Microsoft Cloud Strength and Hardware Progress Drive Record First-Quarter Revenue
Strong performance across commercial and consumer segments delivers revenue of $23.20 billion. — REDMOND, Wash. — October 23, 2014 — Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $23.20 billion for the ...
Amazon Takes $170 Million Writedown on Weak Fire Phone Sales
Amazon said in a conference call following the release of a disappointing third-quarter financial report that it would take a $170 million charge “primarily related to Fire phone inventory valuation a...
Facebook Launches Pseudonymous App “Rooms” That Lets You Create Forums About Any Topic
It's not quite anonymous, but forums standalone app Rooms is Facebook's first product that allows you to ditch your real name. Rooms lets you set up a mobile-only in-app discussion space about any to...
LG Gets Into the Smartphone Chip Game With Nuclun, an Eight-Core Processor
Korea's LG confirmed on Thursday night that it is indeed getting into the business of making its own mobile processors. — While most phone makers get their processors from companies such as Qualcomm...
Ello becomes a Public Benefit Corp., prohibited by charter from using ads or selling user data
‘Facebook Killer’ Ello Hatches Plan to Stay Ad-Free Forever — Upstart social network Ello took the internet by storm this past month, and a big part of its appeal lies with a promise that …
Judge says Aereo must shut for good as live TV, but service may survive as a cloud DVR
Broadcasters put the final nail in the coffin of Aereo as a live-streaming TV service on Thursday, but a judge's ruling could open the door to it operating as a cloud-DVR service.
Airbnb valued at $13B ahead of staff stock sale
Airbnb's valuation is set to rise to $13 billion, up from $10 billion earlier this year, as it prepares an employee stock sale, according to people familiar with its plans. — The valuation would mak...
Facebook and Yahoo develop RRVS, a new standard for securing recycled email addresses
Facebook and Yahoo Find a New Way to Save the Web's Lost Email Addresses — When Yahoo proposed a plan to reuse mothballed email addresses, a lot of people didn't like it.
Former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson launching Enjoy in 2015, has raised $30M to help consumers find products
The Genius Behind The Apple Store Wants To Help You Choose Your Next Gadget — Former J.C. Penny CEO and Apple retail chief Ron Johnson has a new startup that hopes to help …
Illumio, exiting stealth, aims to secure both your data center and the cloud
Illumio acts like access management for computing workloads; users can run Illumio to ensure that the right workloads get transmitted to the appropriate servers, whether they are on the cloud or on ba...
Yahoo's new home page, rolling out next month, emphasizes mail, video, and big-name content
Wanna See the Latest New Yahoo Home Page, Rolling Out Next Month? Bokay! — I have been a little lax in lifting interesting tidbits out of Yahoo for some months now, mostly because it felt …
Behind Google's $120M purchase of mobile enterprise startup Divide, one of NYC's biggest exits of 2014
How 3 First-Time Founders Turned One-Third Of Their Employees Into Millionaires — And No One Found Out About It — On May 19, Google acquired a startup for $120 million in cash and stock …
Shuddle, an Uber for kids with childcare pros as drivers, launches today, has raised $2.6M, founded by Sidecar co-founder Nick Allen
Shuddle Is an Uber for Kids Driven by Childcare Pros — Shuddle, a new service for parents to arrange paid rides for their children, launches today.
New Nintendo 3DS review: vastly improved performance and 3D effect, but unusably bad cameras and outdated display tech
New Nintendo 3DS review — Portable games consoles are still a thing. — As the Wii U flounders, it's almost easy to forget that Nintendo has another console plugging away …
Christian Bale confirmed to play role of Steve Jobs, shooting will begin in next couple of months
Christian Bale Didn't Have to Audition for Jobs Film Role — Actor Christian Bale didn't have to audition for the role of Steve Jobs in the coming biopic of the Apple Inc. (AAPL) co-founder, accordin...
Which of the five iPads in Apple's 2014 lineup should you get? A buyer's guide
Which iPad should you get? — Apple's 2014 iPad lineup is jam-packed. At the top end there's the brand new iPad Air 2. Then there's the updated iPad mini 3, last year's iPad Air and last year's iPa...
AWS comes to Germany as Amazon unveils second EU region, out of Frankfurt
The move has big implications for latency and resilience, and of course data protection — a particular concern for German businesses. — Amazon has launched its long-awaited German-based region - its...
GT Advanced settles with Apple, to exit sapphire production
(Reuters) - GT Advanced Technologies Inc (GTATQ.PK) said it reached an agreement with Apple Inc (AAPL.O) under which it will stop making sapphire materials and focus on supplying equipment to make sap...
German publishers grudgingly allow Google to display news snippets without compensation
German Publishers Bow To Google's Market Power In Ongoing Text Snippets Fight — A tug of war between Google and German publishers over how online news content is displayed in search results has ende...
Ello Raises $5.5 Million to Grow Its Ad-Free Social Network
Ello, the ad-free social network that promises users it will never sell their data, has raised $5.5 million in new venture funding, according to CEO Paul Budnitz. — The round was led by Foundry Grou...
Urban Airship raises $12 million from existing backers — total investment nears $60 million
total investment nears $60 million — The funding suggests investors retain confidence in the business after a tumultuous 12 months. (Oregonian photo) — Portland mobile alerts company Urban Airship...
Google's DeepMind Acqui-Hires Two AI Teams In The UK, Partners With Oxford
Earlier this year Google acquired DeepMind in the UK to expand the work that it is doing in artificial intelligence, and today the company announced that it is making some more significant moves to bu...