Apple tablet PC reportedly delayed until 2H10, with OLED model now included
Apple reportedly plans to postpone the launch of its tablet PC from an original March launch schedule to the second half of 2010, as the vendor has decided to switch some components and plans to launc...
AOL: We Need to Fire 2,500 “Volunteers”
AOL, which has already told investors that it will spend up to $200 million firing a good chunk of its staff, has now told its employees. It is looking for “up to 2,500 volunteers,” CEO Tim Armstrong...
What Twitter's New Geolocation Makes Possible
Twitter turned on its long-awaited Geolocation API today, meaning that users can opt-in to having their messages annotated with their exact locations. The significance of this is made clear by compar...
Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple's iTunes
The tech giant will launch an online store selling music, movies, books, and other downloadable applications for mobile products — Sony (SNE) is taking a page from Apple's playbook (AAPL). On Nov. ...
AOL Also Likely to Eye Sale of MapQuest-Is Microsoft a Possible Buyer?
Yesterday, BoomTown wrote about AOL's efforts-including hiring investment bankers-to sell its ICQ instant-messaging unit. — But that's probably not going to be the end of the shedding of assets at t...
Apple's Mistake
I don't think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken. Or rather, I don't think they realize how much it matters that it's broken. The way Apple runs the App Store has harm...
Airline passengers face chaos across US as flight plan system fails
Dozens of services delayed or cancelled, but assurances given over safety — A problem with the system that collects airlines' flight plans is causing widespread cancellations and delays across the U...
Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big of a deal”
The Little App Factory seems to have a big problem on their hands. The company received a letter from Baker & McKenzie, representing Apple, asking that The Little App Factory change the name of one o...
Livescribe pen gets an app store
The Livescribe app store, now in beta, allows users to download applications to their pen ranging from inexpensive games to a pricey—but handy—Bar Mitzvah tutor. — (Credit: Livescribe) — It took a...
Droid, iPhone, and Pre: meet the new Techmeme Mobile
Today we're introducing Techmeme Mobile, a new mobile version of Techmeme optimized for popular smartphones. Techmeme Mobile loads much faster on phones thanks to a sparser page format in which tabs ...
The OS Opportunity
A few weeks ago, in a piece here titled “Herd Mentality”, I argued that PC makers who want to succeed should create their own OSes: … Hardware and software both matter, and Apple's history shows that ...
Automatic captions in YouTube
Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we've introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation. Each of these features has had g...
New Google News for mobile
At Google, we are committed to giving you a consistent user experience across products and devices, and we really value the feedback you've given us about Google News for mobile. Today we're excited ...
Microsoft Launches Pivot, A Radically New Visualization of Online Objects
It always gives us joy to tell our readers that Microsoft is actually doing cool things. The company's Live Labs has been the source of a few interesting projects: a 3D photo-stitcher called PhotoSyn...
Amazon Slashes Palm Pre To $79.99; Pixi Now $24.99
The smart phone price war rages on. — In the latest example, Amazon.com (AMZN) has slashed the price of the Palm Pre to $79.99 with a two-year service plan from Sprint (S); they're also throwing in ...
Facebook Upgrades Their Photo Uploader Tool
This evening Chris Putnam of Facebook announced that the company is launching an upgraded version of their photo uploader, immediately available for testing as on of Facebook's Prototype applications....
MindTouch Cloud: The Open Source Alternative to Sharepoint and Salesforce.com?
Sharepoint is the big giant in the enterprise collaboration space. Salesforce.com is now in the market with Salesforce Chatter, a service that embraces Facebook, Twitter and the applications within F...
Motorola Motus specs magically appear
Who says lightning doesn't strike twice? Right after we received the first picture of the new Motorola Motus, another anonymous tipster sent in the full hardware specs. I'll let you guys add the com...
Google to Offer Live Webcast of Google Chrome OS Update
What: Live webcast of Google's update on Google Chrome OS, held at its Mountain View, Calif. headquarters. — Why: Google to offer an update on Google Chrome OS and provide a look at the work that ha...
Dell slips out Studio 17 with touchscreen
Dell today quietly slipped the Studio 17 Touch into its lineup as its first touchscreen notebook. The 17-inch system adds multi-touch input and carries Dell's own suite of touch apps, such as its pho...
Trillian for iPhone: Now available on the App Store!
NOW AVAILABLE ON THE APP STORE: We are proud to announce Trillian for iPhone, a native application for your iPhone and iPod Touch! With the advancements of iPhone OS 3. and our latest Astra technolog...
Going rate for acquisitions at Intuit: $170 million
Last night I asked Justin Kitch, who sold his company, Homestead.com, to Intuit in 2007, how much Intuit paid for the company. “$170 million,” he said. “No,” I said, “That was Mint. How much was Ho...
Google Phone? In Arrington's Dreams!
Apparently, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington can write anything he wants and get away with it. — Post a — If you say something, does it automatically make it so? Clearly, that's what TechCrunch's M...
Sony says e-readers in demand, shipments delayed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Wednesday that early demand for its latest electronic reader was higher than expected in advance of the holidays and shipment delays could result. — A Son...
Like.com Buys Fashion Sharing Site Weardrobe
Shopping search engine Like.com has purchased Weardrobe, a site that lets visitors posts stylish photos of themselves and then “follow” other members whose fashions they like. Like.com says it is app...
Adknowledge Continues Shopping Spree, Acquires SocialMedia.com's Ad Network
Online advertising company Adknowledge has obtained the advertising business of SocialMedia.com, a social media advertising platform. The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
Verizon App Offers All-In-One Easy Access to Social Nets, Twitter
Verizon Wireless has partnered with iSkoot to launch an application promising easy access to popular social properties including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter in one place. The free Social Beat app a...