Ex-Googler Hugo Barra gushes over Chinese Xiaomi's fanboys
Ex-Googler Hugo Barra has a thing for the fans -- but not Google's.
Stories by Zach Miners
'Russian Facebook' CEO Durov disses Zuckerberg, but loves Edward Snowden
Pavel Durov, the CEO of the Russian social networking site VK, does not think very highly of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Edward Snowden instead is his personal hero.
Google brings Maps to business owners with Maps Engine Pro
Google wants to turn business owners into cartographers with a new mapping tool designed to visualize their companies' data.
Yahoo to reinvent small-business services unit
Yahoo, in its crusade to reinvent itself, is adding another item to the agenda: revamping its small-business Web hosting unit.
What do people hate most about the new Yahoo Mail?
When Yahoo Mail turned 16 earlier this month, the company celebrated by giving it a new, Gmail-like interface. It might now wish that it hadn't -- thousands of users have taken to the Web to complain about things they don't like.
Programmers at Juniper -- not Google or Facebook -- rake in the most dough
What a lucrative profession coding can be -- the best paid software engineers have an average base salary of nearly US$160,000, and they work at Juniper Networks, according to a recent survey.
More than 40 percent of YouTube traffic is now from mobile
YouTube's presence on mobile devices has exploded in the past couple of years, Google said on Thursday.
Google reports another rise in profit, but Motorola sales take a dive
Google's quarterly sales increased again, although the company reported mixed results within its advertising business and a decrease in its Motorola mobile sales.
Direct Twitter messages with links fall prey to technical issues
Twitter's direct messaging feature appears to be experiencing technical difficulties by not allowing certain messages to be sent if they contain links.
Facebook lets teenagers share posts publicly
Teenagers on Facebook might want to take a little more time perfecting their next "selfie," because they can now broadcast it to the world.
LinkedIn pitches to recruiters on the go with mobile app
Hiring managers are busy bees who sometimes have to close a deal from their mobile phones, which is apparently what led LinkedIn to offer a mobile app for recruiters on the go.
Twitter's take on TV: 'We make it better'
Twitter, with an IPO looming, needs to make money. To do that, a key focus is being placed on advertising and promoted content around television, the company signaled on Tuesday.
Report: Broadcasters ask high court to shut down Aereo TV streaming service
A cadre of prominent broadcasters including ABC and CBS petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to shut down Aereo, a television streaming service, alleging that Aereo infringes their copyrights and puts their businesses at risk, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Soon, everyone will be searchable on Facebook
In a matter of weeks, everyone on Facebook will be searchable by name. But you'll still have ways to control who sees your content, as long as you can navigate Facebook's web of privacy controls.
Twitter appears to try out a news delivery service
Twitter is known to experiment with new features to give its users more ways to find and follow content. Here's what appears to be the latest: a news delivery service.