From PC World: Google is planning to buy Twitch, a service that allows gamers to stream their game play.
The talks are at an early stage, though, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Twitch has also considered selling a stake in the company instead, the...
From CNET: Samsung is eying a new technology in biometrics, and it might just have something to do with your eyes.
Speaking to analysts at an investor forum on Monday, Samsung senior vice president Rhee In-jong said that his company is examining ways to increase the usage of biometrics in...
From DailyTech: Just as the tech industry, lawmakers, and consumers are trying to grapple with the scope of Comcast’s $45 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable (TWC); AT&T is making waves with a huge acquisition of its own. AT&T announced today its intentions to purchase satellite TV provider...
"Saskatchewan jokes are the best," I told my friend. My friend nodded in agreement. "They are simply endless," he replied. What makes Saskatchewan jokes so funny? For those who live south of the forty-ninth parallel, or the rest of the world, for that matter, let me put it this way: Let's say your dog ran off. If you lived in Saskatchewan, you can still see your dog running after three days. Haha! Now, despite all the Saskatchewan jokes the rest...
From InfoWorld: People will be able to use an online tool to ask Google not to display search results about them, according to a German data protection commissioner.
Google will create the tool following a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which ruled on Tuesday that...
From PC World: You can now pay for apps and other digital content from Google Play using PayPal in 12 countries worldwide, including the U.S. and Canada. Google announced the payment addition on its Android Developers blog on Thursday.
Google Play users won't have to take any action to add PayPal...
From CNET: The long-rumored Galaxy S5 Prime, an updated version of Samsung's Galaxy S5, might have just popped up in a certification listing.
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) published a listing recently showing approval of an as-yet announced Samsung product known as the "SM-G906L...
From DailyTech: Following the leak of renders of the handset earlier this month, HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) this morning officially announced the update to the HTC One mini. Dubbed the HTC One mini 2 (for some reason HTC lowercases the "mini" bit), the new smartphone drops the 3D camera and packs a lower...
From InfoWorld: Hackers are exploiting an Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that was left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and outside security experts said.
The bug, identified as CVE-2014-1815, was one of two Microsoft patched with a critical update issued Tuesday for IE6, IE7...
From PC World: Mozilla will upgrade its Firefox browser with copyright protection technology, fearing a loss of users if they can’t play protected content from services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon.
The organization has long opposed DRM (Digital Rights Management) technologies, which seek to...
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