Samsung to release two versions of 5.1" Galaxy flagship with all-metal bodies, one with a 3-sided display next month
Samsung Said to Plan 3-Sided Screen in New Galaxy Smartphone — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release two new versions …
Tim Cook talks about Apple Watch, international growth, commitment to privacy, and more in a wide-ranging Goldman Sachs interview
Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaking Live at 2015 Goldman Sachs Technology Conference — Apple CEO Tim Cook is speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology …
iPhone kill switch reduced thefts by 40% in San Francisco, 25% in New York city, and 50% in London
Smartphone theft drops in London, two U.S. cities as anti-theft ‘kill switches’ installed — (Reuters) - Thefts involving smartphones have declined dramatically in three major cities …
Samsung TVs start inserting ads into your movies
Thought you could watch that video on your local hard drive without ads? Think again: A number of owners of Samsung's smart TVs are reporting this week that their TV sets started to interrupt their m...
Apple partners with First Solar to build a $850M 130 megawatt solar farm in CA, to produce enough power for new headquarters and all retail stores in the state
Shara Tibken / CNET :
Study says phones are just as good as wearables at tracking fitness
Think you have to wear a dedicated fitness tracker to get accurate data? Don't worry — you may have a good excuse to skip the wristband. The University of Pennsylvania has published a study showing ...
Darpa Is Developing a Search Engine for the Dark Web
A new search engine being developed by Darpa aims to shine a light on the dark web and uncover patterns and relationships in online data to help law enforcement and others track illegal activity. — ...
Samsung Display to invest $3.6 billion in new OLED production line
The company logo is displayed at the Samsung news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7, 2013. — (Reuters) - Samsung Display, a subsidiary of South Korean tech gia...
Facebook launches ThreatExchange, an API-based platform that lets companies share security threat info
Facebook today launched ThreatExchange, described as “an API-based clearinghouse for security threat information.” It's really a social platform, which Facebook naturally excels at building …
Court backs NSA on internet spying as Obama ducks call for reform
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the nation about normalizing diplomatic relations the Cuba in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 17, 2014 in Washington, DC. — U.S. President Barac...
FBI tries to prevent disclosure of information about use of fake “stingray” cell towers by local police
FBI really doesn't want anyone to know about “stingray” use by local cops — Memo: cops must tell FBI about all public records requests on fake cell towers.
AOL Stock Drops 11% On Q4 Miss Of $710.3M In Sales, As It Pushes Ahead On Programmatic
On the heels of a plan to restructure its business to focus more on programmatic advertising and its bigger content brands, today AOL reported its Q4 earnings that show it still has some way to go on ...
BitTorrent partners with Rapid Eye Studios for shows exclusive to BitTorrent Bundle for 30 to 60 days
BitTorrent partners with Rapid Eye Studios to produce exclusive TV shows known as BitTorrent Originals — BitTorrent today announced an exclusive partnership with Rapid Eye Studios to launch BitTorre...
Security researcher publishes 10M unredacted usernames with passwords despite risk of FBI raid
Fearing an FBI raid, researcher publishes 10 million passwords/usernames — Move could advance password research—and test prosecutors' tolerance for leaks.
Dating app The League with a $2.1M seed round and a 75,000 person waitlist aims to be a more “selective” Tinder
There are already 75,000 people trying (and failing) to join The League, a Tinder for the elite — The League, a new dating app that launched in January, has a waitlist that's already 75,000 people l...
Search Whiz Udi Manber Leaves Google
Google veteran Udi Manber, a computer scientist best known for his work on search, has left the company to join the National Institutes of Health. — “I had a wonderful nine years at Google and YouTu...
Scribd expands its ebook library to include comic books
The subscription service has partnered with more than 10 comic book publishers — Scribd will expand its library to include comic books today. The ebook subscription service just announced it has ac...
App marketplace maker AppDirect raises $50 million from Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital
Summary:The San Francisco-based startup makes a white-label app marketplace that allows businesses to sell software-as-a-service applications to other businesses. — AppDirect has closed …
IBM security finds over 60% of Android dating apps are open to hacks, risking corporate data
Majority of dating apps are open to hacks — IBM Security found that over 60% of leading Android dating mobile apps they studied are potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks …
Microsoft giving away 100GB of OneDrive storage if you join Bing Rewards
“Free” cloud storage offers can be gimmicky and require you to jump through a few too many hoops sometimes, but Microsoft's offering a pretty solid deal that doesn't call for much effort.
Republicans launch attack on FCC's net neutrality plan
A commissioner, a former chairman, and Congress target Obama and Tom Wheeler. — Republicans are launching a multi-pronged assault on the net neutrality plan proposed by Federal Communications Commis...
Chinese hackers reprogrammed Forbes “Thought of the Day” widget to attack readers' computers using zero day exploits in Flash and Internet Explorer
Forbes Website Used to Hack Readers — Users of Microsoft 's flagship Internet browser who visited Forbes.com …
French Internet of Things startup Sigfox raises $113M from Telefonica, NTT Docomo, and more
Exclusive: France's Sigfox taps Telefonica, GDF Suez to raise $113 million - sources — (Reuters) - French start-up Sigfox has raised 100 million euros ($112.80 million) from seven heavy-weight inves...
Sony announces mid-range 5-inch Xperia E4 with quad-core 1.3 Ghz MediaTek CPU, 2 day battery life, expected later this year for around $150
Tom Dawson / AndroidHeadlines.com :
Google-owned Boston Dynamics shows off Spot, its newest, electrically powered robo-dog
Boston Dynamics — Spot is a four … Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch : Watch Google's New Small Dog Robot Take A Kicking And Keep On Ticking Rich McCormick / The Verge : Boston Dynamics' newest robot...
Apple closes with $711B market cap, becoming the first U.S. company to pass $700B at market close
Yoni Heisler / Network World :
Joyent launches Node.js Foundation with Microsoft, Linux, IBM, PayPal, and Fidelity, to oversee development of the Node.js project
Klint Finley / Wired :
Prezi Launches Nutshell, An App To Turn Photos Into ‘Mini-Movies’
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
Jeb Bush releases 4GB of emails from his 8 year tenure as Florida governor to demonstrate “transparency”, unwittingly exposing constituents' personal data
T.C. Sottek / The Verge :
Google I/O 2015 to be held May 28-29 at Moscone Center West in San Francisco, registration begins March 17
Stephen Hall / 9to5Google :
Target Discontinuing Digital Streaming Service in March
Travis Reilly / The Wrap :
Canon offers $2.8 billion for network video camera maker Axis
Don Reisinger / CNET :
Twitter CFO Anthony Noto's account compromised, company deletes all spam tweets
Maya Kosoff / Business Insider :
Dish's Sling TV to add AMC, which carries “Mad Men” and “The Walking Dead”, to $20 basic package
Peter Kafka / Re/code :
Jive Software Names Elisa Steele Permanent CEO
Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code :
Dell extends its ProSupport Plus predictive monitoring service to laptops, desktops, and tablets
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Hitachi acquires Pentaho for between $500M and $600M to bolster data-analysis software tools
Jack Clark / Bloomberg Business :
Amazon's Newest Tool Lets Anyone Host Giveaways Online
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Google confirms it put $900M into SpaceX's $1B round
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat : Tweets: @jasonlk Tweets: Jason M. Lemkin / @jasonlk : This doesn't mean they won't compete RT @VentureBeat: http://venturebeat.com/...
AI-powered law for startups
Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.