Brazil looks to break from US-centric Internet
Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington's widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous first step toward fracturing a...
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The argument for a woman to lead Microsoft
All four people charged with finding Microsoft a new CEO are men. All but two of its nine board members are men, and nearly 80 percent of its U.S. employees are male. The only two CEOs...
Google is done selling the Nexus 4 in the US
The Nexus 4's run in Google Play is now over. On Monday, Google's online storefront sold out of the 16GB version of the flagship phone in the US, and a trusted source...
Facebook reveals plan to wire the planet
Facebook and fellow internet.org memebers Qualcomm and Ericsson have released a white paper that offers a blueprint for a massively scaled-up internet. Titled “A Focus on Efficiency” and available here as...
Bing gets a refresh
Microsoft's search engine continues to push the rock up a hillside as it chases Google, and some new Bing features add or enhance its search in very familiar ways. First...
What if Apple had made an ‘iPhone 4C’ instead?
Some have said the iPhone 5C is too expensive to make a mark in places like China. A new analyst report suggests Apple should have revamped the aging iPhone 4...
Facebook and Twitter said to be unblocked in Iran
Facebook and Twitter became widely accessible to Iranian users on Monday for the first time since 2009, when the services were blocked in the midst of widespread protests against former president Mahmoud...
We watched the ghosts of Google Street View come to life
Paolo Cirio brings ghosts to life. At least, he pulls them out of their eternal resting places in the digital expanse of Google Street View and paints them into three-dimensional reality. Since...
Is Google killing $150 million in ad revenue?
In late August Google announced that they would be changing their developer policies… It’s a bold, big move to catch up to iOS. The ad market has kind of been a grey...
Angry entrepreneur replies to patent troll with racketeering lawsuit
Most business owners sued by patent trolls don't talk about it to anyone other than their lawyer; a typical response is to cross one's fingers and hope the problem goes...
Before first smartwatches take off, Samsung may be working on another
Samsung may have just unveiled its Galaxy Gear smart watch with much fanfare two weeks ago, but it may already be working on the next generation of the device, according...
Is the iPhone 5S a harbinger for the next iPad?
By now the drill is familiar. Apple rolls out the next iPhone. It has a few hardware upgrades that make it better, faster, and more feature rich. And then we...
Beyond the IPO: Twitter’s next chapter
Twitter has lots of users. It wants a lot more. That is, in part, why it is planning a massive overhaul of its mobile apps, designed to make the service...
With IPO imminent, Twitter’s ad challenge looms large
It may be official that Twitter plans to go public, but let’s not forget there’s nothing official at all about its revenue model. It is still very much a work...
Three federal agencies wasted as much as $321 million on duplicate tech investments
From dropping your smartphone in the toilet to spilling coffee on your keyboard, most have experienced that sinking feeling associated with wasting money on technology. The U.S. government is no...
Can Google build the universal translator?
When science-fiction writers envision the future of mankind, a number of ideas for improving the world repeatedly pop up. They include free, unlimited energy and spaceships traveling at the speed...
PhoneBloks is a nifty idea that will never happen
It's a physics issue. Signals in modern devices are extremely high speed; the easiest and cheapest way to combat this is to bring components closer together. For example, the wireless...
Have 10,000 Instagram followers? You could stay at this hotel for free
A new boutique hotel in Sydney, Australia will let you stay for free if you have more than 10,000 Instagram followers. The 1888 Hotel, at five stories and with views from every...
Tablets to edge PCs in Q4
The entire connected device market, which includes smartphones, tablets and PCs, will grow about 27.8% this year, but not because businesses and consumers are snapping up new laptops and desktops....
San Francisco wants to let residents vote on the city’s budget online next year
The city of San Francisco wants to give its residents the ability to propose, debate, and vote on budget items online — now all it has to do is figure...