Nullriver Introduces 3G/EDGE Tethering App for iPhone [Updatedx3]
Nullriver, Inc. has released NetShare onto the iTunes App Store this evening (via iPhone Alley). The $9.99 application promises to allow you to share your iPhone's network connection with your comput...
Google to Extend Reach With Venture-Capital Arm
Ex-Entrepreneur Hired To Assist in Setup; Brand-Name Advantage — Google Inc. is working on plans to start a venture-capital arm, according to several people briefed on the discussions. — The group...
About Security Update 2008-005
This document describes Security Update 2008-005, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or from Apple Downloads. — For the protection of our customers, Apple does no...
‘Scrabulous’ gets a nip-tuck, returns as ‘Wordscraper’
In the high school cafeteria of Facebook apps, Scrabulous is like that girl who gets in trouble for showing too much skin, only to throw on a hoodie and be let back into the principal's good graces. ...
Facebook Launches News Feed Filters - First Look
It's been nearly two years since Facebook's News Feed launched. Tonight, Facebook is turning on the first major change to the News Feed user experience: News Feed filters. — News Feed filters are t...
Motorola ekes out small profit
Motorola (MOT) shares surged in premarket trading Thursday after the struggling tech titan posted a minuscule second-quarter profit in spite of the latest sales decline at its handset unit. The Schau...
Watchdog clears Google's street cameras
Google's controversial Street View service - which will offer ground-level pictures of every UK street online -can finally be launched in Britain, after a privacy watchdog said it had no complaints ab...
LG's New Blu-Ray Box Includes Netflix Streaming; “Well Under $500”
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) announced its first direct-to-TV movie partnership with LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) early this year, but was short on details then. Since then, it launched through a low-cost Ro...
“The Mojave Experiment:” Bad Science, Bad Marketing
I guess I should first admit I hate the show Punk'd. I mean, here's a guy who is famous for lying about his age so he seems hipper, telling us that his show's purpose it to deflate the big egos on ot...
HOW BIG IS THE FREE ECONOMY?
Here's a question I get all the time: how big is the free economy? That's harder to answer than you might think, for both definition and measurement reasons. But here's a first past at doing it anyw...
Newspapers Think Locally for Online Ads
Sales Efforts Increase, But ‘Smaller Dollars’ Prove Hard to Chase — In an effort to make up for their plunging print-ad revenues, newspaper companies have been scrambling to train their sales teams ...
Transit directions: Now on S60 & Windows Mobile
A few weeks ago we released Google Maps for mobile with Transit directions for BlackBerry and Java-based handsets. Now, with the release of version 2.2 of the application for Symbian S60 (3rd edition...
Google: “Complete Privacy Does Not Exist”
Defending “Street View” lawsuit, firm says trespasses to be expected — Arguing that technology has ensured that “complete privacy does not exist,” Google contends that a Pennsylvania family has no l...
The Pirate Bay Now Supports Tagging
The Pirate Bay has rolled out a new feature which allows users to add tags to the torrents they upload. The tags will make it easier to structure and discover new content, and it gives users the oppo...
Yahoo shareholders meeting a case of deja vu?
Believe in deja vu? Yahoo shareholders may when they file into the company's annual shareholders meeting on Friday. — Last year, an angry mob of investors took Yahoo's CEO to task at the company's ...