Amazon added 10 million new Prime customers over the holidays
How was your December 25? Amazon has delivered its annual post-Christmas debrief and the headline news is that another 10 million customers across the world have signed up for the...
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Online sales grew by 8.3% this Christmas according to IBM
Every year right after Christmas, IBM reports its analysis of online and mobile sales. This year, Big Blue discovered that 57.1% of all online shopping traffic belonged to mobile devices....
North Korea accuses the US of taking down its internet
It may appear we've reached a climax in the Sony Pictures hack saga - what with The Interview finally seeing a theatrical release - but the international finger pointing is...
Samsung is reportedly working on a 10-inch Galaxy Tab 5 tablet
According to a report out of the Netherlands, Samsung is working on a 10-inch Galaxy Tab 5 tablet. It appears that major tablet manufacturers are moving ahead to larger screened...
The PSN and XBL hackers have turned their attention to Tor
Uh oh. Lizard Patrol, the hacking group claiming responsibility for the Christmas attacks on PlayStation and Xbox Live, has announced a new target: Tor, the anonymous internet service. The hacker group...
US tech giants are taking on Russia’s government censorship
Next week supporters of Alexei Navalny, a lawyer and anti-corruption crusader currently under house arrest in Russia, are planning a rally that the Kremlin would really rather not happen. So,...
Mathematicians may have found an easier way to get to Mars
Getting to Mars is never going to be cheap. But a couple of mathematicians have figured out how to shave some significant bucks off the price tag. Rather than fly...
About 60% of Amazon’s holiday orders came from mobile devices
If you're worn out from all your holiday shopping lately, perhaps you can take a minute or so to recoup by learning about everything else that everyone picked up. Online...
Alleged images of the Samsung Galaxy S6 have been leaked
We do know that the next version of the Samsung Galaxy S series would have arrived at the half dozen figure – that is, the Samsung Galaxy S6. I am...
Experts suggest the Sony hack may have been an inside job
Was “The Interview” the perfect cover? The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an extensive investigation into the recent massive Sony hack. Following the conclusion of that investigation, the FBI felt...
Future underwater rescue robots could be inspired by sea turtles
In the near future, researchers hope to produce swarms of autonomous tiny robotic sea turtles and fishes, for example, to perform hazardous missions such as detecting nuclear waste underwater or...
Cerevast raises $10 million for its new therapeutic headframe device
Redmond biotech company Cerevast Therapeutics has raised $10 million as it continues to test a headset it hopes will one day be used to treat stroke patients. That brings the company's...
Nintendo is already working on a successor to the Wii U
There have been rumors in the past that Nintendo is working on a successor to the Wii U system, a console which hasn’t been doing particularly well as of late....
Game of Thrones was the year’s most pirated TV show… again
HBO’s Game of Thrones is probably one of the biggest hits on TV these days. In fact last year we had heard that the TV show was a top torrent...
The Xiaomi Mi5 smartphone could feature a sapphire display
Prior to the launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, there were many rumors suggesting that Apple could launch these new phones with sapphire displays, but safe to say...
Qualcomm’s anti-trust lawsuit in China is coming to a close soon
After completing seven rounds of talks with Qualcomm CEO Derek Aberle and his staff earlier this month, China is close to announcing a ruling in its anitrust suit against the...
NSA forced to release more than a decade’s worth of documents
The National Security Agency released documents on Christmas Eve revealing surveillance activities that “may have violated the law for U.S. policy over more than a decade,” reports David Lerman at...
CNN names T-Mobile the technology company of the year
It does look as though when it comes to the year 2014 among tech companies in the U.S., T-Mobile has experienced a far more remarkable year than the rest of...
BLU is busting out three new LTE smartphones
While I am quite sure that many of us have already opened up all of the present that were placed under the tree for the past week or so, how...
Xiaomi has already sold more than a million smartphones in India
This year Xiaomi ventured outside of its home market, China, and into India. For many months now, it's been holding pretty much weekly flash sales in partnership with Flipkart, the...