Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was born 59 years ago today. His life was unusual from its very beginning. The child of a young unmarried couple, he was put up…
WhatsApp, the popular messaging service for smartphones acquired this week by Facebook, will soon be offering a voice service. CEO Jan Koum said the voice service will be deployed for…
Netflix has reached a deal with Comcast to ensure that its TV shows and movies are streamed smoothly to households, the first deal the online video streaming service has reached…
Apple confirmed it had gone shopping and purchased a California start-up, Burstly, which facilitates testing of applications for developers. The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that Apple did not disclose…
People take to Twitter to talk about everything from politics to breakfast to Justin Bieber in what feels like a chaotic stream of messages. So it may come as a…
The note that Jan Koum has taped to his desk in his Mountain View office says it all: “No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!” It’s from Brian Acton, Koum’s co-founder…
Facebook’s announcement it is paying $19 billion in cash and stock to acquire WhatsApp is a milestone in the short history of mobile messaging apps. Hundreds of millions of people…
Rumors have been swirling since news broke this week of a possible meeting between Apple’s top executive for acquisitions and the CEO of electric car maker Tesla. Citing a person…
A streetwear clothing store in Bergenfield, N.J., will sell you a camouflage hoodie for about 0.10862 bitcoin. It’s received bitcoins for online orders, but so far no one has walked…
Visa and MasterCard are introducing Internet-based technologies to make it easier for shoppers to buy things at retail stores without pulling out a credit card. The two technologies, announced separately…
NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) announced today that Anthony Watson will become the company’s new Chief Information Officer (CIO). Watson, a seasoned veteran of the information technology business, joins NIKE from Barclays…
iBook charts for week ending Feb 17, 2014: Top Paid Books 1. L.A. by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan (Little, Brown and Company) 2. Divergent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen…
Google has acquired Israeli start-up SlickLogin. No financial details have been disclosed but the acquisition is believed to be on an “acqui-hiring” basis, in other words buying the staff and…
Facebook announced Thursday that its 159 million U.S. users now have dozens of options for completing the gender question on their profiles. The social media giant has been working with…
