The Pirate Bay is now back online after December 9th raid by Swedish police
The Pirate Bay Is Back Online! — Early December The Pirate Bay was raided at the Nacka station, a nuclear-proof data center built into a mountain complex near Stockholm. — After being down for two...
Dropcam CEO leaves Nest; founding VP of technology goes to Twitter
Two high-level employees at Nest have departed the company this week, The Verge has learned. Sources say that Nest's vice president of technology Yoky Matsuoka, as well as Greg Duffy who co-founded D...
Google Now adds over 40 new cards, fed by data from 30+ third-party apps like Airbnb, eBay, and Lyft
‘Google Now’ Will Suck In Outside App Data — Google Inc. doesn't want to lose its perch atop the search market, and it's looking to the likes of Airbnb, eBay , Lyft and a couple dozen other companie...
Netherlands to extradite Russian hacker Vladimir Drinkman to US for his involvement in hacking ring blamed for $300M+ in losses
For alleged Russian hacker, a visit to Amsterdam is a costly trip — At noon on June 28, 2012, Vladimir Drinkman, targeted as one of America's most wanted cybercriminals …
Google Earth Pro now available for free, down from $399 a year
Google Earth Pro Is Now Available For Free — Today Google has announced that Google Earth Pro is now available for free. Google Earth Pro used to cost $399 per year. Google Earth is a geospatial s...
BT plans to provide 500Mbps broadband to most UK homes by 2025, deployment to start 2016
U.K. Telco BT Sets Out ‘500Mbps’ Broadband Plan By 2025 — As the U.K.'s political parties sweat their policy wonks to come up with voter-friendly manifestos ahead of the General Election in May …
Snapchat's first original web series debuts Saturday in Discover, with episodes available for 24 hours
Sasha Spielberg, Emily Goldwyn to Star in Snapchat Web Series (Exclusive) — Snapchat is making a web series. — Literally Can't Even comes from writers Sasha Spielberg and Emily Goldwyn …
Amazon Echo update adds Pandora, iTunes, and Spotify voice control
Summary:Alexa, Amazon's two-pound assistant in the room, now does more with music services, improves speed and accuracy. — The Amazon Echo that I found to be a perfect 10 just got even better, as an...
Sega to offer 300 staff voluntary retirement as it focuses on smartphone and PC online games
SEGA of America is relocating from northern California … Tweets: @eurogamer : “Limited” number of redundancies expected at Sega of Europe, we're told http://www.eurogamer.net/... http://twitter.com/.....
iTunes 12.1 adds new Yosemite Notification Center Widget and changes to info windows
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Google says strong net neutrality rules won't affect its investment in Fiber, opposing stance of Comcast, Verizon, others
Google: Strong net neutrality rules won't hurt the future rollout of Google Fiber — After announcing a major expansion of its high-speed Internet service …
Windows 10 for Enterprise will not be a free upgrade, will offer a servicing plan that excludes feature updates to increase stability
Windows 10 for Enterprise is not free in the first year and other changes announced — Businesses switching to Windows 10 for Enterprise won't be getting …
Suits Seek To Force Lyft And Uber To Treat Drivers As Employees
A group of drivers have filed suits in San Francisco federal court against Lyft and Uber. The drivers contend that they are misclassified as independent contractors and should be treated and classifi...
HTC Admits It Will Miss 90-Day Lollipop Upgrade Window For One M7 And M8
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You can now order Postmates delivery from your web browser
Unlike, say, food delivery services like Seamless or Peapod, Postmates delivers almost everything, from a slice of pizza to an iPhone case or a medical prescription. — A user can order an item if it...
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board calls out Obama administration for failing to implement its recommendation to halt the NSA's phone records program
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Vine Kids, a separate app tailored for kids with child-friendly Vines, is available now on iOS
A Looped Video App For Children John Herrman / The Awl : Audience Fracked — “Through adorable animated characters … Josh Wolford / WebProNews : Vine, a Decidedly Non-Kid Friendly App, Launches Separ...
Singtel to start Netflix competitor in Asia with Sony Pictures, Warner Bros
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FCC AWS-3 spectrum auction bidding breakdown: AT&T: $18.2B, Dish Network: $13.3B, Verizon: $10.4B, T-Mobile: $1.8B
Ina Fried / Re/code :
Google's 3D mapping technology, Project Tango, graduates from the Advanced Technology and Projects group
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Canadian carriers Bell, Videotron ordered to stop exempting own TV services from data caps
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Associated Press now writes 3K stories per quarter on US earning reports after teaming with Automated Insights, plans to expand globally
Ross Miller / The Verge :
Uber's internal privacy review recommendations: add whistleblower hotline, improve training, customer data access, and privacy disclosure practices
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