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Xbox One: The Most Restrictive Game Console Ever Made

In an event Tuesday morning that felt like a casual bar conversation compared to Sony's brain-exploding extravaganza back in February, Microsoft unveiled the next-gen Xbox not in a giant conference center, but in a tent set up on a soccer field at its Redmond campus.

How Google Is Wooing Developers To Make Apps For Android First

This post is the first in the ReadWrite series "Making Android Pay," in which we'll explore the opportunities and challenges mobile developers face in trying to make money from Android apps.

The Sky Is Falling For Smartphone Maker HTC

Smartphone manufacturer HTC is in disarray. According to a report from The Verge, the company is hemorrhaging executives from its Seattle-based office amid poor sales, internal turmoil and controversy.

Why Your App Design Doesn't Have To Be All Thumbs

Luke Wrobleski, a respected designer who sold a company to Twitter and more recently founded Polar, an app maker, thinks it's time to reconsider mobile design principles.

Xbox One: Microsoft's Big Bid To Pwn The Living Room

It's not every day one of the big three gaming powerhouses announces a new console. In fact, we've been waiting a solid eight years. In an event on its Redmond, Washington home turf today, Microsoft announced the Xbox One, its next generation Xbox gaming console and more.

Sorry, Internet: Tumblr Founder David Karp Is Not A Billionaire

On Monday, Yahoo announced it was buying Tumblr, the blog network, for $1,1 billion. And then the tweets started, with people declaring that Tumblr founder David Karp was now a billionaire.

Who's Got Big Brands? Tech's Got The Biggest Brands Of Them All

According to the 2013 BrandZ Top 100 report, tech companies hold the top three slots in this year's list of top global brands Apple, Google and IBM leading the pack in that order. Microsoft rolls in at number 7 on the list.


There's big money in them thar brands, too.

New Opera For Android Makes Switch From Presto To WebKit

Browser maker Opera just released a new version for Android with a slew of new features, an upgraded design and better performance. And, for the first time for Opera, it is not running on its own Presto rendering engine.

Dell Kills Its Public Cloud, Continues To Flail In Post-PC Era

Dell is a computer company desperately in search of a new market as the desktop and laptop PCs dwindles. But the Austin-based company is finding that that an elusive target.

Congress Wants To Take A Tax Bite Out Of Apple

Tim Cook is going to have an interesting day today. The CEO of Apple will be testifying before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which would love to know how Apple has managed to avoid paying billions of taxes. Given the loopholes in U.S.