


Amazon Instant Video can now stream movies and TV shows in 4K

Google releases Android Studio 1.0, the first stable version of its IDE

Microsoft updates Bing with quick answers for local phone numbers, hours of operation, and directions

Google Cloud Platform now supports Microsoft server app licenses, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition

First Cortana for Windows 10 desktop screenshots and video leak

Microsoft adds video calling between Lync and Skype for Windows, coming to Android and iOS next

Microsoft’s presentation app Sway gets Bing Image Search to help find content and offer suggestions

Google+ now lets you pin posts on profiles and pages

Google hopes to one day replace Gmail with Inbox, promises to bring over many features in the interim

PayPal patches vulnerability that could have let an attacker hijack anyone’s account (updated)

Google quietly updates Android release policy for Nexus and Google Play devices to excuse carrier delays

comScore: Cyber Monday sees $2B in e-commerce sales, sets record as biggest U.S. online spending day

Google pilots offline developer kit on DVDs for Internet-challenged regions

Google Drive now lets you edit Microsoft Office attachments right from Gmail

Twitter makes it easier to report tweets and accounts, launches blocked accounts page

IBM: Cyber Monday online sales up 8.5%, iOS numbers more than quadruple Android’s

Dropbox for Business launches API as it passes 100K customers

Microsoft kills Clip Art image library, redirects Office users to Bing

comScore: Ecommerce spending on Thanksgiving tops $1B for the first time, passes $1.5B on Black Friday

Uber now complies with India’s two-factor authentication requirement, calls it unnecessary and burdensome

Black Friday 2014: Ecommerce desktop pages were 20% slower than in 2013, mobile pages were 57% slower

Watch a George Lucas parody of the ‘Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens’ trailer

Microsoft plans to launch Power BI mobile apps, starting with iOS

Watch a Microsoft engineer use Kinect and a Sphero to simulate telekinesis

Even at $199, Amazon’s Fire phone isn’t worth your money

Audio nerds rejoice: Windows 10 will get support for playing FLAC files next year

Mozilla reveals Firefox will soon offer one-click buttons for all your search engines

IDC predicts tablet growth of just 7.2% in 2014 as iPad sees first annual decline, PC shipments to fall by 2.7%

Vine now lets you favorite accounts and get push notifications when they post new videos

BlackBerry offers up to $550 to trade your iPhone for a BlackBerry Passport

Google Chrome will block all NPAPI plugins by default in January, drop support completely in September

Google for Work beefs up security with revamped Devices and Activity dashboard, new account checkup wizard

Google search on smartphones and tablets now shows product details with 360-degree view, where to buy them

BitTorrent’s encrypted chat app Bleep gets offline messaging that only sends … when both parties are online

Google Fiber promises Austin’s public housing residents free 5Mbps Internet for 10 years

The Windows 10 store will let businesses buy apps in bulk and offer private sections for their own apps

Google’s Project Loon can now launch up to 20 balloons per day, and they fly 10 times longer than in 2013

Microsoft updates Bing homepage with HD backgrounds, image captions, and new Office Online menu
