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Shashi Seth, whose résumé includes management and executive roles at Yahoo, Aol, and Google, is joining the Tribune Company as the president of a new unit called Tribune Digital Ventures. Seth’s role was first reported yesterday at AllThingsD, and the…

Bernstein Research‘s Toni Sacconaghi was on CNBC‘s “Fast Money: Half Time Report” a short while ago, debating what to expect from Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) tonight, on its fiscal Q2 report, and beyond. Sacconaghi, who has an Overweight rating on HP shares,…

If we needed an event to wake people up to the power of native advertising, it's surely Yahoo's $1.1-billion purchase of Tumblr. We'll be talking about this a lot at AdNatively, a one-day conference I'm emceeing in New York on Thursday, May 23. So what is…

New edition just for app streaming Citrix Systems is just as eager to cloudify its installed base of customers as is VMware, and it has taken one step closer to accomplishing that goal with the launch of XenDesktop 7 at its Synergy customer and partner event…

Food trucks aren’t exactly new, but most only have one specific type of cuisine — even if that cuisine just happens to be all the latest rage in molecular-gastro Indian-Irish fusion. Not only that, but you’re often stuck waiting in a long line to order…

British investor timidity -- in contrast to U.S.'s "appetite for risk" -- is hurting Britain's chances of becoming another Silicon Valley, say London CEOs.

Microsoft’s announcement of its Xbox One video game console landed with a thud on Wall Street, where the company’s shares are falling this morning. Other reactions have focused on what Microsoft didn’t talk about (it’s saving a lot for E3 in June) and…

Many of its students are disadvantaged and living in temporary housing, but this New York City school’s computer lab is making strides.

Toshiba's latest laptop is the Kirabook, a high-quality 13.3-inch Ultrabook. Toshiba is known for its good design and affordable price, its trying something new its Kira-branded products. These are Toshiba's new premium line of Windows 8 computers, and they…

Toshiba's newest Ultrabook is a slim, light, touchscreen called the Kirabook. It has a lot of powerful specs including a stunning high-resolution display that rivals Apple's Retina technology. You can read the full review of the Kirabook right here and check…

Western Digital's HGST subsidiary today announced what it is calling the industry's densest mobile hard-disk drive, with capacities of up to 1.5TB in a 9.5mm (.37-in.) high form factor. The 2.5-inch-wide disk drive contains three platters—a first for the…

Google on Wednesday announced the release of a revamped Drive app for Android to make creating and accessing files on-the-go easier, via a new card-style grid view and new features such as document scanning. You can grab the new version now directly from…

Looks like Pandora isn't quite done making announcements this week. Hot on the heels of the introduction of its Premieres music strategy, the streaming service is now releasing a feature perfectly fitted for Facebook users. Starting today, folks will be able…

1sockchuck writes "Robotics are beginning to be integrated into data center management, creating the potential for a fully automated, robot-driven data center. What might a robot-controlled 'lights-out' data center look like? The racks will be taller, as…

HTC has confirmed that Lennard Hoornik, CEO of HTC Asia, has left the company to pursue “other interests”. The high-profile departure follows a similar exit by Jason Gordon, Vice President of Global Communications and reportedly Chief Product Officer Kouji…

It’s not been a year since Dell released the first XPS 10 and Latitude 10 Windows 8 tablets and yet newer versions may already be on the horizon. Citing a leaked roadmap which apparently details Dell’s tablet plans, Hungarian website Tech2.hu reports that…

Sprint finally raised its offer to buy out Clearwire's shares to above that of Dish Network. Clearwire announce May 22 that it has accepted.

Duke University A Congressional survey of utility companies has revealed that the country's electric grid faces constant assault from hackers, with one power company reporting a whopping 10,000 attempted cyberattacks per month. US Reps. Edward Markey (D-MA)…

Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty today offers up the first installment of what she calls the firm’s “AlphaWise smartphone tracker,” a monthly survey of sell-through data for Apple (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics (005930KS) handsets, writing that Samsung…

Chrome 27 for the desktop arrived yesterday and today, Google updated Chrome for Android to version 27 as well. While the desktop update mostly focused on improved speed, the Android version actually includes a number of new features. The most important of…

A few days ago when hanging out a friend, I got a chance to play around with HTC One, the newest and shiniest Android phone on the market (of course until it wasn’t when Sony launched its Experia Z.) I was quite impressed by the build quality, the industrial…

Skyhigh Networks discovers,manages and analyzes data from all the apps that people use at work. Today the company raised $20 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital with participation from existing investor Greylock Partners. Skyhigh discovers,…

Kwikset and UniKey are set to update home entry systems, which at their most basic level, have remained largely unchanged since first invented more than a hundred years ago. Using a Bluetooth daughter card in the lock mechanism, a couple Bluetooth antennas and…

Pinterest goes mobile, works with vendors to add more useful information to pins.

People are afraid that if they drive an electric vehicle, they’ll run out of juice somewhere. So to convince more people to buy electric cars and dominate the charging station locator market, Xatori and Recargo are merging. The combined charge finder…

A massive plan is underway to upgrade aging road signs in the US. The goal is to make them more reflective at night, and easier for drivers to see. But the main government instruction manual for doing so, the longtime bible of roadside signage and safety,…

At CTIA Wireless, I had a chance to sit down with Sprint vice president of product platforms and services Kevin McGinnis and talk about Boost Mobile’s new digital wallet. It quickly became apparent from our convesation that Sprint has some big ambitions for…

As Foursquare evolves, it wants to help you find either new places to check out or lead you to places where your friends have already been. Mixed in with that is recommendation technology to show you places that you might be interested in based on where…

If you write anything on the internet — or for that matter, read anything on the internet — you’ve undoubtedly experienced comment trolls, flame-wars and plenty of other bad behavior. Some blogs and news sites have tried either handing over their…

Starting today, the Nokia Lumia 521 is available at the third-largest carrier in the US. And you better sit down for what follows next. T-Mobile offers the entry-level Windows Phone 8 handset at a very attractive price-point -- $149.99 when purchased outright…

It's not difficult to understand the lure of social media advertising. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter are daily destinations for millions of consumers. Increasingly, their ad products offer targeting according to specific demographics, social…

Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday. "Mobile platforms, for a lot of attackers, represent a new target-rich environment," said Chris…

DavidGilbert99 writes "Eric Schmidt hasn't changed his stance on Google's tax policies in the UK but has said that even if the tax legislation changes in the UK it will continue to invest in the country because 'we love the UK.' Gushing about its relationship…

With years of digital exhaust now behind us – over 240 billion photos on Facebook, 8 billion on Flickr, and not to mention the 72 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every month – we’re now transitioning to a time when we’re in need of smarter tools for…

Microsoft certainly seems to be ramping up the help for its new operating system at the moment. First it uploaded a "Get to know Windows 8" video to YouTube, and late yesterday it published a "Windows 8 End User Training Brochure" in its Download Center.…

Firm considers investor plan to make its movie and music division public Sony has said that it will consider a proposal from activist investor Daniel Loeb that the group should sell off parts of its music and movies business, which includes popular franchises…

LG's flexible OLED display is just one of the company's many panels on show here at SID. Our next stop in the booth tour is a 5-inch HD prototype, which uses TFT Oxide technology for low power consumption and a super-slim profile. Like the 5-inch flexible…

Runscope, a startup founded by former IFTTT and Twilio engineer John Sheehan, has raised $1.1M and is launching a suite of tools that help developers who rely on third-party APIs. For app developers, third-party APIs can make process of building a service…

Personal branding isn’t a new topic. In fact, it’s been around since roughly 1997 when Tom Peters coined the phrase, but as we slowly recover from the economic downturn and with the rise of new technology, personal branding is becoming more prevalent and…

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