New version of Apple TV likely on its way for a September 10 launch  —  Apple is planning a big event on September 10, 2013, and there has been a lot of speculation on what could be on the menu.  While the exact lineup of products is subject of debate, almost everyone agrees that newer models …

Microsoft Raced to $7.2 Billion Deal With Soul-Searching Nokia  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s agreement to buy Nokia Oyj (NOK1V)'s handset business, codenamed Project Gold Medal, was more of a sprint than a marathon.  —  Talks between the two companies began in February after both sides agreed …

Xbox One to launch in major markets on 22 November  —  Microsoft positions the arrival of its next-gen console between the US and European launch dates for Sony's PS4  —  This is it: the battle for the next generation console market is on.  Microsoft has finally revealed the launch date …

Google apparently slips unannounced Nexus phone in its KitKat video  —  Earlier today, Google announced its upcoming Android 4.4 KitKat software update.  In tandem with the announcement, Google posted a video that showcases the unveiling of the KitKat statue at the company's headquarters.

Google confirms it's working on an update to fix Google Authenticator for iOS data losses  —  Google Authenticator, an app that generates two-factor authentication codes for services that offer the additional security layer, is coming under fire from users who claim that the latest update …

Google Glass App Store Coming In 2014  —  Google Glass users and developers will have to wait until next year for Google to launch a dedicated app store for the device.  —  A Google spokesperson confirmed that plan for us today, after it was reported over the weekend in a lengthy first-person Glass user essay in the New York Times.

Kim Dotcom Resigns as Mega Director to Focus on Music Venture  —  On January 20, a year after Megaupload was raided in 2012, Kim Dotcom launched his new file-storage service Mega.  —  In a matter of days the site's membership went from zero to more than a million and in the weeks that followed …

Jonathon Fletcher: forgotten father of the search engine  —  Until researchers tracked him down a few years ago, Jonathon Fletcher was not aware he had built the first modern search engine  —  As Google celebrates its 15th birthday, the web giant has become a byword for information retrieval.

Topsy Makes Every Tweet Since The Beginning Of Time Searchable  —  Last month Topsy, a social search and analytics company, bolstered their service to allow for users to search all Tweets since July 2010.  Today, Topsy has announced that they have indexed every Tweet since the beginning of Twitter.

An Oral History Of Apple Design: 1992  —  “This is our signature,” Apple's gauzy television ads proclaim, referring to the familiar words that the company stamps on the undersides of its products: designed by apple in California.  The ads fall in the grand Apple tradition—beginning with the …

SwiftKey raises £11.2m for expansion  —  UK-based developer adds Index Ventures as investor after ‘five-times revenue growth’ in last year  —  SwiftKey, a British developer of keyboard replacement apps, has raised $17.5m (£11.2m) in a funding round led by venture capital firm Index Ventures.

Jitterbug Touch 2: Simple Touch at a Sluggish Speed  —  For some folks, jumping from a simple flip phone to a smartphone can be overwhelming.  Not only do they have to figure out the icons, apps and settings, and learn to type on glass, but their service-plan costs often shoot up.

Mobile Security Firm Lookout Partners With Samsung, Plans to Attack Corporate Market Later This Year  —  After spending its first two years trying to keep consumer phones secure, Lookout is taking aim at the corporate market.  —  The San Francisco startup, which focuses on securing mobile devices …

Verizon Wireless Deal Comes With Biggest Breakup Fee Too  —  The Verizon Wireless mega-deal is full of records: Add biggest break-up fee to the list.  —  If the deal was to collapse because Verizon Communications is unable to complete its historic debt fundraising, possibly as much as $50 billion …

HDMI 2.0 officially announced: 18Gbps bandwidth, 60fps 4K, 32 channel audio  —  Only just after it leaked out, the folks at HDMI Licensing are announcing HDMI 2.0 officially.  Arriving just in time for the wide rollout of a new generation of Ultra HDTVs, it adds a few key capabilities to the connection standard.

Introducing the All-New Kindle Paperwhite—The 6th Generation of Kindle  —  World's best-selling e-reader now even better—new display technology with higher contrast, next generation built-in light, faster processor, plus all-new reading features like Kindle Page Flip, Goodreads, Kindle FreeTime …