Robin Williams is Google's top search trendRobin Williams's death had people worldwide scouring the Internet for insights into the famed comic's life, making him the hottest search trend of the year on Google.
16 December 2014
#illridewithyou supports Muslims amid Sydney siegeAustralians came out in solidarity with the Muslim community following a siege at a Sydney cafe, as tens of thousands tweeted the hashtag #illridewithyou.
Hackers urge Sony to pull N. Korea comedy film: reportsA group which claims to have hacked Sony's servers demanded that its movie studio pull a soon-to-be-released comedy depicting a fictional CIA plot to kill North Korea's leader.
09 December 2014
Microsoft says private data 'at risk' in court caseMicrosoft argued in a court brief that an order requiring it to give US prosecutors data stored in Ireland could "put all of our private digital information at risk."
09 December 2014
Facebook Argentina fined over fake profilesFacebook Argentina was ordered to pay a firefighter one million pesos for failing to comply with an order to delete insulting fake profiles of the plaintiff.
03 December 2014
Microsoft buys email mobile app AccompliMicrosoft said it was buying the mobile email management application Accompli, in a deal reported to be worth more than $200 million.
02 December 2014
Twitter takes note of other apps on smartphonesTwitter said it would begin tracking which other applications people have installed on their mobile devices in a bid to better target ads and content.
27 November 2014
Amazon cuts Fire phone price to ignite salesAmazon slashed the price of Fire mobile phones that stalled after launch early this year, becoming a drag on the US online retail titan's bottom line.
Firefox browsers switch to Yahoo for online searchFirefox maker Mozilla announced that it is switching to Yahoo as the default service for online searches done through the Web browser in the United States.
20 November 2014
Twitter indexes every public tweet ever sentTwitter began letting users search through every tweet publicly fired off at the globally-popular one-to-many messaging service since it launched in 2006.
Microsoft rolls out Skype for web browsersMicrosoft released a test version of Skype that lets people make Internet calls from web browsers, eliminating the need to install special applications.
15 November 2014
Facebook to curb promotional posts on user timelinesFacebook said it is making moves to reduce the number of promotional posts that pop up in timelines, in response to users' demands for fewer advertisements.