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Twitter shares continue to plunge

Dec 30, 2013

Having reached an all-time high of $74.73 last week, Twitter's shares are rapidly plunging back down to Earth.  slid 6.4% in early...

New system allows researchers in Antarctica to use cellphones

Dec 30, 2013

Previously, researchers in Antarctica were forced to use what essentially were walkie-talkies if they wanted to communicate with each other long...

Pro-government Syrian hackers are using malware attacks against activists

Dec 27, 2013

Using social-engineering techniques and remote-access tools, Pro-government Syrian hackers are using malware attacks against journalists, workers at non-governmental organizations, activists, and others. Basically...

Social TV startup Wetpaint acquired by Viggle for $30 million

Dec 16, 2013

Wetpaint, an 8-year-old Seattle startup led by entrepreneur Ben Elowitz, has been soldto New York-based Viggle for a purchase price of $30...

Kindle owners spend way more than non-Kindle owners on Amazon

Dec 15, 2013

We’ve known for a while now that Amazon breaks even on Kindle Fire HD sales, which means the company begins to...

Amazon announces interest-free payment plan for Kindle Fire HDX

Dec 15, 2013

After giving 30-day free trials a shot, Amazon has a new master plan to get its Kindle Fire HDX tablets under as many trees...

Huawei still wants to make a name for itself in the U.S. smartphone market

Dec 13, 2013

After spending years trying to persuade U.S. regulators to ease their restrictions, China’s Huawei is acknowledging that the political climate...

Notch turned down job offer at Valve to create Mojang

Dec 10, 2013

Back in 2010, when Minecraft was first starting to take off, Valve flew out Markus "Notch" Persson to its headquarters for "a...

Obama kicks off Computer Science Education Week with Code.org

Dec 9, 2013

This week is shaping up to be the biggest Computer Science Education Week yet.The annual event, meant to promote computer programming education...

Bitcoin rapidly plummets in price yet again

Dec 8, 2013

Bitcoins value can rise or fall by hundreds of dollars in an instant. The virtual currency is insanely fickle and...

YouTube’s music subscription service reportedly slated to launch in Q1 of 2014

Dec 4, 2013

We’ve been hearing rumors of a subscription music service from YouTube for awhile now, but according to a new report,...

Snapchat snags Instagram’s head of business as its COO

Dec 3, 2013

Mobile messaging service Snapchat has been in the limelight for apparently having rejected plenty of suitors, and it seems like the startup is...