Samsung up, HTC down
Samsung has achieved what few thought would be possible just three or four years ago. They emerged from a crowded Android market to take on Apple head to head. The...
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OS X Mavericks gold master released to developers
Developers will be given some time to app up the new Apple operating system with this early release. Apple's latest flavor of OS X, Mavericks, is just weeks away from...
Twitter is growing slowly
In a minor case of bad news for the social network that's about to go public, the numbers coming out of Twitter's IPO filing shows growth that is relatively anemic...
Samsung didn’t fake Note 3 benchmarks according to… Samsung
There's really no other response that we could have expected, right? They were caught red-handed cooking the benchmark books on the new Galaxy Note 3, so Samsung responded with a...
Beyond smartphones: New venues emerge for app development
Remember the good ol' days when apps were made for smartphones only? It wasn't long before tablets started taking a prominent place in the app world. Today (and more prominently...
13 alleged Anonymous members indicted for ‘Operation Payback’
Anonymous attacked quickly and attacked with force when they went after several high profile hacking targets from late 2010 through early 2011. Now, there's a chance that some of them...
Amazon set-top boxes coming just in time for Christmas
Move over, Apple TV. Amazon is once again going to try to compete head to head with you for holiday dollars. Amazon.com Inc. is taking steps toward releasing a video-streaming...
Adobe hacked for 2.9 MILLION customer records
Adobe customers were hit hard as the breach gave access to customer data, including credit card information. The hackers also took sensitive source code information for their software. Adode has...
Twitter wants $1 billion
A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A billion dollars. That's Twitter's new unofficial mantra as they go public. Twitter had revenue of $253 million in the first...
Samsung’s US mobile product chief leaves because job was no longer “fun”
You should enjoy your job. Some studies have shown that liking your job can lead to longer life. The feeling was applied by one of Samsung's product chiefs who just...
Intel’s big announcement is that they’re getting smaller… processors
In the world of tech, to get bigger you have to get smaller. No, that doesn't mean downsizing the staff. It means taking today's technology that already seems so tiny...
G Flex will give LG its own curved display smartphone
Samsung may have started the trend but LG isn't going to let them be the only one with a curved display smartphone. Get ready for the LG G Flex. LG...
France forces Amazon to charge shipping on books
The socialists and the conservatives are speaking the same language in France as they unite to tell Amazon to stop undercutting their local stores. Accused of unfair competition in France,...
The NSA furlough notice
As with so many federal employees, non-essential NSA employees were told they would be on furlough do to the government shutdown. Given that the government shutdown makes an exception for...
Second screen social network war is heating up
One screen entertainment is so 2012. Today, it's all about the second screen. With a smartphone, tablet, or both in hand while watching television, people are multitasking their entertainment and...
San Fran’s Entrepreneurship Program applications due by Sunday
If you want to take advantage of the government funding your public sector ideas and turning them into reality, you have until the beginning of next week to get in...
School district monitoring student social media sees the truth
The truth is ugly. It really is. They're teenagers. They're driven by maturing sexuality, drug-based mischief, and an unyielding disdain for anything that resembles authority. They speak their minds on...
HTC market value down 90%
Move over, BlackBerry. HTC is challenging you for the most failed smartphone manufacturer title with a 90% market value drop in two years. They say that deaths come in threes,...
All-electric Kia Soul is coming
In the car tech world, electric is all the rage. Kia is bringing their quirky little SUV/Crossover/Wagon/Thingy to the electric vehicle market. Cue the electric hamsters. Kia, the automaker known...
Glasses that translate
We aren't quite to the point of convenience that the Star Trek universal translator brings to the table, but we're getting there. Usually, ordering a meal in a non-English speaking...