New AOL Chairman and CEO-and About-To-Be-Ex-Googler-Tim Armstrong Speaks!
For a tall man, Tim Armstrong has been on an awful lot of online companies' short lists. — For a big Web exec job, that is. Indeed, whenever one opens up in the Internet space, the 6′-3″ Google ad ...
The Amount And Value Of Twitter Traffic
Much is being written today about the value of a large following on Twitter. Jason Calacanis wants to pay $125,000 a year to have Twitter recommend him to other users, for example. He thinks that ov...
GrandCentral To (Finally) Launch As Google Voice. It's Very, Very Good.
GrandCentral, a phone management service that first launched in 2006 and was acquired by Google for $50+ million in 2007, hasn't been in the news much lately. Other than a few good natured jabs at th...
Apple iPhone 3.0 OS event March 17th, we got some info
So it looks like Apple's planning on holding an event for iPhone 3.0 OS March 17th along with showing off an updated SDK. This would fit nicely with their brief history of having a preview software e...
Pre Available First Half of 2009, Pricing Plans Confirmed
Sprint's and Palm just confirmed during a webcast conference that the Pre is still on target for a release in the first half of 2009 and will use Sprint's “Everything” line of plans. — Individuals c...
Sex offender kills teen while under GPS monitoring, police say
VANCOUVER, Washington (CNN) — When 13-year-old Alycia Nipp didn't come home from a trip to Wal-Mart, her family had no idea where she was, but a tracking device was transmitting the location of her al...
Two Famous VCs Fall Out Of Billionaires Club
Two of venture capital's most successful investors from different eras, Arthur Rock and Michael Moritz, have said goodbye to the exclusive billionaires club this year. — According to Forbes' Billion...
Apple exploring Magic Wand controller for next-gen Apple TV
Apple is exploring the possibility of including a wireless “remote wand” with future versions of its Apple TV media system that would provide users with precise control over a cursor on the Apple TV s...
New beta paves way for Firefox 3.5
Updated 3:56 p.m. PDT to include details about the fourth beta and upcoming Firefox 3.5 — Mozilla on Thursday released the third beta version of Firefox 3.1, aka Shiretoko, one of the frontrunners i...
Source: Obama official on leave after FBI raids
WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to President Barack Obama is on leave from his White House job after the FBI raided his old District of Columbia government office Thursday, arresting a city employee and a t...
New Carrier Promises Unlimited 3G Data, VOIP
A brand-new mobile-phone carrier, Zer01 Mobile said Thursday that it can give you truly unlimited voice and data on smart phones for $69.95/month, without a contract, on a network as broad as the one ...
Google Voice Speaks of World Domination
When Google announced its integrated phone service called Google Voice Thursday, it said something very loud. — Google is saying it wants to be the world's communication hub, and hundreds of compani...
adCenter Analytics Beta To Close
The Microsoft adCenter AnalyticsBeta team announced today the end of the adCenter Analytics beta program. — The beta has been closed, but the program will remain available to current users through D...
The Social Nervous System Has More Than One Sense
Radar's Joshua Michele-Ross published a fabulous piece on Forbes entitled The Rise of the Social Nervous System. His premise: … Josh focuses on now familiar examples: the Mumbai terrorist attacks as ...
P&G Gives Its Marketers a Crash Course in Social Media
Twittering Digerati Descend on Cincinnati HQ for ‘Digital Hack Night’ Charity Event — BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — Procter & Gamble Co. paired 40 digital media and agency executives with 100 of its ...
Obama White House: Copyright treaty is a ‘national security’ secret
Last September, the Bush administration defended the unusual secrecy over an anti-counterfeiting treaty being negotiated by the U.S. government, which some liberal groups worry could criminalize some ...
Panasonic's ultra-thin 54Z1 plasma in the wild
Now that it's official and priced, Panasonic seems much happier to show off its wireless HD-sporting, ultra-thin Z1 series, and it's quite the sight to behold. The 54Z1 we got to look at was very str...
Post your calendar from Windows Live to a blog or website
Do you have a calendar you'd like to share with the world? With Windows Live Calendar, you can create a calendar badge to post on your blog or website. That way, anyone can see your calendar from an...
G1's Going for Under $100... But Why?
Sometimes we hold off publishing certain articles on AndroidGuys simply because know that it would be redundant to post something that's clearly made its way around the net. Such is the case with the...
iPhone sales grew 245% in 2008 - Gartner
Apple's (AAPL) iPhone was the fastest-growing smartphone of 2008, despite end-of-year sales that failed to maintain the blistering pace set in July with the launch of the iPhone 3G, Gartner researcher...
Researchers find ways to sniff keystrokes from thin air
I like it! — That PC keyboard you're using may be giving away your passwords. Researchers say they've discovered new ways to read what you're typing by aiming special wireless or laser equipment at...
Here comes Google Voice
We've just started to release a preview of Google Voice, an application that helps you better manage your voice communications. Google Voice will be available initially to existing users of GrandCent...
Dell Studio One 19: All-in-One Stunner Takes Japan
There's been a bit of a rebirth in the all-in-one desktop category lately and from the looks of it, Dell is onto something with its Studio One 19. This new machine — starting at $699 — melds together...
Amazon tweaks EC2 pricing; Takes next step in its enterprise evolution
Amazon has tweaked its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) pricing model to be more enterprise friendly. The move is significant enough to sway IT executives to adopt more of Amazon's Web Services-especially...
Apple previewing iPhone OS 3.0 at an event March 17
Well, Apple is having an event in March, but it won't be showing off any hardware. Instead, March 17 will mark a special event to show off a preview of the new iPhone 3.0 software. — This likely me...
Hoops to Go: CBS Streaming March Madness to iPhone
More catnip for the convergence optimists, who dream about getting to watch anything they want on any device they choose: In addition to streaming all of its March Madness coverage on the Web, CBS is ...
Google Friend Connect Now Allows Deeper Integration with APIs
Google Friend Connect Is trying to catch up with Facebook Connect, and just now released its first set of APIs, which will let developers integrate Google Friend Connect more deeply into their sites a...
Hulu launches social networking
Fast-rising video site Hulu celebrates its one-year anniversary Thursday, and plans to mark the occasion by introducing social networking features to inform your inner circle about TV shows and movies...
So it begins: Klipsch, Scosche unveil VoiceOver-compatible iPod shuffle earbuds
We knew we'd be hearing more about all those third party VoiceOver-compatible headphones today, and sure enough, the flood has begun. In an admittedly cute attempt to be first out of the gate …
Breaking: D.C. Tech Official Busted in Federal Bribery Sting
[Note: For complete story, go here.] — An official in the D.C. government's office of the chief technology officer has been arrested in a federal bribery sting, according to law enforcement sources.
Sirius XM: We're developing an iPhone app for second quarter launch
Sirius XM said Thursday that it is developing an application so its satellite radio service will be streamed to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. The company said it expects to launch the application in...
Fusion-io touts ‘fastest’ solid-state drive
Fusion-io also claims Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak as its chief scientist. — Targeted primarily at business applications such as database servers, capacities range from 160 gigabytes to 640 gigaby...
Spoon feeding: Facebook redesign brings feeds (and ads) to the masses
Facebook began rolling out a new design of its homepage today, with a number of subtle features intended to make feed-based social networking more intuitive to the typical user. When the company firs...
KEVIN ROSE & ALEX ALBRECHT ON LATE NIGHT
Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht made their official late night television debut on LNWJF tonight and turned it into a mini episode of Diggnation (if you've never seen Diggnation before, you must check it...
Embed Videos, Games, and Docs the Easy Way with SearchMonkey
Creating enhanced results just got a lot easier with a new SearchMonkey feature that allows site owners and developers to embed flash video, games, and documents directly in Yahoo! Search results.
Sprint's LG Rumor 2 official, goes on sale March 15th
Well lookie here — right on queue, the LG Rumor 2 gets all official with our pals at Sprint. Starting March 15th, past, present and future Sprint customers will be able to order the the slider-QWERTY...
Movies and TV coming to the Wii?
One of Hollywood's top digital distribution executives thinks so. — In an interview I recently conducted with Curt Marvis, president of digital media for Lionsgate, for Variety's technotainment blog...
Microsoft's complex Netbook dance
With Windows 7, Microsoft has done the technical work to make the operating system work on Netbooks, but the low-cost laptops still pose a challenge to the way Redmond does business. — As the only f...
Sony: The PS3 Will Always Have Blu-ray
Late last month Janco Partners' Mike Hickey said that: — “Recent channel checks indicate increased speculation for a PS3 price cut announcement from Sony in the next couple of days.” (We're still wa...
Hulu's Greatest Hits
This month, Hulu turns one. And to celebrate, the joint venture of News Corporation and NBC Universal is pulling back the curtains to reveal which video clips and full-length TV shows from its extens...