[REUTERS] Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Yahoo followed its purchase of Tumblr, a cool, hip brand, with a fresh revamp for Flickr, another cool and once beloved start-up that...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] n the face of mounting criticisms and sluggish PC sales, Microsoft continues to insist that its gamble on the radically redesigned Windows 8...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] Several prominent liberal organizations are launching a boycott of Facebook, an escalation in the simmering feud over founder Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform push....
[SF GATE] Few people have worn or even seen Google Glass, but early reviews have made businesses and government officials wary. Already, Google Glass has already been banned...
[BLOOMBERG BNA] In a reversal of policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 1 said it will assume that Congress will override an impending cut in...
[CBS NEWS] Teen birth rates have been falling in the United States over the last 20 years, but that doesn’t mean that it still isn’t an...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] President Obama on Tuesday outlined a government-sponsored initiative to map the human brain, casting the proposal as a way to discover new cures for...
[BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK] April 3, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the first call made from a handheld cell phone. But mobile communication had been around for...
[BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK] Amazon Web Services (AMZN) is by far the biggest and most experienced public cloud provider. Accepting that, the next question is: What cloud vendor can give...
[TG DAILY] Tentatively dubbed the B10, the roadmap offers no additional details about the potential iPad competitor, but it appears similar, at least in dimensions, to Google’s Nexus 10...
[ARS TECHNICA] Apple’s application for the “iPad mini” trademark must be more descriptive if the US Patent and Trademark Office is going to approve it. A document from...
[CNET] Microsoft and Google have both gotten in some April Fools’ Day zingers against each other. The two competitors often trade insults about each other’s respective...
[UPROXX] While Google works on giving everybody on the Internet cats, instantly, whenever the mood strikes, it decided to make it easier to find the second...
[CNN MONEY] When it comes to cloud computing services, Amazon (AMZN) is the clear leader. But San Antonio-based Rackspace Hosting (RAX) has been gaining traction with...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist As I write, Chaka Khan’s empowering “I’m Every Woman” loops in my head – like a soundtrack. (By the way,...
[DAILY TECH] Bloomberg said it could be more profitable than the TV Apple fans rejoice: the next addition to your iCollection — the so-called “iWatch” —...
[ZDNET] Around 1.2 billion Catholics will wait on pins and needles as the Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel in Rome’s Holy See during conclave in order...
[REUTERS] Denmark wants Microsoft to pay $1 billion in back taxes in one of the biggest tax cases in the country’s history, local media reported on...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist I love this time of the year. Oh, yes – the holidays, too – but, I am referring to the release...
[CBS News] Twitter is developing a new tool that will let users export their whole tweet history — everything from smart observations to those embarrassing tweets...
[The Daily Mail] Cowardly internet ‘trolls’ who post vile abuse on Facebook and Twitter will be identified to their victims under laws unveiled today. Justice Secretary Ken...
(The Guardian) House oversight committee chairman and firebrand Obama administration critic Darrell Issa is touting his first draft of a Digital Bill of Rights for internet denizens, and...
