eBay Asks Millions of Users to Change Passwords After Cyber-Attack
eBay urged its users to update their passwords on Wednesday due a cyber-attack that compromised its database, but only after an initial round of confusion when it posted cryptic messages about the incident and then quietly removed the messages soon after. Although the initial message was slim on…
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active Gets Sporty in Leak Video
The S5 could be about to get active. A new leak appears to show a sporting spin-off of the Samsung Galaxy S5 in action. Videos posted online by TK Tech News purport to show an AT&T -- the US network -- version of the S5 Active, alleged to be a follow-up to last year's rugged version of the S4.…
Surface Pro 3 vs. 13-Inch MacBook Air
Microsoft just announced the Surface Pro 3 and a new direction for the Surface line. Microsoft is no longer looking to counter the iPad. The Surface Pro 3 is Microsoft’s answer to the “heavy” MacBook Air. This argument is not new. Microsoft touched on this with the Surface Pro and then the Surface…
6 Chrome Extensions to Help You Maximize Google Drive
Google Drive has unlimited potential. The feature that lets users upload documents, images, spreadsheets and more has millions of neat little ways to boost your everyday activity. It's also a useful online warehouse that holds all the things you don't have space for on your computer. Want to know…
YouTube Has Reached a Deal to Buy Twitch for $1 Billion
Google-owned YouTube is in acquisition talks with live video-game streaming service Twitch, reports indicate. Entertainment publication Variety says a deal has been reached to the tune of $1 billion, potentially making it the largest in YouTube’s post-Google history. However, a report published by…
Apple Faced More Patent Lawsuits Than Any Other Company in 2013
People always like to take a swing at those on top. Apple — the highest-ranked tech company in the Fortune 500 — faced more patent lawsuits in 2013 than any other company in the United States. Apple received 59 patent lawsuits last year — nine more than the next company, Amazon, according to a…
11 Phones that Changed the World
Today's fancy phones: They all came from somewhere Every mobile phone we use today, from basic handsets to the most advanced computer-in-your-pocket, wasn't created in a vacuum. Instead, they were built using the parts of many groundbreaking phones that came before them. Even if they don't look…
Google Play Store Adds PayPal As A Payments Option
Here is a somewhat surprising move by Google: starting today, the company will accept PayPal as a payment option in its Play store in twelve countries, including the U.S., Germany and Canada, as well as Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.…
Two More Companies Sign up to Build Windows Phone Handsets
Microsoft may have its own phone business now, but that doesn't mean that other companies can't still produce Windows Phone handsets under their own flags. Redmond's China VP Zhang Yongli has announced that both China's K-Touch and Florida's Blu Products have signed up to produce mobile devices…
Google's Self-driving Car is Smarter Than You Think
A white Lexus hybrid SUV inches to the left, creating a slightly wider buffer as it passes a bicyclist in the bike lane on a busy and unseasonably hot Tuesday afternoon not far from Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley. If the car was being driven by a human, that would be no big deal -- except…