Yahoo!'s board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition: WSJ
Yahoo! is keen on fast-growing Tumblr because its younger user base would bolster the older website's "cool factor," the technology blog AllThingsD cited the sources as saying.
VIDEO | Facebook’s battle for mobile dominance
Facebook is struggling in attempts to grab more mobile screen time with a new smartphone app as Google, Amazon and Apple launch or plan to launch new devices this year.
VIDEO | Lost in Hawaii, digicam washes up in Taiwan six years later
An airline employee found a Canon digital camera inside a waterproof case along a beach on Taiwan’s east coast and discovered that the memory card was still very much intact.
VIDEO | How the US lost the Internet access race
Internet policy expert Susan Crawford says deregulation allowed cable companies to dominate the nation’s Internet access business, slowing real progress.
VIDEO | US cable’s path to Internet access dominance
U.S. cable companies operate regional monopolies, while phone companies face steep costs to upgrade their lines for Internet access, says Internet policy expert Susan Crawford, author of “Captive Audience.”
VIDEO | Cursor camouflage aims to confound criminals
A Japanese researcher has found a clever way to foil would-be hackers trying to steal the computer password information of online banking customers.
VIDEO | Virtual shopping system dressed for success
A Taiwanese company has developed a system that allows shoppers to try on clothes without really trying them on.
VIDEO | The ‘Game of Phones’: Coronation day for Samsung’s S4
It is good to be king — and Samsung’s new S4 is the undoubtedly the heir presumptive to the smartphone throne. But all is not well in the realm, as Reuters’ Jon Gordon explains.
VIDEO | America’s cyber war weak spot
U.S. defense officials believe cyber attacks pose the greatest threat to the nation’s security and experts say the U.S. power grid is particularly vulnerable, and a likely target, in a cyberwar.
FACTBOX | The numbers behind the Apple, Samsung war
The clashes between Apple and Samsung have come to a head in the days leading up to Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 launch, and the numbers say it all.
VIDEO | GPS brings new clarity to city driving
Spanish researchers are developing a low cost Global Positioning System (GPS), designed to overcome the so-called ”canyon effect” of inner-city driving.
VIDEO | Camera ball bounces in for a closer look
Police and fire-fighters may soon have a new tool for assessing dangerous situations before taking action.
VIDEO | American company uses 3D printer to make gun parts
A U.S. company has created a blueprint to create gun parts using a 3D printer.
VIDEO | Qualcomm’s ‘Born Mobile’ campaign
Chipmaker Qualcomm distributed a clever, entertaining video that illustrates the expansive and integrated role of mobile for the “Born Mobile” generation.
VIDEO | Bionic eye approved for use in the US
An implant attached to the retinas of people blinded by Retinitis Pigmentosa is allowing them to see, in many cases, for the first time in years.
VIDEO | Social media – the new addiction
The University of Chicago suggested sites like Facebook are more addictive that alcohol and cigarettes. Social media addiction has become an official condition.
SLIDESHOW | MacWorld / iWorld 2013, San Francisco
Our resident tech columnist Al Dimanlanta share’s the photos he took inside the Muscone Center West where all the four-day iActivities happened.
Top 5 Philippine-branded mobile devices of Q1 2013
We sifted through what seems to be a huge pile of those launched — but not necessarily available — in the first quarter of this year and came up with five that have tickled our fancy.
