The Solution That Will Lead The Mobile Payments Revolution
The mass adoption of smartphones and tablets has set the stage for a move away from fixed-point, card-based transactions and toward those completed on mobile. The old dream of the "digital wallet" is...
View ArticleHow Twitter Is Changing TV As We Know It
Twitter is becoming a mainstay in television, functioning as a digital water cooler where people discuss all things TV. In June 2012, Nielsen reported that one in three users on Twitter posted about...
View ArticleApple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Says Edward Snowden Is A Hero
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out in favor of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.In an interview with The Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove, Wozniak talked about how the Internet has changed, and why...
View ArticleThe 15 Most Important Changes Coming To Windows 8 Starting Today (MSFT)
Microsoft has been talking about its next version of Windows 8 for months, and has already shown off bits and pieces of it.The new version, Windows 8.1, debuts today. It's not the final version,...
View ArticleThe Logo For Microsoft's Big Developers Conference Looks A Lot Like 4chan's...
Microsoft has kicked off its developers conference in San Francisco this week, which it calls Build.The company has plastered the //build/ logo all over San Francisco's Moscone Center ... and even came...
View ArticleHands On: Take A First Look At Windows 8's Answer To The iPad Mini (MSFT)
Perhaps the biggest change that Microsoft made to its brand new operating system, Windows 8.1, is to redesign it to work with smaller tablets.There's even been some whispering that Microsoft will...
View ArticleThere's A New Illegal Drug Marketplace Called Atlantis And It's Making Cute...
We've previously reported on the Tor network, an anonymous collection of sites that exist in semi-secrecy, outside of the scope of Google, Facebook, and even conventional Web browsers.You may have...
View ArticleThe Hype Is True: Digg's New Reader App Blew Us Away
Betaworks, the company that bought news site Digg last summer for $500,000, launched its eagerly anticipated Reader app today.Digg Reader's launch comes less than a week before Google is slated to kill...
View ArticleAndroid Takes The Majority Of Mobile Ad Impressions
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Android Tops...
View ArticleThis Robot Is Funnier Than You
They're drone-striking Afghanistan for us.They're replacing us on the assembly line at the Hostess plant. They're even cutting into our aortas during life-or-death surgery. But can robots master one of...
View ArticleHP Rushing To Fix A Gaping Security Hole In A Product Companies Use To Store...
HP said Wednesday it's "working actively on a fix" for a security hole in one of its enterprise storage systems that hackers could use to have a field day with corporate data. The hole affects HP's...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: How Much Money Pandora Really Pays For Songs (P)
Pandora has been under attack from musicians lately. Pink Floyd, for instance, blasted Pandora. David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven also claimed that his song got 1 million plays on Pandora and he...
View ArticleHere's The Art For Fired Groupon CEO Andrew Mason's New Album (GRPN)
Fired Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is about to release an album on July 2. Today, he gave the world a sneak peek of the track list and album art today on his blog. You'll be able to get the new record,...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: 18–29-Year-Olds Use Their Phones Totally Different From...
Young people have a totally different take on acceptable smartphone usage than older people. We did had Survey Monkey conduct a nationwide survey on how people are using their smartphones. Below, you...
View Article10 Huge Breakthroughs That Came From All-Nighters
Getting enough sleep is important, but don't be afraid to work through the night when necessary.Eric Epstein's new book, 24 Hours Genius: Unlocking Your Brain's Potential with Strategic All-Nighters,...
View ArticleIt's Been A Year Since Microsoft Bought Yammer And Ballmer's Grand Vision Has...
Microsoft insists that things are going well for Yammer since Microsoft bought it for $1.2 billion a year ago this week. The user base has grown by 55% to 8 million and sales of paid networks are up by...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Helped Spotify Announce Its Big NYC Hiring Spree
Music streaming service Spotify along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced an expansion of the company's staff and a new office today.Spotify plans to bring 130 new engineering and tech...
View ArticleThis Creepy Art Project Dies A Little Every Time It's 'Liked' On Facebook
Jean Baudrillard, the French philosopher whose ideas inspired The Matrix, didn't live long enough to sign up for a Facebook account.It's a shame. As somebody who wrote about reality and simulations, he...
View ArticleHow iOS 7 Screwed Developers Who Make Apps For Both iPhone And Android
While many have framed the redesign to Apple's new operating system for iPhones and iPads, iOS 7, as a response to rhetoric that Apple's software has begun to look "stale," "boring," and "outdated,"...
View ArticleCisco Has Quietly Launched A New 500-Employee Business Unit (CSCO)
When Cisco's John Chambers said a new tech market is coming that will generate an astounding $14 trillion in revenue in the next decade, it wasn't just idle talk.Cisco has quietly launched a new...
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