Every single one of Tumblr's 178 employees will get money from the $1.1 billion Yahoo deal, which means that if the site hadn't let go of its three editorial team members last month, they too would have received $371,00 — each.
The service is now back after going down last night, during arguably one of the worst possible times ever, when many people stuck at home with their families would hope to seek a little refuge in some streaming movies.
The correlation between gun violence and violent shooter games is dubious, but there are some very real links between the two industries, with gun-makers using these virtual worlds to advertise their products.
During his annual Christmas address at the Vatican this year, the Pope prayed for peace in Syria, something that doesn't look likely any time soon.
Friday afternoon Facebook released its iPhone app for the incredible vanishing half-message — because that is apparently what the kids like sending these days, if SnapChat's huge, sexy success is any indication.
Apple's new iOS update has users complaining that their iPhones are losing power faster than ever. Thanks to some help from the Apple forums, here are three (and a half) quick tips on making your phone live longer with iOS 6.0.2.
Even though Instagram has both apologized and now walked back its terms of service, the mutiny over the photo-sharing app has given its once universally loyal users a preview of a tech universe very much prioritizing money over user experience.
The Times debuted a multimedia feature Thursday so beautiful it has a lot of people wondering if the mainstream media is about to forgo words and pictures for a whole lot more, or at least a new Times redesign. We spoke to the designers behind "Snow Fall."
Now comes word, by way of an announcement buried deep inside the social network, that your Messages inbox will be monetized, whether you like it or not.
Tom Anderson gets nasty on Twitter... to prove a point about nastiness on Twitter. A blow-by-blow scorecard.
Subtle tweaks will arrive on your screen, helping you block people and de-tag ugly photos — but you've got to have a keen eye to discover when they're really affecting your profile.
There are two Santa trackers in town — er, space — this Christmas: the trusty ole eyes at NORAD and Google's new version, the simultaneous existence of which could lead to some very confused children next Monday night.
New survey data finds a notable decrease in public perception of McAfee, the company founded but no longer overseen by the renegade tech guru, between his first run-in with the law and the madness that's ensued in the month since.
If the iCard existed, Apple would market it exactly like this fake mock-up from Credit Card Compare that's getting passed around today. Maybe.
The tweet in question included a photo that Twitter has since taken down of or about the spokesperson for Westboro Baptist Church, whose account Anonymous hacked in response to Westboro protesting funerals for the victims in Newtown.
In a move to protest Instagram's new vision for its lucrative future, many of its most loyal users have suspended or deleted their accounts. So have some of its best.
Users spotted this last weekend, but Twitter has made it official in a blog post today: you can download all your tweets, from forever.
Online retailers that for years have championed e-commerce over brick-and-mortar are now opting to build their stores as well. But what does that mean for actual last-minute holiday shopping?
The backlash to Instagram's new Terms of Service agreement that suggested it might sell its users' photos as ads without compensation has forced the company to take a big — if not complete — step back with a statement released Tuesday.
Now that Instagram has suddenly angered so many of its millions of loyal users with a sneaky terms of service change, Yahoo's Flickr app for iPhone actually has a chance to win over legions of new photo sharers. Herein, a comparison test.
This most annoying addition, which will allow advertisers a chance to slap unsolicited videos all over the Facebook news feed, is expected to launch by April 2013, sources say.
When they complain that their days are too short, they really mean that the pay at the notorious Chinese electronics manufacturer is still too low.
Christopher Chaney, the man whose rudimentary hacking led to the release of naked photos of Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, and Christina Aguilera, as well as the private information of 50 others, was sentenced to a fraction of his possible time.
If you're one of those in a rising tide of worrywarts — and a growing number of the recently unemployed — who agree that mass-email functionality can lead to more accidental anxiety than everyday utility, then, well, yeah, sure.
Instagram updated its privacy policy Monday morning in a move designed to make its Facebook partnership all the more official and, more importantly, to prepare itself for all the advertisements inevitably making their way to the app.
Gun control and gun rights have instantly come to dominate the American conversation, but the biggest gun lobby in America has decided to sit this one out — at least on the Internet.
Facebook may have something of a new strategy: If you can't buy the competition, build a clone of it. Rumor has it that Facebook has built and is testing its own version of SnapChat, that popular-with-the-youngsters app that many associate with sexting.
Cautious to repeat accidental identifications, and working off leaks from federal agencies as local police remain mum, the media hasn't relayed too many details about his life. But here's what's out there so far, with the first photo.
Apologies flooded the web late Friday afternoon for connecting a CNN report with the alleged Newtown shooter's brother by way of his Facebook profile.
What little bit of detail these "witnesses" have to offer doesn't seem to be worth the insensitive nature of the questioning, at least not according to the outcry online.
It's not like the U.S. has to play along with anything since the old treaty, but the new pact does reveal how our government feels about Internet policy now.
To honor The Daily's last day in existence, some members of its remaining staff have created this video sign-off — to the tune of The Sound of Music's "So Long, Farewell" — and, well, it's sad.
In his first television interview since returning to the U.S., the paranoid lawless tech tycoon John McAfee this morning continued to say things that make him sound more crazy and less credible.
The latest in smartphone malware is a sneaky digital beast, one that surreptitiously makes charges to your phone bill.
From Gifts to Pages — and, oh yeah, Instagram — the year Facebook went public was the year Facebook proved it could make money, mostly through advertising, and even on your phone. Here's how, month by month.
While Uber is still facing a series of legal battles across the country, the future of hailing a taxi over your smartphone has gotten a lot easier recently — at least in the heavy cabbing grounds of New York and Washington, D.C.
Well, this is pretty terrifying: A little known agency called the National Counterterrorism Center has a big ole database of civilian information that it can use to monitor innocent people for suspicious behavior, without probable cause.
Not only is Google's fantastic new app a step up from Apple's mess of an app, it also represents a giant leap from the already beloved Google Maps app — you know, the one that came preloaded on iPhones before Apple nixed it.
North Korea finally rocketed its satellite into space early Wednesday — only to watch it go "tumbling out of control," as U.S. officials are saying Wednesday night. That's not only another embarrassment for a country that's looking to launch a nuclear missile — it's a possible safety hazard.
Relax. Google hasn't blocked all the most explicit results from its search tool — it's just made those raunchy photos a little more difficult to find.
It's not clear exactly when or how, but Facebook's Carolyn Everson confirmed that the company will "monetize" (i.e. sell advertising) on the very-popular photo sharing app.
How to remove ugly photos, block people instantly, and more — a (very) simple guide to help you better understand the latest round of changes.
The Wall Street Journal now has sources saying Apple is testing set designs with Samsung — but that this "isn't a formal project yet." To that, the tech world says: duh.
After leaving a Guatemalan detention center, John McAfee is flying home.
A day after debuting its new mail apps, the company has just released a Flickr app for iPhone, that — surprise, surprise — has Instagram-type filters. This comes just days after Twitter released its own filters and Instagram unveiled a new one.
The pursuit of Zero Dark Inbox is a diligent movement to eliminate all unread messages, but what about the rest of us?
Hey, kids, how'd you like some Internet with that diploma? South Carolina's Newberry College has added a social media major, because of the apparent skyrocketing number of jobs in that field.
In her first big product overhaul, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has announced a redesign of Yahoo Mail — and it focuses a lot on the mobile experience, as promised.
Women held a mere 14.3 percent of executive positions at Fortune 500 companies, according to new data. That 1.4 percent increase from last year represents a "glacial pace," even in the year of the new Yahoo CEO.
When asked about his competition — and Apple specifically — the Google CEO insists in a rare interview that he wants to see more cooperation, less animosity, and happier users.
On the the same afternoon that Instagram updated its mobile apps with a new filter called Willow, Twitter debuted long rumored photo filters of its own — all of which explains the whole dust-up over Instagram photos disappearing from Twitter last week.
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