Apple's Tim Cook meets with EU antitrust chief ahead of decision on Irish taxes
Earlier on Thursday Apple CEO Tim Cook attended a private meeting in Brussels with Margrethe Vestager, the head of the…
Kickstarter finally launches an official app on Android
It’s been a very long time coming, but the folks at Kickstarter have finally brought an official application to the Google…
Why 'data scientist' is this year's hottest job
It’s notable enough that close to half of the 25 “best jobs in America” named by recruiting site Glassdoor this…
Google to boost compression performance in Chrome 49
Google yesterday announced that a new in-house compression algorithm, dubbed “Brotli,” will soon be added to Chrome to speed up…
IDG Contributor Network: Sending data into the void with /dev/null
Unix systems make it easy to make output that you don’t want to see simply disappear. Toss output into the…
Popular Card Game 'Exploding Kittens' Now Available on iPhone
Last year, cartoonist Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal teamed up with Elan Lee and Shane Small to create a card…
Cisco fixes critical flaws in digital encoder, unified computing manager and security appliance
Cisco Systems has released software updates to fix critical issues that could allow attackers to compromise digital encoders, unified computing…
Mini takes lead in US iPad sales as iPad Pro jumps in at 12 percent, survey data says
The split of U.S. iPad sales is now weighted in favor of the iPad mini, although the iPad Pro captured…
Google insists Linux bug is not a major threat
Earlier this week, news broke that an exploitable bug in the Linux kernel made vulnerable tens of millions of Linux…
Deals: iPad Airs from $328; new 13" MacBook coupons; $700 off 15" MacBook Pro & 27" iMac 5K
An assortment of new and returning offers this week include: $70 off 16GB iPad Airs, $80 off iPad Air 2s,…