Skype for iPhone: It's official
Months after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype's native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on ...
Interview: Gmail's product manager on Labs, beta, the future
Gmail is turning five soon, and it was given an experimental feature playground called Gmail Labs nearly a year ago. For the anniversary, Ars Technica spoke with Gmail Product Manager Todd Jackson ab...
University offers social media degree about Facebook Twitter and Bebo
A university is to offer a master's degree teaching students about social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo. — The £4,400 MA in Social Media will also explain how to set up blogs and ...
Google launches free, legal music downloads in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Google Inc on Monday launched free downloads of licensed songs in China, while sharing advertising revenue with major music labels in a market rife with online piracy. — Lee Kai-...
Lauren is Right: Macs Cost More Than PCs
[Editor's Note: This is one of two companion posts about Microsoft's newest “I'm a PC” commercial, featuring computer shopper Lauren. At Apple Watch, “Microsoft Shatters Mac Pricing Myths” explains h...
YouTube Plans Redesign to Highlight Premium Content
YouTube will soon unveil a redesign that clearly separates its premium and long-form programming from the user-posted videos that account for most of its activity. — According to two sources familia...
Copyright And Libel Questions Hit The Twitterverse
A few weeks back, someone pointed me to a Twitter message where one Twitter user was (jokingly) accusing another of copyright infringement for repeating a message. While the situation was amusing, yo...
Times Nukes Itself On Google
The New York Times has been demanding Google welfare, which would artificially promote the newspaper's stories in search results. Yet inept Times webmasters just killed hundreds of thousands of their...
What would a new MacBook Mini look like? Is this real?
Thanks to our Russian commenter meguxx, who passed along this little probably-Photoshopped - (but hopefully not) MacBook Mini. Anyone with some Russian wanna break down the specs they list? — Updat...
Some Online Shows Could Go Subscription-Only
MILWAUKEE — In the last couple of years, the television industry has made a big push onto the Web, giving viewers hope that they might one day reach nirvana: every show ever made, available online for...
First Look... eSlick eReader
I had pre-ordered an eSlick eBook reader a few months ago. When the Kindle 2 was announced I jumped on it, but decided to keep the eSlick in order to do a comparison. Well it shipped last week, and...
Twitter Hiring A Concierge To Pamper Celebrities. Requires Schmoozing.
I don't care much for the celebrity culture, but clearly I'm in the minority judging by the amount of people who read gossip magazines and websites in order to get updates on every move their idols ma...
Nokia Targets the U.S. Market
AT&T will carry Nokia's super-thin e71x smartphone for $100, posing a rival to the iPhone and BlackBerry as Nokia focuses on the U.S. market — Is Nokia ready to change its fortunes in the U.S. marke...
Do-It-Yourself Magazines, Cheaply Slick
PALO ALTO, Calif. — For anyone who has dreamed of creating his own glossy color magazine dedicated to a hobby like photography or travel, the high cost and hassle of printing has loomed as a big barri...
European Newspapers Find Creative Ways to Thrive in the Internet Age
PARIS — As the death toll in the American newspaper industry mounted this month, the German publisher Axel Springer, which owns Bild, the biggest newspaper in Europe, reported the highest profit in it...