Elon Musk planning low-orbit Internet satellite system to compete with OneWeb, based out of SpaceX's new Seattle office
Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet — Because he doesn't have enough going on, Elon Musk—he of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, SolarCity, and the Hyperloop—is launching another project.
New Snowden documents show scope of United States' cyber war plans: infiltrate and control or destroy enemy systems and networks
NSA Preps America for Future Battle — The NSA's mass surveillance is just the beginning. Documents from Edward Snowden show that the intelligence agency …
Turkey threatens to block Twitter unless Twitter blocks the account of a newspaper that circulated leaked documents
Turkey Threatens to Block Social Media Over Released Documents — ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish officials threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless …
KGI: Apple likely to launch simple stylus to enhance upcoming 12.9-inch iPad user experience
Previous Comments — Stylus, eh? — Well... I guess people will probably quote Jobs' opinion about the merits of a stylus (he was against it). — But a few thoughts:
Uber Wants to Create 50,000 Jobs, Take 400,000 Cars Off the Road in Europe This Year
Uber chief Travis Kalanick said he wants to expand operations in Europe and, in the process, create 50,000 jobs and take 400,000 personal vehicles off the road. — Kalanick said the ride-sharing serv...
Microsoft begins wide rollout of Lumia Denim update that brings big improvements to camera app
Lumia Camera plays a starring role in Windows Phone Denim update — Microsoft has been sharing details on its Demim update, the next step up for Windows Phone, since September.
Survey: security products send average large organizations 17K malware alerts per week, only 19% of which are reliable
Survey says security products waste our time — For anyone who has freaked out when an antivirus alert popped up on their screen and spent time researching it only to find …
CIA review panel exonerates CIA personnel who searched Senate Intelligence Committee computers
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Alibaba agrees to handle payments and shipping to China for US stores Saks, Macy's, and others
Alibaba in major initiative to court China consumer for U.S. retailers — (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) plans a major move to win U.S. business this year …
Alibaba is beta testing DingTalk, a communications app for small and medium sized businesses
Alibaba's latest mobile messaging effort: social networking for businesses — (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N), the world's biggest e-commerce company …
NSA academic advisory panel says there's no potent alternative to bulk data collection for identifying new intelligence targets
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How Rana el Kaliouby and her company Affectiva developed software to sense emotions from video
We Know How You Feel — Computers are learning to read emotion, and the business world can't wait. Three years ago, archivists at A.T. & T. stumbled upon a rare fragment of computer history … Tweets...
Facebook doubles its office space in Seattle, where it has grown from 90 to 400 employees in two years
Facebook soars to 400 employees in Seattle — and now it's doubling its space to make room for more — Facebook's Seattle office has reached a whopping 400 employees — and it's showing no signs of slo...
Palantir was valued at $15B in November, making it the third most valuable VC-backed company
Palantir, Valued at $15 Billion, Is Raising More Money — Palantir Technologies, one of the more secretive companies in Silicon Valley, was valued at $15 billion in November and is currently raising ...
Google makes it easier to buy tickets for live events, straight from search results and Maps
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Sources: Google is interested in buying mobile payments company Softcard, price could be less than $100M
softcard is on the block, google and paypal have offers out, as well as a third suitor, according to sources — read nyt story TK Florence Ion / @ohthatflo : Okay but the best part of this article is G...
Facebook Messenger tests Google Voice-style transcriptions for sound clips
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Carpooling.com Teams Up With Uber In Germany For First And Last Mile Rides
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How Google Search is using Knowledge Graph, Voice Search, and Google Now to transition to the mobile dominant world
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Holtzbrinck Ventures Closes $331M Fund To Back More Consumer And E-Commerce Startups
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Obama backs call for tech backdoors
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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