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US iPhone retailers training employees for quickly approaching trade-in program 27 Aug 2013 | 03:31 am
Exciting news for iPhone lovers! Apple is set to start offering their iPhone trade-in program within the United States, and it looks like it is coming more quickly than we might have expected. Accord...
Sources confirm that Steve Ballmer was pushed out by investors 26 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
Last week we covered the story about Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer announcing his retirement. In that post there was some speculation that the controversial CEO was forced out of his position by members o...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced his retirement 23 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and an often controversial leader at that, has announced that he will be retiring within the next twelve months. The announcement came from two memos posted on the off...
Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky joins ranks of Andreessen Horowitz…sort of 22 Aug 2013 | 09:23 pm
Steven Sinofsky, a former executive with Microsoft and a major player on the Windows project, made a surprising announcement this morning. He is going to be joining venture capital firm Andreessen Hor...
Technology partnership launched to increase Internet access globally 21 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
Today it was announced that Facebook will be leading a new group of technology companies dedicated to getting people connected on a mass scale. It is a partnership dedicated to improving the reach of...
Groklaw legal site shuts down to avoid any potential spying 20 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm
Technology law site Groklaw, which has won awards for its informative content often collaborated from emailed user tips and expertise, has shut down. Pamela Jones, the founder and site owner, has cite...
Facebook founder wall was hacked by a well-meaning threat finder 19 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm
A man from the West Bank who came across a security flaw in the Facebook privacy system used an unorthodox method of showing that it was real. But he won’t be getting his payday for the discovery. Fa...
As NSA scandal deepens, American trust weakens 16 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
As is so often the case these days, yet more details have been leaked by Edward Snowden about the National Security Agency’s surveillance efforts. Only this time, it was something that we had already ...
Facebook are currently testing a PayPal alternative 15 Aug 2013 | 09:34 pm
Facebook has announced that they will be testing out a new mobile payment service that could act as a potential alternative to financial banking system PayPal. Mobile payment platforms are all the ra...
Apple acquired TV startup Matcha.tv 14 Aug 2013 | 09:12 pm
The startup Matcha has been around since 2012, when they launched a service that tracks digital television services like Hulu and Amazon Prime. Earlier this year they suddenly shut down with no explan...
