Apple to Ship Tablet Device in March
Apple Inc. plans to unveil a new multimedia tablet device later this month, but doesn't plan on shipping the product until March, people briefed by the company said. — While the shipping time hasn't...
Understanding Windows 7's ‘GodMode’
Windows 7's so-called GodMode is actually a shortcut to accessing the operating system's various control settings. — Although it's name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiast...
Exclusive: Apple to Buy Quattro Wireless for $275 Million
Apple is set to announce that it has acquired Quattro Wireless for $275 million, several sources confirmed. — The announcement might come as soon as tomorrow, upping the ante in the mobile advertisi...
New Survey Shows Android OS Roiling the Smart Phone Market
Google's (GOOG) Android mobile operating system was released more than a year ago, midst high expectations it would change the smart phone market. But the big transformation never materialized - unti...
Facebook Begins Testing Advanced Crowd-Sourced Content Moderation
In an effort to better remove inappropriate content, Facebook is testing out what it calls Facebook Community Council, according to new Council member and Boing Boing guest poster Andrea James.
One on One: Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Square
I recently sat down for coffee with Jack Dorsey to discuss Twitter, the location-based service Foursquare and his latest venture Square, an on-the-go credit card payment platform. Mr. Dorsey is the c...
Exclusive: VMware Likely to Buy Zimbra from Yahoo
Yahoo is close to selling its Zimbra unit to VMware, according to several sources close to the situation. — Sources said the deal could be announced soon, but the price for the open-source email uni...
We've acquired Ping.fm. Get ready to update 50 social networks from Seesmic
Your friends are not all in one social network, but we want to help you stay in touch with them anytime and from any device. That is Seesmic's vision and to deliver this faster, we have acquired Ping...
Slim, Large Screen E-Reader Skiff to Debut on Sprint
E-readers are likely to get hotter with the next generation of devices sporting color screens and large displays expected to launch through the year. — One of the first products to announce its arri...
Lenovo Combines Laptop With Tablet, Using Two Chips
Thinking about a tablet computer instead of a laptop? Lenovo is offering to sell you both at the same time. — The China-based computer maker is using the Consumer Electronics Show this week to anno...
High stakes for Microsoft at CES
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be in Las Vegas this week for his second Consumer Electronics Show keynote since assuming the high-profile speaking slot from Bill Gates. It's a pivotal moment for th...
Nokia asks ITC to ban iPhone, iPod, and MacBook imports, files another lawsuit against Apple
Looks like Nokia is going all-out in its patent fight with Apple: in addition to the lawsuit it's filed over GSM standards and last week's International Trade Commission complaint …
Our proposal to build and operate a white spaces database
It's been a while since we've talked about what's happening with white spaces being freed up for wireless broadband, but today we took another step towards making “Wi-Fi on steroids” a reality for con...
Android To Take Over Your Washer Dryer and Microwave Oven
Phones, GPS, computers... Do we really want to give Android the power to control our washer-dryers and ovens and printers too? Would someone hack them to microwave your underpants, wash your soup, an...
Google And Spotify Dance Over U.S. Launch
Spotify. The elusive European streaming music startup that you just can't get access to in the U.S., unless you know someone or jump through a few hoops. — The U.S. launch has been delayed over agg...
Pinging In The New Year: Seesmic Acquires Ping.fm
Well that didn't take long. Just four days in 2010 and we already have an acquisition. Social networking application Seesmic has acquired the social status updater Ping.fm. — The move positions th...
A Savior in the Form of a Tablet
Last year about this time, I was talking with an executive from Apple about e-readers and print at a conference we were both attending, much of it in the context of the mainstream media's original sin...
Facebook fights back, disallows the Suicide Machine
Like the computer in the movie “2001,” Facebook is struggling to keep its profiles from virtual extinction at the hands of its arch enemy - the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine. — The Suicide Machine is a cl...
Trying to Add Portability to Movie Files
It is easy to take a DVD to a friend's house and watch it on his TV. But things are more complicated when digital video downloads are involved. A movie file bought from Blockbuster.com will not work...
Freescale reveals 7-inch smartbook reference design, hopes to see it ship for $200
Freescale Semiconductor is helping to kick this year's CES off with a bang, as its latest reference smartbook design actually has somewhat of a sexy flair to it. Currently, the model is little more t...
Popbox hub promises 1080p anywhere, Netflix
Syabas preluded CES today with its most ambitious media hub to date. The Popbox replaces the Popcorn Hour as the flagship media hub and revolves around a major, much more polished interface overhaul ...
Pink Palm Pixi spotted on Sprint system, Cupid is like ‘boomshakalaka’
You know what's in just over a month? We'll tell you: Valentine's Day. You know what's coming up this Thursday? Something “new” from Palm. Now, we won't go so far as to say that a pink Palm Pixi i...
Watching TV Together, Miles Apart
SAN FRANCISCO — For the lonely couch potato, help is on the way. — Simple technology, including video chatting services like Skype, is making it possible for far-flung friends to watch shows togethe...
Graphic.ly Raises $1.2M For Comic Publishing
Graphic.ly, a content delivery system and community platform for the publishing world, today announced that they have raised $1.2 million in funding. Graphic.ly was originally named Take Comics, and ...
Nokia's New Mobile Chief: We'll Match Apple, RIM By 2011
If he had wanted to debunk those rumors that it might buy Palm, Nokia's new mobile phones head Rick Simonson could have picked a more outright denial. — Simonson, who in November switched from CFO t...
A look at Apple's love for DRM and consumer lock-ins
Apple is a company known for many things, but embracing copyright freedoms has not been one of them. The company loves creating new and innovative products that challenge the world's perception of wh...
Coming soon: Apple's $20 billion revenue explosion
Blink and you may have missed it in among the seasonal festivities and dawn of the new decade, but CNBC's December 30 Power Lunch show gave a little insight into the power behind Apple's stock advance...
Facebook Rolling Out Redesign To Some Users
Facebook seems to be rolling out its new site design to at least some people outside the company, although none of us at TechCrunch have yet to be graced with its presence. The new design is “exactly...
Vonage's Second Calling
Forbes Magazine dated January 18, 2010 — The Internet telephone company wants to go from your home to your cell phone. — In 2002 Internet telephone company Vonage pioneered service that routed pho...
Flixster Inc. Acquires Rotten Tomatoes From IGN Entertainment
Combination of Top Brands Creates a Leader in the Online Movie Space, Reaching 30 Million Monthly Moviegoers; IGN to Receive Equity Stake in Flixster — SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Flixster Inc., p...
Social Network Removes 5,000 Users For Putting On Weight During Holiday Season
No doubt seeking attention by making controversial decisions and statements, elitist social networking site BeautifulPeople.com says it has kicked out 5,000 users because other members signaled that t...
Twitter Continues Hiring Spree, Adding Ten New Staffers
Twitter's pedigree is getting increasingly rich at the expense of Google and other Silicon Valley tech titans. With the holidays behind us, the microblogging powerhouse is starting the new year with ...
Public interest groups call for antitrust probe of TV Everywhere
Public interest groups on Monday will call for federal antitrust watchdogs to investigate an industry-wide strategy by television service providers that they say will strap users to unnecessarily high...
Worldwide chip sales grew 8.5 % in November
Worldwide semiconductor revenues grew in November, with sales up 3.7 percent from October and 8.5 percent from a year ago, according to the chip industry trade group. — The latter improvement was a ...
Microsoft offers Windows XP, Office XP users 50 percent discount to encourage upgrades
Microsoft officials are well aware that its biggest Windows 7 and Office 2010 competitors are its own previous product iterations (Windows XP and Office XP/2003). To try and wean users away from olde...
Apple resolved iPhone trademark conflict in China
The company that owned the trademark “i-phone” in China yielded it to Apple, the Web site of China's trademark office shows, removing what could have become a legal roadblock for the similarly named i...