(InfoWorld) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has redefined advanced broadband as having 25Mbps download speeds, up from 4Mbps, giving the agency new authority to pass...
JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone Wireless, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that it...
EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Not only does a feature of a popular Google Inc. mobile app put police officers’ lives in danger, it...
(TechCrunch) – Microsoft today launched Outlook for Android and iOS phones and tablets, based on the application it acquired when it bought Acompli last December. These new applications will go live in their respective...
(BBC) – In the United States, nearly 80% of teenagers own mobile phones. About half of those are smartphones – with access to the internet,...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook says consumer demand for new iPhones has been “staggering” and “hard to comprehend.”...
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday warned hotels and other entities against blocking personal Wi-Fi access, or hot spots, saying it was...
(BBC) – Compiled by Arbor Networks, the report looks at 10 years of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The ease with which they could...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — As Chicago cops braced for protests in advance of the NATO and G-8 summits in 2012, hometown radio giant Motorola made what seemed...
(Technology Review) – Providing Internet access from orbiting satellites—a concept that seemed to have died with the excesses of the dot-com boom—has returned thanks to...
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. will offer free data-analysis tools and make them easier to use and set up, seeking to attract more business-software customers. Power...
(Reuters) – Access to Facebook (FB.O), the world’s largest social network, and its Instagram photo-sharing site, were blocked around the world for up to an hour on...
(The Washington Post) – Before cop killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley ambushed two New York police officers last month, police said, he wrote on his Instagram: “I’m putting wings on pigs...
Mike Snider, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Now that we know what’s on Sling TV, it’s time to figure out who will pay for it. The answer...
Nick Statt, CNET REDMOND, Wash. (CNET.com)—In the bowels of Building 92, hidden underneath the company’s public visitor center in a secret series of labs, Microsoft...
(CBS News) – The final day of the International Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up in Las Vegas Friday, putting to bed the annual technology smorgasbord....
(Computer World) – Ask any IT administrator about Microsoft’s licensing setup and they’ll hurl up a string of four-letter words that would incur an FCC...
(Los Angeles Times) – Looking to curb rear-end collisions, federal safety regulators announced plans Thursday to add two new features to a list of recommended...
HOUSTON (AP) — Two men arrested in Houston are accused of stealing an iPad and using it to take selfies that they unknowingly uploaded to...
Andrew V. Pestano, UPI REDMOND, Wash. (UPI.com)—A Microsoft team in China has created a prototype device that automatically locates and charges smartphones with a light...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is planning to sell wireless phone service directly to consumers using the networks of Sprint and T-Mobile, according to reports...
Roger Yu and Mike Snider, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The fight over net neutrality played out in a doubleheader of Congressional hearings on Wednesday, with...
Scott M. Fulton III, IDG News Service via PC WORLD RICHMOND, Washington (PCWorld.com)—Whether we saw Internet Explorer 12 or a curious new alternative browser from...
(CNN) – And they say people are disengaged from politics. You wouldn’t know it from the Twitter traffic during the State of the Union. The...
(Capital OTC) – Following the numerous data breaches that took place in 2014, one would expect people to be more concerned about online security. However, according...
