SEC charges Microsoft exec with insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday announced that it was bringing insider trading charges against Brian D. Jorgenson, a senior portfolio manager at Microsoft whom …
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WhatsApp hits 400 million active users – and lashes out viciously at rivals
WhatsApp just hit a major milestone: 400 million monthly active users for its sleek, streamlined cross-platform messaging service. Most companies would be euphoric about this achievement. But WhatsApp …
An open letter to BlackBerry management
No… not that open letter. As BlackBerry prepares to report its results for the fiscal third quarter before the bell on Friday, investors are bracing …
Bill Gates takes on a new role… as Secret Santa
Reddit’s annual Secret Santa had a surprise participant this year, and it was none other than Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Reddit user NY1227 on Wednesday posted …
The first step in BlackBerry’s comeback plan: Nepotism?
Has BlackBerry really hired — yes, hired — three key executives in the span of just two days? The company announced on Wednesday that it …
U.K. online porn filters have unwanted side effects
The four main Internet service providers in the U.K. including BT, Virgin, Sky and TalkTalk have turned on their porn filters either in full or …
Apple busted for misleading customers with refund policy
In an effort to shift the balance of power away from corporations and toward consumers, the Australian government implemented a new set of laws in …
Amazon is slaying brick-and-mortar stores in holiday gadget sales
Brick-and-mortar retail chains did not seem to have a great Thanksgiving week. But the latest comScore numbers show that online shopping not only had a terrific …
iPhone still no sure bet to launch on world’s biggest carrier
It’s December 18th, which is the day many of us expected would be when Apple announced that China Mobile would finally, at long last, start …
BlackBerry’s turnaround team starts taking shape
Here’s something we don’t hear about much these days: A high-level executive arriving at, rather than leaving, BlackBerry. Business Insider notes that BlackBerry this week …
Court: Torrent uploader to pay $652,000 for one Swedish movie
A man in Sweden who used to upload movies to a torrent site for years has been ordered by a court to pay $652,000 in …
Sony kicks top executive to the curb after terrible U.S. sales
In a bid to increase consumer electronics sales in the U.S., Sony replaced Sony Electronics (SEL) President Phil Molyneux with Michael Fasulo, who has been …
You can remove yourself from the Internet one website at a time with this
If you could start your Internet experience all over again, I bet you would think twice before signing up for every website you ever visited. …
Facebook cashes in on autoplay videos in your feed against your wishes
The autoplay video ads that Facebook users will soon come to know and probably-not-love look like they’re going to be big business for the world’s …
Samsung robs Apple of retail executive to help spice up its stores
Apple manages to generate an incredible amount of business from its brick-and-mortar locations every year. Other technology companies have tried and failed to replicate Apple’s …
Amazon’s secret weapon (no, it’s not drones)
A new report from market research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners reveals Amazon’s not-so-secret secret weapon. The weapon itself — Amazon Prime — is hardly …
Samsung spent an insane amount of money to make 2013 its biggest year yet
Samsung’s marketing Death Star is only one weapon in its arsenal to sell as many smartphones as possible. Korea’s Yonhap News reports that Samsung has …
Microsoft says it won’t name new CEO until at least early 2014
The Microsoft CEO search soap opera looks set to continue for at least another few weeks. Even though some Microsoft execs had been hoping the …
Samsung: Apple blinded jurors with ‘appeals to racial prejudice’
Sure, Samsung has now seen two juries slap it with gigantic penalties for allegedly infringing upon Apple’s patents. That isn’t stopping the company from hoping …
Facebook invades your feed with auto-play video ads
Facebook on Tuesday confirmed that it will bring auto-playing video ads to the news feed only hours after The Wall Street Journal published a story saying that …
Microsoft desperately needs to find its new CEO soon
As Microsoft’s CEO search has dragged on and on, we’ve been treated to a series of leaks about its future plans that in many cases …
This is why Amazon will soar in the smartphone market
According to a brand new study from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, those Amazon customers who own a Kindle spend $1,223 on Amazon products annually. Amazon customers without …
Facebook ‘dislike’ button is finally here, but only in Messenger
Facebook has updated its Messenger app with a new set of stickers that include a “dislike” button, All Facebook reports, a feature that some users …
Apple is going all-out to bring advertisers to iTunes Radio
If iTunes Radio is going to become a key component to Apple’s infrastructure lineup, the company is going to have to bring advertisers to the platform …
Google steals star engineer away from Microsoft
Google may be increasing its focus on robots, but it looks like the company still has use for humans as well (even if it only …
AT&T wants to track your illegal downloads, ban access to file-sharing sites
A new AT&T patent awarded in mid November describes methods through which the Internet service provider may track the privacy-related habits of customers and assign …
BlackBerry may have burned through $800 million last quarter alone
Just about everyone expects BlackBerry’s next earnings report to be a complete horror show, as the company’s fruitless effort to take itself private scared away …
The 5 craziest robots in Google’s growing android army
With news breaking late last week that Google has acquired cutting-edge robotics firm Boston Dynamics, we thought it would be a good time to check …
BlackBerry set to lose two more senior execs as dismal earnings loom
BlackBerry is expected to report earnings for its November quarter on Friday that show substantial declines across the board. Most significantly, perhaps, the vendor is …
Mayer on mail issues: Yahoo ‘really let you down this week’
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on Friday posted an apology on Yahoo’s official Tumblr blog for the extended Yahoo Mail issues that affected many users for …
