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Vine Now Letting Users Communicate Privately with Message Feature

Vine is branching out beyond the world of six-second videos by adding a new feature that makes it possible for users to privately message one another. The Twitter-owned social network…

Apple Seeks Decisive U.S. Court Ruling Against Samsung

Apple and Samsung faced off once again in their long-running courtroom battle, with the iPhone maker asking jurors to award more than $2 billion for patent violations and Samsung trying to cast…

Macworld: Five Cool New Products for Apple Lovers

Spring has sprung. Which means it’s time for another Macworld. Which also means it’s time to check out some of the coolest new apps and digital products on the market….

Microsoft Unveils Office for iPad

Microsoft on Thursday unveiled Office for the iPad, a software suite that includes programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and works on rival Apple Inc.’s hugely popular tablet computer….

Move Over Flappy Bird: The Latest Gaming Craze is 2048

The (Flappy) Bird is no longer the word — the latest craze is all about a puzzle game called 2048. The game, which can be played through the Web, requires…

Apple in Talks with Comcast for Streaming-TV Service: WSJ

Apple Inc is in talks with Comcast Corp to enter into a deal for a streaming-television service that would allow Apple set-top boxes to bypass congestion on the web, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing…

Simple Internet-Connected Devices Can End Up in Complex Online Crimes

To keep an eye on his child via his smartphone, Marc Gilbert installed Internet-connected video baby monitors in his home in Houston. One evening, Gilbert heard a stranger’s voice bellowing…

NASA Visualization Explorer Now Available For iOS

The popular NASA Visualization Explorer app, first launched for the iPad in July 2011, is now available for the iPhone and all Apple iOS devices. The app, which features the…

Apple Rolls Out CarPlay

CarPlay Premieres with Leading Auto Manufacturers at the Geneva International Motor Show Apple today announced that leading auto manufacturers are rolling out CarPlay, the smarter, safer and more fun way…

Nintendo to Join Mobile Gaming Race

Seth Fischer, one of Asia’s best-known hedge fund managers, has written to Nintendo Co. Ltd. urging the Japanese console maker to develop and sell games for mobile platforms run by…

WhatsApp to Add Voice to Messaging Service

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…

What Would the iCar Look Like? It’s Fun to Dream

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…

The Top 10 Books on Apple’s iBooks

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…

App Stores Inundated With ‘Flappy Bird’ Knock-Offs

App stores are rejecting the term “flappy” in new game titles as the market is flooded with new games to replace viral hit “Flappy Birds,” game designers said. The addictive…

Flappy Bird: Game Over

Flappy Bird game no longer for sale! Dong Nguyen, the Vietnamese creator of the mobile game hit Flappy Bird, gave no reason for pulling the game from app stores, but…