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Nissan on Monday unveiled a concept smartwatch that will connect drivers to their cars and provide them with real-time biometric data while tracking their progress across social media The Nismo Concept Watch will be created for drivers of Nissan Nismo cars....

Sony announced the PlayStation Vita TV for release in Japan at Monday's Sony Computer Entertainment Japan press conference This small set-top box, which measures 6cm x10cm, is designed to serve as a multimedia streaming device that connects to Sony's upcoming PlayStation 4 game console. It will allow gamers to play titles from the PS4 remotely via ...

Shi Tao, a Chinese reporter who was incarcerated in 2005 after Yahoo divulged his email details, has been released from prison Shi was first arrested in 2004 and charged with disclosing state secrets, namely emailing details of a government memo about keeping a lid on news coverage of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The email was...

It's a fact of life in market research that the success of any survey will depend at least in part on its accessibility to the intended respondents. Toward that end, Qualtrics has released Qualtrics Mobile, a new app designed to help reach respondents on the go Qualtrics Mobile works alongside the company's existing marketing survey Software as a S...

I was at Qualcomm's Uplinq last week, and the company announced a ton of products that could massively change how we interact with technology. I thought that the best way to showcase much of it might be a version of The Day Made of Glass, a video made by Corning to showcase the future it imagined, but in this case representing Qualcomm's view. If you watch the video, you'll actually find that Corning and Qualcomm are kind of on the same page -- they would simply emphasize different parts of the solution.

The subscription model has already proven its mettle when it comes to music and movies, but this week Oyster unveiled a new service that applies the concept to books instead. Specifically, the startup on Thursday launched an invitation-only preview of an e-book rental service that's widely being described as the "Netflix of books." Now available vi...

News that the U.S. National Security Agency has worked steadily for at least the past decade to systematically undermine security has sparked an uproar on the Internet The agency -- whose motto is "Defending Our Nation. Securing the Future" -- has circumvented or cracked much of the encryption used to protect global commerce and banking systems, m...

PayPal introduced a new version of its mobile app on Thursday, unveiling features designed to make it easier for users to pay restaurant bills or take advantage of location-based deals while on the go. The updated app lets users access full menus from approved restaurants and order ahead of time to cut down on wait times. At launch, that feature w...

Sony introduced its QX10 and QX100 lens-style cameras on Wednesday. The devices, which look like very thin point-and-shoot cameras, can connect to a smartphone wirelessly and use the phone's display as a real-time viewfinder ...

Sonny Dickson, a teenager in Australia, leaked photos on his website purportedly showing an Apple fingerprint scanner. The photos were published less than one week before huge Apple events in California and China Dickson, whose roommates are Mom and Dad, has long leaked Apple product info on his website. This most recent get, however, might be his ...

A federal court in Seattle this week upheld Microsoft's claim that Motorola Mobility refused to license its standard essential patents at a fair and reasonable cost, resulting in an award to Microsoft of US$14.5 million in damages, according to media reports Microsoft claimed that the license fees Motorola Mobility initially demanded for its patent...

A multitasking 3D video game that helped some older adults show neurological activity similar to much younger adults could lead researchers to a better understanding of the plasticity of the older brain. Researchers from the University of California San Francisco recently tested a 3D-driving game on a group of adults. During the game, players used...

An October 2010 class action lawsuit against Google included allegations that "Google transmitted user search queries to third parties without knowledge or consent in order to enhance advertising revenue and profitability." Following three years of litigation, Google and the plaintiff users this June presented a settlement proposal to the federal court. However, Google is not proposing to change its privacy policies. ...

Zuora, which offers a billing, commerce and finance platform as a service for businesses using a subscription-service model, has raised US$50 million in E series funding from some major players Next World Capital, Vulcan Capital and Northgate Capital are the latest additions to the company's crowd of believers....

Lost Droid (Find my Phone) is available for US$1.09 in the Google Play Store. Having recently had my bicycle stolen -- after having a set of wheels pilfered in a previous year -- I was getting mad and, to quote the 1976 movie Network, I was not going to be taking it anymore....

Here's a scenario: It's late, and you're on your way home from a work trip on a subdued, last flight of the day. You instinctively glance at your phone and notice it's about to die Been there? It's a problem, and if you don't address it, you'll obviously have no battery for calls when you land. Kindly, your seat neighbor and colleague offers you a ...

The United States Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a settlement with Trendnet over its lax security practices. The action stemmed from privacy invasions that occurred in January 2012, when hackers posted live feeds to the Web from nearly 700 cameras made by the company "Right now, we're doing enforcement, as you can see from the Tre...

Amazon on Wednesday introduced a new version of its Kindle Paperwhite dedicated e-reader, on the heels of its Tuesday announcement of Kindle MatchBook, a new service that lets customers buy deeply discounted electronic versions of print books they've purchased from the company. The Paperwhite's display is its distinguishing feature -- it appears m...

Apple has invited Chinese journalists to a Sept. 11 event in Beijing to announce... well, no one really knows, but it could be a big deal One of the likelier reasons for the Beijing event -- set to kick off mere hours after the company is expected to unveil its new iPhone in the U.S. -- would seem to be the introduction of a new, lower-end iPhone, ...

We've seen it happen before. The wave of companies rushing to merge is building once again. On Monday it was Verizon and Vodafone. Tuesday was Microsoft and Nokia. Two questions: What will merging do for these companies, and which are next? The reason for companies merging is clear. The wireless world continues to change. Growth over the next few ...