We live in an age of app overload, where users are installing fewer apps and using the ones they have installed less again, but what if you could access an app without having to download and install it? That’s the idea behind Android Instant Apps, a new service announced by Google, Inc. at their I/O ...

Microsoft is slowly unwinding its disastrous acquisition of Nokia’s mobile phone business with an announcement early Wednesday morning that it had sold its entry-level phone assets to FIH Mobile Ltd., a subsidiary of Hon Hai/Foxconn Technology Group, and HMD Global Oy for $350 million. The deal will see Microsoft hand over the rights to use ...

An updated version of malware designed to steal money and card details from ATMs has been discovered by security researchers. The new version of the Skimer malware, first discovered in 2009, uses new techniques to evade detection in infected ATMs running Windows software. According to researchers from Kaspersky Lab, hackers using Skimer begin operations by ...

BitTorrent, Inc. has dealt itself into the online broadcast television space with a new product that combines BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) networking with live streaming television channels. Called BitTorrent Live, the new service offers a range a live and linear video streaming channels spanning news, sports, music, tech, and youth culture. The service is powered by ...

Israeli cloud security startup Avanan, Inc. has raised $14.9 million Series A in a round led by Greenfield Cities Holdings that included previous investors Magma VC and StageOne Ventures. Founded in 2014 and with offices in New York and Tel Aviv, Avanan offers a cloud security platform that allows enterprises to protect Amazon AWS, Box, ...

Google, Inc.’s answer to Amazon.com, Inc.’s Alexa smart home assistant will be launched Wednesday at Google’s annual I/O conference, according to a new report. The New York Times claims the device will be called Google Home and will be able to answer simple questions and carry out basic tasks. The device itself will go on ...

The man behind the attempted extortion of 2012 Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been found guilty on multiple charges relating to his failed shakedown. Michael Mancil Brown, 37, of Franklin, Tenn., was convicted of six counts of wire fraud and six counts of using facilities of interstate commerce to commit extortion. In August 2012 ...

Hong Kong-based Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin Ltd. has revealed that it was hacked last week, with the loss of some 15 percent of total crypto-asset deposits they held. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Aurélien Menant explained in a notice on the Gatecoin main page that upon discovering the breach May 13, they immediately suspended ...

Google-owned, community-based traffic and navigation app Waze is branching out into carpooling in the United States and has launched a test service in the Bay Area. The initial service will connect employees at select companies via a new app, Waze Rider, and will let them request a ride from other Waze users who share a similar ...

Twitter, Inc. is set to undertake its biggest shakeup in years, by no longer counting pictures and links as part of its 140 character count, according to a report published Monday. Quoting “a person familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg says the decision to change the character count has been finalized and the change could be ...