Corning's Gorilla Glass 4 aims to protect your phone from deadly drops
It's unlikely we'll see a truly impervious smartphone screen anytime soon, but Corning says it's getting us closer. Today the company is announcing Gorilla Glass 4, the latest revision of its signatu...
Former Fake Steve Jobs and HubSpot content marketer Dan Lyons to head up Valleywag in January
Dan Lyons Used to be Fake Steve Jobs. Now He's the Chief Valleywag. — Valleywag's chief editor Nitasha Tiku just left for the Verge. Here's her replacement: Dan Lyons …
Billboard Top 200 album chart will incorporate streaming data starting Dec. 3 from services including Spotify, Beats Music, Google Play, Xbox Music
Billboard, Changing the Charts, Will Count Streaming Services — Streaming music services like Spotify have brought big changes to the music industry.
Sony Drops Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Movie, Universal May Take Over
Despite Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie being in the casting process and moving towards full fledged production, Sony Pictures has dropped the movie and put it “in turnaround”, which allows another la...
Foxconn will spend $2.6B to build dedicated Apple display plant in Taiwan
Foxconn to Build Dedicated Apple Display Plant in Taiwan — Foxconn Technology Group will spend NT$80 billion ($2.6 billion) over the next two years on a new factory in Taiwan to supply displays excl...
Google launches Contributor, a subscription service that lets users contribute to participating sites and turn off Google ads
Google launches Contributor, a crowdfunding tool for publishers — Google is launching a new service for websites called Contributor, which allows users to sign …
iOS 8.1.1, iPhone 4S, and iPad 2: A little faster, kind of, sometimes
It took a lot of work to find the promised performance and stability improvements in iOS 8.1.1 for Apple A5 devices like the iPhone 4S, the iPad 2, the iPad Mini, and the iPod Touch. — Andrew Cunnin...
Amnesty International, EFF, Privacy International release an open source spyware detection tool for Windows
Amnesty, EFF, Privacy International Put Out Free Anti-Surveillance Tool — Resistance is digital. Human rights charity Amnesty International is one of several organizations behind …
Google, Rockstar agree to settle patent litigation: filing
(Reuters) - Google Inc has agreed to settle litigation with patent consortium Rockstar, though terms of the deal were not disclosed in a court filing made public this week. — Rockstar, which counts ...
Netflix takes up 9.5% of upstream traffic on the North American Internet
ACK packets make Netflix an upload monster during peak viewing hours. — We've written a lot about how Netflix takes up a gigantic share of Internet traffic. During peak viewing hours, Netflix accou...
Washington Post launches twice-daily tablet editions on Amazon Fire app
The Washington Post tablet app for Kindle Fire is a highly visual news experience aimed at a national and international readership. It offers two editions a day, as well as updates for breaking news....
Dropbox's Carousel photo software comes to iPads and the web
In April, Dropbox launched Carousel, a standalone app for storing and managing photos and videos on your phone. Designed as a single place to view your life's memories, until now Carousel has only be...
Square Register, Sans Payments And Hardware, Now Works Globally On Android And iOS
Last week, when Square started pre-orders for new chip-based card-reading hardware to upgrade its older mag-stripe readers, we noted that it seemed only a matter of time before the company would final...
Twitter launches sharing public tweets in Direct Messages
Twitter is moving towards making DMs (Direct Messages) more like the messaging apps that have captured the globe. But first, it wants to make sure you can share public tweets privately with your frie...
Amid Uber controversy, taxi-hailing app Flywheel raises $12M, adds new management
At the end of Uber's first full day of PR wreckage on Tuesday, one of my bosses announced she was downloading taxi-hailing app Flywheel and deleting Uber's app — like many have tweeted they have done.
Forrester: brands should invest more on their own websites, and Instagram or Pinterest, instead of Facebook and Twitter
Forrester Says Marketers Are Wasting Resources on Facebook, Twitter — Because of low reach and engagement on the major social networks, report suggests that brands …
The Basis Peak can now share heart rate data with 3rd-party apps, notifications from phone coming in December
The Basis Peak's heart rate monitor now works with third-party apps — The Basis Peak doesn't try to replicate a smartphone on your wrist. Instead, it's meant mainly for fitness and sleep tracking.
Web Video Channel Guide PlutoTV Raises $13 Million
Lots of people have tried to build TV guides for the Web-video era, and no one has succeeded so far. — But PlutoTV has convinced investors that it's onto something. The company, which presents “cha...
Flickr Now Lets You Buy Wall Art From Professional Photographers And Creative Commons
Flickr today is expanding its Wall Art print service to include access to images from Flickr's licensed artists and Creative Commons. The expansion comes only a month after the launch of Flickr Wall ...
Sources: Amazon to launch hotel booking service in January 2015
Exclusive: Amazon to Get Into Hotel Booking With Launch of Travel Site — Amazon.com is poised to launch its own travel service, featuring booking at independent hotels and resorts near major cities,...
PCH International In Talks To Buy Fab For $15 Million
Multiple sources have confirmed that Fab is in talks to sell to PCH International for $15 million, and possibly as much as $50 million, in a half cash and half stock deal. — Contractual agreements a...
Google's Project Loon can now launch up to 20 balloons per day, and they fly 10 times longer than in 2013
Google today shared an update from Project Loon, the company's initiative to bring high-speed Internet access to remote areas of the world via hot air balloons.