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Microsoft founder Bill Gates. ©Reuters/Denis Balibouse World's richest man would still pick up a $100 bill The world's wealthiest man Bill Gates would still pick up a $100 bill on the street, but he has no tips about how to get by on less than $100,000 a year.
11 February 2014
Vietnam's hit game developer pulls plug on Flappy Bird The Vietnamese developer behind the smash-hit free game Flappy Bird has pulled his creation from online stores after announcing that its runaway success had ruined his "simple life".
10 February 2014
Photo courtesy of Pokerstars.com A Kazakh wins half a million dollars in one week playing poker A man from Kazakhstan has won almost $500,000 in two poker tournaments held at the PokerStar website in one week.
10 February 2014
Photo courtesy of  sports.yahoo.com Google Doodle flies gay flag for Sochi Olympics Google marked the Winter Games in Sochi by flying the gay flag in a search page Doodle that linked to a call for equality in the Olympic Charter.
07 February 2014
Twitter takes hit as user growth disappoints Twitter got a reality check Wednesday as the high-flying messaging company reported modest user growth during a quarter in which it lost $511 million.
06 February 2014
Gates shifts role at Microsoft, new CEO named Microsoft rebooted itself for a mobile future Tuesday, naming Indian-born Satya Nadella as its chief executive while founder Bill Gates sheds his title of chairman for a more hands-on role.
05 February 2014
Facebook plans low-key birthday bash Facebook has grown into an Internet giant over the last decade, but it is celebrating its birthday with a low-key, belated party and an eye toward the future.
04 February 2014
Internet titans shine light on secret US requests Internet titans eager to regain the trust of users for the first time on Monday provided insight into numbers of secret requests for user data made by the US government.
04 February 2014
Satya Nadella. Photo courtesy of businessweek.com Microsoft nears CEO choice, mulls Gates role Microsoft is nearing a decision on its new chief executive, with Indian-born insider Satya Nadella the leading candidate, US media reported Friday.
01 February 2014
©Reuters/Mike Blake Yahoo Mail accounts breached with stolen passwords Yahoo alerted users of its free email service Thursday that hackers slipped into accounts to loot information using stolen passwords.
31 January 2014
Katy Perry rides closer to 50 mn mark on Twitter Pop star Katy Perry was on the threshold Thursday of becoming the first person ever to have more than 50 million followers on Twitter.
31 January 2014
Mad men eye record Super Bowl ad extravaganza What do the Muppets, Greek yogurt and Arnold Schwarzenegger have in common? They're all starring in the most expensive four hours of American television ever.
30 January 2014
©Reuters/Mario Anzuoni Academy kills Oscars nomination over email gaffe Oscars organizers have withdrawn a best song nomination from a composer in a rare move because he emailed voting members to highlight his candidacy, which is strictly banned for Academy executives.
30 January 2014
Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org Web gets new neighborhoods with '.guru' and more New online neighborhoods open Wednesday when a US company starts offering Web addresses ending in ".guru," ".bike" -- and even ".singles."
29 January 2014
©Reuters/Stringer 'Goodnight, humans': China's Jade Rabbit moon rover posting Chinese Internet users flooded the country's social media networks on Monday with condolences for the troubled Jade Rabbit moon rover, which experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" over the weekend.
27 January 2014
©Reuters/Jim Young Google apologizes after online services stumble Google apologized Friday after the Internet giant's widely used free email and an array of other services were disrupted by apparent software woes.
25 January 2014
US kids read little on e-readers, tablets: study Two-thirds of young children in the United States now have access to an e-reader or tablet, but only half of them actually use the device to read.
24 January 2014
Microsoft tops expectations with record revenue Microsoft soared to record revenues in the last quarter, confounding Wall Street forecasts on the back of strong demand for Xbox consoles, Surface tablets and Internet "cloud" services.
24 January 2014
Anton Casey. Photo courtesy of theonlinecitizen.com Singapore FM slams 'deeply offensive' remarks by British expat A Singapore-based British wealth manager's Facebook posts deriding public transport commuters as poor are "deeply offensive, wrong, and unacceptable".
23 January 2014
Icahn takes eBay stake, seeks PayPal spinoff EBay said Wednesday that activist investor Carl Icahn had taken a stake in the online retailer and was seeking a spinoff of its PayPal financial payments unit.
23 January 2014
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