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Brendan Eich, Mozilla’s new chief executive, told CNET that Mozilla itself is under threat by the firestorm surrounding his donation to Prop. 8, the anti-gay marriage ballot initiative. Since the controversy erupted, as I wrote about in a column, Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox
Electronic Arts’ Origin, a digital game-distribution platform aimed at taking on Valve’s Steam service, has decided to nix physical discs. Starting April 4, Origin users trying to buy physical game discs through the game-delivery platform will need to go digital or go without, EA announc
We’re now six years into what app analytics provider Flurry calls the mobile revolution and as you might expect, the average consumer in the US is spending more time than ever using mobile devices. According to the firm’s latest report, daily time spent using a mobile device has risen to 2 hours and
Popular home rental website Airbnb will start paying San Francisco’s 14% hotel tax, addressing a key regulatory concern. David Hantman, Airbnb’s head of global public policy, said in a blog post that “we’ll soon be collecting and remitting taxes on behalf of our hosts in San Franci
Upworthy’s secret sauce is now in the hands of brands. Following limited partnerships with Dove, Skype, and theBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Upworthy is launching a full-blown ad program and content consultancy. The goal? To bring brand-approved causes to a Facebook feed near you. According t
The Federal Communications Commission said today that it won’t be expanding the scope of net neutrality regulations, despite the recent call to arms by streaming-video service Netflix. Last month Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wrote an impassioned essay that called upon the FCC to create new regulations
Display-analyzing firm DisplayMate has been taking a very close look at the screen on the soon-to-launch Galaxy S5 smartphone, and its findings are sure to have Samsung executives cracking a smile as wide as the device is long. For most regular folk, display analysis extends to little more than popp
Backup cameras will be mandatory for automakers by May 2018. The NHTSA on Monday issue new regulation that requires all vehicles under 10,000 pounds be equipped with rear-visibility cameras. The regulation, clearly, is meant to encourage a safer environment for both pedestrians and drivers, ensuring
Balderton Capital, the European VC investor behind MySQL, NaturalMotion and Yoox, has raised $305 million for its fifth European fund. As has been hinted at previously, the focus of the new fund will be on Series A investments in European tech startups. Other investments in other regions such as the
It may have been overshadowed by pricier acquisition deals in subsequent years, but HP’s 2010 takeover of Palm remains a milestone event. It was a seemingly perfect combination of a highly competitive mobile operating system with a deep-pocketed hardware juggernaut. HP promised it would fund t
Verizon’s latest DVR is less set-top box and more home media server: with six tuners and a 1TB hard drive, you can add a second DVR unit to record up to 12 channels at once and feed 10 TVs at any given time. The catchily named VMS1100 is Verizon’s FIOS Media Server, and is part of the [&
Valve has announced this year’s International Dota 2 tournament. It will be held on July 18th at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 4th at 3pm Pacific time. Four-day tickets cost $99 for general admission, $199 for floor seating and $499 for VIP level. C
