If you read any reputable technology-based blog or website like TechZone360, you simply can't get away from hearing about Google Glass. Touted as a type of wearable technology that is actually a computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) and powered by search giant Google, the first phase of this next-generation offering has recently landed in the hands of early adopters for the steal of a price of $1,500.

Ever wonder how fast the U.S. subscriber base for broadband is or isn't growing? What about who is winning the pitched battle between cable and telecom companies to capture those highly desirable customers who can't live without fast Internet access? The answer to both of those questions comes in the form of a new Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) study on U.S. broadband.

Inspiration can hit us at the most random times - in the middle of the night, while grocery shopping or even mid-workout. If there's one thing that technology innovations offer us today, it's opportunity.

I have a confession to make. Watching congressional testimony is a passion I developed many years ago as a telecom industry lobbyist. For those of us of a policy wonk persuasion, this is great entertainment. It is like watching one of the wildly popular reality TV shows. Unfortunately, the performance by Apple CEO Tim Cook, company CFO Peter Oppenheimer and Apple tax chief Phillip Bullock before the U.S. Homeland Security & Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations was just that -- entertaining. And, as the fine coverage of hearings by my colleague Ed Silverstein highlights while illuminating as a lesson in tax planning by a major multi-national, the carefully scripted kabuki dance was little more than entertaining.

The Xbox One is the most aggressive attempt to turn the tide that was moving away from console gaming and towards gaming on mobile devices. The game platforms, having remained static and out of date for years, were facing an Armageddon of failing titles and gaming companies this year and it is hoped that the refresh of both the Xbox and PlayStation platforms will revitalize this dying market. This cycle, the primary competition won’t be other game consoles but instead, the tablets, smartphones, and the very unique mobile-focused NVIDIA Shield Games system – which are attacking the game foundation that supports console games. It appears the Xbox One is the strongest of the coming game consoles, but will it be strong enough?

The public got a rare glimpse into the method Apple uses to minimize its global taxes – during a series of exchanges between the company’s top executives and members of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, May 21st.

It was also revealed this week that Apple owns Apple Operations International (A.O.I.), Apple Operations Europe (A.O.E.) and Apple Sales International (A.S.I.) – three subsidiaries based in Ireland.

Apple has released a statement ahead of CEO Tim Cook’s slated testimony on Capitol Hill today before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigations. The panel released a report that the computer giant circumvents U.S. Tax Codes and keeps more than $100 billion overseas. Apple has firmly said that it does not use “tax gimmicks” and that it has substantial foreign cash because it sells the majority of its products outside the United States.

The Senate investigation on Apple found that the Cupertino, Calif., company employs a group of affiliate companies outside the United States to avoid paying taxes.

The mass killer of defenseless students and staff at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school last December was basically addicted to playing violent video games – and there are lingering questions if exposure to virtual violence could lead to later violent acts.

Long before the shooting, Adam Lanza spent many hours locked up in his house playing what CNN described as “military-style video games.” A search of his family’s house uncovered thousands of dollars’ worth of violent video games.

Yahoo announced at a news conference on Monday that it indeed, as speculated, acquired the popular blogging/social media site, Tumblr, the Los Angeles Times (and just about every other news outlet) reports, for $1.1 billion.

This is the largest such deal since Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012.

Though Tumblr is trendy – bringing in around 300 million visitors each month – and Yahoo has long needed to up its “cool factor,” this is a risky move for the company. It could be either the beginning of a new, fortified regime or the collapse of a brittle dynasty.

While most are talking about the big upcoming Microsoft event in which the newest Xbox will make its big appearance, Sony isn't going to let Microsoft have the news cycles all to itself. To that end, Sony released a teaser video showing off just a few short glimpses of the new hardware, and Sony has managed to raise a few interesting questions in the process.

As U.S. immigration reform continues to generate controversy, one key area getting much attention is what to do about tech companies that need to hire foreign employees with extensive skills. Businesses and unions are at odds over U.S. visa programs for skilled workers - which in the industry are known as H-1B.

On June 3, the case of United States of America vs. Apple Inc. goes to trial. In anticipation of the landmark proceedings, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has released its pretrial filings, Melville House reports.

It is only right that we wish a big happy birthday to the website highlighted for completely changing the video experience for the better, YouTube. Turning a young eight years old today, it's hard to remember a time before the video streaming website was around, yet it actually made its debut back in 2005. Just to give you a point of reference, 2005 was the year that the space mission Deep Impact launched from Cape Canaveral, the New England Patriots won Super Bowl XXXIX over the Philadelphia Eagles, Israel and Palestine signed a cease-fire agreement and The Huffington Post made its official debut.

While with the recent coming of spring--and some warmer weather--the idea of spring cleaning has also come along with it. Spring cleaning also seems to have arrived out at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as fully 126 individual telecom regulations were tossed out, largely because said requirements were plain old out of date.

This week the big news - at least for us - centered on Google and its annual worldwide developers' conference - Google I/O 2013. Though nothing new or amazing was announced Google still introduced solid pieces of innovation. As our Google I/O 2013 roundup demonstrates, though the event was low on whiz bang, it was still high in levels of innovation that Google is bringing to search, social media and of course to wearable technology. Google CEO Larry Page put in an extended appearance and managed to convey both a sense of excitement at how much has been accomplished and a sense of sadness at how little has been accomplished.

TecTiles are a near field communication (NFC) application. They were developed by Samsung for use with mobile smartphone devices. TecTiles are low cost self-adhesive stickers with an embedded NFC Tag that are programmed before use. This is done simply by the user with a downloadable Android app.

When an NFC capable phone is placed or tapped on a Tag, the programmed action is undertaken. This could be anything from displaying a website to switching the phone to silent mode, or many other possible actions.

cMEcompete, a social platform for endurance events such as triathlons, marathons or bike races, has become the first platform to issue equity through online crowdfunding to non-accredited investors. There are more than 35,000 such events in the United States each year.

The opportunity was allowed after state officials approved the Invest Georgia Exemption (IGE) in 2012, which makes it easier for companies to raise capital.

Spring is in the air in the Northern Hemisphere, and unfortunately almost like clockwork that means the ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is back in the news because of its continuing attempts to rollout as many as 1,400 new Top Level Domain (gTLD) web site suffixes. It seems like no good deed goes unpunished, and that this is turning out to be a lot harder than expected.

Last year around this time ICANN put a stop on their “Digital Anarchy” lottery system for handing out the hugely needed suffixes as concerns grew about companies either gaming the system or being shut out with potentially catastrophic impacts on their brands.

On the second day of the Google I/O event (click the link for first-day coverage), we sat in a huge room full of Google developers, during which time some of the key members of the Google Glass team held a Fireside Chat. Most of the developers were sporting their own pairs of Google Glass, and we confess that as TRON-dorky as they may have all looked we were a bit jealous not to have our own pair in hand and looking, well…TRON-dorky along with the rest of them.

But let’s leave aside how they actually look while on one’s face and let’s leave aside the constant reminder of Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard once the Borg got hold of him (the reminders are eerie in a way). The truth is that the hardware design itself – which the Glass team admits is still in the early stages – is actually rather elegant and featherweight.

Spring is in the air in the Northern Hemisphere, and unfortunately almost like clockwork that means the ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is back in the news because of its continuing attempts to rollout as many as 1,400 new Top Level Domain (gTLD) web site suffixes. It seems like no good deed goes unpunished, and that this is turning out to be a lot harder than expected.

Last year around this time ICANN put a stop on their “Digital Anarchy” lottery system for handing out the hugely needed suffixes as concerns grew about companies either gaming the system or being shut out with potentially catastrophic impacts on their brands. Having in their own minds addressed those problems, in late April of this year ICANN announced that it would push back the rollout data of gTLDs) from June to August.