US judge: Man's Facebook claim should be dismissed (Update)
A New York man's multibillion-dollar lawsuit claiming half-ownership of Facebook Inc. should be dismissed, a federal judge recommended Tuesday.
View ArticleHigh-skilled visa requests likely to exceed supply
The U.S. Homeland Security Department expects applications for high-skilled immigration visas to outpace the available supply in a matter of days, one of the fastest runs on the much-sought-after work...
View ArticlePersona Beta 2—identiy bridging solution—released by Mozilla
(Phys.org) —Mozilla has released the second beta of its "Persona" identity bridging solution—offering users the possibility of a single login (e-mail address) and password for all of the sites they...
View ArticleStartup links families with their independent seniors
A new way for families to stay close to independent elders that blends modern technology with old fashioned parcel post debuted on crowd-funding website Kickstarter Tuesday.
View ArticleUndisclosed glitch disrupts Google Mail for two hours (Update)
Google suffered disruptions on several of its cloud-based services including Google Mail for about two hours Wednesday for reasons that were not disclosed.
View ArticleYahoo China to end email service
Yahoo's China arm will shut down its email service later this year, state media reported Friday, in a move illustrating the brand's diminishing profile in the country.
View ArticleLawmakers hope to stop pressure to share access to social media
Some colleges and employers around the country are prying open applicants' private online accounts - a trend that two lawmakers want to stop in Wisconsin. Their draft bill would block employers,...
View ArticleTwitter security in crosshairs after AP account hijack
A hijacked Associated Press Twitter account that rattled markets with false word of an attack on the White House put the security of social media in the crosshairs.
View ArticleHotmail is dead as Outlook.com takes over
Microsoft's Hotmail, the free webmail service used by hundreds of millions of people around the world, was phased out Friday, as the US tech giant completed a rebranding to Outlook.com.
View ArticleReview: BlackBerry Z10's slick design keeps company relevant
I can still remember getting my first BlackBerry. It was a pager that had a full keyboard, and we used them to communicate among co-workers in what was then called the Tech Services department.
View ArticleGot brown widow spiders? Entomologists seek the public's help for a summer...
Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside are requesting the public to send in live brown widow spiders for a summer research project aimed at controlling the spread of the spiders.
View ArticleStudy visualizes mRNA transport in test tube
(Phys.org) —Much of biomedical science – both mystifying and awe-inspiring to the lay public – depends on an unwavering focus on things that can't be easily seen, like the inner-workings of cells, in...
View ArticleCan you talk? Apple patent calls on iPhone status check system
(Phys.org) —An Apple iPhone invention would allow you to check the availability status of another iPhone user before you make the phone call. The advantage for the caller would be avoiding being dumped...
View ArticleNew Zealand moving to 3 days a week mail service
Mail will soon be delivered to suburban New Zealand homes just three days a week as the country's postal service responds to the rise of smartphones and the decline of letters.
View ArticleLinkedIn tool shares user info on iPhone email (Update)
LinkedIn just gave its users another reason to ensure their resumes are up to date. The online professional network has introduced a mobile feature that shows information about people's careers in...
View ArticleAustralia reveals innovative 'video stamp'
Australia's mail service has injected technology into the simple postage stamp—creating a "video stamp" to deliver a personal message that recipients can view on their mobile phone.
View ArticleRussian Internet titan Mail.ru targets US
Russian Internet titan Mail.ru hit the US market with email, text messaging and gaming applications for mobile devices.
View ArticleLingering Yahoo Mail outage prompts apology
An outage at Yahoo Mail stretched into its second day on Wednesday, prompting the US Internet pioneer to apologize to unhappy users.
View ArticleYahoo Mail trouble hits fourth day
An outage at Yahoo Mail hit its fourth day on Thursday, prompting thousands of furious users to ratchet up their criticism on social media.
View ArticleYahoo chief apologizes for 'frustrating week'
Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer posted an apology late Friday for a "frustrating week" experienced by millions of its email service users.
View Article'Russian Facebook' accepts founder's resignation
Russia's top social network said Monday it had accepted the resignation of its founder, Pavel Durov, after he announced earlier this month he was leaving and then apparently changed his mind.
View ArticleCanada demands Google, Netflix data, sets deadline
Canada's broadcast regulator on Monday gave American companies Google and Netflix a three-day deadline to turn over subscriber data or have their testimony expunged from a major public hearing, media...
View ArticleYahoo Mail users furious over disruptions
Yahoo Mail users vented their anger on Twitter Friday about disruptions plaguing the free messaging service.
View ArticleAs Yahoo Turns: What's next in its decade-long soap opera?
Yahoo has starred in a decade-long soap opera during which it's run through five CEOs, fended off a hostile takeover bid from Microsoft and sparred (often unsuccessfully) with activist investors who...
View ArticleUK's Daily Mail in early talks over bid for Yahoo
The owner of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper and media group is in early talks over a bid for the ailing U.S. internet company Yahoo.
View ArticlePacking a punch online, Daily Mail moves for Yahoo
Shortlisted as a potential buyer of US Internet giant Yahoo, the Daily Mail has made an online empire out of the kind of content readers can't resist clicking on.
View ArticleSEC probing Yahoo over cyberattacks: media
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation into whether Yahoo should have informed investors sooner about two major data breaches, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday,...
View ArticleWikipedia editors ban 'unreliable' Daily Mail as source
Wikipedia editors have voted to ban the use of articles from British tabloid The Daily Mail and its globally popular website as sources, calling them "unreliable", according to a statement.
View ArticleNegative coverage of the EU in UK newspapers nearly doubled over the last 40...
A study co-authored by researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has revealed that negative coverage of the European Union in UK newspapers increased from 24 per cent to 45 per cent between...
View ArticleYahoo signs off, completes sale to Verizon
Internet pioneer Yahoo ended its two-decade run as an independent company on Tuesday, completing the sale of its core online assets to telecom giant Verizon.
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