Microsoft Enlists Jerry Seinfeld In Its Ad Battle Against Apple
Microsoft Corp., weary of being cast as a stodgy oldster by Apple Inc.'s advertising, is turning for help to Jerry Seinfeld. — The software giant's new $300 million advertising campaign, devised by ...
Photosynthing the nation's capital
A synth of images of the Lincoln Memorial. Click on the image for a larger view. — (Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com) — WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Monday, I got a demo of how Microsoft was opening up Pho...
Jason Calacanis On How To Get PR For Your Startup: Fire Your PR Company
For over ten years I've been in the unique position of being both a CEO and a journalist in the technology space. My first company produced Silicon Alley Reporter magazine, where I held the dual titl...
Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) - Bring Us Your Data
A few months ago I talked about our plans to offer a persistent storage feature for Amazon EC2. At that time I indicated that the service was in a limited alpha release with a small number of custome...
Judge: Copyright owners must consider ‘fair use’
A federal judge on Wednesday gave more weight to the concept of “fair use” when he threw a lifeline to a Pennsylvania mother's lawsuit against Universal Music. — The judge refused to dismiss Stephan...
Microsoft demands Xbox LIVE iPhone app to be set free
People seem to really like this App Store thing we keep hearing about, and apps are selling for the iPhone and iPod touch like hot cakes. One too-descriptively-named app, 1337pwn XBOX Live Friends Ap...
Salesforce.com F2Q09 (Qtr End 7/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Executives — Marc Benioff - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer — Graham V. Smith - Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President — Analysts — Steven Koenig - Keybanc Capital Ma...
Yahoo! Search brings Search Assist, SearchMonkey, and more to the iPhone
In June, my boss came to me with a challenge: bring the full Yahoo! Search experience—including SearchMonkey, Search Assist, shortcuts, and other awesome Yahoo! Search features—to the iPhone with as f...
Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) - When Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) rolled out its iPhone in the United States, some fans paid big money to be among the first to get their hands on the de...
Ten Things I Want On My Mobile Phone
1) Shazam for places - I blogged about this when I was in Scotland earlier this month. I met a company at TechStars yesterday that might be able to build it. I hope they do. — 2) Shazam for people...
Welcome, Freshmen. Have an iPod.
Taking a step that professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-capable iPods to students. — The always-on Internet devices raise some ...
Video: BlackBerry Bold vs. iPhone Web Browser Showdown (It Gets Ugly)
We've seen the BlackBerry Bold and iPhone head-to-head before, as well as the Bold's greatly improved browsing powers over past BlackBerrys, but not side-by-side in a web browser race. It actually ge...
12seconds extends its 15 minutes of fame with an API
12seconds has a goal: It wants to be the go-to platform for video status updates. In order to make a good platform, you need a good application programming interface (API). Today, 12seconds is launc...
Web browser to get ‘privacy mode’
Microsoft is planning a “privacy mode” for the next release of its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. — By clicking a button, users of IE8 will be able to limit how much information is recorded abo...
What Facebook's New ‘Engagement Advertising’ Means to Brands
Update: Only a few brands will trial these new ads, after testing, will then be broadly released later in the year. — A few days ago, I had a private briefing before the press with Tim Kendall, Dire...
LinkedIn launches an iPhone app, it's simple but it means business
If the iPhone wants to be taken serious as a business device it's going to have to have applications other than More Cowbell (the app that lets you simulate playing a cowbell). A definite must-have f...
New PlayStation and PSP unveiled
Sony has announced details of its latest PlayStation 3 gaming console and handheld PlayStation Portable. — A 160 GB PS3 was unveiled at the Leipzig games conference that will go on sale on 31 Octobe...