The T-Grid: Verizon Droid vs. iPhone 3GS
So Verizon's Droid is official, and officially arriving a week from Friday. I'm smart enough to know it's pointless to call any phone an iPhone killer, or even a potential iPhone killer-and that comp...
Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit
Facebook was awarded $711 million in damages in a judgment Thursday against self-described “spam king” Sanford Wallace. — Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Ca...
Meet Zong+, A Mobile Payments Platform On Steroids And Potential PayPal Killer
Zong has seen tremendous growth over the past year from when the company debuted its mobile payments service from the TechCrunch50 demo pit. Zong's model of billing micropayments to your cell phone b...
iTunes Updated to 9.0.2, Pre Sync is Dead. Again.
Here we go again. Apple has updated iTunes to version 9.0.2 and Palm Pre sync is dead again using webOS 1.2.1, despite Palm's Hurculean efforts to spoof nearly every aspect of USB identification know...
Nintendo Profit Halved as Wii Console Sales Slow
For the last few years Nintendo has been riding high on the runaway success of the Wii console but now that success appears to slowing considerably. Sales and profit at the Japanese games company fel...
Sprint: Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile Updates Coming
Sprint executive David Owens sat down for a virtual chat on Sprint's Web site with consumers today, and updated folks with some good news about his carrier's plans. — Google Android OS updates are co...
Motorola delivers profit; Android-powered future awaits
Motorola reported a slight third quarter profit and projected better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings. But Motorola's real prospects going forward will depend on how many Android devices it can...
More, more, more real estate in Google Maps
Since we announced the ability to see lots of real estate listings directly on Google Maps back in July, we've been working hard to make it even easier to use. As we've added new features and updated...
Amazon PayPhrase Tries to Make Paying Online Easier
Amazon.com is trying to take some pain out of the process of buying stuff online. I'm not sure that the new service it is introducing tonight, PayPhrase, accomplishes that, but it may be an important...
Why I don't use Google Reader anymore
I used to be the biggest user of Google Reader. At one point the Google Reader team told me I shared more items than anyone else. But lately it's a rare month I've checked into it and Twitter is in ...
Turn Your Windows 7 Computer Into a WiFi Router In 5 Minutes, Free & No Hardware
Connectify.me is a new service we just found out about. They've sussed out how to make any Windows 7 computer into a WiFi hotspot. Since we just installed Windows 7 on a spare laptop …
Apple TV 3.0 software update to support iTunes LP, Extras
Apple has updated the iTunes Store Terms and Conditions to reference a forthcoming 3.0 software update for the Apple TV, which will allow viewing of iTunes LP and iTunes Extras content. — The new pa...
After net neutrality, will we need “Google neutrality?”
A leading US academic on network economics argues that net neutrality is a good thing—but ISPs aren't the only potential gatekeepers on the 'Net. “Search neutrality” might well be needed next. — Th...
Google says its navigation will come to iPhone, if Apple approves
Google on Wednesday revealed a free online navigation service that will be a part of its forthcoming Android 2.0 mobile operating system. It could also come to the iPhone, the company said, if given ...