Patent reform hits Congress again with reintroduced Innovation Act
New act, same as old act, but this time will it make it through the Senate? — Today, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced a new version of the patent-reforming Innovation Act to the House of Represe...
Drone maker DJI expands use of geofences as DHS warns that hobbyist drones can be used as weapons
Why the US Government Is Terrified of Hobbyist Drones — If you want to understand why the government freaked out when a $400 remote-controlled quadcopter landed on the White House grounds last week ...
The first Tizen smartphone isn't an “Android killer”—it's a bad Android clone
Review: Samsung's Android alternative arrives, but it's no match for the real thing. — This is the Samsung Z1—the world's first Tizen phone. After one of the bumpiest pre-launch situations in recen...
How Fab went bust: e-commerce firm once worth $900M to sell for as little as $15M this month
THE TECH ‘TITANIC’: How red-hot startup Fab raised $330 million and then went bust — On Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, Fab CEO Jason Goldberg gathered a dozen executives in the eighth-floor conference room ...
Media companies turn to communication apps and services instead of websites for distribution
The Next Internet Is TV — I was talking to someone who works on one of those half-dozen or so apps that we tend to associate with teenagers: the ones that were built around some novel concept …
MIT researchers study successful startups to map entrepreneurial quality in the Bay Area
An analysis of San Francisco's startups shows where the ‘real’ Silicon Valley is — Mapping entrepreneurial quality in California — There's a new map of entrepreneurial hotspots in California …
Corning attempts to combine the toughness of Gorilla Glass with scratch-resistance close to sapphire in new material called Project Phire
Even More Scratch Resistant Than Gorilla Glass Kelly Hodgkins / iPhone Hacks : Corning unveils ‘Project Phire’, new ultra scratch-resistant glass material Dan Thorp-Lancaster / iMore : Corning's ‘Proj...
Profile of Alex Holden, who tracked down the Russian hackers who stole over 1.2B credentials
Meet The Man Who Finds Your Stolen Passwords — Last summer a gang of Russian hackers was caught amassing the largest cache of stolen user names and passwords ever discovered—1.2 billion in all.
Google Acquires Odysee, An App For Private Photo/Video Backup And Sharing, Team Joins Google+
Google may be adding more offline and private sharing features to its Google+ Photos service soon. It has acquired Odysee, an iOS and Android app that let users automatically back up photos …
Microsoft now has over 100 active apps on iOS and Android, excluding Skype and Yammer apps, as it expands its presence on multiple platforms
Don't look now, but Microsoft has more than 100 iOS and Android apps — As Microsoft works on revamping its underperforming Windows Phone platform …
Facebook acquires 56 acres immediately south of current Menlo Park HQ at an estimated $400M
Exclusive: Facebook buys 56 acres in Menlo Park, considers future of the campus — Facebook Inc. has already changed how people connect online. Now it's thinking about transforming the Silicon Valle...
Inside Zulily, the flash sale e-commerce company for young mothers that's about to hit $1B in annual revenue
The Billion-Dollar E-commerce Company You Know Nothing About — Zulily has defied the conventional wisdom—marketing to moms, sticking with flash sales, evading Amazon. Thanks: @chrisgayomali
UK government releases “equipment interference” guidelines for spy and law enforcement agencies
and we'd love to hear what you think about it. http://mashable.com/... Christopher Soghoian / @csoghoian : The UK government is now officially in the hacking business, nice work by @lorenzoFB http://m...
TurboTax resumes processing state returns after fraud reports prompt halt
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Senators Urge FCC, FTC Investigation Of Supercookies
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Matchstick streaming stick delays shipping to get Netflix and faster chips
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Startups and Self-Loathing at the 8th Annual Crunchies Awards
here's what it was like Sam Colt / Business Insider : This guy managed to appall almost all of Silicon Valley over the course of an hour Jamapro / CBS San Francisco : Did ‘Silicon Valley’ Star TJ Mill...
In Kansas City, Google Fiber penetrates wealthier neighborhoods, but digital divide remains
Lessons From Google's First Rollout Of Google Fiber — Three summers ago, it was everywhere: An old-fashioned ice cream truck with peppy, electronic music blaring from its speakers.
Google Uses Hangouts As A Virtual Genius Bar To Sell Google Devices
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US court orders Symantec to pay $17M for violating two patents owned by Intellectual Ventures related to its email and Internet protection products
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Why Twitter's Stock Popped 16% Despite Paltry User Growth
Twitter's got an interesting problem … Seth Fiegerman / Mashable : Why Twitter stock is up 15% despite disappointing user growth Tweets: @wsjd : “Twitter finally got its wish. Investors didn't react t...
US magistrate: Indefinitely gagging Yahoo about subpoena for subscriber information violates company's free speech rights
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Chat App Line's Latest Experiment Is A YouTube-Like Video Service
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