Mozilla tells the FCC to grow a spine, reclassify ISPs as common carriers
Mozilla might not be as big as Google or Netflix in most consumers’ minds but as the maker of the popular Firefox browser, it does …
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Google announces same-day delivery service in New York and Los Angeles
Google on Monday morning announced that it is expanding its same-day delivery service into Manhattan and West Los Angeles for participating retailers. Dubbed “Google Shopping …
Why Mesh networks look like the wave of the future
If you want to connect to the Internet today, you need to connect to one of the major ISPs, such as Comcast, Verizon, or AT&T. These companies …
New York is pushing through a brilliant plan to make free Wi-Fi available across the city
It’s taken a while but it looks like New York City will finally go through with a brilliant plan that will greatly expand the number …
Jury finds Samsung guilty of infringing some patents in Apple trial – awards paltry $120M
The implications in the weeks-long patent trial between Apple and Samsung couldn’t have been bigger — or more difficult for most consumers to care about. …
Netflix turns up the heat on FCC’s controversial net neutrality plan
Although Netflix has yet to launch a formal campaign against the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial net neutrality proposals, the company apparently has given the FCC …
Apple’s latest acquisition could make the iPhone’s battery life better than ever
Apple may not be making big splashy moves such as Google’s Nest acquisition or Facebook’s purchase of WhatsApp, but it won’t hesitate to buy up …
Review: Can Sony’s pricey new Xperia tablet really take on the iPad?
When it comes to the tablet market, Sony seems to be stuck in neutral. We previewed the Xperia Tablet Z over a year ago to find …
Study: You’re more likely to buy a fake smartphone than you think
Many consumer electronics buyers in the U.S. end up purchasing counterfeit goods, a study commissioned by Canon reveals, with almost one in five buyers having paid …
Yahoo is going to track your web use whether you like it or not
Yahoo this week announced that it won’t be honoring “Do Not Track” requests from users anymore either, because it wants to offer them a personalized web …
The upcoming iPhone phablet isn’t the only way that Apple is following Samsung
Although the traditional narrative about Apple and Samsung is that Apple is the leader and Samsung is the fast follower, that’s just not always the …
7 tips to help you optimize and organize your Gmail
For many email users, Gmail seemed like a gift from the heavens when it first debuted in April 2004. Compared to other popular email services at …
Google’s secret Android agreements drive up phone prices, new antitrust lawsuit alleges
A new antitrust lawsuit filed in California on Thursday against Google alleges that the company is taking advantage of the mostly secret Mobile Application Distribution …
This is how far you have to go to stop Facebook from learning you’re pregnant
If you’re pregnant and you don’t want to be subjected to countless ads reminding you of your pregnancy, then you may want to avoid using …
Amazon’s same-day delivery service expands to three more cities
Amazon’s push to get packages to your doorstep as quickly as possible continues as Dallas, San Francisco and Los Angeles have been added to the list …
Watch this haunting footage of a Japanese ghost town abandoned in the wake of Fukushima
The effects of the disastrous tsunami in Japan that caused a catastrophic failure at the Fukushima nuclear power plant are still being felt to this very …
Here’s the latest major update on Google’s possible Fiber expansion
Earlier this year, Google announced that it was looking at expanding its Fiber service to new markets and that it was looking at 34 new cities …
Here’s how likely you are to lose your job to a robot
While increased automation will make our economy much more productive, it will also put a lot of people out of work. With this in mind, …
Passenger captures video as airplane’s engine bursts into flames
Air travel is stressful enough when everything goes according to plan — now imagine being on a plane and having one of the aircraft’s engines burst …
Here’s what the Apple-Samsung jury really wants to know after its first day of deliberations
The eight-person jury in the second Apple vs. Samsung patent case in the U.S. is already working on deciding who copied whom now that lawyers delivered …
AT&T eying DirecTV takeover in a move that could make it America’s top pay TV provider
With Comcast and Time Warner Cable fighting to merge, AT&T has no intentions of sitting idle. The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday night reported that AT&T …
T-Mobile adds more customers in Q1 than all other carriers combined, but swings to loss
T-Mobile on Thursday morning reported its results for the first quarter of the year, marking the first time the scrappy carrier added more than 2 …
Google won’t scan student Gmail accounts for ads any more
It looks like students will finally be free from the prying eyes of Google. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Google will no …
Google and Netflix are considering an all-out PR blitz against the FCC’s net neutrality plan
More bad news for the Federal Communications Commission: It looks like the coalition that came together to kill the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) might …
TWC: Our network ‘works just as well’ as Google Fiber
In an apparent attempt to enrage even more disgruntled subscriber, Time Warner Cable CTO Mike Lajoie reportedly compared his company’s service with Google Fiber. DSL …
A Canadian town is living in fear that a nearby dead whale will explode any second
We’ve just found a new downside to owning beachfront property. The Smithsonian reports that a dead blue whale has washed up on the beaches of …
Spending all your money has never looked so good
Nothing has been made official at this point, but it’s pretty clear that Apple is working on a mobile payment product. Chief executive Tim Cook …
Facebook is taking a major step to give you your privacy back
Facebook has been the centerpiece of the online privacy debate for years, but the biggest social network in the world just unveiled a new policy that …
Why Apple’s decision to cut the MacBook Air price was genius
Apple is a company known for its great products, its past and current CEO, its great (and sometimes not so great commercials), and the way …
Here are all the crazy things Apple and Samsung’s lawyers said during closing arguments
The second major patent-based spat between Apple and Samsung is coming to a close in California. The jury now has to decide who copied whom as both legal …
