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Checking in to your favorite places is a great way to let people know when you're somewhere important, but there are plenty of in-between times when you might want close acquaintances to know where you are so they can te...

A federal judge ruled today that Apple Inc. conspired to raise prices on e-books, ordering a trial to decide what damages that the tech giant should pay.In a 159-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote ruled...

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for t...

Categories: Finds Ideas Products Software Tags: appcompositegroopicgroupphotogroupshotiphoneiphonephotographysmartphonesmartphoneappsmartphonephotography You might have run into this problem before: you're out with a gro...

Cloud storage is easy to come by. Dozens of services shovel tons of free space to you just for signing up. But which of those services are looking at the files you upload, and most importantly, which services encrypt you...

Microsoft now will require its Windows developers to submit patches within 180 days.

nanday writes "GNOME Shell Extensions have done more than any other set of features to make GNOME 3 usable. Nearly 270 in number, they provide a degree of customization that was missing in the first GNOME 3 releases. In ...

In the wake of recent revelations about NSA surveillance efforts, the co-founder of The Pirate Bay has launched a drive to crowdsource funding for a new mobile messaging app -- one so secure that its creators say they co...

A waterproof smartphone is a nice idea, but they've always been kind of terrible. Casio has been making its line of Gz'One rugged smartphones for years, but they've always been a disappointment in one way or another, wit...

Right now, you can buy stock Android versions of the HTC One and Galaxy S4. If you already have one, though, you can get the same experience by downloading a tweaked ROM.

Categories: Ideas Inspiration Tags: 365daysagelapsebeautifulonesecondeverydayonesecondperdaypassageoftimeproject365samcornwelltimelapse On July 9th, 2012, photographer Sam Cornwell of Newport, Wales, UK welcomed his son ...

Microsoft has 75 stores currently, including its temporary speciality stores, but the company is planning to continue its expansion over the course of 2013 and beyond. Speaking at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference...

Some memories just won't die -- and some can even be transferred to a whole new brain. Researchers at Tufts University have determined that a small, yellow worm known as a planarian, which has long been studied for its r...

Categories: Industry News Websites Tags: acquisitionlivebooksphotographywebsitevincentlaforetwebsitedesignWebsitesweddingwire Yesterday we shared some news coming out of photographer Vincent LaForet's camp that the websi...

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Last week, the FCC gave their blessing on the Softbank purchase of Sprint. I consider this a very big deal and one that could have dramatic ramifications for the Wireless industry in the future. The leader of Softbank is...

ROME -- The Venice Film Festival has tapped Saudi femme helmer Haifaa Al Mansour ("Wadjda") to preside the jury of its Luigi De Laurentiis Award, handed out to a first work. Mansour was at Venice last year with "Wadjda,"...

Americans waste billions each year in unused gift cards. Kiind, a new gift card application, seeks to eliminate this waste by allowing gifters to pay after the gift is used.

Foxconn's latest hiring spree might see them kick off the next-gen iPhone manufacturing process.

Do the National Security Agency's dragnet surveillance programs violate the Constitution? That's the question that civil rights and privacy advocates have been trying to have the courts answer since long before Edward Sn...

Nokia Lumia 925 will be available from T-Mobile starting July 17th. This release date was actually rumored last week.

The mobile PC market has suffered the worst second quarter performance since the aftermath of the dot.com crash.