Google Inc.’s market share of the search market dropped to its lowest level since 2008 in December on the back of the Mozilla Foundations switch to Yahoo as its default search provider in Firefox. According to analytics firm StatCounter, Google’s slice of the U.S. search market fell to 75.2 percent  in December, down from 79.3 percent for ...

LINE Corp.’s onwards expansion march has taken an interesting turn this week with the company extending its services to unexpectedly take on Uber Inc., at least in Japan. The new LINE Taxi service allows LINE users to book taxis directly from the LINE app, and was launched in the Tokyo metropolitan area (23 wards, Mitaka City ...

Former American citizen Roger “Bitcoin Jesus” Ver has found out the hard way the consequences of renouncing his citizenship: he’s been refused a visa to enter the United States to speak at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami. If you’ve not followed the tale of the self-proclaimed cryptocurrency messiah previously, Roger Ver is an ...

Apple Inc.’s share of the smartphone market increased in the three months ending November 2014 on the back of its new iPhone 6 and 6s models, new figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reveal. The increase in iPhone sales challenged Android’s dominance of the market resulting in a decline in Android’s market share, the first decline since September 2013, ...

FBI Director James Comey has released new details on the Sony Corp. hack, noting that the hackers were “sloppy” in trying to cover their tracks. Comey in particular noted that the hackers had failed to use proxy servers to hide their identity, and that IP addresses used exclusively by the North Korean government were used in the attack. ...

Michael Jackson didn’t make an appearance at the Consumer Electronics Expo in Las Vegas this week, but a number of new holographic devices did. Here are some of the interesting ones.  . Minority Report meets computer monitor Hewlett-Packard Co. debuted the futuristic Zvr display, bringing 3D holographic interactivity for the first time to a monitor. The 23.6″ ...

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is highlighting the best of Bitcoin this week, although there’s one notable absence: Bitstamp Ltd. The World of Bitcoin display features a 2,000-square-foot island and includes Bitcoin-related companies including BitPay Inc., Circle Inc., Payword Inc. (Kraken,) Robocoin Technologies LLC, BTC Media Inc. (yBitcoin,) and others. The companies collectively ...

Apple Inc. is reportedly planning to launch a “radical” new 12 inch Macbook Air that is so small that it abandons a standard USB port for the small, new USB-C. According to 9to5Mac, usually a reliable source of Apple news, the “radically new” design jettisons usual Macbook Air standards such as full-sized USB ports, MagSafe connectors, ...

The wearables space continues to grow in popularity, so why should your furry friend miss out? At the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 in Las Vegas pet wearables are more fashionable than a Chihuahua in a handbag, and here’s two of the better products from the event: the Scout 5000 and Tagg GPS Plus. Scout 5000 The Motorola Scout ...

There’s movement in the TV operating system space at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show is Las Vegas with some new announcements, and a finally delivered product. Perhaps the most surprising announcement has been Sony Corp.’s decision to abandon its own systems to exclusively use Google’s Android TV. Sony CEO Kaz Hirai said that along with the exclusive use ...