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Google isn’t the only unorthodox player moving into the offline payments space. PayPal, like the search giant and Visa, is planning to launch a “Wallet” product that aims to replace traditional credit cards at registers. “If someone had told me … Continue reading →

ESPN writer Bill Williamson wrote an innocent article Sunday about NFL quarterback Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos, which has sparked an entirely unexpected viral backlash in its comments. Tebow’s inconsistency as a passer has led to much derision from … Continue reading →

Hackers have used a security flaw in Microsoft’s Windows operating system to infect computers with the the Duqu virus, Microsoft admits. “We are working diligently to address this issue and will release a security update for customers,” Microsoft said in … Continue reading →

Efforts to kill a proposed bill that some believe will let the government censor and control Internet content are gaining traction. We The People, the government’s official, crowdsourced petition site, is hosting a petition to kill the proposed Stop Online … Continue reading →

Yahoo released four products Wednesday, and almost all of them were for iPad, Android and mobile. The big news was Yahoo Livestand for iPad, a social newsstand app that competes directly with Flipboard. But Livestand wasn’t the only product that … Continue reading →

Mr. Clean is poised to get a Facebook-driven facelift this month to celebrate Movember. The 54-year-old icon will grow a mustache for the Movember initiative, which supports funding for prostate cancer. Mr. Clean’s ‘stache will grow in accordance with the … Continue reading →

Internet Explorer can no longer claim more than half of the web’s traffic, as of October, ending more than a decade of the default Microsoft browser’s reign. Safari’s hold on 62.17% of mobile traffic has reduced IE’s overall share of … Continue reading →

Yahoo Livestand Click here to view this gallery. Yahoo has officially launched Livestand, a social newsstand tablet app that presents a new challenge to Flipboard, AOL Editions and other magazine-style apps. Livestand, now available for iPad, lets users consume news … Continue reading →

Mere hours after launching its Gmail for iOS app, Google has yanked it from the iTunes app store. “The iOS app we launched today contained a bug with notifications,” read a tweet on the Gmail Twitter feed. “We have pulled … Continue reading →

If you were watching game seven of the World Series last Friday, you might have seen a new commercial for Chevrolet. It tugs at the heartstrings, is awash in American nostalgia, and if you’re a web culture aficionado, it probably … Continue reading →