Facebook-WhatsApp Deal Risks Sparking Privacy Probes Across EU

Facebook Inc. (FB)’s plan to buy WhatsApp Inc. for as much as $19 billion risks triggering privacy probes across the European Union as...

Want a job at Google? Internet giant reveals the 'two attributes' necessary for all employees

They're renowned as some of the toughest interview questions in the business.But, despite their legendary difficulty, the reason we...

BlackBerry Announces New Z3 and Q20 Phones

BlackBerry will release a low-cost phone in Indonesia in April and plans a broader release of a phone that restores a beloved row of con...

Sony launches waterproof Xperia Z2 smartphone and tablet

So after Sony built in waterproofing and made the leap to a highly capable 20.7-megapixel camera in last year’s flagship, the Xperia Z1,...

Samsung Galaxy S5 launch in Barcelona

Samsung’s launch event for the new Galaxy S5 in Barcelona on Monday The Samsung Unpacked 5 Event takes place on Monday and the next ...

Tesla earnings Model X delayed, but stock jumps as China expansion looms

Electric car maker Tesla announced its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, and in the process assuaged any fears that last year’s high...

Mark Zuckerberg goes to Barcelona to make mobile friends

If confirmation was needed that we live in the age of the mobile phone, then the presence of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the Mob...

Messaging service WhatsApp is down

Messaging service WhatsApp is down and for the past an hour or so users haven’t been able to send messages. The company has confirmed to...

Google's Hangouts blunder helped WhatsApp

Just a few days before WhatsApp founders agreed to sell the company to Facebook, they were reportedly contacted by Google CEO Larry Page...

Facebook turned down WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton for job in 2009

It turned out to be an expensive mistake for Mark Zuckerberg. A $19bn (£14bn) one to be precise. In the summer of 2009 Facebook turned dow...

More than one-fifth of Britons will use Twitter this year, claims report

Twitter ended 2013 with 12 million active users in the UK, and will see that increase to 13.6 million by the end of 2014, according to r...

the Nokia Icon for your next smartphone

If the tech business were fair, you would be considering the Nokia Icon for your next smartphone. The Icon, which goes on sale this week...

Facebook to buy messaging network WhatsApp

The world's largest social network is expanding its reach again. Facebook has announced it will buy the mobile messaging service Whats...

HTC's Next Flagship Gets Launch Date

The successor to the much-loved HTC One will make its debut in New York and London on March 25. HTC sent out invitations for the flagshi...

Apple and Google crack the whip on Flappy Bird clones

our app store may be getting a lot less flappy. Both Apple and Google appear to be cracking down on new apps taking advantage of the...

Maker of Candy Crush files for IPO

The maker of Candy Crush Saga and other wildly popular free video games filed for an initial public offering early Tuesday. King Me...

IB formally exits Everest Insurance Company

The advisory team and management team of Insurance Board (IB) formally exited the Everest Insurance Company (EIC) on Monday after handin...

Made in Nepal expo concludes

The ´Made in Nepal Products and Service Expo-2014´ concluded on Monday. According to Nepali Young Entrepreneurs´ Forum (NYEF), the organ...

Facebook Can Predict With Scary Accuracy If Your Relationship Will Last

In honor of Valentine's Day, Facebook let us in on something creepy. With the mountains of data it has on its members, Facebook has a ...

Toyota Doesn't Want You To Plug In Its Electric Cars

Interested in an electric or plug-in hybrid car but not so keen on having to make the schlep to actually plug in the car every time it n...

Facebook at 10: How it grew from a social network to a social phenomenon

A decade ago, four friends launched a service in their Harvard dorm room. TheFacebook.com was originally supposed to be just a social ne...

As LinkedIn passes 50 million users in Asia, it knows there’s still a lot of room to grow

L inkedIn has been growing rapidly in Asia-Pacific, as it announced today that it just crossed 50 million registered users in the regio...

Twitter page now looks Like same facebook

Twitter is testing a totally new design on its website that will actually make it look like rival Facebook. An editor at Mashable fi...

Rakuten’s $900 million strategy is to transform Viber into Line. But it won’t be easy.

Today’s big news is Rakuten’s acquisition of Viber for nearly $900 million. Taking a step back to look at the strategy behind it, Rakute...

Google Play Music for Android now lets you take radio stations offline

If you thrive on Google Play Music's radio stations but would love if they kept playing while you're away from an internet conne...

Apple Reportedly Launching Two New iPhones with Larger Flat Sapphire Displays in September

The latest rumors about Apple's plans to manufacture sapphire at a new plant in Arizona are the most credible foundation yet for sp...

An Apple iwatch? The hints have been out

Apple has strongly hinted that it will enter new product categories in 2014. And it's about time not in the sense that it's been too...

Central bank takes over NSMF management

Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has decided to take over the management of Nepal Share Markets and Finance Ltd (NSMF), suspending the existing b...

Olympic Google Doodle Appears To Hit Russia's Anti-Gay Law As Sochi Games Begin

It appears Google is not a fan of Russia's anti-gay law. The Google homepage featured a Doodle on Thursday of 6 athletes across a ra...

Renault prototype is a self-driving massage parlour

Renault wants to make your commute as chill as possible. Assuming your route is "protected" (free of pedestrians, cyclists or la...

Google's Chromecast expected to come to the UK in March

A representative from UK electronics retailer Currys has just revealed to TNW that it'll start selling Google's Chromecast dongle ...