XO-Infinity is a modular laptop for students, picks up where OLPC left off
The One Laptop Per Child project introduced the idea of small, low-cost, low-power durable laptops that could be used by students around the world, with a special focus on developing markets.
Equation Group shows US already has a Manhattan Project for cybersecurity, but like the original, it's purely offensive
Surprise! America Already Has a Manhattan Project for Developing Cyber Attacks — “What we really need is a Manhattan Project for cybersecurity.”
Superfish doubles down, says HTTPS-busting adware poses no security risk
Denial comes despite near-unanimous agreement that it left Lenovo users wide open. — Following security professionals' near-unanimous condemnation of adware that hijacked encrypted Web connections o...
Hands-on with Magic Leap's AR technology, which augments your vision by projecting light into your eyes
What It's Like to Try Magic Leap's Take on Virtual Reality — A startup is betting more than half a billion dollars that it will dazzle you with its approach to creating 3-D imagery.
Lenovo has just released an automatic Superfish removal tool
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Spanish shoeshine guards Twitter handles like @Canada and @Japan until he can give ownership to governments
Meet the Spanish shoeshine guy who secretly guards Twitter's greatest real estate — Officially, Javier Castaño is a 50-year-old shoeshine guy at a cafe in Malaga, Spain. Tweets: @alexhortontx , @lue...
Uber must mature, but its victory over competitors and regulators seems certain in the US
It's Already Over And Uber Has Won — Money isn't everything, but it's certainly a useful metric for keeping score, especially when you're measuring it in the billions.
JPMorgan strengthens cybersecurity after last year's data theft by staffing up with ex-military experts
JPMorgan Hires Military-Grade Cyberwarriors to Fend Off Data Thieves—and Foreign Powers — The bank is building a new facility near the NSA's headquarters to attract new talent
Trivia Crack led App Store for 66 days, and now struggles to process a glut of user-created questions
Can an App Be Too Successful? Ask ‘Trivia Crack’ — Mobile game has topped the charts with user-generated questions, but now players gripe of a glut
FBI Flouts Obama Directive to Limit Gag Orders on National Security Letters
Despite the post-Snowden spotlight on mass surveillance, the intelligence community's easiest end-run around the Fourth Amendment since 2001 has been something called a National Security Letter.
What the Tech World Doesn't Understand About Fashion
The tech world is infatuated with fashion. This is because fashion has something tech seriously wants: the ability to create and sustain demand for products that are—let's face it—kind of useless. —...
White House to work with tech companies to develop digital content to discredit extremist messages
Using social media to counter Al Qaeda, ISIL messaging — The White House plans to work closely with tech companies to counter groups like Al Qaeda and ISIL online …
How the JOBS Act, investor demand, and private securities markets allow Uber to stay private
How can Uber raise so much money without going public? — Yesterday, Uber announced that its latest round of venture capital financing will total $2.8 billion dollars. Tweets: @stephaniemlee Tweets: ...
800,000 Using HealthCare.gov Were Sent Incorrect Tax Data
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Twitter Vice Presidents of product and engineering discuss how Twitter makes product decisions
Twitter's Dilemma — Twitter is two things. It is a concept — everyone in the world connected in real time — that's so obvious in retrospect that it is impossible to imagine it not existing. Tweets:...
US court dismisses antitrust suit against Google involving requirement that Android handsets use Google search as default when Google apps are preinstalled
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Bill Gurley: FOMO in the ‘Private IPO’ Market Is Fueling Valuations
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Verizon is laying down 400 tiny cells in SF to boost LTE capacity
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Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Internet.org: barriers to connectivity, why ads are not a priority at current stage, more
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Google's Mobile Search Now Highlights Recent Posts From News Sources
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Twilio Positions Itself for an IPO After Logging $100M Revenue Run Rate
According to a recent report, Twilio wants to go public. Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Cloud comms company Twilio is preparing itself for an IPO, but is in no rush Tweets: Erika M Balbuena / @erikadms...
Postmates Picks Up $35M In Series C From Spark Capital
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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.