Steve Jobs family home where Apple was built may become historical site
It might not be Mt Vernon, but it has a place in the hearts of geeks around the world. Now, it might be protected as a Los Altos treasure for...
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What companies can learn from BlackBerry’s failures
They were the go-to device for anyone in the civilized world who wanted to be successful. They smelled like good business and walked like a superior being. Now, they're being...
Half of Gmail’s users hit with message delays today
In the email business, speed is extremely important. Unfortunately for Google and their Gmail users, speed was way behind today for half of their users. A bug bit Gmail on...
Fake online reviews get costly in New York
The good ol' days of faking online reviews for the sake of giving your business a better reputation may be behind us. New York may be the first, but they...
Valve makes simple living room gaming a reality with SteamOS
...and yes, it's free. Valve is done teasing. Today, Valve has revealed SteamOS, its own operating system based on Linux, designed for living room gaming PCs. It's the first step towards Valve's Steam...
Oracle promotes new database technology that’s ‘100 times faster’
The technology itself will be lost on anyone other than the most tech-savvy, but that's not important. When a company can use a phrase like "100 times faster," everyone is...
Fairfax strikes $4.7-billion deal to buy BlackBerry
Oh, Canada. Will you be able to bring the once-proud smartphone pioneer out from the ashes of failure? We'll soon find out. Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has put together an...
Apple has a 9 million unit opening weekend, nearly double last year’s launch
It could be the launch of two new phones instead of one. It could be the excitement over the new features. It could be better marketing. For whatever reason, they...
Gaming numbers are making Hollywood numbers look tiny
A million dollars isn't cool, you know what's cool? A billion dollars. That's the message from the gaming industry after the success of recent games, including Grand Theft Auto V....
Microsoft unveils Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 and new accessories
This is Microsoft's big announcement this morning. Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced that the Microsoft Surface family of tablets is growing. Two new Surface models — Surface 2 and Surface...
Mobile ad giant Flurry points to IPO as ‘inevitable’
When you have a mobile ad reach greater than Google's and you have more business than you can handle, there's no other option than to go public. That's what Flurry's...
How they hacked the iPhone 5s TouchID
It took months of research and development for Apple to finalize their much-anticipated TouchID biometric security system on the new iPhone 5s. It took half of a weekend for Chaos...
BlackBerry executives may be flying coach after jet selloff
When a company is failing, they usually check to see what luxuries the executives can live without once they've cut the workforce down. That's what's happening at BlackBerry. First, they...
Apple should take other phones as trade-ins
The easiest way to keep people coming back to Apple is to be, well, Apple. The second easiest way is to give current iPhone users a way to get some...
Twitter hopes advertising by TV networks can boost them before IPO
It took Facebook a year to get its IPO jumpstarted. Twitter hopes to cut straight to success with their IPO and getting big deals from TV networks might just do...
The internet needs more women according to the United Nations
There are 1.5 billion men online worldwide compared to 1.3 billion women. The conclusion from the UN study is that device makers should consider it an "emerging market" bigger than...
You may not have to turn off devices during takeoff and landing by early next year
I'll admit it. I'm that guy that pretends to turn off my iPad when the plane takes off and lands. So far, I haven't caused an accident. Sometime early next...
Valve wants to move into your living room this week
The Steam Box is going to happen. That much we know. The rest is speculative at best. Will they announce Half Life 3? Will they be expanding their scope to...
Rumors swirl about today’s Microsoft event
Surface phone? A couple of new Surface Pros? Something with Nokia? Microsoft is having an event today and it has similar buzz to the Apple events. If only they could...
Will Google’s Calico focus on immortality?
It's a crazy concept. It's about as crazy today as the thought of driverless cars or computers you wear on your face would have been a decade ago, but here...