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Andrew Bachman agrees to pay $100 million for mobile cramming

Aug 5, 2014

Andrew Bachman is the latest crammer to run afoul of the feds. Bachman and number of other defendants pitched text...

This personal assistant sends your voice search queries to real people

Aug 2, 2014

Before Google dominated search, Ask Jeeves depended on a team of humans to answer your internet queries. Ultimately, search algorithms...

YouTube has officially arrived on Sky’s Now TV set-top box

Aug 1, 2014

Sky's done a reasonable job of bringing new channels to its Now TV set-top box, especially given the rebranded Roku...

FreedomPop is bringing free mobile service to tablets

Jul 30, 2014

FreedomPop, the carrier offering free and cheap data plans on Sprint’s network, today announced that it’s bringing its free voice,...

Baidu is taking on Google with its own self-driving car

Jul 26, 2014

Baidu is often referred to as "China's Google," but it's not quite the same. It's true, the company is working...

Chrome for Android gets a material design makeover in latest update

Jul 25, 2014

Google’s Android L update is set to be a pretty big one for Google, at least as far as aethetics...

Wikia has unveiled Wikia Maps, its new collaborative mapping tool

Jul 22, 2014

Wikia, the social universe of fandom and the ultimate source for powerful and relevant pop culture expertise, today announces the...

A British police force has joined Snapchat to connect with the youth

Jul 20, 2014

You might be used to following news and updates from law enforcement agencies on Twitter and Facebook, but now West...

Twitter is about to make it a lot easier to delete Direct Messages

Jul 20, 2014

Direct Message or DM is an integral part of the Twitter experience. If you are on Twitter chances are that...

PredictionIO wants to bring machine learning to program developers

Jul 17, 2014

PredictionIO, a startup that has crafted an open-source program developers can use to add machine-learning smarts into their applications, might...

You can now book a taxi directly from the WeChat app

Jul 16, 2014

WeChat users in Singapore can now book a taxi inside the messaging app thanks to a tie-up with EasyTaxi. It’s...

Google Maps for iOS has received a major update

Jul 11, 2014

With Google Maps belonging to Google, it is understandable that Google would push out updates for its Android platform first...