Alphabet – owner of Google – takes top spot from Apple
Alphabet- Google’s parent company- has surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable company after its latest earnings report. The company made a profit of $4.9bn (£3.4bn) for the fourth...
YouTube stars U-turn on trademarks after online fury
The makers of one of YouTube’s biggest channels have dropped plans to trademark and license a popular video format – after facing outcry from fans. The Fine Brothers’...
GOOGLE TESTS SOLAR-POWERED ‘5G’ INTERNET DRONES
Google is pushing forward in the race to deliver universal Internet access, testing solar-powered drones capable of beaming high-speed Internet back to Earth. The secretive Project Skybender, The...
Facebook and Instagram ban private gun adverts
Private individuals will no longer be allowed to advertise guns on Facebook and Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook. Facebook had already banned the sale of guns without identity...
Spam text programmer spared jail
A computer expert has avoided jail after being convicted of helping to send millions of spam messages. Naveed Ahmed, 27, of Tampa, US, wrote a programme that helped a group of scammers bombard...
Apple sees first sales dip in more than a decade as super-growth era falters
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) forecast its first revenue drop in 13 years and reported the slowest-ever increase in iPhone shipments as the critical Chinese market showed signs of weakening, suggesting the...
Record number of US drone crashes
A record number of US Air Force drones crashed last year, according to an investigation by the Washington Post. It found 20 large drones had been destroyed or had sustained at least $2m in damage...
Zano: The rise and fall of Kickstarter’s mini-drone
When Europe’s biggest Kickstarter project, the Zano mini-drone, crashed to earth last November there was plenty of blame to go round. But many of the 12,000 backers – who had put in...
