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Twitter shares continue to plunge
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 trade, building on Friday's 13% plunge. The stock has now...
New system allows researchers in Antarctica to use cellphones
Previously, researchers in Antarctica were forced to use what essentially were walkie-talkies if they wanted to communicate with each other long distance. This is because there was no network coverage in...
Pro-government Syrian hackers are using malware attacks against activists
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 any person or organization that is sympathetic to the Syrian rebels, and...
Kindle owners spend way more than non-Kindle owners on Amazon
We’ve known for a while now that Amazon breaks even on Kindle Fire HD sales, which means the company begins to turn a profit the second someone boots up a Kindle...
Amazon announces interest-free payment plan for Kindle Fire HDX
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 as possible this holiday season: a nine-month financing option. You’ll...
Huawei still wants to make a name for itself in the U.S. smartphone market
After spending years trying to persuade U.S. regulators to ease their restrictions, China’s Huawei is acknowledging that the political climate prevents it from building any sizable business selling network infrastructure...
Notch turned down job offer at Valve to create Mojang
Back in 2010, when Minecraft was first starting to take off, Valve flew out Markus "Notch" Persson to its headquarters for "a cup of coffee." In an excerpt of the English translation of...
Obama kicks off Computer Science Education Week with Code.org
This week is shaping up to be the biggest Computer Science Education Week yet.The annual event, meant to promote computer programming education worldwide, is focusing on a new “Hour of Code” initiative...
Katie Couric is leaving ABC to become Yahoo’s “Global News Anchor”
On Monday, Yahoo is set to announce a deal with ABC News, after months of negotiations, to have Katie Couric become Yahoo’s “Global News Anchor”. As AllThingsD had first reported in August that it was working...
Sony sold 11 PS4 consoles per second on launch day
Sony sold a million PS4 consoles in the first 24 hours of its release, equalling about 11 consoles sold per second. Should they continue to be met with such success,...