Dell Founder Raises Bid To Take Company Private (DELL)
Dell's founder increases offer to buy company, shareholder meeting again delayedROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — Dell's founder is boosting his offer to buy the struggling PC maker by 10 cents to $13.75 per...
View ArticleHere's What Wi-Fi Would Look Like If We Could See It
Wi-fi. It's all around us, quietly and invisibly powering our access to the world's information. But few of us have a sense of what wi-fi actually is, let alone what it would look like if we could see...
View ArticleTwitter Apologizes For Using Accounts Of Real Users To Promote Ads
Twitter has issued an apology after using the accounts of real users to promote its new advertising campaign.TV ad targeting is the network's latest service designed for marketers to champion their...
View ArticleSteve Case's Venture Fund Leads $40 Million Funding Round For Austalia-Based...
Australian-born e-commerce platform Bigcommerce has raised a whopping $40 million from US venture fund Revolution Growth to fund technology improvements and a hiring spree in Sydney and Austin,...
View ArticleUS Indicts Hackers In Biggest Cyber Fraud Case In History
NEWARK, N.J./BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $300 million and two of...
View ArticleFacebook Offers The Dummy's Guide To Mobile Advertising
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's mobile advertising success offers a ray of hope for Internet companies trying to make money within the confines of the smartphone's small screen.The...
View ArticleA Full Breakdown Of How Samsung Is Whupping Apple In China
GUANGZHOU, China/SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook believes that "over the arc of time"China is a huge opportunity for his pathbreaking company.But time looks to be on the side of rival...
View Article3D Printers Could Cause Strokes If Used In The Wrong Environment
3D printers can be harmful to humans if they are not set up in the right environment, researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology have warned.3D printing is a process of melting plastic...
View ArticleThere's A Reason Why Candy Crush Saga Is Hurting Your Bank Account
The free-to-play video game business model depends on the deep addiction of people like Chris, who spent his entire savings playing a game that most people play for zero dollars. These people also...
View ArticleAshton Kutcher Spent 3 Months Learning To Walk Like Steve Jobs
At a special screening yesterday of JOBS, Ashton Kutcher answered questions from the audience, discussing his transformation into Steve Jobs and what it taught him about Apple’s visionary founder and...
View ArticleMajority Of The Board Wants To Oust Siemens CEO
MUNICH (Reuters) - A majority of Siemens supervisory board members are in favor of voting out Chief Executive Peter Loescher, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday.The majority...
View ArticleThe Fate Of The Internet Is The Story, Not Edward Snowden
Repeat after me: Edward Snowden is not the story. The story is what he has revealed about the hidden wiring of our networked world. This insight seems to have escaped most of the world's mainstream...
View ArticleIsraeli Tech Startup Blames Apple For Hacking Attacks
Hackers are working overtime trying to embarrass Israeli startup Viber. Yesterday evening Viber’s account on the App Store was compromised and the description of the app was changed to the following...
View ArticleGoogle Spurns Pedophile Warning System
Google has opted to reject a paedophile warning system which would flash up cautionary messages to people conducting obscene internet searches that they can be tracked when certain keywords are used.It...
View ArticleAmazon To Hire 5,000 In 25% Headcount Increase
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc unveiled a new hiring spree on Monday ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama to one of the Internet retailer's giant distribution warehouses this week.Amazon said it is...
View ArticleUndercover Investigators Say The People Who Make Apple Gadgets Are Still...
(Reuters) - Pegatron Corp, a Taiwanese company that makes Apple Inc products, is violating workers' rights at its Chinese factories in Shanghai and Suzhou, New York-based rights group China Labor Watch...
View ArticleI Know It's 2013, But Twitter Still Makes No Sense To Me, And I Don't Get...
I grew up with an Apple ][ Plus. I know the unmistakable sound of a dial-up modem. I used Yahoo! when its URL was akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo. And, I purchased from Amazon.com when all it had were...
View ArticleGet Ready For Some Dismal News From HTC
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp said third-quarter revenue could fall as much as 30 percent from the previous three months, far worse than expected and underscoring deepening troubles for a...
View ArticleThe Insane Logistics Of The 'eBay Now' Delivery Service
Austin Carr has an eye-opening story up this morning for Fast Company about what it's like to be a courier for eBay Now, the new service from the online retail giant that aims to deliver whatever you...
View ArticleThis Is Why It's Called A Dongle
Want to connect your laptop computer to a television? You'll need a dongle. Want to track your fitness habits -- or your dog's? Buy a dongle. Trying Chromecast? You'll also be dongling. Or Sky's Now...
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