FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler signals split with Obama on net neutrality: “I am an independent agency”
The FCC weighs breaking with Obama over the future of the Internet — President Barack Obama shakes hands with then-nominee for Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler …
Spotify has paid music industry $2B to date, $1B since last year; has 12.5M paying subscribers; top artists to exceed $6M/year in payments
$2 Billion and Counting — A blog post written by CEO Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) — Taylor Swift is absolutely right: music is art, art has real value, and artists deserve to be paid for it.
Apple to face lawsuit claiming it failed to disclose that iMessage would obstruct texts after customers switched to non-Apple devices
Apple must face U.S. lawsuit over vanishing iPhone text messages — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) was ordered to face a U.S. federal lawsuit claiming …
Spotify has paid music industry $2B to date, $1B since last year; has 12.5M paying subscribers; top artists to exceed $6M/year in payments
$2 Billion and Counting — A blog post written by CEO Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) — Taylor Swift is absolutely right: music is art, art has real value, and artists deserve to be paid for it.
Netflix now plays in 1080p on your iPhone 6 Plus
Did you buy that big, honking iPhone 6 Plus so that you could watch Netflix videos in glorious 1080p? If you did, today's your lucky day. Netflix has updated its iOS app to make full use of the high...
U.S., China reach deal to expand free trade in tech products
It's time to look forward to cheaper video game consoles, GPS devices, wireless headsets and a whole load of other high-tech goods-although not in time for this holiday season. — The U.S. and China ...
Yahoo to Acquire Video Ad-Tech Firm BrightRoll for $640 Million
Yahoo announced a deal to acquire BrightRoll, a programmatic video-advertising platform, for $640 million in cash. The deal will combine Yahoo's desktop and mobile video advertising inventory with Br...
Microsoft posts critical patch for huge Windows vulnerability that affects all modern machines
Remember Heartbleed? You know, the exploit in SSL that was so bad it got its own brand? Microsoft may have an issue of similar scale on its hands with a critical patch issued via Windows Update toda...
Quirky and GE announce Norm $80 smart thermostat, Outlink smart power outlet, Tripper door and window sensor, custom sensor kit micro-factory in SF, more
Quirky just announced seven new products, a micro-factory, custom sensor kits, and the death of the thermostat
Samsung's next big thing: Gaining street cred in Silicon Valley
The Korean electronics giant has been making a big push in California over the past couple years. CNET explains where it's succeeding — and where it has more to do.
Interfering with a competitor's fundraising, as Uber did, while not new, is unethical and ineffective
Messing With A Competitor's Fundraising — I saw a post that described how Uber tried to mess with Lyft's fundraising. This is not a new tactic. I have seen it used for as long as I have been in th...
Microsoft rebrands Lync as ‘Skype for Business’; readies 2015 releases
Summary: Microsoft is rebranding its unified-communications line-up from Lync to Skype for Business, and is readying the next releases of those products for the first half of 2015. — Microsoft is re...
Controversial anonabox is back, raises $14,000 on Indiegogo in 2 days
Just under a month after Kickstarter suspended the privacy-centric anonabox for misleading its customers, the controversial router is now on Indiegogo for another go—and it's already raised almost $14...
The Net Neutrality Debate Is About Companies & Politicians Own Posturing
This net neutrality debate is getting ugly, political and only going to get worse. Cutting through all the garbage arguments and posturing by companies and politicians makes it clear that they want w...
Alibaba Singles' Day sales hit $9.34B
Alibaba's Jack Ma: I don't watch our stock price — Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma discusses the company's valuation and expectations now that they are bigger than Wal-Mart in market value. — J...
Alibaba, Apple Talks on Payments Tie-Up Focused on China
Alibaba's Joseph Tsai Says Both Companies Are Working Out Details on Potential Partnership — A senior Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. executive said Tuesday that a payment alliance between Apple Inc. and...