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Sound-based login startup joins Google tech chorus

Feb 17, 2014 (AFP)

An Israel-based startup specializing in using sounds instead of passwords for logging in said Monday it has been bought by Google. SlickLogin did not disclose f...

SciTechTalk: Who will win the Nexus 6 musical chairs game?

Feb 16, 2014 (UPI)

The tech rumor mill, which never sleeps and is ever hungry for new fodder, has cranked up with a new target in its sights -- Google's next "pure-Android" flagsh...

Male, female or custom? Facebook's new gender options

Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)

Facebook on Thursday freed members from the bonds of being either male or female, letting people opt for custom genders such as transsexual or "intersex" at the...

Motorola chief departs for Dropbox

Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)

The head of Google-owned Motorola, Dennis Woodside, announced Thursday he is leaving the smartphone maker to become chief operating officer at the online storag...

China's Lenovo aims for third in global smartphone market

Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)

The chairman of Chinese computer giant Lenovo pledged Thursday to make the company the world's third-biggest smartphone seller following an acquisition binge as...

Apple watches for conflict metal in supply chain

Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)

Apple on Thursday said it has verified that an essential metal used in its mobile devices is not coming from sources that help finance violent groups in Africa....

US coalition calls for expansion of Wi-Fi airwaves

Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)

A newly formed coalition of US technology firms and advocacy groups called Thursday for the expansion of Wi-Fi, saying airwaves are getting congested for a key ...

Android extends gains on Apple, Windows Phone is third

Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)

The Google Android system extended its gains over Apple's iPhone globally in the last quarter of 2013, and Windows Phone grabbed the number three market positio...

Court backs Apple e-book monitor, within limits

Feb 11, 2014 (AFP)

A US appeals court on Monday shot down Apple's bid to derail a court-ordered monitor in its e-book price-fixing case. The panel of judges specified, however, th...

Icahn steps back from battle with Apple

Feb 10, 2014 (AFP)

Activist investor Carl Icahn said Monday he would no longer press Apple to boost its share buyback plan after a proxy advisory firm recommended against his prop...

Twitter says government info requests on the rise

Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)

Government requests for Twitter user information are on the rise, the messaging service said as it released figures while pressing for more transparency. "Over ...

US drops antitrust probe of Samsung over patents

Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)

US Department of Justice officials on Friday dropped an antitrust investigation into whether Samsung abused essential mobile gadget patents in its ongoing battl...

California leaders want smartphone 'kill switch'

Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)

Californian leaders want to make it compulsory for smartphones or tablets sold in the state to have built-in "kill switches" to counter the rocketing number of ...

Sony closing North American ebook store

Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)

Sony announced Thursday it was closing its ebook store for North America, and giving its customer list to rival Kobo. The Japanese company, which earlier unveil...

Twitter takes hit as user growth disappoints

Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)

Twitter got a reality check Wednesday as the high-flying messaging company reported modest user growth during a quarter in which it lost $511 million. Even more...

Wall Street turns quickly on hot Internet stocks

Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)

Wall Street on Thursday toasted Yelp, but threw tomatoes at Twitter and Pandora after mixed earnings results prompted big swings in the valuations of a trio of ...

Twitter's wings clipped by weak user growth

Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)

Twitter shares took a nosedive Thursday after the company's first earnings report shook up investors expecting strong growth at the messaging platform. The shar...

Twitter faces critical earnings test

Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)

Twitter releases its first earnings report since a wildly successful stock offering on Wednesday, in what is being seen as a critical test for the popular messa...

New Microsoft chief underlines Indian-bred success abroad

Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)

India on Wednesday celebrated the appointment of Satya Nadella as the new chief executive of Microsoft, seeing it as another endorsement of home-grown talent th...

Gates shifts role at Microsoft, new CEO named

Feb 04, 2014 (AFP)

Microsoft moved Tuesday to reboot for a mobile future, naming Indian-born Satya Nadella chief executive as founder Bill Gates shed his title of chairman for a m...