Google generated a lot of buzz over its effort to display information on eyeglasses, Terminator-style. Less clear is whether the search giant can create something cool enough that would make someone like Arnold Schwarzenegger want to wear it. Crafting a...

Just as Internet activists were whipping up another cyber protest over a proposed law, Facebook, which runs one of the largest websites, came to the bill’s defense. The contentious legislation, called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, would open...

Earlier this month, Apple closed a serious security hole. It was too late. More than 600,000 Mac computers were infected with malicious software that hijacked Google results, replacing them with spam links. This was no run-of-the-mill hacking attack: The target...

Where does Google see its future in the tablet market? Try the bargain bin. Responding to a question about tablets during the company’s earnings call today, Google Chief Executive Larry Page said: “We definitely believe that there is going to...

Facebook is unlocking more of the data it keeps on its 845 million members, allowing users to download an expanded history of their activities on the social network. The company will begin bundling information about friend requests sent, a person’s...

Five years ago, Mike Filippone had one of the most downloaded programs for Apple’s then up-and-coming development platform. No, it wasn’t for the iPhone and its accompanying hit, the App Store. The platform was Dashboard. Users of Apple’s Mac computers can...

Steve Jobs was a notoriously private person and ran his company similarly, but near the end of his life, the Apple co-founder volunteered some of his secrets for an authorized biography. Now, some of those remarks are being used as...

When a company has more cash than the U.S. government, a federal lawsuit doesn’t seem all that intimidating. Apple is preparing for a court kerfuffle with the Justice Department, which says the electronics giant colluded with book publishers to raise...

Twitter Inc. may not want to tweet this: More than a third of adults have an unfavorable opinion of the micro-blogging site, almost equal to the percentage who have a favorable view of it, according to a new poll. Search giant...

Here’s a riddle: if Instagram is worth $1 billion, how much is Facebook itself worth? You might take a few seconds to think about that, because Mark Zuckerberg probably has. And if you really want to appreciate all the facets...