Staff cuts on the way
Lytro moving into virtual reality, video
Security data trading trend?
Law firms will start sharing security data to prevent attacks
No NFC payments left on WP
Windows Phone left out as Google Wallet swallows Softcard
More music in the cloud
You can now store 50,000 songs online with Google Play Music
Bring your own
With Android for Work, Google aims to secure 1+ billion BYOD devices
$1 million in prizes
As competitors spring up, Oculus plans mobile VR contest
Nope, still not there
Bill Gates, energy execs, once again call for tripling of energy research funding
Fire it up
Amazon’s product-finding Firefly lands on Fire HD tablets
Ties to Facebook and Google
Coolan lets companies pool and analyze hardware data
Renters will love it
Open Sesame! Want to try an idiot-proof $89 connected lock?
Read the fine print
WhatSim becomes ChatSim as it expands to apps beyond WhatsApp
Because pie is too easy
Spark Electron wants to make cellular connectivity easy as Wi-Fi
Swipe on the dotted line
Shake now charges $10 for tool to close deals on the go
Low cost LTE looks impressive
With new Moto E, Motorola shows you can do more for less
A 20X boost in speed
Delta to install Gogo’s faster in-flight internet in 250 planes
Private app for now
Microsoft is working on Pebble support for Windows Phone
MVNOing up
Ting makes it easier to connect an unlocked phone on the cheap
Hardware ahead of software
Broadcom has an Android Wear platform with 3G, NFC and more
How big is your baseband?
As 4G demand balloons, here come the “super” base stations
One of several approaches
Barclays to allow mobile payments based on Twitter handles
Temper those expectations
Chrome Show: Everything we know about the Chromebook Pixel 2
Innovation at work
Apple must pay patent troll $532M, Texas jury rules
Hey Mister DJ
Robots vs. pop stars: Who is better at curating your music?
From Australia to San Jose
Silicon Valley entrant Dtex Systems lands $15M to stop insider data leaks
We're secure, honest
Gemalto downplays impact of NSA and GCHQ hacks on its SIM cards
Internet of drinks
Behold, the NFC-enabled smart whisky bottle
Claimed Stuxnet link
“Ex-Mossad” group threatened South Africa cyberattack, leaks show
Don't ask him anything
Magic Leap CEO remains cryptic in Reddit AMA
Build it, they might come
Want Fiber? Do more to get it, Google exec tells cities
It's all about perspective
Hortonworks did $12.7M in Q4, on its path to a billion, CEO says
Short, medium and regular
Medium gets a bit more Twitter-like, and a bit more blog-like
New API for iOS and Android
Microsoft just made it easier to use OneDrive in mobile apps
On par with popular TV shows?
Snapchat’s “Our Stories” are generating tens of millions of views
Cue up that Daft Punk song
Chromecast comes to South Korea and Australia, now in 24 countries
Click and hold to view the ad
The $19-billion question: Is Snapchat the new television?
Higher principles?
Porn exec touts net neutrality in rare call for regulation
Even if it doesn't sell a car
Why Apple would benefit from building electric car tech
Bluetooth Smart to get smarter
Bluetooth SIG expects mesh networking profile by 2016
The Bluetooth SIG has created a working group to explore the creation of a mesh networking standard for the radio protocol. This is big news for Bluetooth because it will help it better compete against other radios in the smart home and in the industrial internet of things. I covered several of the things one could do with a Bluetooth mesh network yesterday, as well as the creation of the working group, but now we know that the hope is to have a working profile that will be backward compatible with Bluetooth 4.1 and 4.2 (maybe even 4.0) by 2016.
It's about time
Chip firms put security center stage for the internet of things
