More Americans now subscribe to cable internet than cable TV
The cable companies have been far more excited about selling broadband than selling video for a long time now. One cable exec, Cablevision CEO Jimmy Dolan, even suggested that his...
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Amazon has doubled the storage capacity of the Kindle Paperwhite
Fans of Amazon e-reader the Kindle Paperwhite probably won’t be getting a device update in the near future, but the company is upgrading the existing model. Amazon decided to upgrade...
Samsung has acquired SmartThings, a home automation startup
As more and more hardware these days end up with the ”smart” prefix in their naming convention, it is only a matter of time before every other smart device will...
The FAA has banned Uber-like airplane-sharing services
Ah, the sharing economy. You can share rides to the office. You can shareapartments. You can even share boats. What you can't share, though, is your airplane, should you be...
Intel is working on new headphones in partnership with 50 Cent
Intel and SMS Audio have teamed up to create a new category of “fitness wearables,” or smart headphones with sensors that can measure your heart rate. The audio headphones will...
Xiaomi is being investigated over data privacy issues in Singapore
Singapore’s personal data watchdog is investigating cellphone maker Xiaomi following a user’s complaint that the company is giving out user data to telephone marketers. The user claims he received marketing...
Specs for Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 have been leaked online
With the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 due to land in a few weeks' time at the IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany, the anticipation surrounding it is high. The leaks...
Spring is a new mobile marketplace that wants to make shopping fun
It may be simple for brands to create their own web storefronts today, but doing the same for mobile is a far more difficult task. With that challenge in mind,...
Yahoo wants to help small businesses sell things online with Yahoo Stores
Yahoo Inc. is relaunching its small business e-commerce product with Yahoo Stores, which aims to help anyone sell anything online. The offering comes as other digital marketplace companies also jockey...
Event networking app Bizzabo has raised $2.5 million in fudning
Networking platform and event app Bizzabo has raised $2.5 million from existing and new investors including Kaedan Capital, AfterDox, super angel Gigi Levy and new investors OurCrowd and Massa Group....
Lenovo now sells more mobile devices than it does computers
What a ride it has been for Lenovo of late. Last quarter, the company unseated HP to sell the most computers globally and on Thursday the company said it’s selling...
Cisco is laying off up to 6,000 of its employees
Networking hardware giant Cisco Systems is slimming down. Again. After another quarter of pallid growth, the company will cut up to 6,000 employees, or about 8 percent of its worldwide...
Smartphones may soon recharge themselves using only soundwaves
Tired of being on the go and having to search for an outlet you can use to recharge your phone? If researchers at Nokia and at the Queen Mary University...
The State of Wyoming is dropping data centers in favor of the cloud
The State of Wyoming is closing its data centers and moving all of its data to the cloud, according to a report, in one of the biggest shifts by a...
Intel has acquired Axxia Networking Business for $650 million
Intel has scooped up the LSI Axxia networking chip business from Avago Technologies for $650 million in cash. Intel announced the acquisition on Wednesday, which sees it acquire Axxia Networking...
Newegg has started its massive international expansion
In an announcement at this year's Computex, Newegg said that it would be expanding to six new markets by the end of June, though this was changed to August later...
Sony’s new app offers a different discounted album every 24 hours
Sony is hoping to boost digital record sales with a new iPhone app that offers a discounted album every 24 hours. Prices are slashed by as much as 70 percent...
Amazon has partnered up with Purdue University
Purdue students looking for a good deal on their textbooks now have an easier way to find them, thanks to a partnership between Amazon and Purdue University. The two organizations...
Another Comcast customer has recorded themselves in “cancellation hell”
It seems Comcast has a new method of dealing with customers who want out. YouTube user Aaron Spain uploaded a video on Monday titled "Comcast put me on hold until...
The NSA is working on an autonomous online defense system
More than a year after Edward Snowden first spilled the beans on the NSA's digital surveillance practices, you wouldn't think that he had much left to reveal. In an interview...