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On Friday, Google published the results of a year-long study on wide-scale and targeted account hijacking attacks.

Google’s surprise announcement that it would replace its Home brand with Nest was well-received. Then all hell broke loose.

Instagram upgrades its Explore tab by bringing Stories, and improved focus on IGTV and Shopping.

Instagram is shutting down Instagram Direct, its erstwhile SnapChat competitor, a little over a year after launching the standalone app.

The U.S. government formally added Huawei to its Entity List, barring it from doing business with any company based in the United States.

Google Podcasts is finally adding that most basic of features: The ability to auto-download new episodes of subscribed podcasts.

Google is finally consolidating its Google Flights, Hotels, and Trips services into a single destination on web and mobile.

In a bid to better target Amazon’s dominance in online shopping, the search giant is consolidating its Shopping Search and Express services.

The makers of WhatsApp are warning users to upgrade the popular messaging app to avoid a spyware attack.

Google is allowing users to auto-delete web and app activity from their Google accounts on a schedule. Here's how.

In October 2017, I spoke with Microsoft’s Jeff Burtoft and Aaron Gustafson about the company’s plans to bring PWAs to Windows 10.

Facebook co-founder---and former Mark Zuckerberg college roommate---Chris Hughes has called for a breakup of the social media giant.

Microsoft’s Fluid Framework promises a people-centric computing model that could mark the death of apps as we now know them.

Chrome OS and the Chromebooks on which it runs are now sophisticated enough for web and Android developers, Google says.

Google had previously announced plans to bring Flutter, its cross-platform mobile development framework, to the web.

I’m plenty-busy here in Seattle for Microsoft Build, but I wanted to at least provide a quick rundown of today’s Google I/O announcements

Amazon released a new version of its Alexa app for Windows 10 that runs in the background and enables hands-free use.

Microsoft announced that the new Chromium-based Edge web browser will offer Internet Explorer compatibility and other improvements.

The new version of Google Fi for iPhone now supports that platform’s visual voicemail functionality, a significant improvement.

Those using the Premium version of Grammarly now have a new tool that will catch inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, and formatting.

In a move that appears aimed at appeasing regulators, Google today said it will limit how long it stores your location and activity data.

Hulu announced today that its U.S.-based subscriber base jumped by 40 percent in the past year to 28 million.

Apple posted net income of $11.6 billion on revenues of $58 billion for the most recent quarter. Both are major declines year-over-year.

Facebook today announced that it will soon launch a major refresh of its core social networking service dubbed FB5.

Facebook announced a major overhaul of its Messenger service that focuses on privacy and speed. And it’s coming to Windows and Mac, too.

Microsoft is rebranding Bing Ads and with the move, will also introduce new AI-based products in the near future.

A software developer has identified a simple exploit in the mobile version of Google Chrome that can be used for phishing attacks.