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Apple Finds Serious Glitch In Apple News App (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Apple has discovered a serious glitch in its Apple News app that has affected counts of users accessing the service. The company disclosed that publishers serving content through the iOS 9 News app have been receiving erroneous traffic... More of this article »
White House Top Security Officials and Tech CEOs to Meet
Much of the leadership of the White House administration will fly to California and seek the help of tech firms to figure out the way to thwart terrorists who are using the Internet as a way to recruit as well as radicalize people... More of this article »
Ford Working To Connect Cars To Homes, Drones (NYSE:F)
Ford is launching a few new initiatives to make its vehicles more connected than ever before. The company has announced new plans regarding linking its cars to smart home systems, autonomous driving software, and drones. Ford’s... More of this article »
New Hack Has Government Officials Worried over Infiltration
A major breach of the Juniper Networks computer system has officials in the U.S. worried that the hackers are working for a foreign government that has been able to spy on encrypted communications of the government as well as private... More of this article »
Instagram Launches Fully Developed Ad Platform
Instagram’s ad business just got a boost thanks to Facebook. Instagram’s Today photo-sharing app is opening up to millions of advertisers potentially interested in sharing ads on the app. The photo-sharing app is very popular,... More of this article »
Amazon Gets Approval To Test Delivery Drones (NASDAQ:AMZN)
The Federal Aviation Administration has given Amazon approval to begin testing its plan for its Prime Air service, which will use drones to deliver products sold by the company to homes and businesses. The FAA told the company in a... More of this article »
IBM Will Share Technology with China in Strategy Shift
IBM Corp is to share its technology with companies from China and will help on an active basis to build industry in China, said Virginia Rometty the CEO at IBM in Beijing as she mapped out a strategy for one of the firms hardest hit... More of this article »
Report: Apple Will Dominate 2015 Smartwatch Market
Apple Inc will enter the smartwatch market later than its rivals Xiaomi and Samsung. However, it is expected that the company will be the sales leader of smartwatches for the year with its Apple Watch. The Apple Watch launch could... More of this article »
Sim Card Makers Hacked by Intelligence Agencies
British and U.S. intelligence agencies hacked major Sim cards manufacturer to steal codes that would facilitate the eavesdropping on mobile handsets, said a news website in the U.S. The Intercept said that these revelations came from... More of this article »
Advantages of IT Outsourcing for Startup Companies
Today, about 95 percent of the world’s top companies widely use outsourcing strategies and offshore services. Outsourcing is an excellent chance to minimise expenditures necessary for the company’s development. It is especially... More of this article »
How To Choose A TV Stand
One may think that choosing a plasma TV stand mount hardly requires any time or effort. However, it is not precisely so – especially, if you are looking for unique stylish interior design combinations. Surely, much will depend on... More of this article »
Electric Linear Actuators and Remote Control in Your Boat
Electric linear actuators are electromagnetic devices that can operate, produce and deliver a progressive oscillatory or un-directional short stroke motion. The force developed by electromagnetism in the actuator produces a motion.... More of this article »
Apple Releases First Ever Automated Security Update
Apple Inc has released its first ever security update that is automated to Mac computers to aid in defending against new bugs that have been identified that researchers in security have warned could help hackers gain remote control... More of this article »
More Privacy Problems Predicted
For all the good things it offers, the internet slowly has fallen into a world were public and private information is not distinguishable any longer. Many security and research experts predict a future where general information security... More of this article »
Hollywood Scared of Google Says Leaked Emails
Leaked emails that were released from the cyber-attack against Sony proved that big movie companies are currently working as a team with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) on an idea, which is aimed to take down a “Goliath”... More of this article »
Apple Pay Release Off To A Rocky Start (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Since the release of Apple Pay, there have been several news stories about the rocky rollout of the service. Several companies that initially said they would accept payments through the service backtracked and now say they will no... More of this article »
FCC Looking Into 5G Networks
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission through its Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel has said it will look to infinity and beyond in order to harness new technology that could help to build the next generation of connections for... More of this article »
New Apple iPads Introduced (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Apple has released two new iPad designs in efforts to reignite sales of the popular tablet computing devices. Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, unveiled the new devices in front of journalists and Apple employees at the company’s... More of this article »
Google Refunding Millions for Charges Children Made
Google announced that it will pay complete refunds that total as much as $19 million to consumers that had their accounts charged for purchases that their children made for apps without the parental consent needed. The apps were purchased... More of this article »
Ralph Lauren Announces New Wearable Technology Line (NYSE:RL)
The Ralph Lauren company has announced the development of a line of wearable technology that will be unveiled to the public during the U.S. Open. The goal of the new product line was to make products that did not compromise appearance... More of this article »
Crash by Facebook Prompts 911 Calls
In California, law enforcements said calls were made for assistance in getting the largest social network in the world up and running. The Friday outage was the second service crash globally in the last two months The rather short... More of this article »
IBM Explores Additional Business Options In China (NYSE:IBM)
IBM has announced its intentions to explore business opportunities in China outside of its core technologies. IBM is planning to provide systems to the country that will improve China’s data collection, monitoring and forecasting... More of this article »
Google Sanitizing Web Searches In Compliance With European Ruling (NASDAQ:GOOGL)
Google has announced that it has begun the process of scrubbing links from the web search results displayed when users type in certain search terms. Due to a European court ruling, individuals can now ask for links to information about... More of this article »
Sales and Profit at Oracle Miss Estimates
Sales and profit at Oracle Corp. ended short of estimates by analysts for its fiscal fourth quarter, as competitors such as Salesforce.com and other rivals in cloud computing lure away customers. Profit prior to certain types of costs... More of this article »
Google Announces $500 Million Purchase Of Skybox Imaging (NASDAQ:GOOGL)
Google has made an announcement detailing its agreement to purchase Skybox Imaging for the price of $500 million. Skybox, a provider of high-quality satellite images, was founded in 2009 by four Stanford business school students under... More of this article »
Netflix And Verizon Trade Barbs On Streaming Delays (NASDAQ:NFLX) (NYSE:VZ)
People streaming shows on Netflix may have noticed a message on the screen from the company blaming Verizon for slowing down their streaming speed. Journalist Yuri Victor, who noticed the on-screen message as he began to stream a television... More of this article »
U.S. Has Stopped Major Extortion and Hacking Ring
An international operation led by the U.S. put to an end a crime ring that had infected many hundreds of thousands of PCs across the globe with a malicious software that is used to steal banking information and to extort the owner... More of this article »
China Clamping Down on Apps for Instant Messaging
China has started a crackdown of one month on illegal content making the rounds on local services offering instant messaging. The most recent crackdown was announced on Tuesday and comes following a terrorist attack in the Xinjiang... More of this article »
IBM Lab Mistake Creates New Lightweight Materials (NYSE:IBM)
Jeannette M. Garcia has worked as a research chemist at an IBM laboratory for years developing recyclable plastics that are stronger and better for the earth. On one of her days of mixing and heating chemicals, she left one step out... More of this article »
Sources: Samsung Will Launch Smart Watch with Phone
According to insider reports, Samsung Electronics the South Korea based electronics giant is currently developing a smart watch that will not have to be linked to a telephone to be used. That would in turn make the new device the only... More of this article »
New Low-Cost Smartphone Revealed By BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY)
BlackBerry unveiled a new smartphone model that it intends to release in emerging markets in Asia and South America. The new BlackBerry Z3 smartphone was produced by BlackBerry in partnership with the Foxconn Technology Group of Taiwan.... More of this article »
Sony Drops to Loss of $1.3 Billion
Sony Corp lost $1.3 billion during its fiscal year after being hit by the costs from selling is business of personal computers. The company is forecasting continued losses as it attempts to execute a turnaround that has now been long-promised. The... More of this article »
Tech Firms Will Notify Users that Information is Subpoenaed
Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc and Google Inc have said they would notify their users whose information is request by the U.S. government. This move is pitting the private companies against officials in law enforcement from the federal... More of this article »
Profit Triples For Facebook In First Quarter (NASDAQ:FB)
For the first quarter of its fiscal year, Facebook reported that its net income nearly tripled and revenue grew 72 percent. For the quarter, Facebook reported revenue of $2.5 billion. This was an increase from the $1.46 billion reported... More of this article »
IBM Reports Drop In Revenue And Profit
In the first quarter, IBM reported that its profit fell and its revenue declined for the eighth consecutive quarter. Revenue for the quarter was $22.5 billion, below the average estimate of Wall Street analysts of $22.9 billion. This... More of this article »
Shipments of Xbox One Surpass Five Million
The next-generation Xbox console sold over 311,000 units across the United States in March, outpacing the Xbox 360 in the same period. On Thursday, Microsoft announced that over 5 million Xbox One consoles were shipped since the November... More of this article »
Yahoo Revenue and Earnings Beat the Street
Yahoo announced its revenue and earnings for the latest quarter that beat Wall Street analysts’ estimates. Shares of Yahoo were up over 9% in trading afterhours on Tuesday, as of the close of business on Monday, the stock had fallen... More of this article »
Fire TV Unveiled By Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Amazon has begun selling a device that allows consumers to watch Amazon’s extensive video library as well as play a wide array of games on their television sets. At a Manhattan news conference held to announce the device, Peter Larsen,... More of this article »
Password Flaw on Xbox Exposed by Child
A San Diego, California five-year old boy has discovered a password flaw in the new Xbox. Kristoffer Von Hassel was given a mention in the security acknowledgements by Microsoft for March after he discovered a security glitch later... More of this article »
Government Agency from U.S. Built Social Media in Cuba
The United States, in what appears to be a throwback to the campaigns of the Cold War of espionage, disinformation and disruption spent more than $1.6 billion to build a network of social media with the goal of undermining the Castro... More of this article »
What is the Deep Web?
What people commonly refer to as the Web is just scratching the surface. Beneath that is a huge, for the most part unchartered, ocean known as the Deep Web. The Deep Web’s size is not easy to calculate. However, researchers in universities... More of this article »
CEO of Bitcoin Exchange Found Dead
A Bitcoin exchange boss, who was American and 28 years of age was found dead in a Singapore apartment complex said police on Thursday. This was just the latest misfortune tied to the troubled currency used online. Police in Singapore... More of this article »
Tiny Ear Computer Weighing 17 Grams Tested in Japan
A tiny computer worn on the human ear that can be controlled through blinking an eye or clicking the tongue is undergoing testing in Japan. The wireless device weighing 17-grams has Bluetooth capability as well as being equipped with... More of this article »
Yahoo Webcam Images Intercepted By British Spies (NASDAQ:YHOO)
It was a success that even James Bond would be proud of. According to accounts of documents leaked by Edward J. Snowden, a British intelligence agency collected video webcam images from millions of Yahoo users undetected. These users... More of this article »
Sony Sells 5.3 Million PS4 Consoles Worldwide
Sony said it was well ahead of its deadline to pass the 5 million mark in sales of PS4 by March. The company said that 5.3 million consoles had been shipped across the globe as of February 8. Sony takes pride when announcing these... More of this article »
IBM Spending Big On Cloud Computing In 2014 (NYSE:IBM)
IBM has announced plans to spend heavily on cloud computing during the coming year. To increase the number and quality of computing centers it has worldwide, IBM is moving rapidly on its plans to spend $1.2 billion this year on its... More of this article »
Google Buys Sound Authentication Start-up for Undisclosed Amount
Google does not take internet security lightly and in an effort to improve identity verification they have purchased SlickLogin, an Israeli start-up company. SlickLogin announced the acquisition on their website but as yet no financial... More of this article »
Google’s Smart Decisions Lead To Rising Revenue and Profit, Despite Mobile Results (NASDAQ:GOOG)
Google has slowly started to become a mobile company but is wrestling with how to make as much money with mobile advertising as it has with the ads that appear on desktop computers. While the smart decisions made by the company has... More of this article »