Tech Biz

This fall, HP will ship a laptop, the ENVY 17, which will be the first laptop to ship with Leap Motion technology embedded into the hardware. Not only that, but the Leap Motion sensor included in the laptop is dramatically smaller than previous embedded designs. If you’re unfamiliar with Leap Motion, prepare to have your Continue Reading →

Time is running out for BlackBerry. The company announced on Friday that it is cutting 4,500 jobs and that it will report a net operating loss of nearly $1 billion in its next quarterly earnings report. The company also braced investors for a major quarterly revenue miss and said its preliminary earnings results show that Continue Reading →

Move over ad Twitter, here comes ad Pinterest. The social networking service, which allows users to “pin” items of interest (get it?) to digital boards, began offering personalized recommendations back in July. Now, it’s taking the approach one step further with plans to introduce promoted pins from business accounts in search and category results. Pinterest Continue Reading →

The sad truth is that, if everyone on the Forbes 400 list simultaneously (and tragically) got Cancer, or Parkinsons (or any given disease for that matter), the world would probably be well on its way to finding a cure for these illnesses, thanks to the enormous wealth that would be incentivized to back those efforts. Continue Reading →

Google announced on Thursday new logo and navigation bar for all its websites. The company says it will be rolling out the update across “most” Google products over the next few weeks. You can see the new navigation bar and Google logo to the left, or at the linked site. There are of course some Continue Reading →

Staples and RadioShack have removed Amazon lockers from their stores about a year after starting the program as competition stiffens with the online retailer. The chains began testing a system last year in which Amazon shoppers could have a Web order delivered to a store and then pick it up for no extra cost. This Continue Reading →

Apple’s iCloud Control Panel 3.0 for Windows continues to offer cross-device mail, contacts and calendar syncing between iPhones, iPads, iPod touches, Macs and Windows PCs, but adds support for bookmarks saved in Chrome and Firefox. The new feature allows iCloud users to save bookmarks on their iOS device and have it synced to Chrome and Continue Reading →

Amazon’s GameCircle framework has just gone cross-platform — as of Thursday, iOS developers can integrate the cloud service into their apps. The iOS programming interface mirrors its Android counterpart’s ability to sync achievements, leader boards and saved games across devices, even if the player switches operating systems. Developers can also post any achievements and scores Continue Reading →

In a new interview published by Businessweek this morning, wherein Sam Grobart sits down with Apple CEO Tim Cook, and SVPs Craig Federighi and Jony Ive, Cook comments on a number of things, including the comparison that’s often made between the trajectory of Windows and Mac early on, and the current heading for Android and Continue Reading →

Facebook wants you to know that people care about you. That’s the message coming from the social networking company’s Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan, who penned a post on Wednesday asking those who may be thinking about suicide to know that that there are resources to seek out help. Seeking out ways to better protect Continue Reading →