JPMorgan says data breach affected 76M households, 7M small businesses
Hackers' Attack on JPMorgan Chase Affects Millions — A cyberattack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses, a tally that dw...
Apple launches tool to check Activation Lock status; lets you see if an iPhone/iPad is stolen
Apple releases tool to check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices — Apple recently released a tool that lets anyone check the Activation Lock status of iOS devices.
Security researchers publicly release code to Github for “practically unpatchable” exploit BadUSB
The Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs Is Now on the Loose — It's been just two months since researcher Karsten Nohl demonstrated an attack he called BadUSB to a standing-room …
Apple veteran Steve Dowling chosen as Apple's interim head of PR, succeeding Katie Cotton
Code/red: Apple Taps Interim PR Boss — // HAPPENING TODAY — Rocket Internet's IPO, and it's not going well. — The 55th anniversary of the premiere of “The Twilight Zone.”
Apple Asks the Music Labels for a Price Cut on Streaming Subscriptions
There are lots of music subscription services that let people listen to all the songs they want for $10 a month. — Apple thinks that price is too high. — Sources say Apple is talking to the big mu...
Early build of Android L with TouchWiz previewed on the Samsung Galaxy S5
Exclusive Preview: Android L on Samsung Galaxy S5 — At Google I/O 2014, Google announced the next iteration of its Android operating system - Android L. As the operating system itself was still in e...
LG website referenced software development kit for an unannounced webOS SmartWatch
LG is working on a webOS SmartWatch — “LG SmartWatch gets more powerful with the new Web-centric platform” — The world's favorite abortive mobile operating system, webOS, refuses to go away quietl...
Google threatened with $100M lawsuit for failure to remove nude images of hacked celebrities
Celebrities Threaten “Despicable” Google for “Facilitating” Hacked Nude Photos — In a letter that rips Google for acting “like the NFL” and turning a blind eye, a lawyer representing celebrities war...
Microsoft may have named it Windows 10 to maintain compatibility with app software from '90s
Is this why Microsoft named it Windows 10? — Seemingly everyone on the Net has a theory as to why Microsoft skipped the name “Windows 9” and jumped to 10. Here's one explanation that actually makes...
France's Iliad Said to Plan Bid for Bigger T-Mobile Stake
Iliad SA (ILD) is planning to bid for a bigger stake in Deutsche Telekom AG's U.S. unit than it sought in July, as the French telecom carrier approaches a self-imposed deadline to reach a deal, people...
Apple expands benefits for both part-time and full-time employees, including educational assistance, longer maternity leave
Apple unveils new perks to attract talent — Apple employees are getting a few new perks today (and no, it's not free iPhone 6s).
Evernote announces a new web client, unveils enterprise productivity platform ‘Work Chat’
SAN FRANCISCO — The connected note taking app company Evernote today announced that it has completely redesigned its web client for simplicity and creativity. — Previously, the web client …
Yelp, TripAdvisor, others, launch “Focus on the User” campaign against Google search results
Focus On User Group Uses Google Algorithm To Attack Map Pack — Yesterday a new anti-Google consortium called “Focus on the User” launched a website that cleverly uses Google's own words …
Windows 10: A step back for the interface but a leap forward in strategy
Ambitious Windows 10 Is an Attack Disguised as a Retreat — From the early looks of Windows 10, it's a long-overdue concession to the fact that Windows users prefer the way things used to be.
Facebook officially launches its mobile Like Button for native iOS and Android apps
Mobile Like Button now Available to Everyone — On average, the Like and Share Buttons are viewed across almost 10 million websites daily. At f8 this year, we let developers preview the Like Button ...
Local police in US giving families free ComputerCop keylogging software in “Internet Safety” initiative
ComputerCOP: The Dubious ‘Internet Safety Software’ That Hundreds of Police Agencies Have Distributed to Families — ComputerCOP in Maricopa County, Arizona
An in-depth look at Apple Pay, and why it could be the safest way to make a credit card payment
Apple Pay: An in-depth look at what's behind the secure payment system — With Apple Pay slated to go live later this month, one can soon expect to see an avalanche of fear mongering from pundits who...
Pioneer finally brings CarPlay equipment to mass market, Spotify app update adds CarPlay support
The CarPlay situation has been murky. Since being announced in the spring, most manufacturers have been quiet on when CarPlay equipment will actually be available to purchase.
iPhone 6+ with 802.11ac shows substantial speed improvements over iPhone 5s's 802.11n
iPhone Wi-Fi Speed Test: 802.11ac iPhone 6 Plus vs. 802.11n iPhone 5s [Video] — We've posted a new video test comparing the Wi-Fi speeds of the 802.11ac iPhone 6 Plus versus the 802.11n iPhone 5s.
Intel responds to pressure from anti-feminist campaign #GamerGate, pulling ads from Gamasutra
Intel buckles to anti-feminist campaign by pulling ads from gaming site — #GamerGate supporters try to silence calls for video game equality — Intel has pulled an advertising campaign …
Schmidt: Google's systems “far more secure and encrypted than anyone else, including Apple”
Google: Tim Cook is wrong about us — Apple got it wrong — Google is the safest place on the Web, the search giant's chairman says. — “We have always been the leader in security and encryption …
After a hammer attack on a rider, some lawyers believe Uber could be liable, despite its ToS
Uber Rider Might Lose An Eye From Driver's Hammer Attack. Could Uber Be Held Liable? — Roberto Chicas, a 35-year-old San Francisco bartender, climbed into an UberX car around 2 a.m. last week and e...
Netflix will finance four major feature films starring Adam Sandler to appear exclusively on Netflix
With Four New Adam Sandler Films, Netflix Takes Aim at Theaters — Netflix plans to announce on Thursday that it has struck a deal with the comedian Adam Sandler to produce and star …
Apple's Health app is useless, dependent on other apps to gather data
Apple's Health App Is An Embarrassment — ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self. — You know those super-awkward “before” shots with a f...
Google Reveals ‘The Physical Web,’ A Project To Make Internet Of Things Interaction App-Less
Google's Scott Jenson, an interaction and UX designer who left the company only to return to the Chrome team last November, has revealed a project underway at the company called The Physical Web to pr...
Samsung to start producing Apple's 14nm A9 processors by year end
Samsung expects sales boost from Apple chip deal — Summary: Samsung's chip boss said supplying its 14-nanometre FinFet chips to Apple will boost its financials greatly, reports ZDNet Korea's Cho Mu-...
Facebook Announces Stricter Guidelines For Research And Experiments On Its Users
After a study on whether emotional manipulation in the News Feed could make people sad turned into a PR disaster, Facebook has now set up a formal review process for pre-approving research on its user...
Angry Birds maker Rovio lays off 130 staff and tries to ‘reignite growth’
Layoffs affect 16% of Finnish firm's workforce as it focuses on its games, media and consumer products businesses — Angry Birds still has 200m active players, but its growth has been slower than exp...
Twitter for Mac gets long-overdue update adding multi-photo viewing and DM photos
Twitter for Mac has received a rare update that adds months-old features, such as support for viewing and posting multiple photos in a single tweet and attaching pictures to a direct message, to the a...
Roku players will soon support Android, Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 screen mirroring
Own a Roku 3 or Roku Streaming Stick? You'll soon be able to mirror the screen from your Android, Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 devices. — The feature is rolling out in beta today for select Androi...
Design Firm Adaptive Path Acquired By Capital One
Adaptive Path, a San Francisco-based design and user experience consultancy, has been acquired by financial firm Capital One. — That's not the most obvious acquirer, but in his announcement, Adaptiv...
Deezer launches US partnership with Bose, at $5/month with lower quality audio than Sonos deal
Deezer launches in the U.S., again, this time partnering with Bose — Deezer is launching another paid tier of its streaming service in the U.S., this time through an exclusive partnership with Deeze...
Heads up display startup Navdy nabs $6.5 million in seed funding to bring its GPS system to cars
Navdy will use the money to build its staff and prepare to manufacture the GPS and mobile phone notification device for shipment early next year. — Navdy, a San Francisco startup planning …
Kickstarter co-founder Perry Chen launches “Dollar a Day” email newsletter: subscribers donate $1 per day to featured nonprofits
Kickstarter Founder's Next Project Will Crowdfund Nonprofits With a Dollar a Day — Perry Chen, co-founder and former CEO of the seminal …
New Apple patent hints at next-generation iOS Remote app that reproduces Apple TV GUI
Apple's next-gen iOS Remote app solution could boast full Apple TV GUIs, interactive content — An Apple patent application published Thursday describes a next-generation iOS Remote app system capabl...
Dubai detectives to get Google Glass with facial recognition tech developed by local police
Dubai detectives to get Google Glass to fight crime — (Reuters) - Dubai police plan to issue detectives with Google Glass hands-free eyewear to help them fight crime using facial recognition technol...
Wayfair begins trading on Nasdaq, surges 24% to $36 per share
Wayfair Gains After Online Furniture Retailer's IPO — Wayfair Inc., the online furniture and home-goods retailer that sells brands such as Joss & Main and Birch Lane, rose in its trading debut after...
Celebrities Threaten Google With $100 Million Lawsuit for “Facilitating” Hacked Nude Photos
In a letter that rips Google for acting “like the NFL” and turning a blind eye, a lawyer representing celebrities warns of consequences — Marty Singer, representing over a dozen celebrities whose iC...
Fertility app maker Glow raises $17M Series B led by Formation 8
Glow Raises $17 Million, Offers More Evidence That the App Helps Women Conceive — Glow, which develops apps designed to help women manage their reproductive health, has raised $17 million in a Serie...
Scribble Technologies raises $12 million, plans to ‘open new international offices and make strategic acquisitions’
Coming off its recent acquisition of CoveritLive, Scribble Technologies has received a $12 million Series C investment led by WIN (Waterloo Innovation Network) Fund.
Hulu makes peace with Apple's 30 percent cut, enables in-app billing in latest iPhone update
Hulu is giving Apple 30 percent of its Hulu Plus subscription fee for new users that sign up through the just-relaunched iPhone app. The company's business model may help with this significant bounty...
Bing: No Plans To Give Ranking Boost For HTTPS
At Search Marketing Expo, Bing's Vincent Wehren, the Lead Program Manager for Bing Webmaster Tools, said they have no plans on ever giving a ranking boost to websites that switch to HTTPS. — In Augu...
Waze announces Connected Citizens program to share data with local governments worldwide
Google's Waze announces government data exchange program with 10 initial partners — Waze today announced “Connected Citizens,” a new government partnership program that will see both parties exchang...
Google's Sundar Pichai: Drive at 240m active users, Chromebooks approaching 50% US EDU market (Video)
During its Atmosphere Live event, Google's Sundar Pichai announced that the company's Drive cloud storage platform has over 240 million active users, up 190 from million since June.