Ten good questions Travis Kalanick failed to address in his tweetstorm apology
Uber CEO Posts 13-Tweet Apology Without Answering a Single Question — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick just responded to privacy and ethics concerns about Emil Michael, after the top executive publicly sugg...
Twitter search finally indexes all public tweets since 2006
Building a complete Tweet index — Today, we are pleased to announce that Twitter now indexes every public Tweet since 2006. — Since that first simple Tweet over eight years ago, hundreds of billio...
Facebook launches standalone Groups app for iOS and Android
Introducing the Facebook Groups App — People use Facebook Groups every day to stay in touch with family, collaborate on projects, plan trips and offer support to friends. — Today, we're introducin...
Senate effectively kills USA Freedom Act, a bill that proposed an end to NSA phone metadata collection
NSA spying bill stalls in Senate vote — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday failed to get the 60 votes needed to advance a bill that would stop the National Security Agency …
Apple Watch will feature info-rich “Long Look” notifications if wearer keeps wrist raised, and static, non-interactive maps
11 things we just learned about how the Apple Watch works — As of today, developers can now make apps for Apple Watch.
Apple told to pay $23.6M for infringing pager technology patents from the 1990s
Apple Told to Pay $23.6 Million Over Pager Technology — Apple Inc. (AAPL) was told to pay a Texas company $23.6 million after a jury found its iPhone and other devices used pager technology from the...
Netflix to launch in Australia and New Zealand in March 2015
World's Leading Internet Television Network to Offer Original Series, Movies, Documentaries, Stand-Up Comedy Specials and TV Shows for Low Monthly Price — Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), the leading In...
Gruber says next year's iPhone may include a two-lens, DSLR quality back camera
Apple May Introduce ‘Biggest Camera Jump Ever’ in Next-Generation iPhone — Apple may introduce its “biggest camera jump ever” in the next-generation iPhone, according to Daring Fireball's John Grube...
Apple will soon let third-party products use its Lightning port, opening up new possibilities for accessories
Last week at Apple's yearly briefing for accessory makers in its Made-for-iPhone/iPad (MFi) licensing program, the company unveiled new Lightning connectors and specs …
Google-owned Nest debuts first TV ads for its thermostat, smoke alarm, and Dropcam monitors
Come On, Put This Google-Owned Surveillance Device in Your House. It'll Be Great! — How do you convince regular people to buy Google-owned monitoring gadgets and install them in their homes?
Microsoft Fixes Critical Kerberos Flaw Under Attack With Out-of-Band Patch
Last week, Microsoft released 14 security bulletins as part of Patch Tuesday for November 2014. The updates contained four rated as critical, including a vulnerability that affects the Windows Secure...
Nokia N1 will be made and sold by Foxconn, will include Google Play in markets where Play is available
Non-Microsoft Nokia launches Android N1 tablet with Foxconn — Here's a shocker — Nokia, not to be confused with its former handset business that is now owned by Microsoft, has unveiled an Android ta...
EFF and Mozilla back new certificate authority “Let's Encrypt” offering free SSL certificates
EFF, Mozilla back new certificate authority that will offer free SSL certificates — A new organization supported by Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others is working …
Google's mobile search results get ‘mobile-friendly’ label to show you which sites work best on your phone
Google today announced the debut of a new “mobile-friendly” label on its mobile search results page. The company says the change will be rolling out globally over the next few weeks, so don't fret if...
Nokia releases Z Launcher adaptable homescreen replacement on Play Store with scribble search
Nokia's Z Launcher Blasts Into The Play Store With Its Contextual Predictions And Letter Scribbling — Earlier this year, Nokia surprised everyone by developing an interesting Android app called Z La...
PayPal unveils Pebble app for notifications, watch-only payments at stores accepting PayPal
PayPal challenges Apple Pay with an app for the Pebble smartwatch — PayPal's mobile payments app is now available for the Pebble smartwatch, the company announced in a blog post today.
Intel to combine PC and mobile divisions as market shifts
Intel will combine its PC and mobile processor divisions under one roof, reflecting a changing market in which the line between tablets and laptops has blurred. — The chip maker will form a new divi...
Google and Stanford researchers create image recognition software that goes beyond recognizing individual objects, teaches itself to identify entire scenes
Researchers Announce Advance in Image-Recognition Software — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Two groups of scientists, working independently …
Far from killing it, native apps have made the open web even stronger
Native Apps Are Part of the Web — Christopher Mims, writing in the WSJ, “The Web Is Dying; Apps Are Killing It”: … I can't believe someone is still writing this in 2014. Users love apps, developers...
WhatsApp rolls out end-to-end encryption using TextSecure code
The most recent update to WhatsApp's Android app includes a surprising feature: strong end-to-end encryption, enabled by default. It's the strongest security any major texting app has offered, even c...
Inside 10x, a talent agency representing superstar programmers
The Programmer's Price — Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent. … “Technically, we have an open marriage, but so far there's just Michael and me.” — BUY OR LICENSE »
BitTorrent Opens Its Paygate Premium Content Bundles To All Artists, Giving Creators A 90% Cut
BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer file distribution network that has been repositioning itself as a legit friend and home to the creative industries, is today embarking on the latest phase of its strategy ...
Square launches old-school physical gift cards, replacing digital ones sent via email
That may sound counter intuitive in today's digital-first culture …
Google Keep now lets you share notes and collaborate in real-time
Google Keep has proven to be a popular app in the productivity realm, letting users put down impromptu thoughts or create to-do lists on the fly. — Now, however, not only can you share them with oth...
Android TV Apps Will Be Screened And Approved By Google Before Being Available In The Play Store
In a somewhat surprising, but completely understandable, move, Google has added a pretty large caveat to Play Store app submissions for Android TV. According to the Android developer documentation pa...
IBM launches IBM Verse web-based email service, free for individuals, commercial version for business
IBM Launching Web-Based Email Service — Company to Offer IBM Verse Free to Individuals and Hopes to Sell Commercial Version to Businesses — International Business Machines Corp …
Hackers are building and open-sourcing spy tools based on leaked NSA documents
Let's Play NSA! The Hackers Open-Sourcing Top Secret Spy Tools — Last August, at Defcon, the hacker conference in Las Vegas, a boyish 40-year-old engineer and security researcher named Michael Oss...
Amazon has enough free cash flow to compete in the cloud arms race even if it lacks the cash of Microsoft and Google
Amazon's ability to invest in AWS: By the numbers — Summary: AWS chief Andy Jassy was asked whether Amazon had the funds to compete with the cash piles of Microsoft and Google in the cloud wars.
Samsung to launch flexible display, cut number of smartphone models by 25-30% in 2015
Samsung to launch flexible display, cut smartphone models in 2015 — Summary: Samsung Electronics will launch a flexible display for handsets and release 25 to 30 percent less handset models next yea...
More Than 90 Percent of U.S. Households Have Three or More Devices Pinging the Internet
How much do Americans love the Internet? — Well, Ericsson counted all the ways. — It turns out that 90 percent of U.S. households have three or more Internet-connected devices …
Teespring Raises $35 Million Series B From Khosla Ventures As It Prepares To Expand Beyond Apparel
Custom apparel startup Teespring, which raised $20 million from Andreessen Horowitz in January, has now closed on a $35 million Series B from Khosla Ventures to continue to fuel its growth and expansi...
Tiiny 2.0. update makes images, video permanent by default; adds profiles
Kevin Rose updates his micro-photo sharing app with Tiiny 2.0 — Images are no longer ephemeral, still very tiny — Sharing photos of your day has become a ritual for billions of smartphone users ar...