Ex-Google employees embark on mission to stop Google from tracking users
“Don’t be evil” is an unofficial motto first uttered by a Google executive during a meeting years ago, and while it started as a playful …
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Nokia to cut 1,000 jobs from Finnish phone plant
Nokia on Thursday announced that it will cut as many as 1,000 jobs at its plant in Salo, Finland. The company’s layoffs will happen gradually …
Facebook reportedly acquired 750 patents from IBM
Facebook on Thursday acquired 750 patents from IBM in an effort to boost the company’s defense and counter new lawsuits, according to Bloomberg. The patents reportedly …
Only 10% of consumers would consider banking with Apple, bizarre study finds
We weren’t aware that the possibility of Apple entering the banking industry was so real that it warranted a study to measure consumer interest, but marketing …
Now is the worst time ever to buy an Android phone
Android phones have never been as impressive as they are today. They have never been as responsive, as slim or as powerful. Their displays have …
Chrome briefly passes Internet Explorer to become most popular weekend web browser
Web analytics firm StatCounter on Wednesday announced that Google’s Chrome web browser overtook Microsoft’s Internet Explorer last Sunday to become the most popular weekend browser, …
Twitter turns six; 140 million active users, 340 million tweets per day
Exactly six years ago Wednesday, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey published the first post on his new service Twttr. “Just setting up my twttr,” Dorsey wrote in …
Google may share Google Wallet revenue with carriers to spur adoption
Google’s mobile payment service has gotten a fair amount of attention from the media, but user and partner adoption has been slow since the service …
Zynga buys ‘Draw Something’ creator OMGPOP
Zynga on Wednesday announced that it has acquired app developer OMGPOP for $180 million, plus another $30 million in employee-retention payments, AllThingsD reported. The company …
MIT scientists create ultra-fast camera that can see around corners [video]
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created an ultra-fast camera that can see around corners, Digital Trends reported on Wednesday. Once work on …
Microsoft reportedly prohibiting workers from buying Apple products with company funds
Microsoft’s Sales, Marketing, Services, IT, & Operations Group (SMSG) may be enforcing a new policy to prevent employees from using corporate funds to buy Apple …
Sprint CEO defends company’s decision to bet it all on Apple’s iPhone
Sprint chief executive Dan Hesse is being watched closely by the company’s board of directors, but the CEO has to answer to investors and subscribers …
HP confirms reorganization, PC and printer groups to merge
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday confirmed earlier reports of a major reorganization within the company. The firm plans to merge its Personal Systems Group, responsible for PCs, …
Online iPad availability improves, new orders ship in 1-2 weeks
When Apple’s new iPad failed to sell out at retail stores in and around New York City, we wondered if launch day turn-out was lower …
Apple loses bid to obtain Motorola and Google data
A U.S. judge earlier this month ordered Google and Motorola Mobility to turn over information about the development of the Android operating system and Google’s pending …
Beats Audio to acquire MOG streaming music service
Beats Audio, the company behind the popular Beats by Dr. Dre line of over-ear and in-hear headphones, is reportedly planning to acquire subscription music service …
HP to reportedly combine PC and printer divisions
Hewlett-Packard will reportedly soon undergo a reorganization that will see its Personal Systems Group merged with its Imaging and Printing Group. AllThingsD cites multiple unnamed …
Bankruptcy said to be a ‘very legitimate risk’ for Sprint
Shares of Sprint stock fell 4.5% Monday morning after an analyst said there is an increasing risk that the nation’s third largest wireless carrier could …
WikiLeaks founder to run for Australian Senate
WikiLeaks announced that its founder and leader Julian Assange is planning to run for a seat on the Australian Senate, the Associated Press reported on …
Kim Dotcom may be able to reclaim his assets thanks to a ‘procedural error’
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who was recently arrested and charged with racketeering, copyright infringement and money laundering, may be able to reclaim his seized assets due …
AT&T relaunches Aspire program with quarter-billion dollar commitment to education
AT&T on Monday announced that it is relaunching its AT&T Aspire program designed to help students graduate from high school and prepare for college and …
Apple has sold more than 3 million iPads since Friday
Apple has just announced that the company sold a record 3 million iPads since the new tablet’s launch this past Friday. “The new iPad is …
Writers accuse Apple of eBook piracy
Three separate lawsuits have been filed in China on behalf of 12 writers who claim Apple is selling unlicensed versions of their works in its …
The Pirate Bay plans to host part of its site on GPS controlled drones
In an effort to bypass censorship as well as heat from authorities and copyright owners, The Pirate Bay on Sunday unveiled new plans to “experiment …
AT&T confirms record iPad sales
AT&T on Monday confirmed that it sold and activated more iPad tablets this past Friday than it has on any other single day. “On Friday, …
A new iPad…
It almost feels like we’ve been here before. Apple launched a new product with almost the exact same exterior look and feel as the previous …
Apple’s plans for $100B cash reserve: $10 billion stock repurchase, $2.65 quarterly dividend
Apple on Monday hosted a conference call to reveal the fate of at least some of the $100 billion in cash and cash equivalents the company has …
NetZero reinvents itself as America’s first free 4G service provider
NetZero burst onto the scene in 1998 as the first in a crop of Internet service providers that gave subscribers free access to the Web …
Apple to announce plans for its $100 billion cash stockpile tomorrow
Apple has just alerted the media that it plans to discuss what the company will do with its $100 billion in cash tomorrow at 9:00 …
German court suspends Apple’s slide-to-unlock lawsuit
A German judge has suspended a patent infringement suit filed by Apple against Samsung covering the company’s slide-to-unlock patent, Reuters reported on Friday. The Mannheim …
