Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry said Friday it is selling most of its Canadian real estate holdings, and will lease back some space after the sale. A buyer was not identified, but the Waterloo, Canada-based company said the deal includes three…
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Last week, Shao Yang, the Chief Marketing Officer of Chinese handset maker Huawei, said in an interview that the company would be pursuing dual-boot Android-Windows phones, set for release in the United States in the second quarter. As it turns out,…
Turkey’s national carrier denied on Wednesday allegations of arms shipments to unknown groups in Nigeria, which has been ravaged by violence between the army and Islamist militants. “Turkish Airlines, in accordance with company policy, does not ship…
A new post on 9to5Mac this morning reports lots of details and recreated images of Apple’s new Healthbook app, a health and wellness application that is said to be a big part of the next version of the company’s mobile operating system, iOS 8. According…
We’ve asked the companies in our Who Has Your Back Program what they are doing to bolster encryption in light…
This must be the week for iOS 8 leaks: a new report out of 9to5Mac suggests that Apple’s in-development iOS 8 will offer greater integration of the company’s iCloud file storage system. The move comes in response to developer complaints that the…
The possibility that Google is working on an Android-powered game console has been speculated since at least last summer. While the company still has yet to announce any such device, a recent acquisition would seem to indicate that it’s getting closer…
Early this morning, Mt. Gox officially filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo, Japan, confirming reports that the company had lost 750,000 bitcoins—with a current estimated value of roughly $477 million—were lost. According to CEO Mark Karpeles…
What did you make as an intern? I’m going to guess that, for most of you, it was not $7,000 a month. But that’s what some interns are making at software company Palantir, and those at well-known tech companies like Twitter, Facebook and Google aren…
Yet again, more rumors about Amazon’s upcoming business plans have surfaced—this time surrounding the possibility of the company jumping into the already-crowded streaming music business. A post on Re/code cites “industry sources” who claim…
Today, Automatic, the company behind helping make drivers smarter, safer, and more fuel efficient is adding a whole new layer to the product: giving drivers the power to connect their cars to dozens of popular web services like Twitter, Facebook,…
After yesterday’s news of the shutdown of Mt. Gox—formerly one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the world, and certainly still the most famous (or infamous)—people have been watching and waiting for any signs of life at the Tokyo-based company…
Apple has today released OS X 10.9.2, fixing the major SSL vulnerability in Apple’s OS X platform that was made public and patched in the company’s mobile iOS platform last week. The new update is highly recommended for everyone with a Mac computer…
Poor BlackBerry. After seeing just about no success with the flagship BlackBerry Z10, an absolutely disastrous launch of the QWERTY BlackBerry Q10, and no further luck with the BlackBerry Z30, to say the company’s portfolio of BlackBerry 10 powered…
Smartphone manufacturer HTC announced today at Mobile World Congress the latest phone in its repertoire of consumer handsets, the HTC Desire 816. Additionally, the company is launching a new way for its users to assist in scientific research with a…
Though it may seem that Sony is enjoying a healthy lead in this latest round of the video game console wars, it’s important for the company to never rest on its laurels. Case in point: a new post on TechRadar earlier today says that Sony will finally…
An online memorial for the deceased — that’s what Facebook could become now that the company has changed a policy for “memorialized” profiles. According to The Wall Street Journal, Facebook will now honor the privacy settings of deceased users…
What if I told you there’s a company out there that makes underwear for your iPhone? You would probably say “Yeah right.” What if I told you there was a company that made underwear for your iPhone and has sold 1 million products already? …
About an hour ago, Mark Zuckerberg announced on his Facebook page that his company was buying WhatsApp, a cross-platform, non-SMS messaging app that’s gaining a million new users every day. According to a report from Reuters, Facebook is ponying up…
Web giant Google has officially purchased independent company SlickLogin, TechCrunch has discovered. Both companies today confirmed the acquisition. For those who have yet to hear of the work SlickLogin is doing in the security space, it boils down…