How to find the Invisible Internet
The rabbit hole that is the Internet goes much deeper than most people know. In fact, the World Wide Web as we know it represents …
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BlackBerry needed a big win, and it just got one
Remember last summer when BlackBerry’s new platform and devices like the BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 received the U.S. Defense Information System Agency’s approval to be …
Rdio caves to the competition, makes Web streaming free for all users
Hardly two days have passed since Spotify began allowing unlimited access to its free streaming service, but another major competitor has already stepped up to …
New patent shows how Amazon plans to kill box stores once and for all
Amazon has already been doing massive amounts of damage to big box retailers and now it’s working on a new system that could be its …
The Wii U is officially a disaster: Nintendo slashes sales forecast by 70%
There’s no longer any debating it: Nintendo’s Wii U is an absolute disaster. People were shocked when we talked about what a tremendous failure the …
Smartphone thefts climbed in 2013 despite efforts to prevent them
Law enforcement agencies, smartphone makers and wireless service providers all placed a good deal of focus on finding news ways to curb smartphone thefts in …
Microsoft to finally unveil Siri, Google Now rival in April
Apple first unveiled Siri in the fall of 2011, Google took the wraps off Google Now in the summer of 2012 and now Microsoft is …
Google once again named America’s best place to work
Who would have thunk it: A company that installs slides into its office buildings is a fun place to work? Fortune this week has released …
Facebook still wants to take over mobile with standalone apps
Even though it failed to take over home screens on Android with the Facebook Home experiment, Facebook is still very much interested in the mobile …
The sweetest new technology of 2014: A 3D chocolate printer
3D printing has never tasted so sweet. CNN reports that Hershey’s is teaming up with 3D Systems to make a 3D printer that can make …
Here are the myriad ways that alcohol consumption affects you
Have you ever woken up with a terrible hangover, regretting every decision that led to that moment? What if you’d had a better understanding of …
Here’s the latest thing scientists warn will kill you: Supervolcanoes
As if we don’t have enough to worry about in our daily lives, scientists are now warning that there’s a heightened risk of supervolcanoes erupting …
Teen Facebook exodus reportedly real as 11 million young users flee
There has been plenty of back and forth over the past year or so regarding whether or not teens and other young users are abandoning …
Author of Steve Jobs biography says Google is more innovative than Apple
While writing his biography of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson had more access than most outsiders could ever dream of. It may be …
Microsoft denies report that it’s shelling out billions to pay off Windows Phone partners
Microsoft has denied an earlier report suggesting that the company plans to pay out billions of dollars in 2014 in an effort to ensure that …
How to disappear online
President Obama is getting ready to announce some major changes to the NSA and the various spying programs we have learned so much about in recent …
Comcast sues former employee over software that tracks everything you watch on TV
In a federal copyright-infringement lawsuit filed recently in Philadelphia, Comcast is suing a former employee over the rights to software he developed while working for the …
Hurricane Amazon is destroying Best Buy
Best Buy shares dipped by a massive -30% on Thursday morning as the initial reaction to its shocking same store sales decline for the Christmas …
Spotify frees your music, at least on the desktop
Spotify on Wednesday announced that its lifting all limitations from its free desktop version, allowing users in all countries where the service is available to …
New startups may be bigger losers in net neutrality fight than Netflix
We’ve already read today about the big net neutrality ruling’s potential impact on Netflix but it turns out that there might be even bigger losers …
Facebook really wants to know what news you like to read
Facebook will reportedly launch a Flipboard-like news reading feature later this month either as a standalone application for mobile devices or as a “web experience” …
Can Microsoft’s billions buy Windows Phone success?
Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is more than three years old now and its global market share still sits in the low single digits. The platform …
One patent troll refuses to quit, sues federal government
Despite recent legislation designed to stop them in their tracks, patent trolls are still fighting for relevancy in the United States. Ars Technica reports that one …
Google unveils new tool to help you beat AT&T and Verizon’s data caps
Data caps are one of the wireless industry’s least popular concoctions and they figure to get even less popular as mobile applications become more bandwidth …
Shocker: Google caught breaking privacy laws yet again
Google has been caught again breaking privacy laws, this time in Canada where the search giant targeted Internet users with health-related ads, which is illegal …
Government regulators who killed net neutrality became top cable industry lobbyists
The LA Times points out something worth repeating: net neutrality was really killed back in 2002, when the FCC Chairman Michael Powell reclassified cable modem services as …
EU: Google must make more concessions within weeks, or else
The European Union is asking Google to propose more concessions in its attempt to settle an antitrust investigation that’s looking into the company’s search practices …
ISPs try to convince us net neutrality’s death won’t sting
Don’t worry, American consumers: the death of net neutrality is no big deal and it won’t harm your online experience at all. That’s the takeaway …
ISPs now have free rein to gouge Netflix thanks to net neutrality case [updated]
For every winner there’s usually a loser and in the case of the big net neutrality verdict handed down on Tuesday, the biggest loser might …
Another huge benefit of T-Mobile’s Uncarrier plans: They might block Sprint’s acquisition bid
T-Mobile’s Uncarrier initiatives are great for a number of reasons. For one thing, they have direct and obvious benefits for consumers, who can enjoy a …
