Airbnb requires installed detectors by year’s end

Airbnb is the industrious service by which hosts can offer travelers a place to stay, eschewing hotels altogether and sometimes proving more homey. By the end of the year, those … Continue reading

Apple pushes iOS 7.0.6 to fix security hole

Digital security is never properly appreciated until it fails in some way, something that could potentially lead to online accounts being compromised and sensitive data being pilfered. Such was the … Continue reading

YouTube ushers in new design

On the company’s blogspot today, YouTube announced a couple of changes, most notable among them being a redesign that aims to accommodate screen sizes of all flavors. Users will also … Continue reading

Lacie begins shipping first external 5TB hard drive

Lacie has begun shipping the industry’s first external hard drive with a 5TB capacity, providing ample storage for one’s media center, project station, or other data-heavy setups. The drive is … Continue reading

Facebook to acquire WhatsApp

According to a regulatory filing that has just surfaced over at the SEC’s website and an official statement from the social network, Facebook is acquiring the popular messaging service WhatsApp … Continue reading

Snapchat hires former Google engineer

Snapchat, the popular disappearing-messages service that suffered some big bumps in the road over the last few months, has hired former Google engineer Peter Magnusson, The Wall Street Journal reports. … Continue reading

Linksys Business Wireless-N300 and N600 access points launch this month

Linksys Business is kicking off its business networking product lineup expansion with the announcement of two new wireless access points, both of which are aimed at businesses. The access points … Continue reading

Hulu names Tian Lim new CTO

Today in a blog post on the company’s website, Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins named the company’s new upcoming Chief Technology Officer, Tian Lim. Lim isn’t set to kick off his … Continue reading

Candy Crush creator King files for US IPO

King, the company behind the massively popular Candy Crush Saga, filed for IPO in the US today, doing so on hopes that its sugar-laden success can catapult it into an … Continue reading

Lito Sora electric motorcycle arrives with integrated touchscreen and GPS

We’ve seen many electric motorcycles roll out over the years — the Brammo Enertia back in 2007, for example, and the more recent Voxan Wattman — and with every year … Continue reading