Washington Post working on curated news app for the new 8.9" Kindle Fire launching this fall; app will come to other tablets eventually
Jeff Bezos's New Plan for News: The Washington Post Becomes an Amazon Product — Jeff Bezos wants to turn the Washington Post into a national publication …
HP's split into two publicly traded companies called Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. expected to be completed by November 2015
HP To Separate Into Two New Industry-Leading Public Companies — Hewlett-Packard Enterprise will define the next generation of technology infrastructure …
Insider breach at AT&T compromises Social Security and drivers' license numbers; company offers credit monitoring to those affected
AT&T Hit By Insider Breach — AT&T is warning consumers about a data breach involving an insider who illegally accessed the personal information of an unspecified number of users.
Adobe launches cloud-connected Capture & new Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, and Premiere iOS apps
Ahead of its annual MAX Conference kicking off today, Adobe has launched an entirely new suite of apps that are now available on the iPhone and iPad App Store.
HP is better not together — company to split into enterprise and PC/printer businesses
company to split into enterprise and PC/printer businesses — It's true. The HP IT giant is dividing into two smaller, but still large entities, one focusing on enterprise IT, the other on PCs and pr...
Apple sapphire crystal supplier GT Advanced files for bankruptcy
Apple sapphire supplier GT Advanced Tech has today released a statement announcing that it is filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. Filing for Chapter 11 means the company will be able to continue ...
Final price of WhatsApp for Facebook is $22B, up $3B due to increase in Facebook share price
Facebook's WhatsApp acquisition now has price tag of $22 billion — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) closed its acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Monday …
Uber Hires Former Lyft COO VanderZanden to Spur International Growth
Will the ongoing Spy vs. Spy war between San Francisco ride-sharing services Lyft and Uber ever end? — Not today it won't, with Uber hiring recently departed Lyft COO Travis VanderZanden to head a n...
Skype to block local voice calls from India starting November 10
NEW DELHI: Internet-based calling service Skype will stop delivering calls on landline and mobile phones in India from November 10. The Microsoft-owned company did not give any reason for this move.
Microsoft's ‘RoomAlive’ transforms any room into a giant Xbox game
When Microsoft first demonstrated its IllumiRoom research project at CES last year it generated a huge amount of attention ahead of a next-generation Xbox unveiling. A video showed off a projection s...
Samsung warns Q3 profit could fall 60% from last year amid competition from cheap Androids and new, large screen iPhones
Samsung Warns Another Disappointing Earnings Report Is Coming — Samsung warned Monday night that its third-quarter earnings would be weaker than expected.
Yahoo confirms its servers were breached via a Shellshock exploit, buy says no user data was accessed
Shellshock: Romanian hackers are accessing Yahoo servers, claims security expert — Hackers are exploiting Yahoo's bash bug vulnerability, according to technology consultant Jonathan Hall
Plex Launches On Xbox One
Perennial media management software favorite Plex is celebrating a return of sorts today: The company has launched an official client for Xbox One, after having originally been based on XBMC, the open...
Samsung Electronics makes $14.7 billion bet with new South Korean chip plant
(Reuters) - South Korean IT giant Samsung Electronics plans to spend $14.7 billion on a new chip facility - its biggest investment in a single plant - leaning on its semiconductor business to bolster ...
Adaptive Path's acquisition by Capital One feels like the end of the long-fading Web 2.0 era
Adaptive Path and the Death Rattle of the Web 2.0 Era — You may not have heard of them, but a little company in San Francisco called Adaptive Path has had an outsized effect on the Web we know.
Google Voice Now Supports MMS Through Nearly 100 North American Carriers
Google Voice's long and arduous path has finally culminated with the integration of Voice into Hangouts last month, officially landing on Android some months after Google had implemented the feature o...
Sony's new Internet pay-TV service to have 100 channels, may cost between $60-$80/month
Sony sets high price bar for Web TV — Sony's upcoming Internet-delivered TV service will carry 100 channels and a surprisingly high price tag of as much as $80 a month, The Post has learned.
Overstock.com Assembles Coders to Create a Bitcoin-Like Stock Market
Overstock.com is building software, based on the bitcoin digital currency, that could allow the big-name etailer to issue corporate stock over the internet, sidestepping traditional stock exchanges su...
Netflix gets a more visual layout on mobile, iPhone users can soon search titles by actor too
Netflix has given its Android mobile and tablet app a bit of a refresh this weekend, as the streaming giant rolls out a more visually-focused layout for search results.
Facebook Closes WhatsApp Acquisition, Jan Koum To Match Zuckerberg's $1 Annual Salary
Facebook is now the legal owner of WhatsApp, following a filing made with the SEC today. This is the final step in a process begun when Facebook announced its intent to acquire the messaging company ...
Free Spending by Startups Stir Memories of Dot-Com Era Excesses
Growing Trend of High Salaries and Pricey Offices as Venture Capital Pours into Tech Firms — San Francisco real-estate agent Jeffrey Moeller wants tech entrepreneurs to spend less. — “A four-perso...
An analysis of CrunchBase data suggests raising a second seed round won't hurt your odds of raising a Series A
Second Seed Rounds: How They Impact a Startup's Ability to Raise a Series A — The market for startups raising capital has changed dramatically over the past few years.
With new $400 million fund, Thrive Capital, which has invested in Kickstarter, Spotify, Twitch, and Instagram, is New York's quietest success story
With new $400 million fund, Thrive Capital is New York's quietest success story — Unlike just about every venture capital firm, Thrive Capital doesn't tweet.
The cloud DVR is going mainstream before anyone knows if it's legal
It's perfectly legal in the US to record television programs for personal use, but the situation gets murkier when those recordings touch the web. American courts haven't really decided if cloud DVRs...
ITC to investigate Nvidia complaint over Samsung phones, tablets
The U.S. International Trade Commission, the country's top trade court, is launching an investigation into allegations by Nvidia that several Samsung cellphones and tablet PCs contain graphics technol...
Backed By $9.5 Million, Curbside Launches A Mobile Shopping App For Same-Day Pickup, Not Delivery
A number of companies today are experimenting with same-day e-commerce, including Amazon, Google, eBay, Instacart and others - but for most, the focus has been on same-day delivery.
Beepi Raises $60 Million to Sell Used Cars to the Smartphone Generation
Investors are bankrolling used-car marketplace Beepi Inc. in a bet that people will purchase used cars with a few taps from their smartphones without ever taking a test drive. — The Los Altos, Calif...
Gmail updates for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus displays
Sometimes it's the little things that make a big difference, like apps that take proper advantage of the extra screen real-estate of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, so consider it welcome news that Gm...