A woman game developer critical of #GamerGate flees home after death threats
Another Woman In Gaming Flees Home Following Death Threats — Game developer Brianna Wu fled her home last night, following what is becoming a distressingly frequent case of women in the gaming scene...
Apple Pay setup detailed & retailers begin training as service launches at Apple HQ
The launch of Apple Pay, Apple's NFC and Touch ID-based mobile payment solution, is upon us. Apple has begun preparing for the launch by kicking off Apple Pay training programs for its own group …
Google trial lets you chat with doctors when you search for symptoms
Searching the web for symptoms of illness can be dangerous — you could identify a real condition, but you also risk scaring yourself for no reason through a misdiagnosis. Google might have a solution...
Google Now comes way ahead of Siri and Cortana in a 3K+ voice knowledge-query test
The Great Knowledge Box Showdown: Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana — Google's Knowledge Graph has been the center of much attention lately. We have been hearing a lot about another concept called th...
Samsung US offers two-year coverage against failure, accidental damage to Galaxy S4/5, Note 3/4, starting at $99
Samsung USA introduces Protection Plus Mobile Elite for Galaxy S, Galaxy Note devices — Samsung has announced a new warranty program for Americans that will protect their devices from any untoward d...
Samsung announces 60 GHz 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology that increases max transmission speeds from 866 Mbps to 4.6 Gbps, expects first products in 2015
Samsung has found a way to boost Wi-Fi speeds fivefold — When it comes to Wi-Fi technology, it's a tale of two speeds: the theoretical and the actual.
Salesforce Hopes To Ride Analytics Wave With New Business Intelligence Service
Salesforce.com will unveil a new analytics service tomorrow morning they have dubbed Wave. The product will be introduced by CEO Marc Benioff at the company's Dreamforce customer conference in San Fr...
A profile of Product Hunt founder and tech tastemaker Ryan Hoover
The 27-Year-Old Who Tells Investors and Reporters What's New in Tech — Ryan Hoover was dancing with some friends at DNA Lounge in San Francisco last month when a stranger suddenly turned to him and ...
French bank BPCE teams with Twitter to offer person-to-person money transfer via tweets
French bank, Twitter team up for money transfers via tweets — (Reuters) - One of France's largest banks is teaming up with social network Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) this week to allow its customers to tr...
Even with dynamic pricing, a ride-sharing app will usually beat taxis on price in SF, LA, NYC
It Pays to Compare — A few weeks ago we built What's The Fare as a personal side project because it was frustrating to switch between multiple apps to check current pricing and to estimate fares.
Patent trolling pays: Since 2010, trolls have made 3 times as much money in court as real companies
Two charts show how, even though patent trolls have lost recent battles, they are still winning the war. — Who deserves more money from a jury: a company that uses its patents to sue a competitor us...
USPTO “business method” patent rejections increase to 78% in July, up from 24% in January, after Alice v. CLS Bank SCOTUS June decision
The patent office is rejecting a lot more software patents — A June Supreme Court decision on the legality of software patents has been sending shockwaves through the legal system.
3.8M Raspberry Pis sold to date
Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Still Selling Like Hot Cakes — The UK designed Raspberry Pi microcomputer, which has triggered all sorts of creative single board computing projects — most recently being ...