Microsoft reported first-quarter calendar earnings that beat estimates, although profits and revenue both declined. The company said that its customers have begun embracing its cloud offerings, especially Office 365. Microsoft reported net income of $5.66 billion for the March quarter, down about 7 percent compared to the net income of $6.1 billion Microsoft reported a year ago. Microsoft also reported $20.40 billion in revenue, a 0.4 percent decrease compared to the $20.49 billion it reported for the first calendar quarter of 2013.
The four remaining defendants in Silicon Valley’s closely watched employee hiring case—Google, Apple, Adobe and Intel—have agreed to a settlement, according to a new court filing. The plaintiffs and the companies have reached an agreement to settle all individual and class claims alleged in the class-action suit, according to a letter sent Thursday to Judge Lucy Koh and signed by the attorneys for the plaintiffs and the defendants. The letter was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The amount of the settlement is confidential until it is filed with the court next month. The groups anticipate completing documentation of the proposed settlement and presenting it for the court’s consideration by May 27. The case had been scheduled to go to trial on that date.
Researchers have designed a battery that could keep wearable and health care devices running for 10 or more years without a recharge. The new design, based on the lithium carbon fluoride (CFx) chemical formula, could also lead to batteries that are safer than current ones. A prototype battery based on the formula was tested by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and a related paper was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society last week. The CFx batteries could be as small as coins, and could last for years in low-power fitness trackers or wearable devices with sensors, said researcher Chengdu Liang, the lead author of the paper.
Apple exposed iOS users to security threats by taking three weeks longer to patch the same vulnerabilities in the mobile OS that it previously fixed in Safari on OS X, a former Apple security engineer said. Security researcher Kristin Paget, who left Apple at the end of January for a position at Tesla Motors, strongly criticized her former employer’s software patching practices in a The researcher pointed out that many of the vulnerabilities fixed in iOS 7.1.1, which was released by Apple Tuesday, were the same ones the company had patched in Safari 6.1.3 and 7.0.3 for OS X on April 1. Many of those vulnerabilities were located in WebKit, the Web rendering engine used by iOS, the Safari browser and other OS X applications, and most of them had been found by members of the Google Chrome security team.
App comes with six Android-specific channels
A company called Xapo is introducing a By tapping into the payment network used by banks, Xapo will allow cardholders to spend their Bitcoins anywhere that something like MasterCard is accepted. A digital version of the card for online retail will be free, while a physical card for swiping at brick-and-mortar stores will cost $15. Xapo already offers a Bitcoin Wallet, in which users can store Bitcoins for fast access. When the cardholder makes a purchase, a bank would confirm that the funds are available in the Wallet and clears the transaction. Meanwhile,
A new net neutrality proposal from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission meets the goals of past efforts and does not destroy open Internet principles, as critics have feared, FCC officials said Thursday. Critics have said the new proposal, to be released Thursday, would gut net neutrality principles because it would allow some traffic management. But the proposed rulemaking will ask for public input about whether so-called pay-for-priority traffic agreements between broadband carriers and Web content providers are commercially reasonable, an FCC official said. The new proposal, on the agenda during the FCC's May 15 meeting, will restore net neutrality rules after an appeals court struck down the agency's old rules in January, while following a roadmap to net neutrality regulation that the court set out, FCC officials said.
Big changes are happening over in Mountain View. Gundotra wrote a heartfelt farewell post on his
Facebook, looking to provide more valuable news information, is providing a new tool to that will post real-time content related to the day’s news. On Thursday the company announced the launch of FB Newswire—a tool for journalists and newsrooms to find, share and embed newsworthy content from Facebook in the media they produce, Facebook FB Newswire will be powered on the back end by
Amble on over to Google's shopping page. Glass is just sitting there, with an "Add to Cart" button like anything else you may buy online.
Is the world’s largest social network jumping on the wearables bandwagon?
Not everyone wants to pay for their word processor and spreadsheet, and they often don’t have to.
When the Despite OpenSSL's wide use as a means of securing websites, the OpenSSL Software Foundation had just one full-time employee and received only $2,000 in donations every year. Arguably, the Heartbleed bug that exposed password and other user data could have been avoided if only OpenSSL had broader financial support. Now, a group of major technology companies is teaming up with the Linux Foundation to do just that.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will take public comments before moving forward with a new set of net neutrality rules that sparked controversy when they were leaked in a news report earlier Wednesday. The FCC will release a proposal soon to reinstate net neutrality rules that would allow broadband providers to negotiate with content providers for preferential treatment, an agency official confirmed Wednesday. Some digital rights groups called the pay-for-priority proposal,
Mit Google kann man seit Kurzem in die Vergangenheit reisen: Eine neue Funktion bei Street View gibt den Nutzern Einblick in altes Kartenmaterial - doch nicht auf Schweizer Boden.
18 Sekunden für die Ewigkeit: Am 23. April 2005 wurde der erste Clip auf die Plattform Youtube hochgeladen. Zu sehen gibt es keine Katzen, dafür lange Elefantenrüssel.
Microsoft verdiente von Januar bis März knapp 5,7 Milliarden Franken. Der neue Chef Satya Nadella zeigte sich zufrieden mit dem Ergebnis.
Die Anzahl der Smartphone-Abhängigen hat sich weltweit mehr als verdoppelt. Die Anzeichen der Sucht sind depressive Gefühle, Zurückgezogenheit und ein Leistungsabfall.
Unsere Gamestil-Beraterin sagt, was zum guten Ton beim Gamen zählt. Zum Beispiel: Wie lange darf ich spielen, bevor mein Lebenspartner das Recht hat, zu reklamieren?
Total 32 Schwachstellen geht Apple mit neuen Updates für die Betriebssysteme iOS und OS X an. Darunter ist ein weiterer SSL-Bug, der das Abhorchen sicherer Verbindungen erlaubte.
Klötzchen zum Anfassen: Ein US-Programmierer hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, «Minecraft» in die Realität zu übertragen. Er druckt verschiedenste Game-Bauwerke dreidimensional aus.
Lego-Steine bis zum Abwinken: Nach «The Lego Movie» wartet nun mit «Lego: The Hobbit» eine weitere Ladung Klötzchen auf die Spieler.
Zum ersten Mal ist es einem Spieler gelungen, bei «World of Warcraft» alle möglichen Auszeichnungen zu sammeln: Der Russe muss dafür hunderte Stunden investiert haben.
Bisher durften nur Promis und Auserwählte das neue Twitter-Design nutzen. Jetzt hat der Microblogging-Dienst die neuen Profile für alle Nutzer freigegeben.
Zum ersten Mal hat der Kurznachrichtendienst WhatsApp die Marke von einer halben Milliarde Nutzern geknackt. Vor allem in Brasilien, Indien und Mexiko boomt die App.
Gefahr im Internet: Der Zusammenbruch eines grossen Cloud-Anbieters könnte einen ähnlichen Schock auslösen wie die Lehman-Pleite. Dies besagt eine neue Studie aus der Schweiz.
Mit einer neuen Funktion lassen sich bei Facebook künftig Freunde, die in der Nähe sind, aufspüren. Gegen die Bedenken von Datenschützern ist das Unternehmen bereits gewappnet.
Apple hat den Markenschutz ausgedehnt: Neu ist der Konzern auch in der Kategorie Uhren und Schmuck Herr über die Marke Apple. Laut Insidern ein starkes Indiz für die iWatch.