Unclassified White House network breached by hackers thought to be working for Russia, no system damage or evidence of classified network hack
Hackers breach some White House computers — Hackers thought to be working for the Russian government breached the unclassified White House computer networks …
IBM to incorporate Twitter data into their analytics tools, enterprise solutions
Changing the way business decisions are made — We believe that social data has unlimited value, and near limitless application. Today, we're taking an important step toward unleashing this value th...
YouTube Finally Supports 60FPS, And It Looks Awesome
Earlier this year, YouTube announced plans to support videos running at 60 frames-per-second—plans that would make a huge difference for footage of video games. Today, the video network has finally s...
MPAA, movie theaters announce “zero tolerance” policy against wearables
A movie theater industry group and the Motion Picture Association of America updated their anti-piracy policies and said that “wearable devices” must be powered off at show time. — “Individuals who ...
Microsoft outs upcoming fitness ‘Band’ with premature Mac and iPhone app releases
Microsoft hasn't officially announced its wearable device, but it seems the company has accidentally published its desktop syncing client to the Mac App Store early. Whoops.
CurrentC alerts users of its pilot program that some email addresses were stolen by hackers
Wal-Mart's Answer To Apple Pay Has Already Been Hacked — Here's a bad sign for CurrentC, the fledgling mobile payment system in development by a consortium of retailers.
Samsung's Q3 profit drops 60% YoY to $3.9 billion, mobile division profit down 74% YoY
Samsung's Q3 financials show ongoing struggles in mobile — The Korean electronics giant posts a 74 percent drop in its mobile business operating profits during the September period.
Xiaomi overtakes LG to become world's third-largest smartphone maker
The latest numbers from Strategy Analytics reveal that Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has surpassed Huawei and LG to become the third-largest smartphone maker in the world. Xiaomi has been making impre...
Microsoft lays off 638 in Seattle area, 3,000 globally, nearly completing its planned 18K cuts
Microsoft cuts another 3,000 jobs, finishing last big phase of layoffs … Microsoft this morning cut an additional 3,000 jobs from its workforce around the world, saying it has now completed almost …
Apple forcing PCalc to remove its iOS 8 Notification Center widget, saying widgets cannot perform calculations
Apple Asks PCalc Developer to Remove iOS 8 Widget — As tweeted by PCalc developer James Thomson today, he will be forced to remove the app's iOS 8 widget.
MCX: open to switching from QR codes to NFC and non-exclusivity; reported hack only occurred at email provider
MCX Says QR Payments App Will Pivot To NFC If Necessary, Won't Fine Retailers Who Break Exclusivity — In a virtual press conference today, MCX's CEO Dekkers Davidson said “We're agnostic about techn...
Windows Phone Shrinks In Android-Dominated Europe, As New iPhones Boost iOS' Share
Spare a thought for Microsoft, a relative newcomer to the mobile making business, after Redmond completed its $7.2BN+ acquisition of former European mobile making powerhouse Nokia earlier this year.
Twitter consumer engineering VP Jeremy Gordon and analytics group lead Adam Kinney resigning as company plans reorg
More Twitter exits: 2 key executives flying away — Twitter is planning yet another reorganization in its engineering department, and two respected managers plan to resign, CNBC has learned.
Google takes another step into your living room with its Nexus Player (hands-on)
Google's wanted a piece of your living room for ages, and now — after two attempts that never really went anywhere =- the search giant seems poised to get it what it wants.
Reddit Gets Into Crowdfunding With Redditmade
Reddit is continuing to expand its presence beyond its wildly popular sharing site — known as the front page of the internet for many — after it jumped into the world of crowdfunding with Redditmade, ...
Google Wallet adds recurring bank transfers for automatically adding money, low balance alerts
Google today announced it's adding new ways to add money to its Google Wallet service in addition to some new features that will make keeping an eye on your balance easier.
Office for Mac 2015 internal presentation leaked; looks just like Windows version, supports Retina displays, launching next year
Leaked Office for Mac 2015 screenshots look just like Windows version — Microsoft is bringing Office for Mac and Windows closer together
Google Hangouts now lets you make free one-minute international calls
Google announced yesterday that users in 25 countries will now get the first minute free on international calls to 25 countries they make via its Hangouts app. — Google's Hangouts app for desktops a...
Apple exec: Don't expect Apple SIM to show up in iPhones
HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) decided to put its Apple SIM card inside its new iPads because it didn't know which wireless carriers its customers would choose and because the company want...
After a blow from Apple, Nomi sells to Brickstream
Even the smallest change to Apple's iOS platform can have a huge impact. Tiny tweaks, such as the decision to improve privacy settings on iOS8, can wipe out whole categories of app makers. — Take N...
WhatsApp delays launch of voice calling service to Q1 of 2015
HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum said the over-the-top messaging app intends to launch voice calling services in the first quarter of 2015. The company, which Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) recentl...
Samsung's Q3 profit drops 60% YoY to $3.9 billion, mobile division profit down 74% YoY
Samsung's Q3 financials show ongoing struggles in mobile — The Korean electronics giant posts a 74 percent drop in its mobile business operating profits during the September period.