Facebook Messenger passes 500M monthly users
Messenger Reaches 500 Million — By Peter Martinazzi, Director of Product Management — Messaging is an important part of how people stay connected and since Messenger launched in 2011 we've been pa...
President Obama endorses net neutrality, asks FCC to reclassify the Internet as a utility
Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet — More than any other invention of our time, the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a generation ago...
Chinese hackers suspected of breaching US Postal Service, compromised data of 800K+ employees
China suspected of breaching U.S. Postal Service computer networks — Chinese government hackers are suspected of breaching the computer networks of the United States Postal Service, compromising the...
Raspberry Pi Model A+ now on sale for $20 with smaller design, lower power consumption, microSD card slot
Raspberry Pi Model A+ on sale now at $20 — When we announced the Model B+ back in July, we said that we'd also be producing a lower-cost variant, analogous to the original Model A. Since then …
iOS vulnerability allows apps installed via enterprise/ad-hoc provisioning to replace real apps under the same name, letting an attacker steal data
Masque Attack: All Your iOS Apps Belong to Us — In July 2014, FireEye mobile security researchers have discovered that an iOS app installed …
Microsoft announces its first non-Nokia Windows phone, the Lumia 535: 5" display, 5MP front camera, 1GB RAM, single/ dual SIM, for $130
Microsoft's first Lumia defines Windows Phone's future — Microsoft's first Lumia device is being officially unveiled as the Lumia 535 today …
DarkHotel: A Sophisticated New Hacking Attack Targets High-Profile Hotel Guests
This hotel is not implicated in the DarkHotel attacks. It is shown here to stand in for all luxury hotels. Flickr: L'HOTEL PORTO BAY SÃO PAULO — The hotel guest probably never knew what hit him.
Google Takes Over Operations Of Moffett Airfield From NASA, Will Invest $200M Into The Site
After years of using Moffett Field as the home and launch pad for the private jets of Google's founders, the company has agreed to a deal in which it will lease the airfield from NASA for the next 60 ...
Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released From Prison
After being on the run for two years Peter Sunde, aka brokep, was arrested during a family visit in southern Sweden late May. — Despite being accused of non-violent crimes, Peter was transferred to ...
Apple hiring dedicated sales team, working with business app developers in enterprise push
Exclusive: Apple's enterprise assault gets into higher gear — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is embarking on its most aggressive expansion yet onto corporate turf, hiring a dedicated sales force …
DogVacay, offering dog-sitting services, raises $25M to expand internationally and offer boarding, day care, walking, training and grooming
Exclusive: DogVacay raises $25 million — When you enter the offices of DogVacay, there's a good chance you'll be eagerly greeted by Maggie. And Minnie.
Tim Cook on Apple Watch, Payments and Getting TV Right (Full Video)
In a Q&A at the WSJD Live Conference, Apple CEO Warns Retailers That They Will Only Stay Relevant if Customers ‘Love’ Them — Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, joins WSJ's Gerard Baker at WSJD Live to talk abo...
Evernote Raises $20M From Japanese Media Giant Nikkei, Forms Content Partnership For Evernote Context
Evernote announced today that it has raised $20 million in new capital from Nikkei, the Japanese media conglomerate that publishes the influential financial newspaper Nikkei, as well English-language ...
HTC Desire Eye review: mediocre cameras, but otherwise a great, waterproof mid-range handset
HTC's Desire Eye is a killer mid-range smartphone — But don't expect much from those cameras — HTC's marketing its new phone all wrong. The newly launched Desire Eye …
New devices help iOS steal back enterprise share from Android; breakdown is 85% iPhone 6, 15% iPhone 6 Plus
Apple has managed to reverse a recent trend of declining quarterly enterprise share for device activations, thanks to its new smartphones. The breakdown for businesses buying …
‘Singles Day’ is huge: Alibaba on pace to top Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales in one day
In the U.S., Black Friday and Cyber Monday are held up as two prime examples of America's wealth. Online sales between Thanksgiving and the following Monday can hit a staggering $3.64 billion.
Mozilla launches Firefox Developer Edition with built-in tools for debugging apps and mobile browsers
Mozilla today launched Firefox Developer Edition, which it is calling “the first browser created specifically for developers.” The company wants to solve a very big problem developers often complain ...
Tor Project has few answers, many questions about Operation Onymous
Thoughts and Concerns about Operation Onymous — What happened — Recently it was announced that a coalition of government agencies took control of many Tor hidden services. We were as surprised as...
Samsung Electronics to build $3 billion smartphone plant in Vietnam
(Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) has applied for a license to invest $3 billion in building a second smartphone factory in northern Vietnam, a government official said ...
Instagram now lets you edit captions, suggests accounts to follow in new People tab
Instagram today released two new features for its mobile apps. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play and Apple's App Store. — First up, the app now lets you go back and edi...
Hadoop startup Hortonworks announces it has filed for an IPO
Hortonworks Files to Float Public Shares in 2015 — Hortonworks, one of a handful of companies seeking to build a business on Hadoop, the open source big data software technology, has filed for an in...
Microsoft Office Apps Skyrocket To The Top Of The App Store Following Pricing Changes
Nothing sells like “free.” Microsoft Word is now the number one free iPhone and iPad application on iTunes, closely followed by other Microsoft Office apps including Excel and PowerPoint.
Microsoft explains its new productivity focused strategy in more detail
Microsoft's CEO Gave Us The Clearest Vision For The Company We've Had In Years — Over the past few years, it has been tough to pinpoint what Microsoft's focus is. — In 2012, then-CEO Steve Ballmer...
Google donating $10 million to fight Ebola, launches donation matching campaign
Google CEO Larry Page announced on the company's blog today that Google has donated $10 million to several nonprofit organizations in an effort to fight the Ebola virus disease.
GoPro launches $800 million offering, CEO to sell some shares
GoPro Inc's founder and CEO Nick Woodman holds a GoPro camera in his mouth as he celebrates GoPro Inc's IPO at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York City, June 26, 2014. — (Reuters) - Wearable camera m...
Imagination reveals powerful graphics chips for smartphones and wearables
The graphics in digital gadgets, from wearables to smart TVs, are about to get more snappy and responsive. — Imagination Technologies is launching its latest graphics cores that can be licensed by c...
Microsoft combines Office 365, Skype, Xbox Live, and Xbox Music Pass into new Work & Play bundle, available until January 2015 at $199 for one year
Microsoft pushes its dual-use vision with $199 Work & Play Bundle — Summary: Microsoft is bundling together four of its subscription services …
Apple Quietly Hires UK Team From Map App Pin Drop Amid Rumors Of A Cambridge Office
Apple has been building up its regional presence outside of Cupertino, and the United Kingdom appears to be one of its latest targets. The company is reportedly “weeks” away from opening a new office...
Juniper CEO Shaygan Kheradpir resigns following board review of his conduct related to a customer negotiation; Rami Rahim named successor
Juniper CEO Resigns After Review Over Customer Negotation — Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR) Chief Executive Officer Shaygan Kheradpir stepped …
New Relic files for IPO, seeks to raise $100M under symbol NEWR
Lew Cirne's New Relic Files to Go Public — Analytics software startup New Relic announced plans for an initial public offering today, saying it will seek to raise $100 million under the ticker symbo...
Daily Deals Site Groupon Debuts A New App, Getaways, For Travel And Hotel Offers
Daily deals site Groupon says that travel is its fastest growing business category, and today it is launching a new mobile app that it hopes will help it capitalize on that more.
Apple details $3.5 billion European bond, interest accrual starts Nov. 10
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday published Apple's official european debt filing, which looks to take advantage of low European interest rates to raise $3.5 billion, or 2.8 billio...
David Marcus on the evolution of Messenger and its future: VOIP, payments, and B2C messaging
Why Facebook Has Entrusted Its Future to the CEO of PayPal — One evening last May, Mark Zuckerberg invited David Marcus to dinner. — It wasn't the first time PayPal's soft-spoken French CEO …