Google exec wants search to have ’emotional intelligence’ and be more ‘loving’
Google’s engineering director Ray Kurzweil, who has long been known for both his bold futurist predictions and his work in artificial intelligence, has laid out …
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Google offers to promote rivals’ services to appease EU antitrust officials
Google may wind up settling with antitrust officials in the European Union but it likely won’t get away virtually scot-free like it did in the …
EA reportedly lays off 10% of its workforce
Gaming giant Electronic Arts has laid off 10% of its entire workforce, according to a report from Kotaku. While EA itself didn’t reveal how many …
Google reports that government censorship requests have surged
Depressing but true: Google’s decision to publish details on government takedown requests hasn’t slowed governments’ zeal for removing content from the Internet. As a matter …
Next-gen Xbox will reportedly run on ‘core’ Windows 8, start at $299
Even if PC sales continue tanking, Windows 8 could get a significant boost in adoption later this year just from eager gamers picking up the …
Why are Apple’s margins shrinking? It’s all about the iPhone
One big reason Apple’s share prices have crashed over the past few months has been the perception that the company’s period of remarkable growth has ended …
After solid debut, Facebook Home has been rapidly sinking in Google Play charts
Facebook Home may have been downloaded more than 500,000 times in its first week but new research from BTIG suggests that it could take significantly …
Activist group demands that next FCC chairman investigate ISP bandwidth caps
Data caps for home broadband services have been one of the less popular innovations ISPs have rolled out over the past couple of years and …
Australian cops nab self-proclaimed LulzSec leader
The lulz have been few and far between for hacker collective LulzSec lately since several of its members are facing prison terms, and now Australia’s …
Samsung’s enterprise ambitions put on hold as KNOX security software delayed
BlackBerry executives will be pleased to know that Samsung’s plan to challenge them in the enterprise space has been dealt a setback. The New York …
Cook: Phablet vendors make ‘tradeoffs’ that sacrifice quality for size
While some fans of larger screens may be clamoring for Apple to launch its own 5-inch “iPhablet,” Apple CEO Tim Cook doesn’t see his company …
McAfee working on software that finds and blocks all pirated content
McAfee may be about to become the best friend of copyright holders all over the world. TorrentFreak reports that McAfee “has patented a new technology …
Activist investor starts whipping Microsoft into shape, demands Office for iOS, Android
When hedge fund ValueAct announced it had taken a $2 billion stake in Microsoft earlier this week, questions arose about what changes the activist investor …
Study: The MacBook Pro with Boot Camp is the world’s most reliable Windows PC
Here’s something that should embarrass Microsoft’s OEM partners: The most reliable Windows PC in the world wasn’t even designed to run on Windows. ZDNet reports …
Amazon is reportedly developing an Apple TV rival
Amazon is getting ready to make its biggest push yet into consumers’ living rooms. Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg Businessweek that Amazon is planning to release …
Nintendo Wii U sales in dire straits, being outsold by original Wii
Nintendo is running out of time to sell the Wii U before it gets heavy competition from both the PlayStation 4 and the next Xbox. …
Here comes iOS 7: WWDC 2013 to kick off on June 10th, tickets go on sale Thursday
We now have a good idea when Apple’s iOS 7 will launch, as the company announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference will kick off …
Nokia reportedly scores deal with Verizon to carry next flaghip Lumia
It’s been a long wait for Verizon subscribers who double as Nokia fans, but they’re finally going to get a flagship Lumia phone on their …
Netflix has already recouped its $100 million House of Cards investment
Netflix spent around $100 million to produce the first two seasons of House of Cards, the original drama that stars Kevin Spacey as a comically …
iTunes still dominates market for video downloads
Apple’s iTunes has long dominated the market for online music purchases and it seems that it holds a similar stranglehold on the market for online …
AT&T posts in-line Q1 earnings results as growth slows
AT&T on Tuesday posted first quarter earnings of $0.64 per share on revenues of $31.40 billion, thus matching Wall Street expectations of $0.64 EPS on …
An illustration of just how massive Netflix has become
Netflix reported a blowout quarter on Monday as its subscribers in the United States surged to more than 29 million, thus giving it even more …
Apple reportedly ‘caught flat-footed’ by the rise of phablets
The iPhone 5 has certainly been a hit but it doesn’t seem to have been the record-breaking, world-conquering hit that previous iPhone models have been. …
ISPs warned to ignore Google Fiber at their own peril
Remember how Time Warner Cable executives tried to claim that American consumers don’t actually want 1Gbps broadband connections? Well, InfoWorld’s Paul Venezia isn’t having any …
Survey shows 19% of North American consumers want an ‘iWatch’
One of the big questions surrounding Apple this year is whether there will be any significant market for its so-called “iWatch” that will reportedly act …
Another bad sign for iPhone sales: LG Display profit misses expectations
Another day, another key Apple supplier posting disappointing earnings. Per Reuters, iPhone and iPad display supplier LG Display has posted a 74% quarterly drop in …
Buzzkill for Glass fans: Google headset won’t launch until 2014 at the earliest
Although gadget fans may be itching to buy a Google Glass headset, it seems that they’ll have to wait a bit longer before they get …
HTC can’t catch a break, now faces European injunction for HTC One
HTC may have made the world’s best Android phone with the HTC One, but the company has had trouble getting the device to potential customers …
Angry Apple partners call company ‘Poison Apple’
Congratulations, Apple: your supply chain partners are now giving you the same anonymous backbiting treatment that PC OEMs have long delivered to Microsoft. Reuters reports …
Android predicted to beat Apple in China – thanks to its potential for ‘oppression’
We tend to think of an open source operating system as something that gives both smartphone vendors and end users more freedom to customize their …
