The Data Transparency Coalition accuses the White House of wanting to overturn the DATA Act that lies forgotten at the Senate. Is it conspiracy or realism?
The White House wants to tie up Open Data. This is shocking news, especially...
After 3D Systems lowered its expectations for earnings per share for the last quarter of 2013 this morning, its stocks took a dive, bringing fellow 3D printing companies like Stratasys and Voxeljet down as well. 3D Systems was down 27.4...
Facebook celebrated its 10th birthday on Tuesday, but a smaller part of the Facebook team also celebrated a milestone: The company's New York office turned 2 years old this week
In 2012, Facebook moved into a new office in New York to accommodate...
On the heels of Facebook's 10th anniversary, reports circulated about how to find out your Facebook ID, the specific number that was assigned to you when you first joined the site. If you signed up early on, it's likely a much...
Google Chrome remains the dominant web browser in Europe and continues to grab share from Internet Explorer, according to research. Though it claims the majority of the region’s overall market, Chrome’s share and rank vary across Western European countries,...
Last year, Samsung held a splashy Broadway-themed event to announce its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone.
Some called it sexist. Some called it dumb. Some called it a nice break from the standard mold of tech companies spewing out a new device's...
For the past 24 hours, my Facebook newsfeed has been predominantly filled with just two things:
1) People sharing those cutesy automated “Look Back” videos that Facebook made for most of its users to celebrate the company’s 10th anniversary
2) People...
It's the first thing you see when entering Facebook's campus in Menlo Park, Calif, and without a doubt the image most closely associated with the social network.
The Facebook Like icon, with its iconic thumbs up design, launched in early...
Satya Nadella had a big day today.
Microsoft's newly appointed chief will have a base salary of $1.2 million, which is more than 70% higher than the base pay his predecessor, Steve Ballmer, was making, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Nadella's pay...
The Guardian reports on simmering anger within the music industry at YouTube, which music industry players view as a kind of poor man's Spotify: a place where people can easily go and stream music videos and listen to music...
Advertisers are following the steps of consumers in Mexico’s growing advanced mobile device market. In Q4 2013, the vast majority of mobile ad impressions landed on smartphones and tablets. A closer look shows that Android dominated, taking a 58.3%...
Nintendo might not be bringing its games to iOS, but that certainly doesn't mean that it's not looking at Apple's operating system for some inspiration.
In a Q&A session with investors, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata hinted at what the future of its...
On Facebook, life begins at conception. “We’re expecting!”, your parents post. You don’t have fingers but you’re already accruing likes. A shared sonogram means hundreds have seen you before you’ve even opened your eyes. You have a Facebook presence...
When a notable startup threatens Facebook, one of two things happens: Mark Zuckerberg will attempt to buy the company. Or he will threaten to destroy it
In the cases of Twitter and Snapchat, Zuckerberg reportedly did both. For Twitter, the acquisition offer came first,...
Facebook will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Tuesday, and although some younger users are abandoning the social network, usage across all age demographics remains strong. But it's clear that users' relationships with the site are evolving.
According to the Pew Research Center, 57% of...
FiftyThree has publicly asked Facebook to change the name of its recently released news reader, Paper
FiftyThree is the company behind a popular illustration app by the same name of Paper. The program has been highly regarded, receiving a variety of positive reviews...
It looks like that Playboy TV app we told you about a few weeks back won’t be coming to Chromecast any time soon: Along with the release of the Chromecast SDK, Google also published the Terms of Service developers have to agree to in...
Twitter has not responded to reports, from others and from us, that it is building a marketplace-style platform where users can buy things, but the social network appears to be quietly building it out anyway. The latest development is that Twitter has...
It’s not just the skiers, skaters and biathletes out to prove themselves at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Microsoft is betting that Windows Azure Media Services will also prove its mettle (medal?) at the games which kick off this week.
Olympics...
Pop star Katy Perry has roared her way to 50 million Twitter followers, becoming the first user hit the milestone after losing the race to 40 million followers to Justin Bieber in June 2013.
Bieber, who was recently arrested for a DUI in Miami, is close...
