Obama signs E-Label Act, allowing manufacturers to put labels such as FCC symbols in software menus instead of on hardware
The US bill to phase out wonky symbols on the back of gadgets is now a law — The legislation designed to do away with printing various symbols and regulatory compliance numbers …
Apple's new phones taking screen time from iPads; iPhone 6+ owners open 65% more articles and videos than those with smaller phones
The Screen-Size Debate: How the iPhone 6 Plus Impacts Where We Read & Watch — Every day, millions of articles, videos and web pages are saved and viewed …
Microsoft Appears To Pre-Announce Its Purchase Of Email Startup Acompli
Whoops. Welcome to literal fait accompli. — A short, unfinished blog listed as written by Microsoft corporate vice president Rajesh Jha hit the RSS wires earlier today. Here's what it looked like:
Sony is developing an e-paper smart watch, entire face and band will function as a display
Sony Said to Plan E-Paper Watch in Test of Innovation — Sony Corp. (6758) is developing a watch made out of electronic paper for release as soon as next year in a trial of the company's …
Union pushes for better conditions for security guards on Apple campus
As organized labor expands its efforts in Silicon Valley, a local union and civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson are pushing for better working conditions for the security guards who work at A...
In Another Fire Sale, Amazon Cuts Phone Price to $199 Unlocked, Still With a Free Year of Prime
It's no secret that Amazon has a lot of unsold Fire Phones, but the question has been how the retailer would look to sell its inventory. — Screenshot by Re/code
US expresses ‘concern’ over EU proposal to break up Google
The United States Mission to the European Union says antitrust issues should not be “politicized.” — The United States doesn't seem to like the European Parliament's proposed breakup of Google.
Hollywood Comes Back To Silicon Valley With A New SyFy Reality TV Show
Hollywood just can't get enough of geeks coding in hoodies. Following the successful first season of Mike Judge's HBO brilliant farce Silicon Valley, NBC Universal techie network SyFy will try to sho...
Samsung Electronics to buy back $2 billion in shares
(Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Wednesday announced a $2 billion share buyback plan, its first since 2007, following investor calls for higher returns against a bac...
European MP urging breakup of Google counsels law firm that represented German Magazine Publishers association, earns $15-75K annually from it
European Legislator Urging the Breakup of Google Has Ties to a Law Firm — Andreas Schwab, a German member of the European Parliament …
Tumblr Overtakes Instagram As Fastest-Growing Social Platform, Snapchat Is The Fastest-Growing App
With 1.35 billion active monthly users, Facebook continues to be the world's largest social network by some margin, but when it comes to picking up new users, it appears to have reached a saturation ...
Mozilla reveals Firefox will soon offer one-click buttons for all your search engines
Mozilla today unveiled some of the new search features coming to Firefox. The company says the new additions are “coming soon to a Firefox near you” but didn't give a more specific timeline.
GoPro to sell multi-rotor drones with high definition cameras late next year at $500-$1000
GoPro Developing Line of Consumer Drones — Company Plans To Start Selling Multi-Rotor Helicopters With High-Def Cameras Late Next Year — GoPro Inc. is developing its own line of consumer drones …
Almost half of Airbnb's $1.45M of 2010 revenue in New York was from 119 users with over 3 listings, who may have violated the law
The Business Tycoons of Airbnb — Two years ago, when the monthly rent on his two-bedroom apartment rose to $5,000 from $2,800, a 35-year-old real estate agent in Lower Manhattan had a quick fix.
EU pushes Google to obey right to be forgotten requests from EU residents worldwide, including .com domains
EU Regulators Want ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Ruling Extended to Google.com — Regulators in Brussels have announced they believe links removed from search engines under …