Joan E. Solsman, CNET (CNET.com)—Google is rolling out a new automatic “smart lock” function that uses your mobile device’s accelerometer to determine when you set...
Sam Sanders, NPR (NPR.com)—Clippy will soon get a roommate in Microsoft heaven or hell, depending on your perspective. This week, Microsoft announced that it will...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A solar-powered plane landed in Myanmar on Thursday night, the latest leg of a round-the-world trip aimed at highlighting clean energy....
(Mashable) – Google has announced Android Auto is now available in compatible cars across the United States, UK and Australia. Android Auto is a system...
MARTHA BELLISLE, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington man who posted Facebook comments threatening a former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer will avoid prison but has...
(Mashable) – Yes, we know there are fake Apple Watch devices available for sale in China, online and at certain tech conferences, but what’s behind the veneer of imitation...
(Reuters) – Finnish mobile games maker Rovio pinned its hopes on Thursday on a costly 3D movie project helping it return to growth, after a...
(Bloomberg) – Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer is creating a smartwatch in partnership with American technology companies Google and Intel. The watch is an attempt to compete with devices...
(Mashable) – Facebook is moving fast to allow users to send payments to each other. But will users bite? The answer will be essential in determining...
(Bloomberg) – Snapchat, the photo-messaging app raising cash at a $15 billion valuation, probably isn’t actually worth more than Clorox or Campbell Soup. So where did investors come up with...
DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Competitive gaming is ready for its close-up. The Electronic Sports League and live event broadcaster BY...
(The Huffington Post) – The newest entry in the annals of viral marketing features a sexy robot, a sci-fi movie and app dating. AdWeek reports...
Seth Fiegerman, MASHABLE HANOVER, Germany (Mashable.com)—The future of payments may be staring us right in the face. Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce giant with more money...
Genetta M. Adams, THE ROOT AUSTIN, Tx. (TheRoot.com)—While the tech industry continued to try to figure out what to do about its diversity problem, 50 high...
Vindu Goel, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—With 1.39 billion active users worldwide, Facebook’s social network is the closest thing we have to a...
Jessica Guyunn, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today)—The growing effort to get more African Americans and Hispanics to join tech companies or start their own...
Alexei Oreskovic, REUTERS (Reuters)—Apple Inc’s new smartwatch may be a tough sell, with 69 percent of Americans indicating they are not interested in buying the...
Josh Constine, TECH CRUNCH (TechCrunch.com)—Facebook today announced it has acquired personalized shopping search engine TheFind to help improve its commerce ads. TheFind had raised $26 million from...
(Tech News Today) – A day ago we talked about the Google Chrome 41 update, and the ways which makes it nothing short of a...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department proposal that could make locating and hacking into computers that are part of criminal investigations easier...
(Computer World) – The Federal Communication Commission’s 400-page official order on net neutrality, released Thursday, will undoubtedly elicit lawsuits on various fronts once it is officially...
(Lifehacker) – Between Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and a half dozen other services, the sky’s the limit on how much cloud storage you can get for...
(Reuters) – To observers of the secretive Swiss watch industry, its quiet, seemingly passive response to Apple Inc’s plan to attack their centuries-old business could...
SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An attorney hired by one of Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firms to investigate a complaint of...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple wants to move the Internet from your pocket to your wrist. Time will tell if millions...
