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In response to the longtime, alarming proliferation of photos and videos containing child pornography on the Internet, Web search giants Google and Microsoft plan to introduce measures to block the content from their search results. The modifications will prevent more than 100,000 search terms from generating results that link to images and videos associated with Continue Reading →

Meet the Qualcomm Toq. The $350 smartwatch will be available come December 2nd directly from Qualcomm. The watch packs some interesting features including Qualcomm’s own low-energy screen technology called Mirasol that should make it more readable in direct sunlight. The smartwatch race just got a bit more interesting. Qualcomm designed the Toq to bring Android Continue Reading →

The Retina iPad Mini can’t compete with its bigger brother at showing the same wide range of colors, according to tests run by tech review site Anandtech. Putting the new Mini through its paces, Anandtech discovered that its color gamut hasn’t changed since the first model was introduced in 2012. Further, the Retina Mini’s sRGB Continue Reading →

Programmers who are fighting with Aereo, the Web TV service, have already threatened to move their shows from free broadcast TV to paid cable TV if Aereo wins its court battle. Now the guys who sell sports are chiming in. If Aereo wins, say goodbye to Saturday night baseball or Sunday afternoon football on broadcast Continue Reading →

Amazon on Monday announced the release of Fire OS 3.1, which includes new features for its Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX devices. You can download the free update now directly from here or get it over-the-air automatically “in the coming weeks.” First and foremost, Amazon has added Goodreads integration, which isn’t much of Continue Reading →

Sony’s next-gen PlayStation 4 console is off to a good start. The company announced on Sunday that it has sold over 1 million consoles in just 24 hours. Sony’s PlayStation 4 only launched on Friday in the US and Canada, so it’s an impressive start for just two regions. (To learn everything you need to Continue Reading →

Several sources confirm that Apple is in talks to buy 3-D sensing company PrimeSense, following a report in the Israeli publication Calcalist. However, those sources stressed that the deal is not yet done, and that its reported valuation would not represent a huge win for investors. Calcalist put the value of the deal at $345 Continue Reading →

There’s a lot of speculation over whether or not the Twitter IPO is a smart long-term investment. — NewsToLiveBy (@NewsToLiveBy) November 11, 2013 If Twitter is so valuable, then we should be able to talk about anything in 140 characters or less. Right? — NewsToLiveBy (@NewsToLiveBy) November 11, 2013 With the IPO in mind, an Continue Reading →

Republic Wireless — a unique service that operates off of Sprint’s network but saves money by offloading calls and texts to Wi-Fi whenever possible — launched the Moto X on Thursday for $299 off-contract. It’s a great price (Sprint sells its Moto X outright for $549.99), and it marks the first time a well-reviewed, reasonably Continue Reading →

Dozens of startups hope to replace physical cash and credit cards with so-called digital wallets tied to smartphones. But one San Francisco outfit is counting on a smaller payments revolution: simply making a better physical credit card. The company, called Coin, announced Thursday it is making a credit card-sized device that can store information from Continue Reading →