


Goodbye, Google: Mozilla makes Yahoo the default Firefox search engine in the U.S.

Chrome 40 beta arrives with revamped bookmarks manager, removes SSL 3.0 completely

BitTorrent unveils Sync 2.0 and three new products coming in 2015, including Pro version for $40/year

Duolingo and Wolfram Alpha arrive for Windows Phone

Amazon’s $39 Fire TV Stick starts shipping today, but new orders won’t arrive before January 15

Google releases its first Android Auto APIs, lets developers build audio and messaging apps for the car

Facebook launches dedicated Groups app for Android and iOS

Chrome 39 launches with 64-bit version for Mac OS X and new developer features

Google’s mobile search results get ‘mobile-friendly’ label to show you which sites work best on your phone

Google open sources security testing tool Firing Range, a Java app with XSS and other web vulnerabilities

Google Keep now lets you share lists with friends and family, filter notes by attributes

Snapchat partners with Square to launch Snapcash, a service for sending money to friends

BitTorrent now lets anyone sell content via its direct-to-fan Bundle publishing platform

Microsoft launches its Office presentation app Sway on iPhone in New Zealand, coming to more countries soon

Google Compute Engine gets Autoscaler to adjust app resources based on varying traffic and workloads

Windows Store and Windows Phone Store pass half a million apps combined

Microsoft aims to offer Windows 10 upgrades for all Windows Phone 8 Lumias, but makes no promises

Google Wallet API for digital goods will be retired on March 2, 2015

Microsoft launches Movie Creator video-editing app for Lumia devices and Surface tablets

Facebook expands ads based on sites and apps you use to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, and UK

Microsoft confirms acquisition of enterprise security startup Aorato, ends sales of firewall product

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with touchpad gestures, OneDrive selective sync, and MKV support

Samsung unveils Gear VR Innovator Edition headset, available ‘early December’ but only in the U.S.

Android 5.0 Lollipop now rolling out to second-generation Moto X Pure Edition and Moto G, ‘most’ Nexus devices

Microsoft releases Visual Studio Emulator for Android preview

Microsoft debuts Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 2015 previews, free Visual Studio Community 2013

Microsoft starts to open source .NET and take it cross-platform to Mac, Linux

Grooveshark hits back at Spotify CEO Daniel Ek for referring to the site as a ‘pirate service’

Google Trends expands beyond search with list of daily viral YouTube videos

Google launches Fiber for Small Business, available in select areas of Kansas City for $100 per month

Microsoft rolls out Outlook smart Clutter filter to its Office 365 business customers

Microsoft will replace Lync with Skype for Business in the first half of 2015

Microsoft launches $136 dual-SIM Lumia 535, its first non-Nokia smartphone

Instagram now lets you edit captions, suggests accounts to follow in new People tab

Mozilla brings multi-process support to Firefox Nightly, promises to ship 64-bit Firefox for Windows 'soon'

Mozilla updates Firefox with Forget button and DuckDuckGo search, rolls out sponsored tiles to new tab page

Mozilla launches Firefox Developer Edition with built-in tools for debugging apps and mobile browsers

New devices help iOS steal back enterprise share from Android; breakdown is 85% iPhone 6, 15% iPhone 6 Plus
