Exclusive: Palm Pre's Arrival at Verizon Shelved
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (TheStreet) — Palm's (PALM Quote) Pre phone isn't making the cut at Verizon (VZ Quote). — The Pre, Palm's premier touch-screen smartphone, which has been an exclusive offering this...
Place Pages for Google Maps: There are places we remember!
Google Maps is a great tool for exploring places — you can pan around the map, zoom in and see nearby places, look around in Street View and search for whatever you want. But what I always wanted to ...
Breaking News: Twitter to Raise $100 Million From Insight, T. Rowe Price, Other Investors
The WSJ's Michael Corkery and Jessica E. Vascellaro report: — Twitter, the messaging web site that has become an Internet sensation, is nearing a deal to close as much as $100 million of new funding...
Why You Can't Trust Google
If, like our little company, you run your business using Google Apps, you're playing with fire. For time and again, the company has proven that despite all its talk, its offerings are as unreliable a...
Google Books Settlement Delayed Indefinitely
As currently written, the controversial settlement between Google and groups representing publishers and authors is officially dead. On Thursday, a federal judge gave the parties time to negotiate a ...
Apple ready and waiting with redesigned iMac line
Apple as early as this month will begin to fill out its 2009 Mac product line with a new family of iMacs sporting classier enclosures and a few added bells and whistles, AppleInsider has learned. — ...
IE 8 runs ten times faster with Google Chrome plug-in
Chrome Frame boosts Microsoft browser's JavaScript performance — Microsoft's Internet Explorer zips through JavaScript nearly ten times faster than usual when Google's new Chrome Frame plug-in is pa...
Seth Godin Tries Out Brandjacking
Seth Godin has ginormous balls. There, I said it. — This morning, Seth used his much respected blog to reveal the news about Brands In Public. If you missed it (and if you did, you should really a...
Microsoft giving free tools — lots of them — to woo Web designers
lots of them — to woo Web designers — Web designers haven't exactly rushed out to buy Microsoft's Expression design tools, which are aimed at a market dominated by Adobe. — But small design shops m...
Early debut for Windows 7 PCs
Eager to get your hands on a new PC with Microsoft's Windows 7 preinstalled? If you play your cards right, you could get one as much as a week or more in advance of the software's official Oct. 22 re...
Leaked Email: Quincy Smith Of CBS Wants To Counter “Reckless Hulu Streams”
There is no love lost between CBS and Hulu. You won't find any full episodes of CBS shows on Hulu, and CBS's own site TV.com is so similar in look and feel that one might call it a product of envy.
Confirmed — Nvidia Working on Chrome OS Tegra Devices
Nvidia Working on Chrome OS Tegra Devices — Earlier this month, rumors out of China indicated that we'd see Google Chrome OS devices running on Nvidia's Tegra platform. I had a product briefing with...
Ballmer re poor execution in Windows Mobile: “We've pumped in some new talent” “This will not happen again”
Microsoft is hosting a Venture Capital Summit today at Mountain View, being attended by around 200 Venture Capitalists. Like everything else these days, the event is live on Twitter …
Apple: Yes, It Makes Money On The App Store
There is widespread agreement that the Apple (AAPL) App Store has changed the face of the handset business, forcing other companies to scramble in a desperate attempt to keep up. At last count, Apple...
Obama Administration Creates Office to Boost Entrepreneurs
Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Commerce Department is setting up an office intended to help entrepreneurs transform ideas into companies. — Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will announce the initiativ...
Google announces Project 10^100 themes
Google has finally whittled down the more than 150,000 ideas submitted as part of its Project 10^100 to 16 themes that will compete for $10 million in funding. — It's taken far longer than Google ha...
Verizon Wireless Plans Mass LTE Deployment
In an interview, Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone lays out the carrier's ambitious Long-Term Evolution plans. — Verizon Wireless is planning to light up its Long-Term Evolution (LTE) nationwide netw...
Ad data implies only 23% of iPhone owners updated to 3.1
A look at some recent statistics from mobile advertising firm AdMob gives us a rough idea of how iPhone users are upgrading to the latest software. A few weeks after its release, only about a fourth ...
Apple Launches Major Green Effort
It's being more forthcoming with environmental data—and working to change the terms of the debate — In recent years, Apple (AAPL) has been hammered by several environmental groups. Greenpeace singl...
Google Sites now works with third-party applications
Google Sites, a tool for creating internal websites where your company can collaborate, can now work with the rest of your business software, Google says. The search giant is releasing an application...
Behind the Apple-Eminem Feud
We wrote about Eminem's dispute with Apple yesterday. Now we've learned that Eminem is seeking $16 million in damages from Apple for selling his tracks without proper authorization, according to cour...
Yahoo Brands Flickr; Users Retaliate
It appears that a few days ago there was a slight change to Flickr's logo: an addition of a small Yahoo logo to the right side so it reads “Flickr from Yahoo.” In response, many Flickr users have tak...
Omniture: Who Were The Other Potential Bidders?
In a lengthy filing with the SEC, Omniture (OMTR) provides a detailed time-line of the events that culminated in its agreement to be acquired by Adobe Systems (ADBE) for $21.50 a share. There are sev...
Breaking: Gmail Problems Arise Once Again. [downtime] - updated
We're receiving messages and tweets reporting Gmail being down for some and inaccessible in parts for others. — This comes soon after a major downtime period just three weeks ago, where the company ...
New study says Palm Pre second only to iPhone 3GS in mindshare
Market research firm Interpret recently made some discoveries about public perception of smartphones that should shock, surprise, and amaze you. The just released report, dubbed “Signature Smartphone...
A Teaching Moment For Lily Allen [Update: And *Poof* Goes Her Blog]
In my last post about Lily Allen's hypocrisy in uploading tons of songs without authorization, while saying it's good to cut off internet access for regular uploaders, one of the commenters made a goo...
Apple's 2009 earnings up nearly 44% under new accounting rules - analyst
How much will Apple's (AAPL) reported earnings be affected by the new accounting rules approved Wednesday? — A lot, says Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster. — In a note to clients issued early Thursday ...
TomTom iPhone car kit in UK Apple store for £100
There's no need to Sellotape your iPhone to a dashboard anymore. Thanks to a tweet from Mark Owen this morning, we've found out that the TomTom car kit for the iPhone 3GS is now available to pre-orde...
Nintendo Cuts Price of Wii Console for First Time; Sony Makes PSP Cheaper
Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) — Nintendo Co. cut the top-selling Wii's price for the first time and Sony Corp. lowered the cost of buying its PlayStation Portable player in Japan to help revive industry sales.
A collection of iPhone home screens from your favorite Apple celebrities
With over 75,000 applications to choose from, it's no secret that every iPhone or iPod touch user has a different set of “favorites”. A new website, First & 20, is shedding some light on the mystery ...
Palm Pre coming to the UK and Ireland October 16, Germany October 13, all O2 exclusives
It might be about four months late, but the UK is finally getting its slice of the tasty new Palm pie. There'll be no shortage of outlets to buy this from, with the Carphone Warehouse …
Google Mobile App for Windows Mobile gets My Location and more
It's easier and faster than ever to search Google using your Windows Mobile phone. Just visit m.google.com to download the latest version of Google Mobile App, which includes these new features: — M...
Drudge, other sites flooded with malicious ads
IDG News Service - Criminals flooded several online ad networks with malicious advertisements over the weekend, causing popular Web sites such as the Drudge Report, Horoscope.com and Lyrics.com to ina...
NetSuite Launches iPhone App To Access Business Software On The Go
NetSuite, a company that provides cloud-based business management software suites, is furthering its mobile strategy by launching a free iPhone app to compliment its web-based products. The iPhone ap...
HTC HD2 (aka, Leo) launching on O2 UK October 12th?
A trusted tipster with a proven past just gave us the launch day scoop on the hotly anticipated HTC Leo. A Windows Mobile 6.5 handset we recently spied with HD2 branding and a 4.3-inch capacitive tou...
‘Tweeting’ medics expose patients
Medics posting messages on networking websites like Facebook and Twitter are breaching patient confidentiality, a leading journal reveals. — Research in the Journal of the American Medical Associati...
Judge Orders Google To Deactivate User's Gmail Account
In a highly unusual move, a federal judge has ordered Google to deactivate the email account of a user who was mistakenly sent confidential financial information by a bank. — The order, issued Wedne...
Congrats to Dopplr? Maybe. But before the champagne, some context
So before we get into this, let's build the case for the defence. Nokia has been acquiring lots of small startups lately (Plum, Cellity and Bit-Side this year) and TechCrunch.com now has a source tha...
Tweet, Tweet, Ka-Ching: Twitter is Changing the Way Nonprofits Make the Ask
Can non-profits raise awareness, increase membership, and—most critically—"make the ask" successfully on Twitter? Can a 140-character message deliver the visceral wallop of, say, heart-wrenching foot...
Wacom Tablets Get Multi-Touch, Gestures
Input tablet maker Wacom has just updated its Bamboo line to accept multi-touch gestures from fingers as well as the more traditional pressure-sensitive pen. There are three main models — pen only, t...
Microsoft plays the security card in response to Google's Chrome Frame
I was doubtful that Microsoft execs would have anything to say about Google's introduction this week of a plug-in that allows users to run the Google Chrome browser inside Internet Explorer. — But I...