Tech coming from the Nordic countries--think Linux or Skype--often levels social, technological, and commercial playing fields. This isn’t a coincidence, it’s just part of what being Scandinavian means.READ MORE›
High-tech gear can be indispensable in getting pictures and stories of the horrors happening in Syria out of the locked-down country, but it’s a double-edged sword: The powerful Syrian military also knows how to use tech to hunt ...READ MORE›
Hoffman's previously tossed cash at Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga. Now the Greylock partner sees potential in the data you can collect from watching who gives what kinds of gifts to whom, and when, and why.READ MORE›
With the American military presence in Afghanistan continuing indefinitely, more and more troops have been missing the birth of their children back home. So the Defense Department is quietly setting up Skype birthing rooms for troops.READ MORE›
Vimessa launches today as "the world's first video voicemail app for any mobile device," into a complex market of personal messaging where Google and Apple are already trying to own your attention.
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Major security flaws in Skype, newly verified by an international academic research team, leave users vulnerable to stalkers, blackmailers, and other hackers. How long until Skype, under new ownership at Microsoft, fixes this?READ MORE›
Tomorrow Apple is due to launch its iOS 5 update to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch's systems, bringing iMessage with it. Because of this, and other new tech, how your cell phone provider charges you for your service may be close to radically changing--powered not by internal company decisions, but by smartphone advances.READ MORE›
Skype plans to acquire popular group-messaging service GroupMe for a rumored $85 million. But more important than how GroupMe will benefit Skype is how it will benefit Microsoft, which is in the process of acquiring Skype for $8.5 billion.READ MORE›
In the past months, Skype's launched a massive upgrade on Android; a brand-spanking-new iPad app; unveiled a massive partnership with Facebook; and announced its acquisition to Microsoft for $8.5 billion. Is it enough to win against Google's and Apple's competitors?READ MORE›
A world without voicemail would be a wonderful world indeed. But that's not going to happen -- and even if it did, we'd lose small pleasures like "Animation Hotline," in which Dustin Grella takes one voicemail each day and turns it ...READ MORE›
Apple's unassuming $99 TV product is getting some upgrades that could potentially turn it into a multimedia powerhouse and a stealth billion-dollar business.READ MORE›
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