Apple Announces Major Consumer PC Upgrades
Hot on the heels of its knockout earnings report from last night, Apple is seizing more attention today with a significant upgrade to its consumer PC lines, specifically the entry-level MacBook, the i...
Windows Mobile 7 Exclusive Screenshots and Analysis!
We've seen the 6.5.1 leaks from WMExperts today that combined TouchFLO 3D and 6.5.1 together into a tidy package along with the leaks of the Windows Mobile 7 mockups earlier. Now, our very own tipste...
Exclusive: Google Plans Its Own Android Phone
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Move over Apple (AAPL Quote), Research In Motion (RIMM Quote) and Motorola, (MOT Quote) Google (GOOG Quote) is jumping into the smartphone market with a Android phone of its own...
Apple declares war on the entire PC industry
There is absolutely nothing coincidental about Apple launching new products today. The big product launch is Apple's first preemptive marketing strike against Microsoft, Windows 7 and the entire PC i...
Apple Gets A Little More Serious About Using Twitter
While the various forms of social media are becoming increasingly important to brands, Apple is one company that hasn't exactly rushed to get involved. Sure, they have a few accounts here and there, ...
Motorola Droid mailers go out, scare children
Ready for more Motorola Droid nonsense? Good. We've just got a couple images of a promotional mailer that went out to one of our connects. It has a pretty decent shot of the device on it (What? Yo...
The Answer Factory: Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell
If Christian Muñoz-Donoso is going to make this job pay, he's got to move quickly. He has a list of 10 videos to shoot on this warm June morning, for which he'll earn just $200. To get anything clos...
Gartner Sued Over Magic Quadrant for Alleged Damages of $132M plus Punitives of $1.3B
I found this story today, entitled Gartner's Magic Quadrant Goes to Court, about ZL Technologies who, citing damages of $132M, has decided to sue Gartner over its Magic Quadrants. From ZL's web page ...
AT&T Boss Asks Employees to Fake It
AT&T has “asked' its employees to fake it in the fight against Net Neutrality. — The company's top policy officer sent a memo to workers on Monday urging them to hide their company affiliation befor...
Google Analytics Now More Powerful, Flexible And Intelligent
Today, we're announcing a new set of Google Analytics features which builds on last year's enterprise-class feature launch. Some add more power to existing capabilities. Others provide new flexibili...
Why the Borg's copycat business model no longer works
So I had brunch with Larry yesterday and he showed up carrying the Sunday Times and we were talking about the huge and incredibly embarrassing photo (above) of Ballmer that they ran on the front of th...
Twitter CEO: Lots Of Ways To Make Money, But 97% Not Focused On It Today
Twitter CEO Evan Williams sat down to talk with John Battelle at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. (See all of our coverage here.) — Battelle, whose Federated Media provides Twitter with some of...
AMD Announces First Triple-core Athlon Processors
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday announced a new range of desktop microprocessors, including its first Athlon triple-core processors. — AMD launched four Athlon II X3 triple-core processors as part...
Comcast: Twitter Has Changed The Culture Of Our Company
Today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts spoke on stage with Federated Media's John Battelle. For the first part of the discussion, they talked about the usual stuff: t...
City committee declines to recommend Google e-mail contract
Budget and Finance Committee Chairman Bernard C. Parks. — Credit: David Sarno / Los Angeles Times. — The Los Angeles City Council's Budget and Finance Committee agreed Monday evening to abstain fr...
Web 2.0: GE's Jeff Immelt shows off “stethoscope of the 21st century”
Jeff Immelt, the chief executive officer of General Electric, showed off what he called the “stethoscope of the 21st century” at the Web 2.0 Summit today. — He held up a white gadget with a flip-out...
What, you too? YouTube to stream live U2 concert
U2's concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California on Sunday will be streamed live on video-sharing website YouTube, the band have announced. — Manager Paul McGuinness said that, as the gig was al...
Motorola Calgary live photos: Verizon's second Motorola Android device
If you thought you were in Android heaven, think again. We've just been given the go-ahead from one of our Motorola connects, and what you're looking at is the Motorola Calgary (that's a codename you...
Mac Software, Snow Leopard Support Now Available
A new version of the Live Mesh Mac software is available that provides support for both Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) and Snow Leopard (10.6). Leopard users are not required to install this release. — To...
Mary Meeker: Economy Is Recovering, Mobile Is Exploding, And The iPhone Is Awesome.
Today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Morgan Stanley Managing Director, Mary Meeker, gave her usual quick presentation with a ton of information. Rather than trying to squeeze it all in …
Google Trust Rank Patent Granted
If you've ever heard or seen the phrase “Trustrank” before, it's possible that whoever was writing about it, or referring to it was discussing a paper titled Combating Web Spam with TrustRank (pdf). ...
Teen virtual world Meez sees profit
Meez, a start-up that expanded last year from an avatar creation service into a full-out virtual world for teens, is touting some good news: it's been profitable since April and “every month is better...
Windows Mobile 6.5.1, the 6.5 that should have been
Windows Mobile 6.5.1 screenshots courtesy Patrick/OSNN.net — Most of you probably know by now that Windows Mobile 6.5 is not the be all end all Microsoft mobile operating system. However, what you ...
Independent musicians set for windfall after YouTube deal
Dizzee Rascal, Travis, Speech Debelle and a host of other artists set benefit after group representing 200 smaller labels signs global licensing and marketing deal with online video giant — Dizzee R...
TomTom Unveils Integrated Navigation Infotainment Solution
~ TomTom GO I-90 Double DIN Solution Brings Integrated Navigation to All Cars ~ — AMSTERDAM—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The TomTom (AEX:TOM2) GO I-90 doesn't stop at navigation - it's a double DIN navigation an...
With N900, Nokia Still Not Close to the iPhone
The biggest challenge for any touchscreen smartphone, no matter how good or great it is, is that it will almost always be compared to the iPhone. Some of them, like Verizon's Droid and Research In Mo...