Courts in recent years have been raising the evidentiary bar law enforcement agents must meet in order to obtain historical cell phone records that reveal information about a target's location. But documents obtained by civil liberties groups under a Freedom of Information Act request suggest that "triggerfish" technology can be used to pinpoint cell phones without involving cell phone providers at all.
Microsoft is interested in resuming talks on a Web search partnership with Yahoo. Yahoo shares fell 19 percent on the remarks, after gaining this week on renewed investor hopes that Microsoft may refresh its bid for the Internet company after Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang announced that he would step down.
Read MoreYahoo! Inc. announced that it's searching for a new Chief Executive Officer. Jerry Yang, co-Founder of Yahoo!, has decided to return to his former role as Chief Yahoo! upon the appointment of his successor as CEO, and he will also continue to serve on the Board.
Adobe Systems announced a technology collaboration to optimize and enable Flash Player 10 and AIR for ARM Powered devices, ranging from mobile phones to set-top boxes, mobile internet devices, TVs, automotive platforms, personal media players and other mobile computing devices.
Adobe Systems announced Flash Media Interactive Server 3.5 software and Flash Media Streaming Server 3.5 software, two key components of the Adobe Flash Platform, the standard for delivering breakthrough interactive content, applications, and video on the Web.
The new servers include new media delivery options, such as: dynamic streaming; enhanced H.264 video and High Efficiency AAC audio support; and the ability to pause and seek within a live stream. These innovations improve the quality of video delivered over the Web and offer richer interactive experiences for users.
Read MoreThe new Google Mobile application for iPhone is finally unveiled. Тhe search application knows when you bring the phone to your face to speak into it. It beeps, you talk, and it executes a Google search on what you said.
Microsoft's power with programmers is tied to desktops and laptops, the vast majority of which run Windows. Google is trying to dominate the cloud computing, where applications run on the Web. Adobe, though, is trying to run down the middle with a strategy that touches on both domains.
While growth of web usage is up across all mobile device classes, one of the biggest areas of growth has been smartphones. From the strong growth in ad-calls for ad networks such as Admob to the astounding increases in page views for Opera Mini, it’s very clear that consumers have embraced the use of the web on mobile devices.
Microsoft released a Live Search API that developers cas use to embed search on Web sites with more support for frequently used Web-development technologies and less restrictions on how third parties use the technology on their Web sites.