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BlackBerry co-founder dumps 3.5 million shares after massive losses

Mike Lazaridis, the co-founder of BlackBerry, has sold 3.5 million shares over the last two days bringing his stake in the company to just about 5%. This is in response to...

Apple fined $670,000 in Taiwan for iPhone price-plan meddling

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission is giving Apple a NT$20 million ($670,000) fine  for interfering in iPhone handset and contract pricing. The FTC claims that once Apple sells distribution rights to an iPhone...

Facebook’s new algorithm change has damaged numerous Facebook pages

As a part of a recent effort to increase the quality of the Newsfeed, Facebook has made some major changes to the algorithm. While these changes are meant to reward brands...

Mysterious group donates thousands of Bitcoins to various open-source projects

A mysterious group called Bitcoin Grant has been donating hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoins to various projects for a little over a year. While the group primarily donates...

Gionee Elife E7 mini boasts 13-megapizel swivel camera and octa-core CPU

Gionee, a Chinese smartphone maker, has just released the miniature version of its Elife E7 smartphone. However, this miniature smartphone shares almost no similarities with its larger counterpart. The new smartphone features...

Hackers release method of matching phone numbers to Snapchat accounts

Gibson Security has had its numerous security disclosures about potential Snapchat exploits go ignored for months. Now, after publishing Snapchat's API and two major exploits, the company finally has people's attention....

Sony and Panasonic cancel plans to produce OLED televisions

Almost 18 months ago, Sony and Panasonic partnered up in order to develop production technology for organic light-emitting diode display (OLED) panels for large-screen TVs. Now the two companies are cancelling...

byUs.com may be the “next-generation Angie’s List”

Recommendation sites are a dime a dozen but most people still prefer referrals from friends, especially with services where there are significant risks involved. This is why byUs.com wants to create an invite-only...

Facebook is testing a new way to watch promoted videos

Facebook is testing out a new way for marketers to show their video advertisements to a large number of viewers without detracting from the experience of the website. The company...

Twitter shares continue to soar, valued at almost $40 million

Twitter held its initial public offering last month at $26. Since then the stock has increased by 169%, valuing the company almost $40 million. Investors are confident that Twitter can attract...

NASA’s Deep Space Network turned 50

NASA's Deep Space Network celebrated its 50th anniversary on Tuesday. For the last 50 years the network has been used to communicate with numerous satellites as they float around space. NASA’s...

Official MTV app for Android brings on-demand streaming to cable subribers

The official MTV app has finally arrived on Android. The new app allows users to stream episodes from select series so long as they're subscribers of participating cable providers. The current list...

Smartphone running Samsung’s new mobile OS passes through the FCC

NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile phone operator, has been pressuring Samsung to get it's new mobile operating system up and running by January 2014. Today, a smartphone running Samsung's mobile...

Indiegogo project raises over $10,000 for a dog-to-English translator

No More Woof is a dog-to-English translation headset that has already exceeded its $10,000 goal on Indiegogo. Although the headset is still in its very early stages, the Swedish company behind the...

Number of photos taken in 2014 will approach 1 trillion thanks to selfie explosion

With the proliferation of smartphones with front-facing cameras, selfies have become mainstream. And with apps like Snapchat and Instagram that encourage people to take photos of themselves, the selfie will likely grow in popularity...

Google fires back against Apple- and Microsoft-led patent consortium in new lawsuit

Google has filed a lawsuit this week against Rockstar, the patent holding company jointly owned by Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Sony, and Ericsson whose portfolio comes mostly from the corpse of bankrupt...

Amazon gifting $5 to people who download an app from its AppStore

Amazon will celebrate Christmas by handing out $5 store credits to anyone who downloads an app from its Amazon Appstore. It can even be a free app, so the deal...

Could South Korea come to rival Silicon Valley?

Can South Korea's new culture of business and creativity eventually rival Silicon Valley? The number of tech startups has surged by 80 per cent since 2011. “Korea is now the biggest startup...

Twitter may soon introduce mobile app install ads in its own apps

Twitter recently introduced app installs and deep-linking through its Cards feature but now it appears that the company is testing out mobile app installs ads within its own app. It looks like...

SoftBank reportedly closing in on purchase of T-Mobile

Japanese telecom SoftBank could soon a close deal to buy T-Mobile. SoftBank apparently hopes to acquire a majority of T-Mobile's shares via its own US subsidiary, Sprint, as soon as next spring. The...