Twitter Inc. Plans To Acquire Shots, A Selfie-Only Social Network App
More than two-thirds of Shots' users are women under the age of 24, an attractive demographic for Twitter.
Stop Drunk Dialing: Drunk Mode Is The App For That (And Texting, And Snapchatting Too)
The app also has a feature to help find your friends and helps recover your Snapchats.
BlackBerry Passport Is Amazon's Best-Selling Smartphone During Early 'Black Friday' Sale
The company is also planning red and white versions of the business-centric behemoth.
Nexus 6 Problems Plague Release Of Google’s Latest Android Flagship
The Nexus 6 is by far Google’s most expensive flagship to date, and could be the most bug-ridden.
NSFW Sexting Emoji Created, Because Apparently We Needed It
When a banana and a kissy face just aren't enough.
EU Plan Calls For Google Break Up, Search Unbundling
The plan reportedly calls for the unbundling of Google Search from its other products and services.
Uber's Controversial Job Posting Highlights Aggressive Tactics In Battle With Taxi Industry
The service seeks "oppositional researchers" to dig up dirt on its foes.
Google Inc. Experiments With An Ad-Free Web
Readers pay a few dollars to view select websites without ads.
Huffington Post Could Host Jill Abramson's Once-A-Month Media Startup
The site would pay hefty sums for "high quality" long-form journalism, and charge readers $3 per month.
Firefox Browser Drops Google In Favor Of Yahoo Search
Mozilla says Yahoo offered “improved economic terms” to become the default U.S. search provider.
SEC Adopts New Rules To Reduce System Glitches On Nasdaq, NYSE
The new rules will be rolled out over the next year.
Scientists Collect DNA To Clone Woolly Mammoth, Like A Real-Life 'Jurassic Park'
Scientists hope to find the right DNA to help extinct life find its way back.
Apple Watch App Guide Reveals Reliance On iPhone: Apple Releases Watch SDK
The iPhone-maker’s stylish first wearable leaves the heavy lifting to the iPhone.
Xbox Live Goes Down Again: Second Major Outage This Month [Updated]
The subscription gaming service went down earlier this month, as well.
Apple iPhone 6 Plus Camera Won't Focus Due To OIS Problems, Owners Report
The “best smartphone camera ever” is acting up, and the issue might lie in Apple’s new image stabilization hardware.
Facebook Inc. Secretly Planning To Face Off With Netflix Over Original Content [Update: It's Probably Not]
The social network will host a conference that's traditionally used as a platform to announce new Web content.
Android L Arrives Along With Error Messages: The Top 5 Lollipop Problems Experienced On Smartphones
Google’s latest operating system incorporates “material design,” as well as a number of issues for early users.
How To Bid On The Government's Dirty Bitcoins: US Marshals Auctioning $19M Worth
The bitcoins formerly belonged to "Dread Pirate Roberts," the man accused of operating Silk Road.
Snapchat Unveils Snapcash: With Square Payments, App Now Offers Free Digital Transfers
Snapcash, as its called, allows users to send money to friends, much like the payments company Square’s own app, Square Cash.
Nexus 5 Owners Are Running Into Problems With Android L [Updated]
Google’s update brings “material design” along with a few bugs.
Facebook Inc. Tells Marketers The Free Ride On News Feeds Is Over
The company said that posts from pages, which it offered for free, will soon appear much less.
Apple Inc. Sells Three iPhone 6 Models For Every iPhone 6 Plus: Analyst
Demand for the iPhone 6 in China is "surprisingly high," analyst says.
Windows 10: Microsoft Releases New Mouse Gestures, User Requests In Latest 'Technical Preview'
Catching up to Apple might appear to be a trend, but Microsoft also has plenty of new tricks up its sleeves.
US Marshals Tracking Cell Phones With Fake ‘Tower’ Broadcasts From Small Airplanes
The small aircraft broadcast fake wireless signals to collect the location data of most cell phones in the country.
European Space Agency: Philae Probe’s Status Uncertain After Harpoons Fail During Comet Landing
Philae, the robotic craft, may have had a double landing due to malfunctions.
Microsoft Corp. Bringing .NET Framework To Linux And OS X As Open Source
Under its latest chief executive, Microsoft wants its services used on competing software.
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Has A Swarm Of Tiny Satellites For Internet Access In The Works
SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he’ll announce more details on the micro-satellites in early 2015.
Instagram App Users Can Now Edit Posts, Explore New People Tab
But the Facebook-owned image-sharing app's update doesn't include new filters.
Facebook Messenger App Reaches Half A Billion Monthly Users
Facebook Messenger could soon offer money transfer services to its 500 million users.
Android L Release Leapfrogs Nexus 5, Coming First To Moto X (2014), Moto G In Soak Test
The Nexus program has always received Android updates first, but rules were made to be broken.