt data center in the Netherlands
Google to build gigantic 120-megawatt data center in the Netherlands — The $772 million facility in Eemshaven will benefit from proximity to the landing point of major international submarine cables...
Microsoft announces $59.95 Wireless Display Adapter for streaming Miracast devices to your TV
Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter connects your Miracast devices to HDTVs — The first 10 to 15 minutes of any presentation usually involves trying to figure out which cable connects to the TV.
Google X Founder Sebastian Thrun Has Left His Role As Google VP And Fellow
Sebastian Thrun has left the building — the Google X building, that is. The founder of search giant Google's factory to develop and build “moonshot” technologies, who launched the company's driverles...
California's autonomous vehicle regulations go into effect; Google wins 25 car permits, Audi and Mercedes-Benz get two each
Google's self-driving cars are now allowed on all roads in California — Google won 25 DMV permits for testing autonomous vehicles; Audi and Mercedes each received two
Facebook's internet connectivity drones to begin testing next year, to deploy within 2-5 years
Facebook Lays Out Its Roadmap for Creating Internet-Connected Drones — A still from an promotional video showing how Facebook and Internet.org will deliver internet access via — aerial drone.
UPS Store expands 3D printing services to nearly 100 locations
In-store 3D printing facilities offered in more markets — Delivery company UPS is making its 3D printing service more widely available at its stores across the United States. After an initial test ...
Tiger Global raises $1.5B pool to invest in private companies, 5 months after last $1.5B raise
Exclusive: Tiger Global raising another huge fund — Tiger Global has begun raising another $1.5 billion to invest in private companies, Fortune has learned from multiple sources.
First lecture of the Stanford course “how to start a startup” with Sam Altman and Dustin Moskovitz now online
Lecture 1: Welcome, and Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part I — Why to Start a Startup. Sam Altman , View Sam's Slide Deck. Dustin Moskovitz , View Dustin's Slide Deck.
iPhone 6 costs an estimated $200 to $247 in parts and labor to build, 6 Plus $216 to $263; profit margins 69-70%; Samsung supplies 40% of A8 chips
Teardown Shows Apple's iPhone 6 Cost at Least $200 to Build — Apple spends $200 to $247 in parts and labor to build an iPhone 6 …
Say hello to Talko: Ray Ozzie's startup wants to reinvent the phone call, starting with an iPhone app
What has Ray Ozzie been focusing on since leaving his position as Microsoft's chief software architect? Here's the answer. A new app and online service called Talko …
Radius Raises $54.7 Million to Improve Sales Leads Using Big Data
Home Depot's former security architect was convicted of sabotaging his ex-employer's network
Home Depot's former security architect had history of techno-sabotage — “We sell hammers” was the justification Home Depot managers gave for cheaping out on security to IT employees. — WestportWik...
Apple Announces iOS 8 Adoption Has Already Reached 46%
Apple has announced that iOS 8 adoption has already reached 46%. First spotted by iClarified, Apple quietly revealed the statistic on its App Store Distribution page. — The company says iOS 8 adopt...
Google Structured Snippets Officially Live In Search Results
Earlier this month, we caught Google testing a form of knowledge graph data within the search results snippet. This feature is now officially being confirmed by Google on the Google Research Blog.
iPod Mastermind Tony Fadell On The Death Of The iPod: “You Can't Get Too Nostalgic”
After 13 years, the iPod Classic is dead. Google's Tony Fadell tells us what killed the iPod, and why we shouldn't be bummed about it. — What does it feel like to lose your design child?
EU antitrust chief says Google must improve its settlement proposal or face charges
Google Must Improve Search Settlement or Face Charges, EU's Almunia Says — Antitrust Chief Says Investigation Hasn't Been Swayed by Political Pressure — BRUSSELS— Google Inc. must improve …
Branch Metrics Raises $3 Million From NEA For More Intelligent Deep Links That Make Apps Work Like The Web
Palo Alto-based Branch Metrics has just raised $3 million from NEA and others to address a series of challenges affecting the mobile app ecosystem today.
Eduardo Saverin Leads $14 Million Funding Round For Silvercar, An Audi Airport Rental Startup
Billionaire Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has found a new place to focus his entrepreneurial energies: airport car rentals. Audis, specifically. — Saverin led a $14 million Series B round …
Rackspace knocks out patent troll that claimed monopoly on rotating smartphone displays
A troll called called Rotatable claimed a patent monopoly on the use of rotating mobile screen displays. Rackspace won a victory for everyone by destroying its patent.
Traxpay Raises $15M, Teams With MasterCard To Be The PayPal Of The B2B World
Traxpay, a German startup that has created a platform for businesses in a supply chain to make payments to each other — think PayPal for the B2B world, or an Alipay of the Western world — is making …
Q&A with LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner on strategy, management, setbacks, and company culture
LinkedIn's CEO Jeff Weiner Reveals The Importance Of Body Language, Mistakes Made Out Of Fear, And One Time He Really Doubted Himself — Who is the best CEO in the country?
Bitcoin-mining company Butterfly Labs shut down by FTC
Company marketed specialized computers designed to produce the cryptocurrency but delivered useless machines, according to an FTC complaint. — A bitcoin-related company that allegedly engaged in dec...
Netflix refuses CRTC demand to hand over subscriber data
Video streaming company not ‘in a position to produce competitively sensitive information’ — Netflix was ordered last week to give confidential subscriber data to the Canadian Radio-television and T...