The $99 iPhone lives! (Through AT&T, not Wal-Mart)
Some of you are likely upset that we now know for certain that Wal-Mart won't be selling the iPhone for $99, and instead will give it a measly $2 discount when it goes on sale on Sunday. So I'm happy...
Microsoft, Apple, Google sued over icon software patent
Cygnus Systems, Inc., a networking company based in Michigan, got into the holiday spirit by suing Microsoft, Apple, and Google for violating a patent it was recently awarded, which covers the navigat...
Voicetag Brings Voicemail To Facebook
For those of you who don't think voicemail is counterproductive, there is a new app on Facebook called Voicetag that lets you send voicemail messages to individuals or groups. This is not the first s...
G1 Phone Owners May Get a Battery Replacement Christmas Gift from T-Mobile
A replacement extended life battery may be a late Christmas Present to frustrated G1 owners from T-Mobile. — As polled here and elsewhere, the main concern with the G1 is the short battery life as w...
iPhone nano knockoffs already on sale in Thailand (photos)
Those eagerly anticipating next month's Macworld and the prospects of a smaller iPhone should beware, as a slew of tiny clones are introducing confusion as they reach store shelves. — While silicone...
Google Now Features WordPress Blog Thumbnails
Twice this week when I searched for a blogger's name and some other related keywords, I noticed that Google is running a little thumbnail alongside the first links. I have verified that this is not a...
Digging In To MySpace And Facebook's (Projected) Slump In Ad Sales
Earlier this month, eMarketer lowered its social media ad spending outlook for 2008 through 2013, with revised forecasts for News Corp.'s MySpace and Facebook. In an update, the online research firm ...
For Amazon, Netbooks Are a Smash Hit
Santa was apparently good to Amazon.com this year; the e-tailer says its 14th holiday (shopping) season was its best ever, though it doesn't offer any data to back up that cheery claim. Its biggest s...
Wal-Mart to start selling iPhones on Sunday
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it will start selling certain models of Apple Inc's iPhone on Sunday, but the popular cell phones will not priced as low as some anticipated. — ...
Why Googlers Call Friend Connect “FriendSense”
It's always fun to hear what Google employees call various projects when they think no one is listening. In 2007 they called the upstart Hulu joint venture Clown Co. as a private joke about the messy...
RIM grabs the most absurd QWERTY keyboard patent
USPTO Patent Application 20080318617 should go down in the history of patents as the most absurd QWERTY keyboard. Okay, this is how it works — In the original position it looks like a normal alphanum...
Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008
The economy may be tanking, but innovation is alive and well. — When it came to products, incremental improvements were the name of the game this year. Phones got faster (iPhone 3G anyone?), notebo...
Amazon.com's 14th Holiday Season Is Best Ever
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the 2008 holiday season finished as its best ever, with over 6.3 million items ordered worldwide on the peak day, Dec. 15, which is a record-breaking 72....
Bits Of Destruction
The news is full of stories this year end about the impending bankruptcies of retailers, newspapers, auto manufacturers, banks, and a host of other businesses that have been the mainstay of corporate ...
My 10 favorite iPhone games of 2008
Yesterday, I wrote up my 10 favorite iPhone apps of 2008 with a note that I wasn't including any games on the list because there were far too many good ones and they should probably get their own list...
2009: Year of the Hacker
In thinking about what an economically bleak 2009 will mean for the Internet, I kept coming back to something Chris Anderson wrote a few months ago, back before the tech world awoke to the full impact...
uTorrent Grows to 28 Million Monthly Users
uTorrent saw its first public release in September 2005. A year later this popular lightweight client was acquired by BitTorrent Inc. who continued to develop the application, recently introducing a ...
A less electrifying electronics expo
Sony promoted televisions with organic LED screens at 2008's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Fewer people will attend the upcoming event, and some firms are finding alternative venues. — Am...