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The malware attack that took advantage of Yahoo’s Java-based ad network around Christmas Eve was far greater than anticipated, the company confirmed in a post (via CNET) on its help web pages. Initially believed to have affected only European users on January 3, 2014, the malware ad attacks were then said to have occurred during Continue Reading →

For a feature that has so many uses across all of iOS, it is amazing how many people have never used Siri before. A survey taken in the second half of last year found that as many as 84 percent of users polled were not using Siri following the launch of iOS 7. That means Continue Reading →

The App Store’s increasingly competitive nature may mean that only a minuscule number of apps (0.01% by 2018) become financial successes, but that hasn’t slowed down growth, either in number of applications available, or their usage. According to new data released by Flurry Analytics on Monday morning, overall app usage in 2013 saw 115% year-over-year Continue Reading →

Google is acquiring connected device company Nest for $3.2B. Google sent out an email to employees noting the acquisition on Monday and later issued a press release. In the release, Google noted that Nest has been offering its best-selling thermostat since 2011 and recently began offering the Protect smoke alarm, which networks with its other Continue Reading →

Verizon Wireless has recognized local, New York City-based startup Smart Vision Labs with a $1 million award as part of its Powerful Answers Award winners during a presentation at CES. Verizon encourages innovators to help solve major world problems through this program, with special attention to education, healthcare and sustainability. Of the more than 1,300 entries submitted over Continue Reading →

If you love music, AT&T has an awesome new offer for you. The company is introducing an innovative new way for families to experience the music they love through an exclusive partnership with Beats Music by addressing the challenges that exist with current music subscription services today – lack of unique personalization and high costs Continue Reading →

Intel on Monday and Tuesday will have a big presence at the annual NRF (National Retail Federation) show at the Javits Center, where it will showcase several highly-visual, interactive technologies, all of which bring to life the Internet of Things and Big Data as major trends driving the retail industry’s continuing transformation. These ideas — Continue Reading →

PasswordBox was named the 2014 CES Mobile App Showdown winner. One of the app’s most innovative features is Digital Legacy, which lets you share your social passwords with a trusted family member to help manage what happens to social accounts after death — like your Facebook account, for instance. To get a good sense of what, exactly, this entails, Continue Reading →

President Obama will unveil his proposed reforms to the nation’s surveillance programs in a speech next Friday, Jan. 17, the White House announced. “He will be remaking remarks to discuss the outcomes of the work that has been done in the review process,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said. The administration provided no details Continue Reading →

Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only U.S. retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season last year, according to sources familiar with attacks on other merchants that have yet to be publicly disclosed. Smaller breaches on at least three other well-known U.S. retailers took place and were conducted using similar Continue Reading →