Another Buried Apple Trademark - ‘iGuide’ as Another Name or Service for iSlate?
With the revelation that Apple had acquired the iSlate.com domain and iSlate trademarks, it seemed clear to us that iSlate was the likely name for Apple's upcoming tablet computer.
Ford becomes first automaker to offer HD Radio with iTunes tagging
If you thought the automakers would be leaving CES to the TV and PMP makers, Ford would like to have a word with you. A few words, actually. Aside from announcing that in-car WiFi will be available ...
Leaked Nexus One Documents: $530 Unlocked, $180 With T-Mobile
A tipster just sent in these Nexus One screenshots that supposedly confirms two things: that Google will sell it unlocked and unsubsidized for $530, and that Google will sell it by themselves. Plus, ...
Ten years of BlackBerry
The year is 1999. Bill Clinton is the President of the United States, gas is 94 cents a gallon, Bondi Blue iMacs are a staple in dorm rooms across the country, and Microsoft is trying to bring the de...
Twitter 2.0: API Rate Change Could Lead to a World of New Apps & Features
One of the best things about Twitter is its wildly creative ecosystem of applications built by people outside the company. Those apps have been constrained, though, by technical limits imposed on ret...
It Was a Facebook Christmas; Site Hits #1 in US For First Time
Christmas is a holiday that brings people together, so perhaps it should be no surprise that Facebook has become a part of millions of peoples' Christmas experiences. For the first time in its histor...
O2 says sorry for snags in London network
has apologised to customers who could not make phone calls because the mobile operator's London network was overwhelmed by bandwidth-hungry smartphones. — Ronan Dunne told the Financial Times he was...
Will good come from the huge piracy of Modern Warfare 2?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has broken records for game sales. So it's only natural that it is also the most-pirated game of 2009, according to downloads measured by TorrentFreak. — Modern Warfa...
Google Might Get Into Hosted Gaming Via YouTube
There's an interesting patent application from Google (GOOG) that was published earlier this month titled Web-Based System for Generation of Interactive Games Based on Digital Videos. Filed February ...
China Unicom has now sold 300,000 iPhones
iPhone sales are building momentum in China. On the heels of a major iPhone advertising campaign, last week China Unicom launched a 46-city iPhone roadshow/education campaign. Today we've learned th...
Magic Mouse helps Apple double share of market in 8 weeks
Apple's new Magic Mouse helped Apple see a twofold increase in its share of domestic mice sales last month, AppleInsider has learned, garnering the Mac maker a double-digit slice of the market for the...
Twitter banned passwords
As you may have heard in the last few days, Twitter has banned 370 passwords (actually only 369, ‘password’ appears twice in the list) as ‘too obvious’ to be safe for their users. A good move in theo...
Google's Chrome OS Cited as Likely Hacker Vehicle
The HTML 5 technology intended to power Google's forthcoming computer operating system can access a PC online or off, warns security vendor McAfee — Google's computer operating system, due to be rel...
Escaped Inmate Taunts Cops with Facebook Pictures and Status Updates
Remember how, in Catch Me If You Can, fugitive Leonardo DiCaprio kept calling Detective Tom Hanks to taunt him? Here is a convicted burglar doing the same thing, in real time on Facebook. Should we ...
The story of Totlol
Prelude - a trap set up by Google Every start-up has a story. This is the story of Totlol. Because I did everything myself, it is also the story of almost two years of my life. It's the story of a ...
AT&T site resumes selling iPhone to NYC residents
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - AT&T Inc temporarily stopped selling the iPhone on its website to New York City residents over the weekend, raising fresh concerns about the wireless network's capacity in th...
Apple sells 1.8million-2 million iPhones in France in 2009
Apple has achieved almost 10 percent of the entire French mobile phone market in 2009, according to leading French newspaper, Le Figaro. — The report 'The iPhone, France's favourite smartphone' does...
Keep a Civil Cybertongue
Rude and abusive online behavior should not be met with silence. — Printer — Friendly — In less than 20 years, the World Wide Web has irrevocably expanded the number of ways we connect and commu...
Wow! 2 Million Downloads For ‘Tap Tap Revenge 3’ Since Going Free Last Week
Another iPhone Christmas winner: Tapulous, whose “Tap Tap Revenge 3” music/rhythm game is the most popular app in the App Store right now. (iTunes link.) — Since dropping its price to free (from 99...
LinkedIn Polishes Its iPhone App Into A More Facebook-Like Gem
Following a bit of planned iTunes Connect downtime for the holidays, LinkedIn came out with the latest version of their iPhone app today. As you might expect from a 3.0 release, the app has been much...