Apple Automatically Collects Safari Searches, User Location In OS X Yosemite
Any Web search conducted from Safari's address bar goes to Apple, by default.
AmazonFresh: Amazon's Same-Day Grocery Service Is About A Lot More Than Groceries
It means more trucks for holiday deliveries as well.
Twitter Faces User Backlash For New Policy: Including Unfollowed Accounts In Their Timelines
But one employee defended the platform's new Twitter-curated timeline practice as “research in action" that “works well.”
FBI Wants Access To Gmail, iOS, Says Encryption Hurts Law Enforcement
The FBI director says that encryption services that rose in response to the NSA's surveillance programs are hurting law enforcement.
Alibaba Group Looks To Fingerprints, Face Recognition To Secure Alipay's Digital Payments In China
The company is working on fingerprint and face recognition technology for now.
Facebook Unveils New Feature To Find Friends During Disasters
The Facebook news feed is at a big disadvantage during real-time events because recent posts aren't necessarily surfaced.
EBay Inc. Reports Lukewarm Q3 Earnings: Revenue Misses, But EPS Beats Estimates
The online merchant lowered guidance for the next quarter and posted lower-than-expected revenue.
Skype Qik: Microsoft’s Video-Messaging App Works On iPhone, Android And Windows Phone
Microsoft's new video chat app looks perfect for smartwatches, but the company is being coy on the details.
Google Maps Just Released The Greatest Chrome Extension Ever (Probably), Increases Your Productivity Approximately Zero Percent
It will make new tabs in Chrome look pretty, and that's about it.
Google Drive Goes Down: Search Giant Is Investigating Cause Of Outage That Affected Cloud Apps, Storage [UPDATE]
Google's cloud-based storage and software suite, Google Drive, was down for several hours on Tuesday.
Amazon.com Inc. Plans Stores In San Francisco, Sacramento In Addition To New York City
Amazon is opening one "pop-up" store for the holidays in Sacramento, as well as one in San Francisco.
Windows 10 Preview: Microsoft Corporation Has Given Away 1M Free Downloads, It Says
Microsoft says it will eventually bring Windows 10 to tiny devices connected to the "Internet of Things."
Google Inc. Races Apple To $1 Trillion Valuation
Google will have to grow by more than 30 percent annually in the next five years to hit $1 trillion.
Facebook Payments Service Revealed In Hidden Messenger Code
The social-networking giant currently brings in 92 percent of its revenue from digital advertising and may be looking to diversify.
Snapchat Hack: Snapsaved Claims Responsibility For ‘Snappening’ Nude Photo Scandal, But Questions Remain
The site's claims, however, don't jibe with images released Sunday.
Edward Snowden Offers Online Privacy Tips: Drop Dropbox, Facebook And Google
In a new interview in the New Yorker, Edward Snowden called Facebook and Google "dangerous services." He also doesn't like Dropbox.
Teen Killed At Haunted Hayride Halloween Attraction In Idaho
Bystanders did nothing at first, thinking the fatal accident was "part of the ride."
Toddler Dies Of Enterovirus D68 In Michigan
The 21-month-old girl had been on life support since mid-September.
Type 1 Diabetes Breakthrough Could Mean The End Of Insulin Injections
Shots that eventually can result in lost limbs and eyesight may become a thing of the past.
Lindsay Mills, Edward Snowden’s Girlfriend, Has Reunited With Leaker In Russia
Mills lives with Snowden just part-time due to visa issues, his lawyer said.
Cyclone Hudhud Update: Tropical Storm Causes First Casualty
A 9-year-old girl dies and an 11-year-old boy goes missing, as India evacuates its eastern coast in preparation for Hudhud.
Kim Dotcom Live Stream: Megaupload Founder Speaks To New Yorker About File Sharing, Digital Privacy
Kim Dotcom is fighting an extradition request that would bring him to the U.S. to face copyright-infringement charges.
Bose Corp. Settles Noise-Cancellation Patent Case Against Apple Inc.’s Beats Electronics
Bose sued Beats Electronics before it was bought by Apple. Now it's saying "never mind."
Snapchat Hack Could See 200,000 Users' Nude Photos Leaked Online In ‘The Snappening’
The images were reportedly stolen from a third-party service, not the official Snapchat app.
Apple Inc. Is Throwing Bose Headphones, Speakers Out Of Its Retail Stores, Report Says [UPDATE]
Bose is suing Beats Electronics for patent infringement, which means Bose is also suing Apple.
Windows 10 Preview Problems: Top 9 User Issues With Microsoft’s Technical Preview Are Largely Visual
Early users think Microsoft's soon-to-be-released operating system is pretty, but could be a lot prettier.
Imgur Unveils The GIF Of The Future: Better, Faster, Sharper
Imgur said it's increasing upload sizes from 5 megs to 50, thanks to the new format.
Snapchat Debuting Ads ‘Soon’ As CEO Looks To Prove $10B Valuation
The company said its ads would not track users like the ones on Facebook and Google do.
Airbnb Legalized In San Francisco, With Restrictions
The service remains illegal in many cities despite its worldwide popularity.
Facebook Has Secret Plans For Anonymous App That’s Mere Weeks Away
The new app aims to foster online discussion unhindered by users' real names.
