How Google Went Into “Code Red” And Saved Google Buzz (GOOG)
Here's the story of how panicking just enough may have saved Google's answer to Facebook and Twitter. — A week ago, Google launched an add-on to Gmail called Google Buzz. Almost immediately, the wo...
Verizon Wireless and Skype join forces to create a global mobile calling community
New Skype Mobile product for Verizon Wireless smartphones brings more value to US mobile consumers — BARCELONA, Spain; BASKING RIDGE, NJ, United States; and LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg, 16 January 2010 …
What Kevin Smith means for the future of PR
On Saturday, the crew of a Southwest Airlines flight between the California cities of Oakland and Burbank asked a passenger to leave the plane before takeoff because they deemed him too overweight to ...
Turf War at the New York Times: Who Will Control the iPad?
There's a heated turf war going on inside the New York Times over the iPad, pitting print die-hards against people focused on the Times' digital future. The outcome will determine pricing for some ma...
The Wired Tablet App: A Video Demonstration
Last week Jeremy Clark from Adobe and I unveiled the first glimpse of the Wired Reader at TED. Above, you'll see a video, narrated by Jeremy and Wired Creative Director Scott Dadich, who led our tabl...
Google: Android now shipping on 60,000 handsets per day
We're in Barcelona keeping an eye on Eric Schmidt's Mobile World Congress keynote, where the Google CEO just disclosed an interesting fact: Google and their hardware partners are now shipping 60,000 A...
TUMBLR STOLE MY DOMAIN AT THE BEHEST OF A CORPORATION
I've run pitchfork.tumblr.com for almost a year now. I had several posts up and I followed 28 people with the account. All my posts are now gone and my address has been changed to pitchfork1.tumblr....
Wireless Telcos fear Google will turn them into ‘dumb pipes’ - they will hit back
Marguerite Reardon over at CNET has put together an excellent report on the Mobile World Congress 2010 GSMA in Barcelona. — It is the most important conference for the wireless Telco industry.
Google Donates $2 Million To Wikimedia Foundation
According to a Tweet just sent from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Google has donated $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation. Wales says the official announcement will be made tomorrow. — The Wikim...
FCC calls for 100Mbps across most of US
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski at a conference today launched (PDF) an effort to boost the speed of Internet access in the US to 100Mbps and higher. Dubbed 100 Squared, it would provide at least 100...
Redbox Cuts Deal With Warner; Agrees To 28-Day Window
Coinstar (CSTR) unit Redbox this afternoon said it signed a new multi-year distribution deal with the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment unit of Time Warner (TWX) that will allow Redbox to rent new Warne...
Facebook Users Average 7 hrs a Month in January as Digital Universe Expands
In a monthly view of U.S. Internet activity for top parent companies and web brands, The Nielsen Company found that the average time users spend using Facebook per month grew nearly 10%, topping seven...
The Android Who Cried Wolf
Currently, Google has one of the more interesting problems I've ever seen. While I'd never tell anyone to slow down their pace of innovation, with Android, I can't help but wonder if Google might hav...
Study: Ages of social network users
How old is the average Twitter or Facebook user? What about all the other social network sites out there, like MySpace, LinkedIn, and so on? How is age distributed across the millions and millions o...
New Facebook Statistics Show Big Increase in Content Sharing, Local Business Pages
How much traffic does Facebook now send to other web sites? Analytics firm Compete tells the San Francisco Chronicle that 13 percent of US traffic to big web portals — Yahoo, MSN, AOL …
Tumblr Finally Rolls Out Comments. Sort Of. Trolls Not Welcome.
Just about a week ago, we noted how the blogging service Tumblr was testing out a new feature: photo replies. Apparently, the test worked so well that they decided to make it a permanent feature.
Steve Jobs' 6 Sneakiest Statements
Steve Jobs was reportedly wearing a top hat when he visited New York publishers last week. It's a fitting lid for the Apple CEO, who can be as tricky as a magician. — Jobs has a knack for throwing ...
Facebook Launches Zero, A Text-Only Mobile Site For Carriers
At the Mobile World Congress 2010, Facebook's Chamath Palihapitiya just finished a 20-minute keynote, outlining the social networking juggernaut's mobile strategy. We'll have a video of the full pres...
HBO Prepares Site That Will Offer Shows and Movies
HBO looks to be on the verge of unveiling its Internet streaming service in a wider way. — A Web site called HBO GO, subtitled “It's HBO on your computer,” appeared online weeks ago, promising acces...
Sony Dash given ability to stream TVs and movies from Netflix, new lease on life
We were filled with excitement the moment Sony took the wraps off of its Dash personal internet viewer back at CES, but after learning that this was less of a tablet and more a sophisticated widget ma...
Twitter's hiring binge brings it to 140 employees
Twitter has been on a hiring spree as of late, grabbing employees left and right for its engineering and business development teams. — The company just crossed the symbolic 140-employee mark, mirror...
FastPencil lets thought leaders publish books without the hassle of writing them
Self-publishing site FastPencil has launched a new program aimed at helping aspiring thought leaders publish the books in their heads. — It's been years since Amazon began allowing authors to sell t...
YouTube Turns Five Years Old, But Without Google, It Would Be Bankrupt
Anyone who has read my blog before knows that I think YouTube gets way too much credit in the industry that they don't deserve. While I don't disagree that YouTube deserves credit for creating a plat...
HTC Desire: your Nexus One with Sense and Flash has arrived (video)
The one thing you'll never see on a stock Nexus One is a skinned interface like Sense or TouchWiz — they're just not Google enough for a phone commissioned and sold directly by Mountain View.
Google admits Buzz testing flaws
Google has admitted to BBC News that testing of its controversial social network Buzz was insufficient. — The firm has had to make a series of changes to the service after a ferocious backlash from ...
First Peek at Path.io: Stealth Startup From Facebook's Dave Morin & Sean Fanning of Napster
Three weeks ago Facebook Platform Manager Dave Morin announced he was leaving the company to start a stealthy new startup with Napster founder Sean Fanning. — The new company is called Path …
You, Too, Can Soon Be Like Tom Cruise in ‘Minority Report’
Hollywood imitates life. And sometimes life imitates Hollywood. — John Underkoffler, who led the team that came up with the interface that Tom Cruise's character used in the 2002 movie “Minority Re...
RIM Introduces BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express
Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphones, announces a version of its Enterprise Server aimed at cost-conscious businesses. — Wireless solutions specialist and BlackBerry creator Resea...
Mayor of the North Pole
I've been blatantly cheating at foursquare for the past week. I didn't mean to start the week this way. Most of my friends know me as a responsible father who occasionally plays piano at local open ...
T-Mobile launching 21Mbps webConnect Rocket, HTC HD2 next month
During Deutsche Telekom's press conference this morning at MWC, Cole Brodman — T-Mobile USA's CTO — went on record with the news that it'll be launching its first 21Mbps HSPA+ USB modem next month acr...
Vodafone warns Google's power could harm consumer choice
• Google's domination of search market ‘should be looked at’ — • Colao also calls for greater portability of apps — Vodafone boss Vittorio Colao has warned mobile phone executives about Google's g...
RIM Unveils WebKit Internet Browser to Compete With IPhone
Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) — Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry phone, unveiled an overhauled Internet browser for its devices today to attract more non-business customers. — “Today we are an...
iPad deals with publishers face hurdles
Newspaper and magazine publishers are stumbling over key issues, such as sharing subscription revenues, as they consider deals to offer digital versions of their products on Apple's iPad digital media...