Major banks ready their own mobile payment apps

Several major national and international banks are planning to launch their own mobile payments apps next year. The banks would be major competitors to handset makers Apple and Google because unlike others pushing mobile wallet technology, such as mobile...

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Samsung attacks Chinese rivals with new mid-range Galaxy phones

With Chinese vendors coming out with high-spec phones at affordable prices, Samsung is hitting back with two handsets sporting "metal unibody" designs that'll be targeting consumers in China with mid-range prices. Samsung announced Friday the Galaxy...

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FCC's Wheeler said to mull hybrid approach to net neutrality

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission appears set to reclassify broadband so that it comes under the agency's authority, but without explicitly prohibiting special access deals between broadband and content companies, according to a news report....

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Microsoft enters smartwatch market with $200 Microsoft Band

Wednesday night Microsoft confirmed what we all expected—that it too, has a smartwatch that it wants you to wear 24/7, for work and for play, called the Microsoft Band. Looking as much like a hospital bracelet as anything else, the $200 Microsoft Band...

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Samsung eyes cheaper smartphones as profit plunges

Samsung plans to focus on cheaper smartphones and flexible displays for high-end phones after its third-quarter profit plummeted by nearly 50 percent amid intense competition from Chinese rivals making low-cost handsets. The low-end smartphone market...

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Nintendo targets new health business with sleep sensor

Nintendo has been stimulating people with video games for decades, but now it wants to help them sleep better. The Japanese gaming giant on Thursday gave a few details of its plan to enter the healthcare business with a device that can sense how well...

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China's Xiaomi defends itself from Apple copycat claims

Facing claims that the company lifts too much from Apple, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi defended its design philosophy and said the whole industry is constantly innovating on the ideas of the competition. "Our designers, our engineers, are inspired...

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Ambulance drones could bring defibrillators in minutes

Someone has collapsed on the ground from cardiac arrest and there's no defibrillator around. What to do? Summon an ambulance drone. A graduate student at Delft University of Technology in Netherlands has created a prototype drone that can autonomously...

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Ruckus hopes to raise a rumpus in the small-business Wi-Fi market

Very small businesses—on the order of 1 to 10 employees—don't have IT departments to manage their network infrastructure. Responsibility for tech support typically rests with that one employee who has just enough tech savvy to get by. And when you're...

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Microsoft opens Office 365 to programmers

Extending Office 365 functionality to third-party developers, Microsoft has exposed a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) so other companies can add features and capabilities to the online productivity service. The company announced the...

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Microsoft opens up Office 365 APIs to other platforms, including Android

There's nothing wrong with using more than one platform. That's the message Microsoft is preaching as it opens up its vast library of Office 365 APIs to Windows, iOS, Android, and web developers. "Today, we're enhancing the opportunity for developers...

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Tim Cook to explore tie-up with China's Alibaba on Apple Pay

Apple is eyeing a possible partnership with China's biggest e-commerce player Alibaba Group that could help bring the company's Apple Pay service to the country. "We're going to talk about getting married later this week," said Apple CEO Tim Cook at...

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Tor Project flags Russian 'exit node' server for delivering malware

The Tor Project has flagged a server in Russia after a security researcher found it slipped in malware when users were downloading files. Tor is short for The Onion Router, which is software that offers users a greater degree of privacy when browsing...

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Twitter keeps alive Twitpic domain and photo archive

Twitter will keep alive the domain and photo archive of Twitpic, which was set to shut down on Saturday, the failed image-sharing website said. The deal gives users continued access to their photos and other data on Twitpic, but it isn't clear for how...

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For big raises in IT, look to mobile, security, big data

IT salaries will remain mostly stagnant in 2015, except for workers with highly coveted skill sets, according to a report tracking IT salaries and skills demand in the coming years. "When you look at the actual salaries, just speaking in general, what...

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Wi-Fi Passpoint standard now knits together SF, San Jose, London

A partnership that lets Wi-Fi users get on free public networks in San Francisco and San Jose, California, with a one-time joining process now also covers a hotspot along the River Thames in London. The cities at either end of Silicon Valley used the...

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Dreamfall: Chapters Episode One review: A long-awaited journey

It's been fifteen years since The Longest Journey came out, making it a pretty apt name for a series. A cult classic, The Longest Journey is regarded as one of the best point-and-click adventure games and best game stories of all time.In 2007 fans finally...

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Court decision puts Uber on hold in Nevada (for a couple weeks, anyway)

Well, that didn't last long. Uber launched its ridesharing service in Nevada Friday, but by Friday evening, a Carson City court ruling came down that prevented the company from doing business in the state until at least November 7, the Associated Press...

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Nest acquires Revolv and immediately stops sales of one of the top smart-home hubs

So you bought a Revolv smart hub to manage your smart home. You obviously recognized a well-designed product. The only problem now is that Nest Labs saw the same potential. The folks who designed the world's most famous thermostat, since gobbled up by...

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Google makes a strategic move, crowns Sundar Pichai as head of product at Google

We have a saying around the Greenbot newsroom that the most exciting tech-centric news usually hits on Friday afternoons. Google just dropped a Friday afternoon news bomb. Recode reports that Google CEO Larry Page has transferred leadership of all core...

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Wi-Fi Passpoint standard now knits together SF, San Jose, London

A partnership that lets Wi-Fi users get on free public networks in San Francisco and San Jose, California, with a one-time joining process now also covers a hotspot along the River Thames in London. The cities at either end of Silicon Valley used the...

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Three can't-miss deals on Intel 'Haswell' PCs

You know the drill. When the model year nears its end, new cars gets cheaper. The same is true of winter clothing when spring approaches, and it's equally true of computers when a new generation is on the horizon. PCs with Intel's next-generation microprocessor,...

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Adobe begins encrypting user data collected from Digital Editions app

Adobe Systems said Thursday it is now encrypting data it collects about certain ebooks after facing criticism earlier this month for not protecting the data. The Digital Reader blog reported on Oct. 6 that Adobe's Digital Editions 4 software, used for...

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Microsoft to continue using Nokia brand on entry-level phones

Microsoft will continue to sell low-end phones with the Nokia brand and has licensed the brand for these type of devices. The company is meanwhile preparing to roll out its new Microsoft Lumia brand, Tuula Rytilä, senior vice president of marketing...

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What Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg said in Mandarin that so impressed the Chinese

Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg stunned many Chinese on Thursday, not with a new Facebook feature, but because he spoke and answered questions in Mandarin for almost half an hour. Zuckerberg gave a talk in Chinese at Tsinghua University on Wednesday,...

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Vietnam police hunt hackers behind mass outage

Vietnamese cybersecurity authorities are hunting hackers believed to be responsible for the country's biggest-ever online attack last week, according to the founder of a security website in Hanoi. "This is the biggest cyber-attack ever in Vietnam, affecting...

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Microsoft to discontinue free Xbox Music streaming

Microsoft is withdrawing free streaming on Xbox Music from Dec. 1, citing the need to focus on its music purchase and subscription service. The company is offering a free 30-day trial for users wanting to move to the paid service. "Effective December...

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Symantec sees rise in high-traffic DDoS attacks

A type of distributed denial-of-service attack, DNS amplification, has risen sharply, according to new research from Symantec. The security vendor said it saw a 183 percent increase in DNS (Domain Name System) amplification attacks from January through...

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