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Moviefone phone service is shutting down after 25 years but lives on as an app
If you call 777-FILM right now to try and order movie tickets, the greeting will be a warm bath of nostalgia for anyone who saw Titanic or Dumb and Dumber in theaters: "Hello, and...
Mediation talks between Apple and Samsung have been confirmed to have failed
A new report this week confirmed Apple and Samsung couldn’t settle their differences outside of court. Earlier this month, rumors out of Korea claimed mediation between the two companies broken down,...
Australia spied on Indonesia’s talks with U.S. law firm for the NSA
Indonesia has said Australia and America need to “clean up their mess” to salvage relations with Indonesia after revelations that Australia spied on a law firm representing Indonesia in a...
Twitter’s share price falls following reported losses for last quarter
Twitter today reported its first quarter as a publicly listed company. And while the market may be punishing the company abit for slower overall user growth, the mobile story continues to be a...
Hacker group files criminal complaint against German government over spying
As governments around the world refuse to act in the wake of revelations about global spying, more and more people are launching legal actions to force them to address the...
Dell wants to be an open-source network services provider
Dell's been involved in serious networking for years, but never quite like this. The Austin, TX PC and server giant is partnering up with Cumulus Networks to deliver Linux-based, bare-metal networking devices. Cumulus...
U.S. government and top technology companies reach transparency agreement
The U.S. government and a group of top technology companies have reached an agreement on transparency. The Department of Justice said it will grant the request of top tech companies who had previously...
Senator Charles Schumer wants to put tracking devices on autistic children
Democratic Senator Charles Schumer will today formally introduce legislation that would allow law enforcement agencies to track children with autism using GPS devices. Schumer dubbed the proposed legislation "Avonte's law,"...
The NSA can spy on your computer even when it’s offline
Surely by disconnecting your PC from the Internet and bashing your cable modem with a hammer you’ll be safe from the prying eyes of the National Security Agency, right? Wrong....
iPhone launch on China Mobile met with lukewarm response
Cracking China's mammoth mobile market may be harder than Apple anticipated. When the latest iPhones were unveiled today by the country's largest carrier, China Mobile, after years of protracted negotiations--the local response...
Facebook revamps its ads in an effort to compete with Google
Last June, Facebook rolled out a snippet of code that enables advertisers to keep track of customers who drop by their websites from Facebook ads. It seemed to have benefited...
NBCUniversal invests in a video news startup
NBCUniversal News Group is announcing a minority investment in NowThisNews, a New York-based startup that’s looking to reinvent video journalism for the Facebook and smartphone era. As part of the investment,...
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