US Senate committee takes a hard look at virtual currencies like Bitcoin
A prominent U.S. Senate committee has launched a formal inquiry to investigate criminal activity and other risks tied to the use of virtual currencies such as Bitcoins.
Stories by Zach Miners
Facebook buys speech translation software company
Facebook is acquiring a company that specializes in speech interpretation and translation software. The move, disclosed Monday, could help Facebook better connect its users across the globe.
Private social network Path opens up its API to 13 new partners
Path, the social network designed to better connect people who are already well-acquainted, is opening up its API to 13 outside developers to give its users more ways to share content.
McKinsey beats Google, Facebook for having the toughest interviews
Job candidates seeking employment at consulting firm McKinsey & Company better prepare themselves -- it ranked as the toughest company to interview at in a recent report, well ahead of big-name technology players like Google, Microsoft and Facebook.
Google adds more advertising to Maps app
Users of the Google Maps app will soon start seeing more ways to interact with paid content within the app, the company recently announced.
Twitter tracks users' tweets to measure advertisers' offline sales
Twitter has announced a new program to analyze some users' activity on the site to give marketers better information about how companies' tweets impact sales in physical stores.
Facebook launches Graph Search to all English-speaking users, acknowledges privacy concerns
Facebook is rolling out Graph Search, its newfangled social search engine, to everyone who uses the U.S. English language, the company announced Wednesday.
Instagram gets more features including video import
Instagram is adding several features to its mobile apps including the ability to import and post previously recorded videos.
Music industry changes its tune in copyright lawsuit against YouTube channel Fullscreen
The music industry's lawsuit against a popular YouTube channel this week could indicate that publishers are looking for savvier ways to attack piracy besides going after YouTube itself, a legal expert said.
Facebook tweaks its news feed to show users more personalized content
Facebook is incorporating some changes into its news feed to make the content that it displays to users more personalized and relevant.
Google unveils US$35 Chromecast device for TV and music streaming
Google has introduced a cheaper rival product to the Apple TV set-top box with Chromecast, a small portable device that streams video and music from people's computers and mobile devices to their televisions.
Google press event on July 24 could bring Android news
Google has sent out invitations to a press event next week in San Francisco that reveal no details other than that Android and Chrome chief Sundar Pichai will host, signaling that some new mobile product or feature could be unveiled.
Yahoo profit rises by 46 per cent, though sales still drag
Yahoo's profits rose by 46 per cent in the second quarter, aided by nearly a dozen product launches, though sales at the company were still down.
Larry Page: US government has no access to information on Google servers
Google has denied involvement in a U.S. government surveillance program called Prism since news broke Thursday that the National Security Agency has been accessing the servers of some of the largest Internet companies, but now company executives insist they had never heard of the program.
Researchers use Wi-Fi and gestures to make a 'smart home'
Don't like the song playing on the stereo? Just wave it goodbye, literally.