When we speak about the pace of progress, we often say that smartphones have evolved in such a big way in the past few years. We remember getting our paws on the original iPhone back in 2007, the device that started the modern smartphone era, and we were amazed by all of its features, but also a bit taken aback …

Amid all the rumors and leaks exposing Motorola’s upcoming gadgets, the company has announced that it has an event scheduled for July 28. And from the looks of it, something of great importance is coming, as the unveiling will take place in three major cities – London, São Paulo, and New York. “A better mobile relationship is on its way” – that’s …

A terrific new exhibition has opened in Washington DC’s National Museum of American History, and in it, a section dedicated to the area on the US west coast which is synonymous with cutting-edge technology. The display details the trailblazing chip companies blending with hippy counter-culture to make the ideal mix for innovation and entrepreneurship to thrive. It was this secret …

Google Inc. users were blocked from suing over alleged privacy violations by a judge who said they failed to show any of their information had been disclosed. It was the fourth time U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal rejected the case. The complaint, filed and revised multiple times in San Jose, California, focused on an alleged plan to eliminate barriers between …

Tesla Motors Inc. expects to start selling its Model X sport utility vehicle in China in the first half of next year after first introducing it in the U.S. this quarter. The electric-car manufacturer is also opening five to six new showrooms by the end of this year, bringing the total number in China to about 15, Gary Tao, a …

As a fierce merger fight between Samsung Group’s Lee family and activist investor Paul Elliott Singer has raged in South Korea, the Lees have marshaled their best arguments for the deal, splashed ads on the front pages of the nation’s newspapers, and courted minority shareholders in person. Oh, and announced that they aren’t anti-Semites. With Friday’s vote on the takeover bid fast approaching, critics …

Mankind’s first close-up look at Pluto did not disappoint on Wednesday. The pictures showed ice mountains on Pluto about as high as the Rockies and chasms on its big moon Charon that appear six times deeper than the Grand Canyon. Especially astonishing to scientists was the total absence of impact craters in a zoom-in shot of one otherwise rugged slice …

Taxi booking app Uber has been fined $7.3m (£4.6m) in California for not giving regulators enough information about its service and operations. A judge at the California Public Utilities Commission – the regulator that allows the company to operate in the state – said Uber had not filed all the reports required by the body. It was accused of withholding …

Twenty years ago today Amazon sold its first book, created the first online book store and went on to become a hugely profitable internet superpower. Today it’s celebrating that anniversary with Amazon Prime day, 24 hours of special offers which will be the biggest day of e-commerce the world has ever seen. Actually, scrub that first paragraph – almost every …

  What is the market going to do today? Investors can look to data releases to explain short term fluctuations and try to investigate longer-term macro trends to make their forecasts. However, the market is (mostly) humans making decisions based not only on what they think will happen after extrapolating the data, but also on how they feel things will work out. Call it sentiment, …