iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Available in China on Friday, October 17
Pre-orders Begin Friday, October 10 — Apple® today announced that iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, will be available in China beginning Friday, October 17 fro...
Hackers charged with stealing over $100m in US army and Xbox technology
Indictment unsealed on Tuesday reveals Department of Justice charged four people in international computer hacking ring — Four men have been charged with breaking into the computer systems of Micros...
Reddit raises $50M round led by Y Combinator president Sam Altman, investors plan to allocate 10% of the round's equity to Reddit users
Reddit Raises $50 Million, Plans to Share Stock With Community Members — Reddit, the Internet's favorite place to share links, has raised about $50 million in funding.
eBay Inc. to Separate eBay and PayPal into Independent Publicly Traded Companies in 2015
American Express executive Dan Schulman joins PayPal immediately as President and CEO designee for PayPal post-separation — eBay Inc. President and CEO John Donahoe and CFO Bob Swan to oversee separ...
Microsoft previews Windows 10, touts familiarity and consistency across devices, enterprise features, Start menu with incorporated tiles
Microsoft unveils the future of Windows — Company gives first look at Windows 10, highlighting enterprise advancements and open collaboration.
PayPal was excluded from Apple Pay because PayPal partnered with Samsung on the Galaxy S5's fingerprint reader
The Real Reason PayPal Isn't an Apple Pay Preferred Partner — Earlier this month, before Apple Pay came out, Bank Innovation wrote that Apple and PayPal had been involved in talks for ... something.
Apple Releases OS X Yosemite Golden Master Candidate to Developers [Update: Also Public Beta]
Apple today released a candidate golden master version of OS X Yosemite to developers, just over two weeks after releasing the eighth Developer Preview alongside the third public beta of the upcoming ...
Amid layoffs at the Las Vegas Downtown Project, Tony Hsieh hands off lead role to his lawyer
Tony Hsieh Steps Down From Lead Role at Las Vegas Downtown Project — Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO and founder of the ambitious startup-city development Downtown Project in Las Vegas …
Netflix, Weinstein Co. to simultaneously release “Crouching Tiger” sequel on Netflix and IMAX
With ‘Crouching Tiger’ Sequel, Netflix Takes Aim at Hollywood — In a first deal of its kind, Netflix and the Weinstein Company said Monday that they planned to release next year's sequel …
Google unveils Drive for Education with free, unlimited storage and ‘Classroom’ integration
Google Apps for Education just got a little bit sweeter: In the coming weeks, new and existing customers will have access to Drive for Education, an academic version of its online storage solution.
EU Believes Apple's Irish Tax Deal Breached Rules
European Union Comments Outline Reasons Why it Opened an In-Depth Investigation — BRUSSELS—European Union regulators said Tuesday they believe that tax deals granted to Apple Inc. in Ireland constit...
Pebble Gets A Permanent Price Cut, Plus Background Sleep And Activity Tracking
Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is hoping to make its platform accessible to more people with a permanent price drop of $50 and $30 for both the original Pebble and the Pebble Steel, putting them at $99 and...
Google is closing Orkut, its first social network, today
We knew it was coming. Google is shutting down Orkut today, its first attempt at a social networking service. The decision was announced in June and users have had a few months to export their profi...
iOS 8.1 Carries Hidden Settings for Apple Pay, References Touch ID Support for iPad
The first beta of iOS 8.1 seeded earlier today has not yet revealed a significant number of changes visible to regular users, but developer Hamza Sood has managed to uncover several interesting hidden...
Microsoft rolls out new MSN website, rebrands and updates Bing apps as MSN apps for Windows
The new MSN arrives — Earlier this month, we unveiled a first look at the new MSN. Over the past 3 weeks, nearly 10 million of you took the opportunity to test out the new site and more than 80,000...
Holder urges tech companies to leave device backdoors open for police
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Tuesday that new forms of encryption capable of locking law enforcement officials out of popular electronic devices imperil investigations of kidnappers and...
Neustar, slated to lose federal number-portability contract to Telecordia, claims bid did not include sufficient security requirements
Neustar's lobbying for key number-portability contract gets boost from Michael Chertoff — Neustar's lobbying effort to stop a key federal number-portability contract …
EU Believes Apple, Fiat Tax Deals Broke Rules
Letters to Irish and Luxembourg Governments Outline Rationale for Investigation — BRUSSELS—European Union regulators laid out for the first time Tuesday reasons why they believe tax deals granted to...
iPhone 6 review: a significant step up from 5s in design, display, performance, camera, more
The iPhone 6 Review — With every launch of the iPhone, Apple seems to have everything to lose and not much to gain. Apple's iPhone line accounts for the majority of profits in the smartphone space ...
Another Card System Hack at Supervalu, Albertsons
Card data of Supervalu and Albertsons shoppers may be at risk in another hack, the two supermarket companies said Monday. — The companies said that in late August or early September, malicious softw...
Twitter to unveil “Fabric” app development platform with tools for app sign in, ads, analytics
With ‘Fabric,’ Twitter Aims to Win Back Developers — Twitter is preparing a push to mend fences with app developers, with the hopes of embedding itself into more mobile apps and collecting deeper da...
eBay Inc. to Separate eBay and PayPal into Independent Publicly Traded Companies in 2015
American Express executive Dan Schulman joins PayPal immediately as President and CEO designee for PayPal post-separation — eBay Inc. President and CEO John Donahoe and CFO Bob Swan to oversee separ...
Apple Defends The Irish Tax Arrangement That Allegedly Saved It Billions Since The '90s
This is a photo of Apple's facility in Cork, Ireland, the structure that is the fruit of a deal cut between Apple founder Steve Jobs and the Irish government in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
On The Future of Apple and Google
When Tim Cook was interviewed by Charlie Rose after Apple's mega launch event a few weeks ago, he scoffed at any mention of competitors, highlighting only Google as Apple's arch-rival. — Apple and G...
Intel's Basis Takes Second Stab at Health Watch, With Peak
Another day, another new wrist-wearable in gadgetland. But this one sounds ... pretty compelling. — Basis, the Intel-owned maker of a health-tracking watch called the B1 Band, is introducing a new ...