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Earlier this week, an image surfaced on Reddit of a sample station for a new flavor of PepsiCo, Inc..'s (NYSE: PEP) Mountain Dew: Doritos. Or, as show in the picture, “Dewitos.” A Mountain Dew spokesperson told TIME that the product is being tested at some colleges and...

Net neutrality, the principle that all Internet data should be treated equally and that access to that data should be free and unfettered, is the theme behind Wednesday’s Internet Slowdown Day. Many large websites, net neutrality advocates all, have banded together to demonstrate what...

Nothing upsets die-hard Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) owned HBO True Detective fans like the inability to stream the series’ final premiere season episode on their smartphones, tablets and computers via HBO GO. Yet, that’s exactly what happened. HBO GO posted this message on their...

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) insists that it “treats all traffic equally,” but new data may suggest that may not be the case when it comes to streaming videos on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). On Monday, Netflix released its monthly ISP speed index. The results clearly show what The Register described as “...

Bitcoin remains a mystery to many on Main Street America. However, many analysts and experts think that the digital currency's future lies in the payments business, a $500 billion dollar industry for tradition financial institutions like JP Morgan and Visa. The problem with current payment...

In a move clearly designed to expand its subscriber base, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced it was testing a new streaming plan (for new users only) that offers a single-screen, standard definition option for $6.99 a month. That’s a dollar less than the company’s current lowest cost plan...

Inspired by the home and apartment-sharing startup Airbnb, FlightCar allows car owners to park free at select airports in exchange for sharing their vehicle. This daring concept is the lovechild of Shri Ganeshram, Rujul Zaparde and Kevin Petrovic. The three men founded FlightCar after taking a...

Silk Road, the anonymous internet marketplace mostly used for sale of illegal drugs, reopened its doors on Wednesday --  just a month after its shutdown by U.S. law enforcement. According to the site's new administrator,  the new Silk Road improves upon the old version with more secure identity...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) gained some attention this week after reports claimed that the company will launch a separate app store for Google Glass. Two weeks ago Google acquired key patents from Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (OTC: HNHPF), the parent company of Foxconn, the world's largest assembler....

Over at his website, Michigan State University Computer Science Ph.D. student Randy Olson has mapped out an impressive evolution of Reddit since its 2005 inception. The first post in Reddit history was submitted on June 23, 2005, when user kn0thing submitted the Downing Street Memo. According to...