DOJ in court filing asserts a DEA agent had the right to impersonate a woman on Facebook without her consent
Government Set Up A Fake Facebook Page In This Woman's Name — The Justice Department is claiming, in a little-noticed court filing, that a federal agent had the right …
iOS 8 Adoption Stagnates Just Two and a Half Weeks After Launch
After almost three weeks of availability, Apple's iOS 8 operating system is now installed on 47 percent of devices, according to new numbers posted on Apple's App Store support page for developers.
Twitter sues U.S. government over limits on ability to disclose surveillance orders
Twitter, the world's largest microblogging platform, on Tuesday sued the U.S. government, alleging that the Justice Department's restrictions on what the company can say publicly about the government'...
AAA study: hands-free Siri more distracting while driving than other voice-control systems
AAA says Apple's Siri causes potentially dangerous driver distractions — According to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, hands- and eyes-free infotainment and smartphone control s...
Facebook working on stand-alone mobile app that will allow anonymous discussion; release expected in coming weeks
Facebook Readies App Allowing Anonymity — Facebook has long attempted to be the place where, above all else, you try to be yourself. — Soon, Facebook will allow you to be yourself, but under a dif...
Microsoft's Project Spark game creator comes to Xbox One and PC
If you enjoy the creative part of building games but not so much the coding, Microsoft's Project Spark is now available for Xbox One and PC (Windows 8.1 only). That marks the end of a six month beta ...
New Google+ Head David Besbris: We're Here for the Long Haul (Q&A)
Google+ isn't dying anytime soon, says Google's new head of social media David Besbris. — Of course, you'd expect the person in charge of the social network to say so, despite the fact that it's har...
Facebook debuts “local awareness” ads, enabling local businesses to target users by location
Helping Local Businesses Reach More Customers — For many local business owners, marketing is just one of the many duties they must tackle every day.
Facebook Opens Its Mobile Ad “Audience Network” To All Advertisers And Apps
After announcing its mobile ad network at f8 in April, Facebook today officially launched “Audience Network” and started letting any advertiser buy and any third-party app host ads powered by its targ...
Adobe's Digital Editions e-book and PDF reader sends reading logs to company servers in plan text; Adobe says it's working on a fix
Adobe's e-book reader sends your reading logs back to Adobe—in plain text [Updated] — Adobe even logs what you read in Digital Editions' instruction manual.
Feds ‘Hacked’ Silk Road Without a Warrant? Perfectly Legal, Prosecutors Argue
With only a month until the scheduled trial of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged creator of the Silk Road drug site, Ulbricht's defense lawyers have zeroed in on the argument that the U.S. government illegal...
In addition to news sites, Google's “In The News” box now includes Reddit, blog posts, social media, etc.
Google's “In The News” Box Now Lists More Than Traditional News Sites — Google has confirmed that new “In The News” box appearing in some of its search results …
Secret ad beacon network uncovered, shut down in New York City
For almost a year, a company called Titan has operated a network of advertising beacons, devices that are capable of identifying nearby smartphones and which are often used to push advertisements and ...
European Commission suspects Amazon has received illegal state aid
Amazon.com may have received illegal state aid from tax authorities in Luxembourg, where the company has a subsidiary that records most of its European profit, according to the European Commission.
Blockchain raises $30M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, has 2.3M consumer wallets
Blockchain Is Latest Bitcoin Start-Up to Lure Big Investment — The bets that Silicon Valley is placing on Bitcoin are getting bigger. — Even though concerns remain about the digital currency's sta...
Nvidia launches GeForce GTX 980M and 970M Maxwell-based laptop GPUs, says they provide twice the performance per watt of previous generation
Nvidia's Maxwell graphics chips for laptops can beat some powerful gaming desktops — Computer gaming is about to take a big leap forward.
Plastc, a card to digitally replace other payment cards, is up for $155 pre-order, ships in summer 2015
Plastc wants to replace your entire wallet with a single card — How much technology can you fit into a 0.8-millimeter-thick credit card? — Last November, Coin offered a first taste of what was pos...
Latest Apple TV update enables remote access relay for HomeKit connected accessories
The center of a connected smart home could soon be the Apple TV, as Apple's latest beta software officially brings HomeKit support to its $99 streaming set-top box. — As first discovered by AppleIns...
Misconfigured server at US bond insurer MBIA leaks account statements of clients on public web
Huge Data Leak at Largest U.S. Bond Insurer — On Monday, KrebsOnSecurity notified MBIA Inc. — the nation's largest bond insurer — that a misconfiguration in a company Web server …
Docker acquires testing-centric startup Koality as it continues to build out its paid services
Fresh off a recent $40 million funding round, cloud darling Docker just bought a small startup that the company feels fits in nicely with its focus on making application development easier with contai...
The year of Watson continues: IBM announces a slew of new partners, public cloud integration, & more
Above: IBM's Watson headquarters in Manhattan — NEW YORK — IBM's Watson supercomputer is on a roll. — More than a month after opening up Watson's cognitive computing capabilities to researchers …
Teamsters seeking to unionize Facebook shuttle bus drivers, hope to move on to Google and Apple next
Facebook's Bus Drivers Seek Union — They shuttle highly paid Facebook employees to and from the company's headquarters in Silicon Valley, yet many say their pay is so low that they can't afford to l...
Belkin confirms router failures blocking users from getting online, says issue is now resolved
Borked Belkin routers leave many unable to get online — Many ISPs, models appear affected—with a DNS problem apparently to blame. — Owners of Belkin routers around the world are finding themselves...
Symantec Said to Explore Split Into Security, Storage Cos
Symantec Corp. (SYMC) is exploring a breakup, according to people with knowledge of the matter, joining other large technology companies that are trying to make their businesses more focused and nimbl...
SF's new “Airbnb law” officially permits short term rentals, with restrictions, starting Feb 2015
San Francisco Supervisors give okay to Airbnb legalization ordinance — Acknowledging that the “genie is out of the bottle,” the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave initial approval …
PayPal is at a disadvantage because it focused on peer-to-peer payments, not merchant-based transactions
PayPal's Incentive Problem — Last week eBay announced that PayPal would be spun out into a separate company, fixing two big problems for PayPal:
Yahoo Lays Off 400 Employees In India
Just ahead of its Q3 earnings, Yahoo is laying people off in its international business. Specifically, it is downsizing its software development center in Bangalore, India. We understand that 400 pe...
Google rolls out local News & Weather app for iOS
Google just introduced a new app for iOS that displays local news and weather. It's like the nightly local news except on your iPhone or iPad. — The News & Weather app for iOS is “your comprehensiv...
Data-saving Opera Mini browser to land on Samsung Gear S watch
While Tizen's smartphone future remains foggy, it's slowly gaining street cred in the wearable space courtesy of Samsung's smartwatches and their handful of apps. The latest brand to help push this y...
VCE rolls out an all-in-one system with EMC's all-flash XtremIO array
VCE is expanding its line of all-in-one cloud systems, adding one with all-flash storage and offering more options for enterprises that want an easier path to the cloud. — The company, formed by Cis...
Despite huge investments by VCs in bitcoin startups, transaction volumes haven't surged in the last year
Falling prices aren't the real reason to worry about bitcoin — People are starting to notice: The bad boy of the digital currency world is losing its mojo.
BloomNation, A Marketplace For Local Florists, Raises $5.6 Million Series A
BloomNation, a Santa Monica-based startup offering florists and floral designers a platform for running their business online, as well as a marketplace that connects florists and consumers, has now cl...
Kano Lets Kids Build Their Own Computers and Learn to Code
If you ask a typical 10-year-old today what's inside her computer, or how the software is created, she's likely to be baffled. Today's sleek notebooks and desktops, and the apps they run, are a far c...
Microsoft to hold cloud media event in San Francisco on October 20
CEO Nadella to talk up what's next for Microsoft's cloud — Summary: Microsoft execs, including its CEO Nadella, are on tap to talk more about the company's cloud futures on October 20.
Dozens of European ATMs rooted, allowing criminals to easily cash out
Criminals with physical access to ATMs install malware to control flow of money. — Criminals are installing fairly sophisticated malicious programs on banks' ATMs, allowing them to control access to...
Facebook names Joel Kaplan VP of Global Policy, as Marne Levin moves to Instagram as COO
Facebook taps D.C. office head to manage global policy — Facebook's D.C. office head, Joel Kaplan, will become the company's global VP of public policy. (Photo by: Eric Thayer/Reuters)
Microsoft launches OneNote Class Notebook Creator app for teachers, Office 365 subscription required
Microsoft today launched OneNote Class Notebook Creator, an app designed to help teachers do their job in the paperless age. If you have an Office 365 subscription …
SolidFire Raises $82 Million for Pooled Storage on Flash Memory
Microsoft, others agree to legally non-binding pledge to protect the data of K-12 students
Microsoft and Other Firms Pledge to Protect Student Data — A week after California enacted a landmark law restricting the ways education technology companies can use the information they collect …
Social Curation Platform Storify Gets A Redesign With Support For Group Collaboration
Storify, a service that allows users to curate tweets, photos, and other social media posts to create a coherent story, is getting a new design. More than just giving the product a new look …
Adobe announces alliance with Microsoft to improve Creative Cloud software on touch PCs
Creative pros like Macs, but Adobe cozies up with Microsoft — At Adobe's Max conference, the company announces an alliance with Microsoft to focus on touch and tablets. The alliance could help both...