Customers would pay $10 a month for access to 600,000 titles.
Amazon is testing a monthly e-book subscription service that would let customers read as many titles as they want for a flat fee. The users of a forum dedicated to the Amazon Kindle first noticed ads on Amazon.com for a new service cal…
Apple has added extra protection to iCloud’s outgoing email, making it harder for hackers, the NSA, or any other malicious spying groups to get their digits on your messages. A month after Apple promised to boost iCloud’s email security, a new transparency report from Google shows that at least 9…
Poverty is a serious issue in America, with approximately 46 million people living below the poverty line and 3.5 million of them homeless. In San Francisco alone, 7,350 people are homeless, and 54% of them haven’t had a home for one or more years, according to HandUp. HandUp’s platform aims to s…
Online marketplace revealed in May that a hacker had compromised the data of around 145m customers EBay revenues rose 13pc in the second quarter, as better-than-expected results from its fast-growing PayPal division helped to overcome increasing competition from Amazon and a well-publicised cyber…
A militant faction in Syria said it has come up with a smartphone application that improves the accuracy of strikes and helps fighters calculate which weapon best suits the battle objective. The Islamic Front, one of the largest militant umbrella groups operating in Syria, said it devised an app …
The bid is probably not going to CGI Federal. Accenture currently holds a one-year contract to run HealthCare.gov, which was awarded after a no-bid process back in January. That came after the White House chose to terminate CGI Federal’s contract following HealthCare.gov’s failed launch in Octobe…
After a riding accident left him without the use of his legs, Irish jockey Jonjo Bright thought he’d never walk again. Then he stepped into the Ekso suit.
Irish jockey Jonjo Bright has been paralyzed from the neck down since a riding accident in March 2013. He never thought he would walk again, b…
A baby Tesla is coming to town. Tesla Motors confirmed late on Tuesday that its rumored third-generation car will be called, appropriately enough, the Model III. The vehicle will be about 20 percent smaller than the Model S, but will cost half as much. Tesla is aiming for the $35,000 range with t…
The Google Wallet app for iOS and Android has been updated today, and brings with it some tweaks that may have you actually wanting to use it. Instead of relying on mobile payments, Google’s troubled app now keeps track of your loyalty cards, and even lets you request money or pay someone for fre…
Facebook is giving students access to the Internet. On Tuesday, the company announced a new pilot program to provide free Wi-Fi access to high school students in Forest City, North Carolina, a Facebook data center site. The company is working with a North Carolina-based nonprofit Internet provide…
