(Reuters) – Suddenly it’s Apple versus Wal-Mart in the fight for shoppers’ digital wallets. With the development of a new mobile payment system, a group...
(The Washington Post) – When reporters asked the first U.S. man in space, Alan Shepard, what he thought about as he sat atop a Mercury...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook grew its advertising revenue by 64 percent in the third quarter, helped by a boost in...
SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today) — What would it take to get you to wear a fitness band? How about one that costs $12? Entrepreneur David...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter’s third-quarter revenue outpaced expectations, but investors concerned about user growth and holiday-quarter revenue clipped the company’s...
(Ars Technica) – State and local governments aren’t typically known for leading the way on technology. Remember that West Virginia library that uses a $20,000 router for a building the...
(Ars Technica) – A few weeks ago, Apple updated its iMac desktop line with “Retina” displays—an Apple marketing term used to denote LCDs with a pixel density high...
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Google executive Alan Eustace broke the sound barrier and set several skydiving records over the southern New Mexico desert early Friday after taking...
Hayley Tsukamaya, WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Let’s be honest: it’s 2014, and the automotive industry has utterly disappointed a generation of science-fiction lovers and futurists....
Ravi Somaiya, THE NEW YORK TIMES MENLO PARK, Calif. (The New York Times)— Many of the people who read this article will do so because Greg...
Josh Constine, TECH CRUNCH (TechCrunch.com)—Last month I reported that Apple would shut down Beats Music and likely add streaming music to iTunes. Apple denied, specifically, that Beats...
(Wired) – Amazon has a lot of space in its warehouses, and that’s a good thing. It needs some serious room, you see, to store...
HAVEN DALEY, Associated Press WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley startup has developed technology to let dispatchers know when a police officer’s weapon has been...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Google is introducing an application designed to make it easier for its Gmail users to find...
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) looks set to ditch the Nokia name from its Lumia range of smartphones just months after buying the Finnish company’s handset business. According to...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Retired Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson became famous for dishing out assists to his teammates during...
YOUKYUNG LEE, AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The latest version of Samsung’s popular big-screen Galaxy Note has gone on sale at a crucial...
(The Guardian) – Google is preparing a new tweak to its search engine to ensure that some of the most ‘notorious’ piracy sites are less likely to appear when...
Parmy Olson, FORBES (Forbes)—Microsoft is gearing up to launch a wearable device within the next few weeks, Forbes has learned. The gadget is a smart watch that will...
Marcus Wohlson, WIRED.COM CUPERTINO, Calif. (Wired.com)—At first, a lot of people didn’t get the iPad. “It’s just a really big iPhone,” the voices said when...
Anick Jesdadunn and Brandon Bailey, ASSOCIATED PRESS CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple unveiled a thinner iPad Thursday with a faster processor and a better camera as it...
Brandon Bailey, ASSOCIATED PRESS CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s skinnier iPads and flashy big-screen iMac are sleek and stunning. But the tech giant is making a bigger...
(CNet) – Even as it makes headlines by investing in fanciful projects including driverless cars and high-altitude balloons beaming out Wi-Fi service, Google can’t turn attention...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Free lunches, dry cleaning, massages — frozen eggs? Silicon Valley’s biggest companies have long offered cushy perks...
(CNet) – It may be another Apple event, but the usual hype and anticipation just isn’t there. When it comes to Apple’s marquee products, the iPad will always...
