Circuit court rules criminal defendant can be forced by police to unlock phone with his fingerprint, but not his passcode
Police can require cellphone fingerprint, not pass code — A Circuit Court judge has ruled that a criminal defendant can be compelled to give up his fingerprint …
Slack raised $120M at $1.12B valuation in a round led by Kleiner and Google Ventures, all previous backers participated too
Slack's One-Year-Old Software Business Valued at $1.12 Billion — Workplace collaboration tool Slack didn't exist two years ago.
Hungary internet tax cancelled after mass protests
Hungary has decided to shelve a proposed tax on internet data traffic after mass protests against the plan. — “This tax in its current form cannot be introduced,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on...
Facebook now available through Tor browsers at an onion address, SSL still enabled
Why Facebook Just Launched Its Own ‘Dark Web’ Site — Facebook has never had much of a reputation for letting users hide their identities online. But now the world's least anonymous website has just...
Samsung Galaxy A5 and A3: Sleek, slim, fully metal (hands-on)
Side by side on a table, the two nearly identical rectangular handsets look innocuous enough and extremely familiar. Yet two things quietly make the Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5 stand out: their all-alum...
HP unveils MB Chronowing smartwatch with buttons instead of a touchscreen, and an estimated 7-day battery life, on sale Nov. 7 starting at $349
Michael Bastian Creates a Smartwatch That Looks Like a Watch — High-tech meets high-style in the MB Chronowing from Michael Bastian and Hewlett-Packard.
FCC close to reclassifying ISPs as common carriers on back-end, while still allowing fast lanes
FCC reportedly close to reclassifying ISPs as common carriers — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler speaking to the cable industry in April 2014. — NCTA — The head of the Federal Communications Commission ...
Amazon exec: We priced the Fire phone wrong
When it introduced the Fire smartphone in July, Amazon bet sales would be something worth bragging about. But three months in, it's obvious the Fire phone is more dud than runaway success. — Last w...
Larry Page interview: Silicon Valley has become short-sighted; too few investors are chasing breakthrough technologies
FT interview with Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page — Even the search engine's original mission is not big enough for what he now has in mind
Come Out, Come Out: The Tim Cook Moment Is Here
Looking back, I guess we in the media might have asked Apple CEO Tim Cook if he were gay. — Me especially, since I am gay. And, like many, I had heard all the assumptions about the self-effacing ex...
Before 2012 election, Facebook increased hard news stories in 1.9M feeds, which added measurably to civic engagement and voter turnout
Facebook Wants You to Vote on Tuesday. Here's How It Messed With Your Feed in 2012. — The social network tries to promote voting …
Microsoft Band first impressions: clunky hardware, useful software; tile interface works well
Wearing the Microsoft Band, the next big thing in fitness tracking — I've been wearing it for two hours, and I'm still acutely aware that it's there. This is the first and most unavoidable thing …
Hungary internet tax cancelled after mass protests
Hungary has decided to shelve a proposed tax on internet data traffic after mass protests against the plan. — “This tax in its current form cannot be introduced,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on...
Twitter's MoPub is using the UIDH “perma-cookies” inserted by Verizon into web pages
Somebody's Already Using Verizon's ID to Track Users — Twitter's mobile advertising arm enables its clients to use a hidden, undeletable tracking number created by Verizon to track user behavior on ...
Sony reports strong Q3 PS4 sales of 3.3M units, cuts annual smartphone sales forecast to 41M, after lowering them to 43M from 50M in Q2
Sony reports narrower second-quarter loss than estimated on strong PlayStation 4 sales — (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp reported a second-quarter operating loss …
Despite Android TV push, Google Play Movies & TV app comes to Roku set-top boxes
The latest app making its debut in the Roku Channel store today is Google Play Movies & TV, which is the search giant's digital media store for buying and renting videos. — The move is a tad interes...
AT&T bumps data on $40, $70 Mobile Share Value plans by 50%; Verizon in turn bumps data for $80, $100 More Everything plans by 33%, 50%
AT&T and Verizon Boost Monthly Wireless Data in Ongoing Competition [iOS Blog] — In recent weeks, multiple carriers including AT&T, Verizon …
Microsoft launches redesigned Outlook for Mac, announces new Office for Mac coming next year
Microsoft today launched a new version of Outlook for Mac, available to Office 365 customers. At the same time, the company announced its plans to release a new Office for Mac version next year.
Banking giant BBVA Compass partners with Dwolla for real-time transfers at reduced fees
A banking giant and payment startup unite to modernize money transfer — As the mainstream adoption and subsequent uproar around Apple Pay has shown, people are beginning to expect …
Joyent Raises $15M To Bring Enterprise-Grade Docker Support To Its Cloud Platform
Until today, cloud infrastructure company Joyent had raised a total of $120 million in a number of funding rounds, with its 2012 $85 million Series D round being the latest and largest.
Microsoft's Outlook.com will get third-party app support in spring 2015
3rd party apps coming to Outlook.com — Microsoft continues to re-examine and bolster its platform company roots, this time by announcing app support for Outlook.com, coming in Spring 2015.
Will He Ever Return? Head Of Google's Web Spam Team Matt Cutts Extends Leave Into 2015
The head of Google's web spam team, Matt Cutts, says that his leave from the company has gone so well that he'll be continuing it through 2015. — Cutts shared the news today in a note added …
Google Flu Trends to incorporate data from CDC after greatly overestimating number of cases in the US for the 2012-13 flu season
The New Thing in Google Flu Trends Is Traditional Data — Google is giving its Flu Trends service an overhaul — “a brand new engine,” as it announced in a blog post on Friday.
Samsung says Microsoft deal invites ‘charges of collusion’: filing
(Reuters) - Samsung said its collaboration with Microsoft on Windows phones raised antitrust problems once Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nokia's handset business, according to a court filing.
IBM teams up with Tencent to offer business software cloud services to companies in China
IBM teams with Chinese ISP Tencent to advance cloud portfolio — Summary: The companies will work together to build Software-as-a-Service offerings that tap into mobile, cloud and big data for use in...
BlackBerry updates BBM with timed messages and message retraction, unveils plans for a paid subscription
Above: BBM for iOS/Android, now beefed up with Voice and Channels — BlackBerry today released a new version of BBM, adding timed messages, message retraction, HD picture transfer, among other featur...