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Yahoo on Thursday announced a password-free Yahoo Mail app that can manage email accounts from Outlook.com, Hotmail and AOL Mail There was no mention of syncing with Gmail or Apple's iCloud Mail....

Edward Snowden's legacy gained another chapter last week when the European Court of Justice rejected an agreement between the United States and European Union that created a Safe Harbor for U.S. companies handling personal data of overseas citizens In essence, the agreement provided that a U.S. company's word that it had adequate safeguards in plac...

It passes through the channels of federal laws, spills across state lines and even bleeds into the protected realm of college sports. The multibillion-dollar industry that is fantasy sports has stood up to legal challenges so far, but the surging sector still battles problems with perception and faces questions about its future Allegations of insid...

Shares of Salesforce were up Thursday as it gained momentum from investors cheering on its plans to invest US$100 million into European startup firms. The company on Tuesday announced that its Salesforce Ventures corporate investment unit had allocated $100 million to fund startups in the European market and improve customer service in the region....

TheLinux Foundation on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership withON.Lab and itsONOS project community to develop open source network services They will build infrastructure for software-defined networking and network function virtualization technology. The foundation will provide its global reach, experience and infrastructure to seed ONOS' g...

Tesla Motors on Wednesday introduced an autopilot system featuring Tesla version 7.0 software that could aid drivers in finding parking spots making lane changes, and watching for blind spots on the road The system is not designed to do the driving just yet, but it could help relieve drivers in the most tedious and thus potentially dangerous aspect...

HP and 3M on Wednesday announced a collaboration to integrate 3M privacy screens with HP notebook PCs The technology is intended to keep cyberspies from gathering information by doing nothing more sophisticated than looking over a user's shoulder -- what the companies call "visual hacking." HP and 3M consider it a significant risk....

Square on Wednesday announced that it had registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its long-expected initial public offering. A startup that specializes in electronic payments, Square has been operating in the red. It plans to raise up to US$275 million in its IPO, it disclosed in its SEC filing.

Facebook on Tuesday revealed it's experimenting with making video clips easier for users to find in its mobile and desktop applications In coming days, a limited number of users will see the additions, which include a video button at the bottom of its iPhone app and in the Favorites menu of its website....

It just makes too much sense. Big government can function much better if government agencies take advantage of the benefits of big data technologies. Given the perception that governments operate on a bias favoring the status quo, it may come as a surprise that U.S. government agencies are slowly but surely embracing the adoption of big data innovations...

Every business owner and executive must think long and hard about cybersecurity -- especially considering all the break-ins and data thefts during the last several years. Data breaches and security issues are in the headlines on a regular basis. One good source for getting a grip on some possible solutions to the problem is AT&T's new report, "Wha...

Uber on Wednesday made its UberRush merchant delivery service a full-fledged division of the company, officially rolling it out in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. The announcement followed a soft launch earlier this year in NYC Americans waste too much time and productivity by transporting things from one point to another, Uber reasoned.

A United States District Court jury earlier this week found that Apple's A7 processor infringes a patent held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the patent management arm of the University of Wisconsin -- Madison. WARF alleged patent infringement and claimed damages of up to US$862 million in a complaint filed early last year in the U.S....

Robolinux Mate Raptor v8.1 is a stunningly gorgeous and well-tuned operating system that soars with unmatched functionality.This release of the Robolinux distro line runs the newest iteration of the Gnome 2 fork desktop Mate. It is fast and slick....

Apple on Tuesday announced upgrades to its iMac line, including Retina displays and Intel sixth-gen Skylake processors. The company also reached deeper into its hat to pull out "magical" new peripherals The entire 27-inch series of iMacs now come with the 5K Retina displays, while the 21.5 inch iMac comes with a 4K Retina display....

Investors cheered Tuesday after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's announcement of plans to cut up to 336 jobs, or 8 percent of the global workforce, as part of an effort to strengthen long-term growth Made some tough but necessary decisions that enable Twitter to move with greater focus and reinvest in our growth. http://t.co/BWd7EiGAF2...

Apple recently disabled its Apple News app for users in China, according to multiple reports triggered by software developer Larry Salibra's alerts last week Although Apple is mum on the subject, users based in China have begun complaining on the Internet about the News app being unavailable in that country....

Facebook on Monday added several new features designed to encourage m-commerce. One of them, Canvas, aims to improve mobile ad delivery It isn't that people flat-out dislike ads on Facebook -- controls are available to keep the ads in check and on target. However, Facebook's ad delivery service has suffered from the derailing effect of the redirect...

Acer on Monday announced two new Windows 10 devices -- a convertible notebook and a portable all-in-one PC The Aspire R 14 convertible (pictured above) has four use modes -- one more than the just-unveiled Microsoft Surface Book -- while the Aspire Z3-700 all-in-one PC has a built-in battery with five hours' life....

Southwest Airlines on Monday announced it was operating on a normal schedule after technical problems delayed hundreds of flights on Sunday A computer glitch related to the technical systems that powered its customer service operations -- specifically its reservation system -- apparently was to blame. Southwest teams worked throughout the night to ...