Blink: Google forks Webkit to give the Chrome browser its own rendering engine (insert dongle joke here)

Google is taking its ball and going home, forking the open-source WebKit browser rendering engine that Chrome and Safari currently use and that Opera recently said it would start using.

Is the future of mobile wallets finger-lickin’ good? KFC and Airtag think so

I asked Airtag CEO Jeremy Leroyer what happens when we deal with 35 different merchants: Do we need 35 different apps?

Twitter just gave mobile app developers an absolutely massive user-acquisition gift

Developers and marketers can now add users directly via Twitter, simply by adding a few lines of code to any content shared from their app to the social network.

Prepping for IPO, MuleSoft nets $37M from NEA & others to make app integrations easier than ever

MuleSoft, an integration-focused startup that helps huge and tiny companies alike, has raised $37 million in its fifth round of funding.

Google Glass, meet ‘Baidu Eye’

It looks like Chinese search engine Baidu is building a 'Baidu Eye' to compete with Google Glass.

Google+ login button launches across hundreds of partner sites

Americal Idol, Universal Music Group, and hundreds of other sites will now let you bring your Google+ identity to the door.

Facebook & Gates Foundation expand their education hackathon

Bright minds and top-shelf developers from around the world will be tackling tough, systemic problems in academics in a hackathon series co-sponsored by Facebook and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Twilio & Google partner to bring cloud communications to App Engine

Cloud communications startup Twilio has partnered with Google to bring voice and messaging abilities to apps being developed with Google App Engine, the companies announced today.

Balanced adds $2M from Andreessen Horowitz, Collaborative Fund into its checkbook

Balanced, which provides backend payments solutions for online marketplaces, adds $2 million into its seed round after six months of strong momentum.

No, your website is not getting traffic from the International Space Station

It's the ultimate rush. You post some hot content, get a few links and a rush of traffic, and, when checking your Google Analytics traffic logs, realize you had some otherworldly traffic: visitors from the International Space Station.

World’s first petaflop supercomputer obsolete after 5 years, faces decommissioning

Five years ago it was the world's fastest computer running over a million billion calculations per second, but today Los Alamos Lab's Roadrunner supercomputer is being decommissioned.

What developers doodle/write when they’re bored (gallery)

When developers have to wait more than two hours to see the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, they need a way to release their (creative) energy. Oculus VR gave them one.

Ouya looks pretty but lacks killer games so far (preview)

Ouya's about 10 games ready now and dozens that will be available shortly. By its retail launch in June, the company promises hundreds.

Google issues open source patent pledge: we won’t sue first

Google pledged to not use its arsenal of patent weapons offensively today, taking a stand on open source and patents that is anti-patent troll, pro-competition, and pro-freedom to create, innovate, and code.