If you don’t follow tech news, you may have missed a bit of a kerfuffle this week involving Instagram, the popular photo service purchased by Facebook for $1 billion in April. Earlier in the week, Instagram announced plans to …
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Will Google Escape a Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Over Web Search?
The end is near! No, we’re not talking about the Mayan apocalypse, but rather the federal government’s nearly two-year antitrust investigation of Internet search giant Google. The Federal Trade Commission and the Web titan are …
Guatemala Dispatch: Inside the Stranger than Fiction Saga of John McAfee
The eccentric and controversial tycoon calls a reporter to try to explain why his life has turned into one big weird trip through multiple countries.
For Most Consumers, Plenty of Holiday Shopping Left to Do
Hey New Yorkers, Are You Ready to Hail a Taxi With Your iPhone?
Farewell, Loud and Annoying TV Ads: The CALM Act Becomes the Law of the Land
Just when you thought Congress was utterly futile comes the implementation of the great bipartisan victory of our times.
Apple Fans Lash Back at Idea That There’s an ‘Apple Tax’
Are the fanboys who wait outside Apple stores for hours to buy new iPhones and iPads basically slaves? Are the hundreds of dollars some families spend year in, year out on new Apple products tantamount to a tax?
How Nonprofits Can Use Data to Solve the World’s Problems
Like their for-profit counterparts, charities are starting to embrace Big Data as a means to perform more efficiently and share that performance with potential donors.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Announces U.S. Mac Production, Warns: ‘Don’t Bet Against Us’
What’s up with Apple CEO Tim Cook? The normally low-key 52-year-old operational wizard, who assumed command of Apple last year following the death of Steve Jobs, has been on something on a publicity tour this week, with a cover …
Fugitive Software Guru John McAfee Arrested in Guatemala, Faces Expulsion Back to Belize
After more than three weeks on the run from authorities in Belize, John McAfee was arrested Wednesday by Guatemalan authorities.
What News Corp.’s Breakup and the Demise of ‘The Daily’ Mean for the Future of Murdoch’s Media Empire
Billionaire mogul Rupert Murdoch‘s plan to split his giant media conglomerate News Corp. into two independent publicly traded companies began to take shape Monday, after the company announced a flurry of management and …
Fugitive Software Guru John McAfee Seeks ‘Asylum’ in Guatemala, Claims He’ll Be Killed in Belize: Report
Update 12/4 4:30 p.m. EST: According to the Associated Press, fugitive software guru John McAfee will petition Guatemala for “asylum,” on the grounds that he believes he will be killed if he returns to Belize, where he has lived …