All Horizons
MacBook Pro gets updates and lower pricesApple announced Tuesday a series of price cuts and updates that would improve operating speed and boost memory for its MacBook Pro line of laptop computers.聽
Facebook to force users to new Messenger app this weekIn a move to boost its family of mobile apps, Facebook is forcing users to download the stand-alone Facebook Messenger app if they want to instant message over mobile devices.聽
Chinese government officials visit Microsoft offices, spark questions of antitrust investigationChinese government officials visited Microsoft offices in China Monday, though Microsoft representatives have declined to comment as to the nature of these visits.聽
Samsung promises that Tizen, while plagued by setbacks, will still deliverSamsung's bid to provide its own mobile operating system in addition to Android has faced numerous roadblocks in its years of development as the Korean electronics giant tries to compete with OS giants such as Google and Apple.聽
Mark Zuckerberg sprints past Google co-founders on list of wealthiest peopleAfter Facebook's strong second quarter results, founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is now worth $33.3 billion, placing him at number 16 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.聽
If Google buys Twitch, will it put a giant target on their backs?Google will reportedly buy Twitch.tv for $1 billion. But will the sale open up Twitch to legal disaster? Worry not, says the company.
By the numbers: Is the Apple iPad in trouble?Although the iPad has been losing market share, the Apple device is still the best-selling tablet on the market. Analysts predict its sales will rise as result of Apple's partnership with IBM.聽
IBM and California team up to put state's data in the cloudThe state announced Thursday a new "public-private partnership" with IBM to improve government efficiency using cloud computing servers.聽
Amazon Fire: Game-changer or dud?With Amazon's Fire phone to begin shipping this week, we round up reviews of this new device.聽
Apple's (AAPL) Yosemite to become available in beta starting ThursdayComing on the heels of its quarterly earnings report, the beta version of Apple's latest Mac operating system, OS X Yosemite, will become available to the public starting Thursday.聽
Nvidia boasts its Shield tablet is the 'perfect device for gamers'The Nvidia Shield,聽a new tablet with gamers in mind, is setting the stage for a new era of tablet specialization.聽
No time for that Facebook post? Save it for later.The social networking giant rolled out a new feature on Monday聽that lets users save Facebook posts in their newsfeed to read later.聽
Verizon quintuples upload speeds for some FiOS customersVerizon announced Monday a new plan to make upload speeds the same as download speeds for FiOS customers聽who receive Verizon's bundled Internet access, telephone, and television service that works through a fiber-optic communications network.聽
Is China slowing in its rush to the Internet?A new report out from the China Internet Network Information Center says that, in the first half of 2014, China added fewer Internet users than any other time in the past eight years.聽- EU to Apple: Why no spending reform for mobile games?The European Commission has criticized Apple for not taking appropriate steps to curb in-app purchases in online and mobile games available on Apple devices.聽
A Netflix for e-books? Amazon rolls out Kindle subscription service.Amazon has announced a new service that lets digital subscribers read an unlimited amount of e-books and digital audiobooks for $9.99 a month.聽
Facebook rolls out 'Buy' button. A challenge to Amazon?Facebook announced Thursday a new feature it is testing that's designed to let users purchase items directly from ads and posts on the site and in the mobile app.聽
Meet Jibo, the robot that wants to join your familyAn MIT professor has invented Jibo, a social robot that can act as a personal assistant, speak, learn, and interact with people in a 'humanized' fashion.聽
Can Google make the Internet bug-free?Google is recruiting top-tier cybersecurity experts for 'Project Zero,' which aims to find and fix bugs across the Internet.聽
Could Apple's rumored iWatch be as popular as the iPhone? One analyst says it might be.A Morgan Stanley analyst predicts Apple will sell between 30 and 60 million units of the rumored iWatch during its first year, in large part due to brand loyalty.
