Microsoft continues its iOS app acquisition spree with Prismatic, a news reader startup that Apple eyed
Since Satya Nadella took the reins from Steve Ballmer just over a year ago, Microsoft has been on an aggressive acquisition…
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Apple and Amazon refuse to make full federal workforce diversity data public
Although Apple published its own employee diversity report back in August, USA Today reports that the company has refused to make public…
Say hello to the 9to5Forums and new comment system
TL;DR: By popular demand, we are rolling out 9to5Forums.com built on the Vanilla platform. As part of this new structure,…
Review: Dotti & Notti, fun (if pointless) ways to receive notifications
My conclusion in my Skeptic’s Apple Watch diary series was that the device didn’t really have a unique selling-point to me,…
Chrome for iOS updated with social and email sharing features, bugfixes and optimizations
For those of you who enjoy a little Chrome in your iOS experience, Google updated Chrome today with some nice social-sharing…
Google snaps up iPad app of the year
Google just bought the brainchild behind popular iOS app Snapseed, Nik Software. Snapseed, which has some features of the hit iOS app Instagram in…
Facebook negotiating with Apple to restore enterprise apps after abuse, Google accused of using similar tactics to collect user data [U]
Hot on the heels of Apple blocking Facebook from being able to use its internal iOS apps, Google has also…
Judge dismisses Allen's Apple patent violation lawsuit
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s patent trolling lawsuit filed against Apple, Facebook, Google, YouTube and others has been dismissed by…
Lumify: an Instagram-like app for 20 sec video montages
[slideshow] Lumify, a new app launching today for the iPhone, is an Instagram-like social experience for video that allows users…
Apps & updates: Google+, PhotoMagic, Amazon Cloud Player, Vintagio, more
Google+ version 3.1: The universal Google+ iOS app was updated today with a couple of notable features including the ability to…
Facebook, ironically, does better than Apple and Google at complying with GDPR requests
GDPR regulations give European citizens a legal right to see all the personal data held on them, among other rights….
Google tries the social thing again with Google+
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwnJ5Bl4kLI] You have to be intrigued by Google’s ambitious attack on Facebook here, in much the same way they are…
iPhone slightly increases lead as most popular smartphone in US – comScore
Apple has further increased its lead as the top smartphone manufacturer in the US, the iPhone increasing its market share by…
Facebook, Google, and Twitter falling further behind on addressing fake news – European Commission
With just three months before both national and European Parliament elections, three large tech companies are falling further behind in…
UK’s tough new plans on harmful content could see Apple, Google, others, fined 4% of turnover
The UK wants to get tough on ‘harmful content’ within apps, on social networks and on websites – and is…
Tech regulation is coming, says vice-chair of Senate Intelligence Committee
The vice-chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee has suggested that regulation of the tech industry is now inevitable. Sen. Mark…
Senate Intelligence Committee to grill Facebook and Twitter on election interference countermeasures
Update: Jack Dorsey is live-tweeting his opening statement as he gives it … Facebook’s COO and Twitter’s CEO will be…
Apple getting serious about iAd as it offers automated purchasing of mobile ads
When Steve Jobs said something was going to happen, it generally did. One notable exception, though, has been Apple’s mobile…
Apple’s ‘Proactive’ to take on Google Now with deep iOS 9 search, Augmented Reality Maps, Siri API
After several years of quiet development, Apple is readying a major new iOS initiative codenamed “Proactive,” which will leverage Siri, Contacts, Calendar, Passbook,…
As predicted, Apple’s Black Friday ‘deals’ go live and are gift card only, no discounts
As we predicted, Apple’s Black Friday deals take the form of gift cards rather than discounts. The Australian store is…
Facebook and YouTube release iPhone 6/Plus app updates
After more than a month since the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus screen sizes were announced, Facebook has…
GDPR fines total €56M in first year as Facebook faces 11 investigations
The stats are in for the first year of GDRP, Europe’s gold-standard data privacy law. GDPR fines totalled €56M, with…
EFF: Apple’s iMessage most secure “mass-market” messaging, lacks complete protection from targeted surveillance
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today released a report examining three dozen messaging services and ranking them based on what…
Besides govts and the entertainment industry, Google cofounder sees FB and Apple as the biggest threat to the open Internet
In an interview with the Guardian over the weekend, Google cofounder Sergey Brin said: […]he was most concerned by the…