Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc's (GOOG.O) widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc's widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.
Users of online social network sites such as Facebook are editing their pages and tightening their privacy settings to protect their reputations in the age of digital sharing, according to a new survey.
Apple has acquired Chomp, an app search and discovery platform, in order to revamp the iTunes and App Store search and discovery tools. There's a good chance that the new version of iTunes will release alongside the new iPad 3.
Users of online social network sites such as Facebook are increasingly editing their pages and tightening their privacy settings as they seek to protect their reputations in the age of digital sharing, a Pew Research Center survey said on Friday.
Apple Inc has been forced to de-activate push notification features for mobile users of its iCloud and MobileMe services in Germany, after an injunction was issued in favor of rival Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.
British songbird Adele looks set to perform in the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony, after organizers dropped the first hints as to what the extravaganza might entail.
Along with other altered features, the Facebook Timeline allows users to upload a large vertically elongated photograph at the top of their profile, known as the cover photo. If this seems inconvenient for some users, they might be in luck. Today design website Aviary launched a service that allows Facebook-surfers to custom crop photos to fit perfectly in Timeline's constraints.
Facebook admitted to tracking users who weren't even on the Web site last September, and a Baltimore based law firm has now filed a class action lawsuit in a Northern California District court. It's not the first lawsuit filed against Facebook over privacy concerns, but it's the first nationwide class action suit that potentially involves anyone who was a member before Facebook changed their privacy policy. The thrust of the lawsuit filed by Murphy PA, Peter G. Angelos and Gerard Gibbs ...
OnLive, which was in the news recently for bringing Microsoft Windows to iPad, has now succeeded in delighting iPad users once again – this time by introducing OnLive Desktop Plus, which offers full-blown Windows applications and an ultra-fast Web browser with full Adobe Flash support.
eBay Inc., the e-commerce service provider, is all set to acquire WHI Solutions (WHI), a provider of software and digital catalog solutions for auto parts distributors and retailers for over 39,000 North American vehicles. This article tries to find out the five best online car retailers who are there in the USA market for long and doing quite well for themselves.
A new advertisement by Microsoft directly attacking Google is circulating the internet after being uploaded to YouTube on Feb. 20. The video, titled Beware the Googlighting Stranger, is a response to Google moving in on its territory with its could-based productivity suite, a cheaper alternative to Microsoft's Office suite.
Android users are flat-out demanding the release of popular smart phone game Temple Run on the Android market, taking to online forums and social networks to pressure Imangi Studios into releasing the game. Imangi responded to their frenzied fans on Twitter with the unfortunate news that there was no scheduled release date as of yet, and that until one was posted on the company's Facebook page all other rumors should be ignored.
Early this afternoon, shortly after 1 p.m. (EST), Twitter, the beloved micro-blogging website, logged its 500 millionth user according to market analysis company Twopcharts. The analysis company expects Twitter to acquire its 600 millionth user in just over 100 days. Twopcharts has even created a countdown website to mark the occasion. Not everyone is convinced by the metrics released by Twopcharts, namely The Next Web (TNW) who said in a blog post, Color us healthily skeptical.
Mozilla, the non-profit company that makes the Firefox Web browser has plans to launch on online apps market in 2012, and possibly its very own smartphone, an idea also reportedly being mulled by companies like Amazon and Facebook.
Shares of Dell, the No. 3 PC maker, look likely to fall sharply Wednesday after the company reported earnings below estimates and issued a dismal forecast.
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances.
Dell, the No. 3, PC maker, reported fourth-quarter earnings two cents below estimates as revenue rose slightly above expectations.
Research In Motion on Tuesday gave its PlayBook tablet computer the ability to handle email as easily as a BlackBerry does, with new software that eliminates a shortcoming that has throttled sales since the PlayBook launched last April.
Research In Motion on Tuesday gave its PlayBook tablet computer the ability to handle email as easily as a BlackBerry does, with new software that eliminates a shortcoming that has throttled sales since the PlayBook launched last April.
Netflix and the Weinstein Co. announced Tuesday it had entered into a multi-year licensing agreement that will make foreign language, documentary and certain other movies from The Weinstein Company available exclusively to U.S. Netflix subscribers.
Research In Motion released a long-delayed software update for its PlayBook tablet on Tuesday, hoping to give a fresh start to the unloved device and pave the path for its next-generation BlackBerry smartphones.
