“Fear and Loathing in Farmville”
GDC 2010 is now in the books, and it will be a hard one to forget because the whole conference seemed to be obsessed with one thing, which I summed up in this tweet. Or, as Sirlin puts it here: “Face...
America's Real Dream Team
Went to a big Washington dinner last week. You know the kind: Large hall; black ties; long dresses. But this was no ordinary dinner. There were 40 guests of honor. So here's my Sunday news quiz: I...
Another SJobs@apple.com email, this time dissing Google's Picassa
A UK reader writes in to say that Steve Jobs has replied to his email regarding Picasa Albums on the iPad. — Instead of just telling him that Apple (obviously) wouldn't support Google's Picassa libr...
Video: This is easily the coolest thing I've seen an iPhone do this week.
You hear that sound? That's the sound of my mind being blown. — When the folks over in Cupertino strapped a little speaker to the bottom of the iPhone and released an SDK, do you think that any of ...
China state media accuses Google of political agenda
(Reuters) - China's state media on Sunday accused Google Inc of pushing a political agenda by “groundlessly accusing the Chinese government” of supporting hacker attacks and by trying to export its ow...
Ending the Internet's Trench Warfare
IMAGINE that for $33 a month you could buy Internet service twice as fast as what you get from Verizon or Comcast, bundled with digital high-definition television, unlimited long distance and internat...
Rethinking Sex Offender Laws for Youths Showing Off Online
In Iowa, Jorge Canal is on the sex offenders registry because, at age 18, he was convicted of distributing obscene materials to a minor after he sent a picture of his penis by cellphone to a 14-year-o...
Skype founders raise $165m for new fund
Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype, have raised a new venture capital fund for investing in so-called “disruptive” early-stage European technology. — Atomico Ventures, the Londo...
Consumers boost CE spending, despite drop in income, says iSuppli
Despite an unprecedented decline in global per capita income in 2009, global revenues for hot electronic products increased for the year, reflecting a fundamental shift in how consumers are prioritizi...