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August 2020

• Mini programs are the new mobile app growth driver 3 August 2020
• The battle for China's community group buying market 1 August 2020

July 2020

• Arm processors: Everything you need to know 24 July 2020
• Apple/Google coronavirus API: not one US state is yet using it 24 July 2020
• Apple defends App Store's 30% cut ahead of Tim Cook testimony 24 July 2020
• Tencent-backed Missfresh raises $495 million 23 July 2020
• Apple files for patent for coordinated control of media playback 10 July 2020
• How to remove YouTube tracking 2 July 2020

June 2020

• Olympus sells camera division 27 June 2020
• Microsoft Store announces new approach to retail 27 June 2020
• China’s influence in the Indian Smartphone Market 27 June 2020
• Stop DuckDuckGo Clickjacking 17 June 2020
• Livestreaming in China: only for sales or is there brand value? 12 June 2020
• Why is video quality on Instagram and Snapchat so much worse on Android than iOS? 4 June 2020
• Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in US for tracking 'private' internet use 4 June 2020
• Urbanization is driving a wave of new internet users in China 2 June 2020

May 2020

• White House organizes harassment of Twitter employee as Trump threatens company 29 May 2020
• Kuaishou users don't need to leave the app to buy on JD 29 May 2020
• Camo Beta 29 May 2020
• The painful death of BlackBerry 26 May 2020
• Jekyll and GitHub Pages 25 May 2020
• Students are failing AP tests because the College Board can’t handle iPhone photos 25 May 2020
• France orders social media platforms to remove extremist content in 1 hour or pay a fine 15 May 2020
• Becky Hansmeyer's WWDC 2020 Wishlist 15 May 2020
• Search in Messages.app 15 May 2020
• Scunthorpe Sans, a profanity-obscuring font 15 May 2020
• Throttling Due to Thunderbolt Left Proximity Sensor 12 May 2020
• Microsoft Word Now Flags Double Spaces As Errors 12 May 2020
• AirPods Pro Thoughts 12 May 2020
• Keyboard shortcut app 11 May 2020
• There Should Be an iCloud Keychain App 11 May 2020
• How to Restart the Touch Bar 11 May 2020

October 2019

• Google chief: I’d disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home 28 October 2019

April 2019

• Laptop customer service and tech support: 2019 ratings and reviews 29 April 2019
• Amazon Prime to get faster deliveries with one-day shipping pledge 26 April 2019
• Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords unencrypted 24 April 2019
• Facebook says it ‘unintentionally uploaded’ 1.5 million people’s email contacts without their consent 24 April 2019

March 2019

• Facebook stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in plain text for years 24 March 2019
• Two-thirds of all Android antivirus apps are frauds 16 March 2019
• Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus unlocks with the video of the owner’s face 2 March 2019
• Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus Review: A $1,000 Smartphone With Compromises 2 March 2019

February 2019

• US cities burn recyclables after China bans imports 27 February 2019
• Forget USB 3.0 & USB 3.1: USB 3.2 Moving Forward 27 February 2019
• Anti-vaxx propaganda has gone viral on Facebook. Pinterest has a cure 25 February 2019
• AirPods are the second-best selling Apple product within two years of launch, search rate up 500% YoY 12 February 2019
• How did Apple’s AirPods go from mockery to millennial status symbol? 12 February 2019
• Baidu has built an AI cat shelter to care for strays 12 February 2019
• Vimeo revenue jumps 54 percent in 2018, but it is still making a loss 12 February 2019
• Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code 10 February 2019
• Western companies build products, while Chinese companies build ecosystems 7 February 2019
• A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be Assembled in USA 1 February 2019

January 2019

• Mobike to rebrand as Meituan Bike, fully integrate into Meituan’s app 23 January 2019
• 74% of Facebook users say they did not know about the platform’s list of their interests 18 January 2019
• Google to pay $40 million for Fossil’s secret smartwatch tech 18 January 2019
• Dirty PR tactics used by Qualcomm 18 January 2019
• Facebook’s ’10 Year Challenge’ is harmless, or is it? 18 January 2019
• China drove 40% of mobile app spending and nearly half of all downloads in 2018 18 January 2019
• Phone makers are messing with Android’s memory management 13 January 2019
• Samsung Electronics fourth-quarter profit drop 29% 9 January 2019
• LG Electronics sees 80 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit 9 January 2019

December 2018

• Facebook gave Spotify and Netflix access to users’ private messages 19 December 2018
• In search of the expert team member 19 December 2018
• Android phones unlocked with a 3D-printed head 18 December 2018

November 2018

• TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat & YouTube in downloads last month 5 November 2018

October 2018

• Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Calling for Bloomberg to Retract Its Chinese Spy Chip Story 22 October 2018
• Google can no longer force Android device makers to include the Play Store in Europe 22 October 2018
• JD.com launches express delivery service with WeChat mini-program 18 October 2018
• Alipay transaction volume over Golden Week holiday more than doubles from last year 11 October 2018

September 2018

• Sorry Apple, your “most advanced” features are already commonplace in China 14 September 2018
• Ant Financial rolls out China’s first blockchain-powered electronic medical prescription service 14 September 2018
• Market cap of Pinduoduo surpasses NetEase 14 September 2018

August 2018

• Google tracks your movements even if you don’t allow it to 29 August 2018
• What’s stored in your school’s Google Drive account 29 August 2018
• Google employees are organising to protest the company’s secret, censored search engine for China 25 August 2018
• Facebook removed Onavo VPN from Apple App Store for violating data collection policies 25 August 2018
• Google Chrome on an idle Android phone sends nearly fifty times more requests per hour than iOS on Safari 25 August 2018
• Apple at $1Trillion: The Missing Theory 9 August 2018
• Apple becomes first US company to hit $1 trillion value 3 August 2018
• Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason 3 August 2018
• People aren’t that into the Galaxy S9, Samsung’s earnings show 3 August 2018
• Samsung’s anti-iPhone X ads show why it keeps losing to Apple 3 August 2018
• The Bullshit Web 3 August 2018

July 2018

• How big is China’s tech industry? 27 July 2018
• European Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices 27 July 2018
• Popular Science: ‘Do You Really Need to Properly Eject a USB Drive Before Yanking It Out?’ 27 July 2018
• China’s mobile payment platforms are transforming online marketing 24 July 2018
• The False Tale of Amazon’s Industry-Conquering Juggernaut 24 July 2018
• Google launches its first WeChat mini program as its China experiments continue 18 July 2018
• New Samsung ad ignores performance benchmarks 18 July 2018
• Apple Music has surpassed Spotify’s US subscriber count 7 July 2018
• A bug in Samsung’s default texting app is sending random pics to other people 7 July 2018
• Mobike does away with deposits in China 5 July 2018
• Apple Maps privacy 3 July 2018

June 2018

• JD.com grossed RMB 160 billion in its mid-year sale with the help of physical stores 25 June 2018
• Jack Ma: It was Dr M’s MSC that inspired me to start Alibaba 18 June 2018
• Why QR codes trump NFC in China 18 June 2018
• Google to pour $550m into JD.com in a strategic partnership 18 June 2018
• RSS curation and sharing 15 June 2018
• WeChat impresses with social impact 14 June 2018
• WeChat launches new JD shopping function 14 June 2018
• China’s tech firms are adapting to an increasingly IP sensitive environment 9 June 2018

May 2018

• 3Clicks to solve the problems with freelancing platforms 17 May 2018

March 2018

• Authorities weren’t down with a biohacker who inserted a travel card chip into his hand 16 March 2018
• Copying Apple is following the trends 2 March 2018
• Spring Festival data shows just how much Chinese love their smartphones 1 March 2018

February 2018

• A bike-sharing startup just quit France after the ‘mass destruction’ of its fleet 27 February 2018
• The Smartphone Endgame: Who wins once shipment volumes peak? 25 February 2018
• Apple sold less iPhones but generated more revenue 2 February 2018

January 2018

• Operations of Apple’s iCloud services in China are about to be transferred to a company in Guizhou 10 January 2018
• JD.com launches supermarket chain to compete with rival Alibaba 4 January 2018
• Sheer scale of the staggering size of the Chinese market 4 January 2018

December 2017

• Alipay and WeChat Pay could be affected by PBOC’s QR code standards 28 December 2017
• Dear Singapore govt, please remember the stragglers in the tech revolution 27 December 2017
• ‘Arena of Valor’ for iOS 27 December 2017
• Apple faces lawsuits and lukewarm sales forecasts as year comes to a close 27 December 2017
• Low instant noodle sales points to the economic rise of rural China 20 December 2017

November 2017

• Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled 22 November 2017

February 2017

• It’s time to admit Apple Watch is a success 1 February 2017
• A Loose Theory on the Continuing Cooling of iPad Sales 1 February 2017
• Apple’s Q1 2017 Results 1 February 2017

January 2017

• Xiaomi Stops Disclosing Phone Sales Figures 24 January 2017
• Using the Apple Watch overnight 19 January 2017
• Bill Gates on China 15 January 2017
• U.S. appeals court revives antitrust lawsuit against Apple 13 January 2017
• AirPods Have Captured One Quarter of Wireless Headphone Spending Since Launching 13 January 2017
• Android’s Emoji Problem 13 January 2017
• Apple on track to hit $1 trillion in total revenue from iOS by the middle of this year 12 January 2017
• Apple sued over fatal ‘FaceTime crash’ 11 January 2017
• The difference between Google Assistant and Siri 10 January 2017
• Apple pulled the New York Times app in China 5 January 2017

December 2016

• What I learned about my iPhone after switching to the Google Pixel 22 December 2016
• What Super Mario Run would look like as a free to play game 22 December 2016
• Benefits of iCloud in China 15 December 2016

November 2016

• Why Samsung’s Harman purchase is not an Apple blunder 18 November 2016

October 2016

• First look at the Nintendo Switch 20 October 2016
• The Google Pixel phone is looking good 20 October 2016
• Is iMessage the key to iOS lock in? 20 October 2016
• Quick Charging Would Be Great 20 October 2016

July 2016

• On Apple Music and Spotify 3 July 2016

December 2015

• Google deceptively tracks students’ internet browsing, EFF says in FTC complaint 13 December 2015

November 2015

• The iPad Pro proves that Apple’s iPad is on its last legs 16 November 2015
• The Apple Narrative 16 November 2015
• UK surveillance bill could bring ‘very dire consequences’ 10 November 2015
• Apple Music offers a peek into the future of Apple Inc, and its stark contrast to Google and Microsoft 9 November 2015
• PageFair hacked 8 November 2015
• Websites can keep ignoring “Do Not Track” requests after FCC ruling 7 November 2015
• Three new malware strains infect 20,000 Android apps, impossible to wipe 6 November 2015
• Facebook is going to start giving video makers a cut 5 November 2015

October 2015

• The background data and battery usage of Facebook’s iOS app 31 October 2015
• Fixing Evernote 31 October 2015
• Evernote open sources its localisation tool 19 October 2015
• Thoughts on Evernote’s recent troubles 4 October 2015
• Samsung decides not to patch kernel vulnerabilities in non-Lollipop S4 devices 3 October 2015
• Samsung accused of programming TVs to cheat energy efficiency ratings 3 October 2015
• Google’s Nexus phones are just ads 2 October 2015
• Millions of Facebook users have no idea they’re using the internet 2 October 2015
• Samsung TVs appear less energy efficient in real life than in tests 2 October 2015
• Can Dropbox fend off its competitors? 2 October 2015
• Google ‘Customer Match’ means your email address is now for sale to the highest bidder 1 October 2015
• iFixit violates Apple agreement 1 October 2015

September 2015

• Why parents will love Apple’s Live Photos 30 September 2015
• Watch Blackberry CEO demo the Blackberry Priv 30 September 2015
• Top analyst wrongly predicts that Apple iPhone 6S sales are weak 30 September 2015
• What it means to be great 30 September 2015
• The state of JavaScript on Android in 2015 is… poor 30 September 2015
• Seth Godin on Ad blocking 27 September 2015
• The iPhone S years 26 September 2015
• Google’s own researchers challenge key Google PR on Android 26 September 2015
• CNET blocks content from people who block ads 26 September 2015
• How to hack an Android phone 21 September 2015
• Apple’s iPhone keeps going its own way 12 September 2015
• How Apple built 3D Touch 12 September 2015
• Microsoft is downloading Windows 10 to PCs, even if you don’t “reserve” a copy 12 September 2015
• New Android ransomware locks out victims by changing lock screen PIN 12 September 2015
• Premium Android hits the wall 5 September 2015

August 2015

• A backwards S-Pen can permanently damage the Galaxy Note 5 26 August 2015
• Two weeks with the Apple Watch 26 August 2015
• A week without the Apple Watch 26 August 2015
• It may seem silly 23 August 2015
• Don’t expect iPhone 6S to save Apple 23 August 2015
• New data uncovers the surprising predictability of Android lock patterns 23 August 2015
• Even when told not to, Windows 10 just can’t stop talking to Microsoft 15 August 2015
• Hackers can remotely steal fingerprints from Android phones 13 August 2015
• Apple Pay competitor CurrentC may not launch until next year 13 August 2015
• Bubble Cloud Widget + Wear brings a stylish launcher to Android Wear 13 August 2015
• HTC trading below cash leaves smartphone brand with no value 12 August 2015
• Hackers exploit Flash vulnerability in Yahoo ads 5 August 2015
• Inside the sad, expensive failure of Google+ 5 August 2015
• The security flaw Google built into Android 5 August 2015
• Samsung glamour days over as it fights to save mobile market share 5 August 2015
• Microsoft posts record loss as it writes down Nokia 4 August 2015
• Apple reports record third quarter results 4 August 2015
• Goodbye, Android 3 August 2015
• Web browser efficiency 2 August 2015
• Solitaire for Windows 10 is a fremium game 2 August 2015
• Privacy issues with Windows 10 2 August 2015
• Windows 10 will use your bandwidth to push updates to others 2 August 2015
• The Verge’s web sucks 2 August 2015

July 2015

• Twitch is ditching Flash and switching to HTML5 23 July 2015
• The way forward in productivity 20 July 2015
• Clickbait vs real journalism 14 July 2015
• Why not everyone should be doing beta testing 14 July 2015
• Google Photos may be uploading your pics, even if you don’t want it to 14 July 2015
• Mozilla has had enough of Flash’s security flaws, disables Firefox plugin 14 July 2015
• Authors and booksellers accuse Amazon of antitrust violations, demand inquiry 14 July 2015
• Security researcher reveals that Google App Engine is vulnerable to attack 14 July 2015
• Facebook’s head of security wants Flash to die 14 July 2015
• HTC lose half of its market cap in four months 11 July 2015
• The latest Flash zero-day is no joke 11 July 2015
• Read it later 8 July 2015
• Doug Menuez on Steve Jobs 6 July 2015
• Tim Cook’s speech on encryption and privacy 4 July 2015
• Apple Music audio quality 4 July 2015
• No, Apple is not adding DRM to songs on your Mac you already own 4 July 2015
• DuckDuckGo bangs 4 July 2015

June 2015

• What does Android mean? 27 June 2015
• Why Android Pay isn’t really about payments at all 27 June 2015
• Why is Android still the second platform developers work on? 27 June 2015
• Google eavesdropping tool installed on computers without permission 27 June 2015
• Apple versus Google 27 June 2015
• Why not Google 27 June 2015
• 6 reasons to get excited about OS X El Capitan 27 June 2015
• IMAX’s absurd attempt to censor Ars Technica 21 June 2015
• Trevor Bauer tweets from his iPhone in a Samsung PR move 20 June 2015
• How the iPhone crippled BlackBerry 17 June 2015

May 2015

• How NSA and allies exploit Google and Samsung app stores 23 May 2015
• Millions of Android phones don’t completely wipe data 23 May 2015
• Forget being an iPhone 6 killer, Galaxy S6 sales are a total disaster for Samsung 23 May 2015
• Samsung Clear View case ruins Galaxy S6 Edge 18 May 2015
• SwiftKey Emoji Analysis 4 May 2015
• The evolution of mobile screen sizes 4 May 2015
• Samsung’s latest video looks oddly familiar 4 May 2015
• Apple Watch and James Bond watches 2 May 2015

April 2015

• On the new MacBook 30 April 2015
• Apple reports record second quarter results 29 April 2015
• The difference between Apple and Samsung industrial design 29 April 2015
• Safari users win right to sue Google over privacy 22 April 2015
• Google is practically begging Firefox users to switch their default search engine 22 April 2015
• What does Google need on mobile? 22 April 2015
• Inside the US antitrust probe of Google 22 April 2015
• Samsung caught hiring fans to attend their S6 press conference 12 April 2015
• If consumers don’t see your brand as premium, then it’s not 12 April 2015
• With Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, Samsung tries to regain its footing 12 April 2015
• Samsung expects Q1 profits to drop 30% 12 April 2015
• Samsung executive delighted that Apple followed them 12 April 2015
• Samsung executive mocks iPhone bending 12 April 2015

March 2015

• Android Wear ads 23 March 2015
• Pebble Time is not a serious Apple Watch competitor 22 March 2015
• Macs not vulnerable to BadUSB attack 22 March 2015
• Apple Pay security 22 March 2015
• The inside story of how Apple’s new medical research platform was born 22 March 2015
• Why Swiss smartwatches have no chance against the Apple Watch 22 March 2015
• You should use DuckDuckGo 20 March 2015
• Apple Retina MacBook draws laughs from PC makers 20 March 2015
• The truth behind The Guardian’s negative Apple Watch story 18 March 2015
• Oracle extends its adware bundling to include Java for Macs 7 March 2015
• The approach to designing the Apple Watch 7 March 2015
• The Apple Watch is time, saved 7 March 2015
• Google wants to own .app, .blog, .cloud, .dev and .search domains 6 March 2015
• Samsung stopped using Apple patents 5 March 2015
• Samsung’s weak brand loyalty 5 March 2015
• Google backtracks from Android Lollipop encryption 4 March 2015
• How secure is Samsung Pay? 4 March 2015
• WSJ’s false claim of Apple Pay fraud 4 March 2015

February 2015

• Ex-GM CEO says building cars may not be worth it for Apple 22 February 2015
• Motorola boss counters criticism from Apple’s Jony Ive 22 February 2015
• CEOs of Facebook, Google and Yahoo to skip Obama’s cybersecurity summit 22 February 2015
• Difference in how Microsoft and Apple announce new products 18 February 2015
• The work of Jeff Williams 15 February 2015
• Siri is getting faster 15 February 2015
• Samsung warns customers over listening TV 12 February 2015
• Samsung TVs start inserting ads into your movies 11 February 2015
• Comcast renames customer SuperBitch Bauer 7 February 2015

January 2015

• Gartner: Windows Phone to beat iPhone by 2015 (thanks to Nokia) 31 January 2015
• Difference between how Apple and Google are perceived 29 January 2015
• Samsung’s mobile profits plunge 64.2% after Apple’s iPhone 6 devastates premium Galaxy sales 29 January 2015
• Comcast renames man Asshole Brown after he tries to cancel cable 29 January 2015
• Apple had to follow Android’s lead in Flash in order to be cool 29 January 2015
• Bigger than Hollywood 25 January 2015
• Android password manager vulnerability unpatched after almost two years 25 January 2015
• Apple’s iOS devices accounted for 78% of record setting Cyber Monday mobile sales 24 January 2015
• Chinese iPhone 6 Plus appetite has Apple seeing green 24 January 2015
• BlackBerry wants iMessage 22 January 2015
• Putting words in Steve Jobs’ mouth continues apace 22 January 2015
• Samsung market share plunges in South Korea 22 January 2015
• The entitlement mentality 20 January 2015
• A car key embedded in your watch 20 January 2015
• How Amazon tricks you into thinking it has the lowest prices 20 January 2015
• Analyst predicts doom for Apple 17 January 2015
• Official BlackBerry Twitter account sends out tweet from an iPhone 15 January 2015
• Bill Gates heaps praise on Apple Pay 15 January 2015
• Malicious software said to spread on Android phones 15 January 2015
• Apple and eras of flux 15 January 2015
• Facebook wants you to use it at Work 14 January 2015
• To beat the iPhone, you have to beat the iPhone’s camera 14 January 2015
• WhatsApp and iMessage could be banned in the UK under new surveillance plans 14 January 2015
• Xiaomi copies Apple’s design but warns users not to buy copies 13 January 2015
• Twitter’s plans autoplay video ads 11 January 2015
• Is Uber’s rider database a sitting duck for hackers? 11 January 2015
• Jury finds Apple not liable of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case 10 January 2015
• China buys more iPhones than the US for first time in record-setting sales quarter 10 January 2015
• Two scenarios for the smartwatch market 9 January 2015
• Less than 0.1% of Android devices run Lollipop 9 January 2015
• The real story behind Jeff Bezo’s Fire Phone debacle 9 January 2015
• TAG Heuer and the future of the luxury watch industry 7 January 2015
• Thoughts on iPad sales 4 January 2015
• Autodromo’s Bradley Price on the Apple Watch 4 January 2015
• Apple Watch: Initial thoughts and observations 4 January 2015
• Mozilla finally brings Firefox to iOS 3 January 2015
• Yahoo’s decline 2 January 2015
• Jenxi’s favourite apps of 2014 2 January 2015
• Samsung shutters flagship London store amid falling sales 1 January 2015
• Android hardware profits tanked in 2014 1 January 2015
• Is algebra necessary? 1 January 2015
• Apple sued for false advertising of iPhones 1 January 2015
• They laughed at the DOJ’s e-book antitrust case against Apple 1 January 2015

December 2014

• When Amazon went to war against punctuation 31 December 2014
• Duet: iPad as a secondary Mac display 20 December 2014
• Bezos defends Amazon’s lack of profits, stance on publishers 18 December 2014
• Customer data collection: why choose Apple Pay over CurrentC 4 December 2014
• Apple Pay is market leader in contactless payments after one week 4 December 2014

November 2014

• The myth of device lock-in 28 November 2014
• CurrentC versus credit cards 27 November 2014
• Uber executive suggests digging up dirt on journalists 27 November 2014
• Yahoo Finance: Apple Pay sides with credit card industry over consumer interests 27 November 2014
• W3C – the group that rules the web 26 November 2014
• Misconceptions about Apple Pay 26 November 2014
• How secure is your messaging app? 19 November 2014
• Samsung reviews its own products 16 November 2014
• Deregister iMessage from a browser 10 November 2014
• Samsung refuses to pay Android royalties to Microsoft 5 November 2014
• Be a savvy Uber user 4 November 2014
• Former Android VP calls iPhone 6 ‘the most beautiful smartphone ever built’ 2 November 2014
• CurrentC customer relations 2 November 2014
• MCX doublespeak 2 November 2014
• Samsung suffered a 73.9% drop in Q3 mobile profits while Apple’s rose 11.3 percent 2 November 2014
• Why Apple Pay has little to fear from retailers 2 November 2014
• CurrentC and antitrust implications 2 November 2014

October 2014

• On the Apple SIM 23 October 2014
• FBI is wrong about Apple’s encryption 22 October 2014
• Choosing an iPad model 22 October 2014
• Apple’s new A8X powered iPad Air 2 smokes new Android tablets 22 October 2014
• What’s the point of audio messages? 22 October 2014
• On the celebrity data theft 6 October 2014
• What is Apple Watch 5 October 2014
• How does the iOS 8 time-lapse feature work? 5 October 2014
• Apple Watch hands-on: the wristwatch just caught up to the 21st century 5 October 2014
• Apple Watch’s real purpose 5 October 2014
• Faster horses 5 October 2014
• The real reason PayPal isn’t an Apple Pay preferred partner 5 October 2014
• US law enforcement seeks to halt Apple-Google encryption of mobile data 5 October 2014
• Compromise needed on smartphone encryption? 5 October 2014
• Staggering iPhone 6 reservation numbers defies critics 5 October 2014
• Samsung Galaxy Note 4 delivers poor graphics performance 5 October 2014
• Apple Pay: an in-depth look 4 October 2014
• Microsoft sues Samsung for $6.9 million 4 October 2014
• FBI says iPhone encryption will help kidnappers 3 October 2014
• Eric Schmidt: Apple got it wrong, Google is the safest place on the web 3 October 2014
• Samsung says Note 4 screen gap is a feature, not a manufacturing flaw 2 October 2014
• New Pebble campaign 2 October 2014

September 2014

• Literary lions unite in protest over Amazon’s e-book tactics 30 September 2014
• BlackBerry: The Endgame 30 September 2014
• Android L will have built-in encryption, just like iOS 21 September 2014
• Third party keyboard in iOS 8 key logging? 21 September 2014
• Google’s Doubleclick ad servers exposed millions to malware 20 September 2014
• Need help moving from Android phone to iPhone? 19 September 2014
• Apple says iOS 8 update keeps data private, even from the police 19 September 2014
• Ways to think about watches 19 September 2014
• Apple Watch – the smart watch for everyone 19 September 2014
• Android Browser flaw a “privacy disaster” for half of Android users 18 September 2014
• Removing the free U2 album from Apple 16 September 2014
• Tim Cook on Charlie Rose 15 September 2014
• Significance of iCloud 8 September 2014
• Analyst: Samsung sets Apple up for easy victory this fall 8 September 2014
• Samsung’s cutting edge innovation 8 September 2014
• Samsung’s sixth smartwatch 8 September 2014

August 2014

• Amazon wrongly cites George Orwell 10 August 2014
• Microsoft’s loss of $1.7 billion on Surface 9 August 2014
• Viability of a cheap iPhone 7 August 2014
• The reliablity of IDC & Gartner data 6 August 2014
• Microsoft’s Samsung action 6 August 2014

July 2014

• Xiaomi steals photos to pass off as images taken by its phone cameras 29 July 2014
• New Android ‘Fake ID’ flaw empowers stealthy new class of super-malware 29 July 2014
• Facebook to disable messaging in main iOS app 29 July 2014
• Life inside Comcast 29 July 2014
• Another Amazon Fire Phone review 26 July 2014
• BlackBerry and Dell not worried about Apple-IBM partnership 26 July 2014
• eBay sold $2 billion worth of Apple devices in the past year 26 July 2014
• Google’s number game 26 July 2014
• Mobile leverage 24 July 2014
• App store revenue 24 July 2014
• Amazon Fire Phone review 24 July 2014
• Xiaomi not copying Apple 24 July 2014
• Why slowing iPad sales didn’t surprise Apple and shouldn’t surprise you 24 July 2014
• Deconstructing Satya 24 July 2014
• Verizon’s Accidental Mea Culpa 24 July 2014
• Comcast customer retention 24 July 2014
• Apple’s $7.7 billion record quarterly profit 23 July 2014
• Unlocking your phone with a digital tattoo 23 July 2014
• Stephen Elop’s Nokia 20 July 2014
• Looks by Dr Dre 20 July 2014
• The power struggle between Google’s Android and Samsung’s Tizen 20 July 2014
• Microsoft leadership 20 July 2014
• Tim Cook does 80 percent of work on iPad 18 July 2014
• Google to finally fix a 2010 Chrome for Windows battery drain bug 18 July 2014
• Apple and IBM storm the enterprise 17 July 2014
• Samsung Level Headphones 17 July 2014
• Apple keyboard 16 July 2014
• US National Federation of the Blind on Apple’s commitment to accessibility 13 July 2014
• Convergence of OS X and iOS 12 July 2014
• Bloomberg changed Samsung headline to a milder tone 11 July 2014
• Products employee wouldn’t use 11 July 2014
• Ditch Dropbox for Apple’s iCloud Photo Library 10 July 2014
• The right to be forgotten 10 July 2014
• iWatch and Android Wear 10 July 2014
• A company made of people 9 July 2014
• Why iPhone is not a commodity 9 July 2014
• Experience matters more than features 9 July 2014
• Samsung admits weak demand for its phones is damaging profits 9 July 2014
• Microsoft, Past and Future 8 July 2014
• Owning the experience is key to Apple’s customer satisfaction 7 July 2014
• iWatch thoughts 7 July 2014
• Everything that went wrong at the Google I/O keynote 7 July 2014
• Android TV – the sixth generation Google TV 7 July 2014
• Elephants in the Google I/O Room 7 July 2014
• Why Apple really cares about your privacy 7 July 2014
• Samsung ‘Wall Huggers’ ad 4 July 2014
• Apple’s philosophy 2 July 2014

June 2014

• Facebook Slingshot 19 June 2014
• iCloud Photo Library 18 June 2014
• Facebook Slingshot is another jab at Snapchat 18 June 2014
• Samsung insanity 14 June 2014
• Facebook to ignore do-not-track setting on web browsers 13 June 2014
• What product designers can learn from iOS 8’s iMessage changes 12 June 2014
• Reaction to health sensors show bias against Apple 8 June 2014
• Relevance of Google Search and advertising 7 June 2014
• Google predicts ads in odd spots like thermostats 7 June 2014
• Google’s ad-driven web 7 June 2014
• The rise of smartphone notifications 7 June 2014
• For people who claim to be disappointed by WWDC 6 June 2014
• How Google’s self-driving cars work 6 June 2014
• Apple’s take on cloud 6 June 2014

May 2014

• Foursquare and Swarm 26 May 2014
• iTunes and streaming 20 May 2014

April 2014

• Google I/O thinks focus on design will make Android more attractive 19 April 2014
• Mobile industry commit to anti-theft kill switch 16 April 2014
• Google makes it clear that it is scanning your email 16 April 2014
• The Nocera confusion 16 April 2014
• The day Microsoft gave up world domination and settled for relevance 9 April 2014
• Microsoft says it will stop inspecting your emails 8 April 2014
• Three Mozilla board members resign over choice of new CEO 8 April 2014
• Roku CEO: Apple TV is a money-loser 8 April 2014

March 2014

• 97% of mobile malware is on Android 30 March 2014
• Two Google Play apps secretly mines Litecoin and Dogecoin 29 March 2014
• Android KitKat’s SD card change breaks apps 22 March 2014
• WhatsApp says reports of security flaw are overstated and inaccurate 21 March 2014
• LeBron James bashes sponsor Samsung 15 March 2014
• Apple needs to take action 6 March 2014
• The real impact of CarPlay 6 March 2014

February 2014

• BlackBerry CEO on T-Mobile’s campaign to convert BlackBerry users to iPhone 20 February 2014
• Four numbers that explain why Facebook acquired WhatsApp 20 February 2014
• Google Glass guidelines 20 February 2014
• Samsung to implement fingerprint sensor in the upcoming Galaxy S5 19 February 2014
• Asus routers allow strangers to access your files 19 February 2014
• HTC blames Nvidia for delay in One X update to Kitkat 18 February 2014
• Microsoft vs Microsoft 18 February 2014
• Mozilla plans to sell ads in Firefox 18 February 2014
• iOS dominates enterprise market in Q4 2013 18 February 2014
• New Android OEM licensing terms leak shows how “open” Android is 14 February 2014
• Windows 8 sells 100 million fewer cpies than Windows 7 at 15 months 14 February 2014
• Apple and Samsung dominate mobile profits 14 February 2014
• Apple passing Microsoft 14 February 2014
• The iTunes empire 11 February 2014
• How the value trap squeezes Windows PC makers’ revenues and profits 11 February 2014
• Apple’s Tim Cook on the smartphone market 8 February 2014
• Sony revises its profit forecast to a $1.1 billion annual loss 8 February 2014

January 2014

• Why does Google keep making products for nobody? 23 January 2014
• One diabetic’s take on Google’s Smart Contact Lenses 23 January 2014
• Adware vendors buy Chrome extensions to inject ads and malware 23 January 2014
• Apple expands worldwide access to educational content 23 January 2014
• How Newsstand broke the home button on iOS 23 January 2014
• Apple agrees to refund $32.5 million for unauthorised in-app purchases 18 January 2014
• Smart appliances make a connected home vulnerable 18 January 2014
• Facebook’s trending feature 17 January 2014
• WeChat allows users to set up online investment fund via TenPay 16 January 2014
• I use Safari to read Twitter on iOS 7 January 2014
• Let’s get rid of App Store star ratings 4 January 2014
• iA drops Syntax Control patent, internet silent 4 January 2014
• HTC explains why its devices have not been updated to Android 4.4 3 January 2014
• About Quartz’s view that 2013 was a lost year for tech 3 January 2014
• Samsung Electronics’ market value plunges by almost $9 billion 3 January 2014
• Apple fires back at NSA iPhone spyware claims 1 January 2014

December 2013

• Why Google does not license Android 31 December 2013
• HTC Android devices banned in Germany for infringing Nokia patents 31 December 2013
• Twitter adds account favourite to its Android app 31 December 2013
• John Gruber: Damned if they do, damned if they don’t 31 December 2013
• Samsung wants to reach a settlement with Apple in the patent dispute 31 December 2013
• MacPaint and 416 pixels 30 December 2013
• iA Writer Pro controversy 27 December 2013
• BlackBerry loves Jakarta, codenames a phone after it 26 December 2013
• About that Apple holiday ad 26 December 2013
• Japanese Apple Stores likely to kick off lucky bag sales on Jan 2 26 December 2013
• Snapchat introduces a big change with a small tweak 24 December 2013
• Google updates Chrome Web Store policy to keep Chrome extensions simple 24 December 2013
• Facebook Year in Review showcases the top moments from your friends 24 December 2013
• BlackBerry’s $4.4 billion net loss 24 December 2013
• Similarities between the new Mac pro and the Power Mac G4 Cube 23 December 2013
• In case you missed it: Target’s 40 million credit cards leak, 23 December 2013
• A seamless Apple communications system 22 December 2013
• Why do people keep giving money to Foursquare? 22 December 2013
• Facebook screwed online retailers 22 December 2013
• FaceTime Audio to be available on Mac OS X 22 December 2013
• Vine available on Android Gingerbread devices but only for watching videos 22 December 2013
• Snapchat for text messaging 22 December 2013
• Did the RSA collaborate with the NSA for just $10 million? 22 December 2013
• Mailbox app now supports iCloud and Yahoo Mail 22 December 2013
• Google’s minute-by-minute map of your life 20 December 2013
• WeChat partners with StickerMe to let users create personalised stickers 20 December 2013
• Google had to start over their Android project after Apple unveiled the iPhone 20 December 2013
• Credit card data of Target’s customers stolen in a major breach 19 December 2013
• Microsoft CEO search update by board of directors 19 December 2013
• LG Chromebase 19 December 2013
• RaincheckPH helps Filipinos prepare for storms 19 December 2013
• Evernote for Android gets improved note editing 19 December 2013
• Reporting Apple’s “Rate this app” dialogs 19 December 2013
• Thoughts on ‘Button Shapes’ in iOS 7.1 Beta 2 19 December 2013
• Xiaomi’s build-it-yourself wifi router costs 15 cents 19 December 2013
• Android botnet hijacking SMS data 18 December 2013
• AirHelp helps you claim compensation that you are entitled to 17 December 2013
• Who buys the iPhone 5C? 17 December 2013
• Shameless carriers 17 December 2013
• Target refuses to sell Beyoncé’s album after it was first released digitally 17 December 2013
• Qualcomm caught off guard by Apple’s 64-bit A7 processor 17 December 2013
• WeChat is going international with m-commerce 17 December 2013
• Microsoft’s CEO search going nowhere 17 December 2013
• It’s no surprise that the US patent system is faulty 16 December 2013
• Would the Intel IPAD have beaten the Apple iPad? 16 December 2013
• Should you rate App Store apps when prompted? 16 December 2013
• ISP turns on porn filter by default 16 December 2013
• Zuli’s Smartplugs turns your phone into a proximity-based switch in your home 16 December 2013
• Google might ditch Intel and design its own chips 16 December 2013
• Loop case turns your phone into a swipe-able credit card 16 December 2013
• Twitter 3.0 for Mac brings in-line photos, detailed tweets and full profiles 15 December 2013
• In case you missed it: Viber Out, Instagram Direct, Spotify on mobile for free, and more 15 December 2013
• U.S. Government may never know how much Edward Snowden stole 15 December 2013
• Uber releases new Uber Lost update 15 December 2013
• Twitter vulnerability lets apps send DMs without user permission 15 December 2013
• What Medium is for 15 December 2013
• Facebook’s News Feed update hurting social media marketers 14 December 2013
• Appsfire kills its app discovery service 14 December 2013
• 72% of prospective tablet buyers want an iPad 14 December 2013
• iPhone 5s tops all four major US carriers ever since launch 14 December 2013
• US carriers agree to standard set of rules for unlocking mobile devices 14 December 2013
• Reddit’s new user agreement lets it use your content freely 14 December 2013
• What can you do with iBeacons in your home? 13 December 2013
• How Apple can deploy iBeacons rapidly 13 December 2013
• Deutsche Post latest company to test out drone delivery 13 December 2013
• IFTTT now supports location-based triggers 13 December 2013
• Smarty Ring wants to rule them all 13 December 2013
• Instagram Direct lets you share your photos and videos privately 13 December 2013
• FC Barcelona now comes with Intel Inside 13 December 2013
• John Gruber on why Scott Forstall disappeared since he left Apple 12 December 2013
• Spotify music streaming finally available for iOS and Android for free 12 December 2013
• Microsoft might lose its Windows Phone earnings from Android 11 December 2013
• Will Microsoft use Windows RT or Android for low end devices? 11 December 2013
• Automatic turns your car into a smart car 11 December 2013
• Foursquare no longer allows private check-ins on iOS 7 11 December 2013
• Facebook might be adding a “sympathise” button 11 December 2013
• Twitter dethrones Facebook as the best tech company to work for 11 December 2013
• Google testing delivery drones 11 December 2013
• Lightning cable, the epitome of Apple 11 December 2013
• Using Instagram as a real-time search engine 11 December 2013
• Samsung tries to cover up Galaxy S4 catching fire 11 December 2013
• Evernote Market’s sales of physical goods now accounts for 30% of monthly sales 10 December 2013
• Viber Out to challenge Skype Out 10 December 2013
• Government spying possibly extends to online gaming worlds 10 December 2013
• iTunes store shows fatal error, locking users out 10 December 2013
• Amazon Cloud Drive now supports video uploads on iOS 10 December 2013
• Qualcomm introduces 64-bit chips with integrated LTE 10 December 2013
• CyanogenMod defaults to encrypted text messaging 10 December 2013
• Chasing stolen Bitcoins isn’t easy 10 December 2013
• Can the DMCA and other laws curb innovation? 10 December 2013
• Dell is asking employees to quit 10 December 2013
• US House passes bill to expose patent trolls 10 December 2013
• Twitter shows ads based on your browsing history 10 December 2013
• Google and Oracle back in court over Java 10 December 2013
• Path for Andriod allows sharing of moments to WordPress blogs 10 December 2013
• Apple abused by judge and her prosecutor friend in antitrust suit 10 December 2013
• Apple’s smart dock to allow devices to access Siri 10 December 2013
• Apple celebrates life of Nelson Mandela 10 December 2013
• Apple stores activate iBeacons to push micro-location information to our device 10 December 2013
• Samsung viral ad fumbles when Franz Beckenbauer tweets from iPhone 10 December 2013
• FBI could be quietly spying on you via your webcam 10 December 2013
• Codeacademy: Hour of Code teaches you programming on your iPhone 10 December 2013
• Facebook runs giant stacks of Mac Minis 9 December 2013
• Square Reader refined 9 December 2013
• Large tech companies seek global government surveillance reform 9 December 2013
• BlackBerry refused Justin Bieber’s offer to be brand ambassador 9 December 2013
• Microsoft designs smart bra to combat emotional eating 9 December 2013
• Uber might be more valuable than Facebook 9 December 2013
• Twitter to be available on mobile phones without Internet 9 December 2013
• Motorola’s Project Ara modular phone inching closer to reality 9 December 2013
• Elgato Smart Key tracks your car and keys 8 December 2013
• Carl Icahn is now asking for $50 billion instead of $150 billion from Apple 7 December 2013
• Apple products are most wanted this holiday season 7 December 2013
• iBeacons used to provide location-based access to iOS Newsstand publications 7 December 2013
• Mint app comes to Windows and Windows Phone 7 December 2013
• Google unveils cloud service to challenge Amazon 7 December 2013
• Apple patents wireless charging system 7 December 2013
• Twitter’s little experiments to boost engagement 7 December 2013
• How Apple’s Touch ID works 7 December 2013
• Data hijacked through massive security hole in the internet 7 December 2013
• Target accidentally sells demo iPad, consumer reacts without common sense 7 December 2013
• WhatsApp updated for iOS 7 7 December 2013
• Apple patents facial recognition technology to control a device 7 December 2013
• Facebook’s new News Feed to promote quality posts 7 December 2013
• Lightstrap – a ring flash for your iPhone 7 December 2013
• Mobile wars: Microsoft predicted to overtake Apple in 3 years 7 December 2013
• China bans its banks from dealing in Bitcoin 6 December 2013
• Popular Android flashlight app has been secretly tracking you 6 December 2013
• Typo keyboard case born because Ryan Seacrest wants one 6 December 2013
• Bill passed to curb patent trolling 6 December 2013
• Android 4.4.1 to fix the Nexus 5 camera 6 December 2013
• Michael Dell wants half of his employees to work from home 6 December 2013
• Qualcomm Toq smartwatch wants you to cut the strap 6 December 2013
• Three UK allows data roaming in the U.S. with your existing plan 6 December 2013
• Imminent iPhone launch on China Mobile will be a big boost for Apple 5 December 2013
• HTC One escapes UK ban despite infringing Nokia patent, HTC One Mini banned 5 December 2013
• Epson takes on Google Glass with the Moverio BT-100 5 December 2013
• Future USB connector to be reversible 5 December 2013
• Chrome apps for Android and iOS possibly on the way 4 December 2013
• Apple provides better support for older devices than Android 4 December 2013
• Hobbit prop’s blueprint available for 3D printing 4 December 2013
• Instagram blocks competitor Mobli from its API 4 December 2013
• Snapchat snags Instagram business lead as its COO 4 December 2013
• Apple bought Topsy for search? 4 December 2013
• UPS looking into using delivery drones 4 December 2013
• China already testing drone delivery 4 December 2013
• VSCO Cam finally comes to Android 4 December 2013
• FaceCrypt uses facial recognition to encrypt your data 4 December 2013
• Find My Mac helped track down two murder suspects 4 December 2013
• Android users buy 40% of Black Friday iPads 4 December 2013
• The importance of teaching coding at a younger age 4 December 2013
• LINE Shopping launched in Malaysia and Indonesia 4 December 2013
• Android’s list of blocked words 3 December 2013
• Samsung Galaxy Note 3 now available in gold and red 3 December 2013
• Jolla phone, the Nokia that could have been 3 December 2013
• Salesforce botched its hackathon. Then botched it again. 3 December 2013
• Windows Phone successfully competing with Android for the low end market? 3 December 2013
• Study shows removing DRM boosts music sales by 10 percent 2 December 2013
• Amazon Prime Air delivery drones to achieve half-hour shipping 2 December 2013
• In case you missed it: Bitcoin soars, Tencent’s 1 billion users, Android-iOS revenue gap, Samsung’s advertising splurge, and more 2 December 2013
• iOS vs Android shopping usage 1 December 2013
• Apple’s iPhones take the top 9 spots of Japan’s top 10 smartphones ranking 1 December 2013
• Soon you can install Sailfish on your Android device 1 December 2013
• Apple goes red for World AIDS Day 1 December 2013
• US stolen smartphone database complete 1 December 2013
• You should have invested in technology stocks in 2013 1 December 2013
• Jony Ive’s early designs 1 December 2013
• Microsoft ready to kill Windows RT 1 December 2013
• Apple’s Newsstand app in its forgotten corner 1 December 2013
• Samsung’s $14 billion splurge in advertising this year not bringing in desired results 1 December 2013
• Fujitsu launches laptop with contactless palm authentication 1 December 2013
• Apple’s iPhone, iPad used in 82% of mobile sales on Black Friday 1 December 2013
• Facebook testing feature to surface old posts 1 December 2013
• Indie Platformer Badland finally available on Android 1 December 2013
• nio Card wants to be your Bitcoin debit card 1 December 2013

November 2013

• Can Kik displace the current messaging giants? 30 November 2013
• Swably aims to be the Napster of mobile apps 30 November 2013
• Nexus phones vulnerable to SMS attack 30 November 2013
• Samsung defends Galaxy Gear as a ‘small green tomato’ 30 November 2013
• Apple accounts for 63% of worldwide ad impression share, 32% for Android 30 November 2013
• Tablets tops the chart for viewing long videos 30 November 2013
• Tablets to make up for nearly 50% of 2014 PC shipments 30 November 2013
• Android vs Windows Phone 29 November 2013
• Elementary OS, the Linux distro that looks like Mac OS X 29 November 2013
• Apple patents Lytro-like refocusable phone camera 29 November 2013
• Tencent’s 1 billion users and it just got started on the international market 29 November 2013
• Google uses over 40,000 Macs 29 November 2013
• OCZ files for bankruptcy. Toshiba swoops. 29 November 2013
• DIY cellphone that costs $200 29 November 2013
• Now trending: $4 billion 29 November 2013
• Microsoft OneNote gets a major update 29 November 2013
• Apple purchased PrimeSense for mapping instead of motion sensing technology? 29 November 2013
• Moto X from Republic Wireless defaults to calls over Wi-Fi 29 November 2013
• Former Nokia employees launch Jolla smartphone 29 November 2013
• CyanogenMod installer removed from Play Store on Google’s request 29 November 2013
• Evernote embraces hardware 29 November 2013
• $7.5 million worth of Bitcoins discarded in landfill 29 November 2013
• Volkswagen’s Play the Road app 29 November 2013
• Retina iPad Mini has a poorer display compared to the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX 29 November 2013
• WeChat’s first 5 games hit 570 million downloads in 3 months 29 November 2013
• China, and the soaring price of Bitcoin 29 November 2013
• Is Amazon winning the cloud battle? 28 November 2013
• T-Mobile and AT&T battle on twitter to win one customer 28 November 2013
• Is Fab.com doomed to repeat the mistakes of Jobster? 28 November 2013
• Apple App Store search finally notices common typing mistakes 28 November 2013
• OS X Mavericks review after one month of usage 28 November 2013
• Microsoft continues its anti-Google drive with an ad attacking the Chromebook 28 November 2013
• Apple takes 76% share of Japan smartphone sales in October 28 November 2013
• Google Street View goes indoors 28 November 2013
• Angela Ahrendts on what she considers true success 28 November 2013
• The huge gap in developer revenue between Android and iOS 28 November 2013
• Blu Life Pro is a selfie phone 28 November 2013
• In case you missed it: Windows Phone gets essential apps, Yahoo employees reject company’s email system; a gold HTC One; and more? 28 November 2013
• Bitcoin value reaches $1,000 28 November 2013
• BBM to be preinstalled on some Android devices 27 November 2013
• How Google made Android 4.4 KitKat support older devices 26 November 2013
• Software is changing the world (again) 26 November 2013
• LINE’s 300 million users will be a problem for WhatsApp 26 November 2013
• Newegg loses a patent dispute, ordered to pay $2.3 million 26 November 2013
• Google to pay $17 million for privacy violation 26 November 2013
• Microsoft’s Xbox One launch in Times Square 26 November 2013
• Stereopublic: an app to map noise level 26 November 2013
• Porsche Design BlackBerry a phone that no one will buy? 26 November 2013
• IDrive backs up you Facebook uploads and media you were tagged in 26 November 2013
• 18 months of research to switch to e-books ended in a disaster 26 November 2013
• How Touch ID secures fingerprint information 26 November 2013
• Waze to use celebrities for voice navigation 26 November 2013
• HTC introduces gold-colored HTC One for the masses 26 November 2013
• iCloud limits increased 26 November 2013
• Fans petition AOL to open source Winamp code 26 November 2013
• Instagram messaging? 26 November 2013
• Eric Schmidt guides you to convert from iPhone to Android 26 November 2013
• Blunderbusiness Class DIY gun from parts purchased at airport 26 November 2013
• Dayre offers a new take on blogging 26 November 2013
• Kano computer kit can be assembled in seconds 26 November 2013
• LINE passes the 300 million user mark, aims for 500 million in 2014 26 November 2013
• Apple acquires PrimeSense for $360 million 25 November 2013
• Only 25% of Yahoo staff are willing to dogfood Yahoo Mail 25 November 2013
• NSA infected over 50,000 networks worldwide 24 November 2013
• 64-bit Android on Intel coming next year 24 November 2013
• Message encryption coming to Office 365 in early 2014 24 November 2013
• Nokia begins its long road to recovery 24 November 2013
• Twitter boosts security with forward secrecy 24 November 2013
• Sir Richard Branson believes in Bitcoin 24 November 2013
• Your typing pattern can be used to identify you 23 November 2013
• New Twitter app features on iPhone and Android 23 November 2013
• Software patent reform stopped by IBM and Microsoft 23 November 2013
• Google’s Project Link 23 November 2013
• Microsoft launches anti-Google merchandise line 23 November 2013
• Instagram’s differences across mobile platforms 23 November 2013
• Android 4.4+ KitKat ships without browser app 23 November 2013
• Google launches Newsstand app for Android 23 November 2013
• Google lets you tour Middle Earth 23 November 2013
• Samsung gives US-based Galaxy Note 3 owners $50 Google Play credit 23 November 2013
• Samsung claims to have sold 800,000 Galaxy Gear watches 23 November 2013
• LG tracking viewer habits with its Smart TVs 23 November 2013
• Explore Life on iPad 23 November 2013
• Dropbox’s new look on iOS 23 November 2013
• Apple App Store introduces video trailers 23 November 2013
• Elon Musks: MBA is a bad idea 23 November 2013
• Scientists invent self-healing electrode 22 November 2013
• Twitter web gets cleaner look 21 November 2013
• Waze joins Instagram on Windows Phone 21 November 2013
• Windows Phone finally gets Instagram 21 November 2013
• New Nexus Wireless Charger reviewed 21 November 2013
• Winamp presses stop 21 November 2013
• Wikipedia battles PR company offering paid editing services on site 20 November 2013
• Cupid Media Dating Website hack exposes 42 million plaintext passwords 20 November 2013
• Gaming company fined for turning gaming machines into Bitcoin drones 20 November 2013
• Pencil by FiftyThree is a beautiful stylus 20 November 2013
• Apple invests heavily in solar power 19 November 2013
• New China reform plan to reinforce the Great Firewall 19 November 2013
• Yahoo to join Google in encrypting traffic between data centers 19 November 2013
• Steve Ballmer admits he was part of the problem at Microsoft 19 November 2013
• Michael Bloomberg shares how he got rich 19 November 2013
• Only one in three Samsung smartphone sold are comparable to the iPhone 18 November 2013
• IDC data shows 66% of Android’s 81% smartphone share are junk phones 18 November 2013
• Carl Icahn’s shares worth $2.5 billion 18 November 2013
• European Commission approves internet surfing in the sky 18 November 2013
• Bill Gates on being the editor of WIRED 18 November 2013
• JPMorgan’s Twitter fail 18 November 2013
• Time to give up on Windows? 18 November 2013
• F-Secure offers online file storage, stands up for privacy? 18 November 2013
• Why did Snapchat turn down three billion dollars? 18 November 2013
• This week’s must-reads: Apple Maps, Bill Gates, The one Coin, and more 17 November 2013
• HDmessaging helps carriers fight back against free messaging apps 16 November 2013
• Daring Fireball on the Retina iPad Mini 16 November 2013
• Nexus 5 is the best Android device 16 November 2013
• Window’s 30 years of evolution 16 November 2013
• An author’s take on Google’s book-scanning 16 November 2013
• Android 4.4 KitKat images for suported Nexus devices released 16 November 2013
• Could Google Glass become essential to photography? 16 November 2013
• Moto G reviewed. King of budget phones? 16 November 2013
• SmugMug’s Camera Awesome app took 20 months longer to be developed for Android 16 November 2013
• EASA allows use of electronic devices on board 16 November 2013
• PlayStation 4 review by Polygon 16 November 2013
• Smart move Apple 16 November 2013
• Elon Musk wants to build an electric pickup truck and supersonic jet 16 November 2013
• Evernote to learn your habits 16 November 2013
• The Nexus 5’s “exclusive” launcher works on other devices 16 November 2013
• One Coin to rule them all 15 November 2013
• Judge approves of Google’s book-scanning 15 November 2013
• Dropbox for personal and business play nice 14 November 2013
• Microsoft drops controversial employee stack ranking system 14 November 2013
• Lavabit fined $10,000 for delay in handing over SSL keys 14 November 2013
• Occupy Wall Street activists buy $15 million of medical debt 14 November 2013
• Steve Ballmer has made more than $1.7 billion since resigning 13 November 2013
• Moto X’s sales disappoint: 500,000 devices sold so far 13 November 2013
• Pentagon ponders “Plan B” for a world without BlackBerry 13 November 2013
• Instagram scam tricked 100,000 users into giving away passwords 13 November 2013
• Can you really teach entrepreneurship? 13 November 2013
• Bill Gates: Here’s my plan to improve our world 13 November 2013
• Twitter custom timelines 13 November 2013
• Apple’s surprising growth in Japan 13 November 2013
• About that Bloomberg report on next year’s curved iPhones 13 November 2013
• Vine finally arrives on Windows Phone 13 November 2013
• Pitch your startup to business class passengers in the sky 13 November 2013
• More signs that Apple is moving towards sapphire displays 13 November 2013
• Amazon packages to arrive on Sunday too 13 November 2013
• Netflix and YouTube lead the online video race, leaving Amazon and Hulu far behind 13 November 2013
• Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won 12 November 2013
• Line positioned to dominate mobile messaging in Asia 12 November 2013
• Moving from iOS to Android 12 November 2013
• Wait, wasn’t Twitter supposed to be dead by now? 11 November 2013
• Why an 80% market share might only represent half of smartphone users 11 November 2013
• Microsoft shouldn’t kill Bing and Xbox 11 November 2013
• Pushing the boundaraies of digital editorial design 11 November 2013
• Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 review: Unapologetically content-driven | TechHive 11 November 2013
• A curved iPhone? 10 November 2013
• Apple invests heavily in synthetic sapphire 10 November 2013
• Acer CEO resigns 10 November 2013
• Lenovo blocked from acquiring BlackBerry by Canadian government 10 November 2013
• Microsoft makes $2 billion from Android patents, loses $2.5 billion on Skype, Xbox, and Windows Phone 10 November 2013
• About the new iWork for Mac 10 November 2013
• Apple employs ‘warrant canary’ to warn users of future compliance with Patriot Act info requests 10 November 2013
• OS X Mavericks Mail app updated 9 November 2013
• Instagram rival Mobli to be pushed to millions of phones 8 November 2013
• International hypocrisy on privacy 8 November 2013
• Bookstores don’t want to offer Amazon’s Kindle 7 November 2013
• Google+ profile photo to automatically become your caller ID photo 6 November 2013
• Lavabit not as secure as previously thought 6 November 2013
• Without net neutrality, the Internet will never be the same 6 November 2013
• BitTorrent Sync reaches 1 million active users, opens up API 6 November 2013
• Google Helpouts brings paid real time help to you 6 November 2013
• AppStorm reviews Numbers 3 for Mac 5 November 2013
• Apple to build factory in Arizona creating 2000+ jobs 5 November 2013
• MacKenzie Bezos wrote an Amazon review of a book on Jeff Bezos and Amazon 5 November 2013
• T-Mobile trashes the wireless business model 5 November 2013
• Tim Cook supports workplace equality 5 November 2013
• Overview of iCloud Keychain 5 November 2013
• BlackBerry new lease of life? 5 November 2013
• Desperate social media managers 5 November 2013
• Ditching Gmail for IMAP 5 November 2013
• Issues with Gmail when using Mail on Mavericks 5 November 2013
• The Nexus 5 still has an underperforming camera 5 November 2013
• BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins steps down 4 November 2013
• Should tablet apps cost more? 4 November 2013
• badBIOS malware bypasses airgaps designed to prevent it from spreading 3 November 2013
• Some insights and history of the iPad 3 November 2013
• Lucida Grande Retina-optimised in OS X Mavericks 2 November 2013
• Mac OS in Javascript 2 November 2013
• JD Power explains why Samsung beat Apple in its news satisfaction study 2 November 2013
• Advertising budgets over the years for a few companies 2 November 2013
• Rockstar, patent-holding firm partially owned by Apple and Microsoft, sues Google and Android device makers 2 November 2013
• Is Carl Icahn good for your company? 2 November 2013
• Good design is timeless 2 November 2013
• iPhone 5s and Nokia Lumia 1020 cameras compared 1 November 2013
• The inside story of why Blackberry is failing 1 November 2013
• Virgin America’s new in-flight safety video 1 November 2013
• FAA to allow airlines to expand use of personal electronics 1 November 2013
• Google Hangouts adds SMS support, still not iMessage yet 1 November 2013

October 2013

• Samsung wins JD Power 2013 US Tablet Satisfaction Study 31 October 2013