The Latest Jailbreak Statistics Are Jaw-Dropping (AAPL)
Some impressive numbers come our way from this tweet by iOS security researcher @pod2gโย 14,051,500 Apple devices running iOS 6 have now been jailbroken.Furthermore, the Cydia jailbreak app is now...
View ArticleFor Everyone But Apple And Samsung, It's A Sad Race To Third Place
This week, an executive from LG told me his company is aiming for a "strong third place" in the smartphone wars.I found that interesting.It's the third time in the last few months that I've heard a...
View ArticleHuawei Executive Details Plan To Overtake Apple And Samsung In Mobile
Technology giant Huawei is plotting to overtake Apple and Samsung in the mobile phone market. Matt Warman spoke to the firmโs director of innovation about China, expansion and making great kit .In...
View ArticleYour Evernote Password Has Been Hacked
Evernote, the popular note-taking app on mobile devices and computers, has been hacked, forcing the company to reset all user passwords.In a blog post, Evernote said the hackers did not take any...
View Article'Anonymous' Hacker Explains Why He Fled The US
Anonymous is front and center these days: The amorphous hacktivist group has been publishing internal data of U.S. banks while prominent members are prosecuted on charges of stealing information and...
View ArticleHow Making This Redesign Of Facebook Changed One Designer's Life (FB)
Two months ago, an Australian designer named Fred Nerby redesigned Facebook as a side project for himself and posted it to Behance.His design went nuclear. Nerby says at minimum it's received 20...
View ArticleGroupon's Next CEO Must Choose Which Business It's Really In (GRPN)
To the last, Andrew Masontalked about Groupon's potential to be the "operating system for local business."Whoever replaces him as CEO of the Chicago-based Internet-commerce company will need to decide...
View ArticleIndian Women Use Smartphones To 'Pin The Creeps' After Delhi Gang Rape
With virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment blackspots, women in urban India are using their smartphones for protection after a notorious gang-rape in New Delhi.Interest in...
View Article21 Domain Names That Sound Really Inappropriate
There are a few websites that mean well, but their domain names read funny.Take Therapist.com, for example. It can easily be misread as The Rapist.Here are some of the funniest, most...
View ArticleThe Hidden Meaning Behind Andrew Mason's Charming Goodbye Letter To Groupon
After a disappointing earnings call last week, Groupon founder and CEO Andrew Mason was fired.Shortly after the news broke, Mason published an amusing goodbye letter to his colleagues.While some of it...
View Article6 Big Questions About Ouya, The $8.5 Million Kickstarter Project That's...
Ouya, the Android-powered gaming console, will start shipping to customers on March 28.Despite the tremendous interest in the device (it raised $8.5 million on Kickstarter), the device still has quite...
View ArticleIt's Official: Teens Are Bored With Facebook
Teenagers are a good measure of what's "cool." Observing which apps they use and how they interact with technology can help the rest of us spot budding trends.ย And lately it seems teens have grown...
View ArticleAndrew Mason's Last Interview As Groupon's CEO Foreshadowed His Firing
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View ArticleMarissa Mayer's Response To The Anger Over Yahoo's Work-From-Home Ban: Let It...
The Friday before last, Yahoo HR boss Jackie Reses sent out a memo banning working from home.Then the memo hit the Web.Almost moments later, the Internet exploded with criticism. It didn't stop all...
View ArticleAfter Selling A Startup For $70 Million At Age 25, Founder Blows Through...
Thirteen years ago, things looked brighter for Jennifer Sultan.Then, Sultan was a recent New York University graduate who sold a tech startup, Live Online, for $70 million. That summer she rented a...
View ArticleHere Are Some Of The Problems Google Is Having With Its Self-Driving Cars
It's hard to tell which Google project the world is more excited about--Google Glass(es) or Google's self-driving cars--but this frequent car-driver, anyway, can't wait for the latter.(The Glasses...
View ArticleEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood Made This 'Harlem Shake' Video To Mock Enemies,...
The 'Harlam Shake' meme, which involves one lone person dancing to an electronic music song by Baauer, before a group of people begin dancing when the song "drops", began in Australia earlier this...
View ArticleApple Designer Jony Ive Ordered Boxes Of These Nike Sport Watches (AAPL, NKE)
In Bloomberg's big story on Apple's iWatch, it dropped this nugget:Apple design chief Jony Ive has long had an interest in watches. Besides owning many high-end models himself, he had his team visit...
View ArticleSamsung Apologizes For A Gas Leak That Killed An Employee At A Chip Factory
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View ArticleGetting Canned Made Andrew Mason $34 Million Richer In A Matter Of Days
Groupon stock is up 5 percent today, continuing a recover that's restored pretty much of the losses it incurred since it announced earnings and fired CEO Andrew Mason last week.It turns out that's...
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