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Lambda is Amazon’s new event-driven compute service

Continuing to roll out new compute services at an impressive clip, Amazon Web Services has introduced a way for programmers to trigger operations in their AWS deployments without running a...

Secret government spy program targets American cellphones

The US Department of Justice is putting devices that emulate cellphone towers in Cessna aircraft and flying them around the country to track the locations of cellphones, a practice that...

The BlackBerry Classic is now available for pre-order

BlackBerry fans who want their trackpad back can now pre-order the BlackBerry Classic ahead of its December debut. The device will be available in the U.S. and the U.K. initially,...

PlayStation Vue is Sony’s upcoming online live TV streaming service

After first announcing its plans in January, Sony revealed a new online live TV streaming service on Thursday called PlayStation Vue. Sony says the new service "reinvents the television experience."...

Unshackled raises $3.5 million to help immigrant entrepreneurs in the US

Unshackled, a new $3.5 million fund, has a plan to help entrepreneurs who have great ideas but who need help securing work visas so they can remain in the U.S....

Rival IQ raises $1 million to help keep track of your competition

Rival IQ, a digital marketing analytics company, today announced additional funding of nearly $1 million from existing and new investors designed to fuel the software company's continued growth and product...

Netflix’s first UK original series is about the Queen

It's been rumored for months, but Netflix has finally confirmed that it's working on its first original TV series from the UK. Given its origins, it should come as no...

The Ear-o-Smart is a pair of health-monitoring smart earrings

Developers of ‘the world’s first smart earring’ are hoping to raise over $30,000 on the Kickstarter crowd-funding website as part of a vision to "take fitness monitoring to the next...

Scopely raises $35 million to expand its mobile game platform

Scopely, a Los Angeles startup that’s built a platform for distributing and monetizing mobile games, is announcing that it has raised $35 million in Series A funding. Co-founder and CEO...

Spotify reportedly paid Taylor Swift less than $500,000 this year

Taylor's camp is snapping its figurative fingers at Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, while uttering "Oh no, you did not!" for saying that the superstar was on track to earn over...

Rdio lowers its family plan pricing to better compete with Spotify

Rdio has announced new and reduced prices for its Family Plan subscriptions less than a month after Spotify launched competing services of its own. Prices for multiple-user accounts now start...

Panasonic’s computer battery recall now exceeds 300,000 units

Panasonic is recalling more than 300,000 rechargeable battery packs used for tablets and laptops in Japan and overseas due to concerns they may catch fire, the company says. The electronics...

The NSA to allow Britons to access their health records from a phone

The NHS is one of Britain's greatest achievements and the envy of countless countries around the world, but sometimes but it's found it hard to ditch the paperwork and embrace...

AT&T halt fiber expansion until net neutrality debate is settled

AT&T is pausing plans to bring high-speed fiber networks to 100 cities in the United States until the rules of net neutrality are set. At a conference on Wednesday, AT&T...

Samsung makes a rap song about corporate diversity… seriously

Every so often, Samsung goes off its very focused, formal path and does something truly bizarre. The Galaxy S4 unveiling at Radio City Music Hall still ranks as the company's...

FCC will probably reject Obama’s net neutrality plan

Just a day after U.S. President Barack Obama publicly came out in support of net neutrality, asking the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify Internet service as a utility, its chairman...

Heat your home for free by housing data servers

The idea of cloud heating won’t go away. Germany now has a company, Cloud&Heat, which offers free hot water from a distributed data center installed in your office. Cloud&Heat places...

MPAA makes it easier to find places to legally stream movies

In an effort to steer viewers away from torrents, the MPAA has just launched Where to Watch, a site to help you find legit streaming TV shows and movies. To...

Mozilla brings web browsing to virtual reality with MozVR

With the Oculus Rift release mere months, away the tech world is gearing up for a potential virtual reality revolution. Earlier this week, as part of Mozilla's 10th anniversary, the...

Republicans kill Internet sales tax bill in the womb

Legislation in the US Congress that would allow states to collect sales tax on Internet sales will not pass before the end of the year because of opposition from Speaker...