The iPad App Store Is Live
The first batch of iPad apps is live in the App Store, days before the device has been released to regular, non-media humans. First impressions? So many apps! Also: So expensive. Full listing here...
The iPad Launch: Can Steve Jobs Do It Again?
It is a gorgeous spring day when I arrive at the coolest address in the universe: 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, Calif., where Apple has been headquartered since 1993. The campus, for such they call it,...
Verizon Mobile Hotspot on webOS devices now free, Pre Plus and Pixi Plus fall to $49.99 and $29.99
Whoa, we didn't see this one coming: Verizon just slashed the cost of its 3G Mobile Hotspot feature for the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus all the way down to $, effectively giving you a broadband modem …
The JooJoo is here... seriously (updated with video)
Of all days for this thing to arrive... it had to be today. Yes folks, as you can see in our gallery below, the JooJoo is not only real, but we've got one. We're not going to go into details right n...
Amazon: Time To Cut Kindle To $149, Piper's Munster Says
With the Apple (AAPL) iPad getting glowing reviews with sales scheduled to launch Saturday morning, the Street is getting increasingly nervous about the impact the device is going to have on sales of ...
The Collapse of Complex Business Models
I gave a talk in Edinburgh last year to a group of TV executives gathered for an annual conference. From the Q&A after, it was clear that for them, the question wasn't whether the internet was going ...
For Postling, Angel Investors Mail in Their Checks
Postling, a New York-based startup co-founded by David Lifson (CEO), Chris Maguire (VP of Engineering) and Haim Schoppik (CTO) — all ex-Etsy folks — has raised $350,000 in seed funding from angel inve...
F.T.C. Is Said to Have Looked Into Amazon-Google Ties
Last month, John Doerr, one of America's most celebrated venture capitalists, announced that later this year he would step down from the board of Amazon.com, a company that he helped to finance and bu...
Facebook Posts Photos of Prineville Project
A look at the progress of construction on the new Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon. — Can a data center have fans? It can if it's the new Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon, which...
Facebook's New Solution For Unofficial Pages: Community Pages
Want to set up a Facebook Page for “Pillow Fighting” or “Tatoos”? Previously, Facebook would simply shut down the Page or remove publishing permissions from the Page administrator. Now Facebook is s...
Google Shows How HTML5 Can Run Quake In The Browser
A lot of attention lately has been put on the video capabilities of HTML5 browsers, since the iPad doesn't support Flash. It turns out not to really matter that much because most online video platfor...
Gates, Allen remember Altair creator Roberts as true pioneer
Apart from Bill Gates and Paul Allen, one of the people most instrumental in the creation of Microsoft was Ed Roberts, whose early MITS Altair 8800 computer — pictured on the cover of Popular Electron...
iPad Developer Support Continues to Soar
Flurry regularly monitors new project starts by developers within its system to gauge interest across mobile platforms. With over 20,000 apps started by developers within Flurry, we believe this prov...
iPhone widens edge over BlackBerry in JD Power rankings
Apple's lead in smartphone customer satisfaction has only grown in the past few months, JD Power discovered in its latest Smartphone Customer Satisfaction study. The iPhone's score has remained uncha...
Microsoft Expanding Its Retail Business: Next Stores In Denver And San Diego (MSFT, AAPL)
Microsoft's retail operations, launched last fall, are apparently doing well enough for the company to continue investing in more stores. Microsoft is preparing to open its next two stores in Denver ...
Blippy Does An End Run, Harnesses Gmail OAuth To Re-Enable Amazon Support
Early this year, Blippy, the highly controversial startup that lets you share your credit card and online purchases with your friends, ran into some trouble with Amazon.com. Namely, Amazon told Blipp...
Tegra 2 “serious issues” delaying Notion Ink, ICD & Compal tablets [Updated]
Bad news if you've been avoiding iPad hype and holding out for a tablet based on NVIDIA's second-gen Tegra chipset. We've just heard from a trusted source that all projects based on the new Tegra chi...
Twitter Turning On Popular Tweets In Search. A Few Popular Ones Coming To Top Of Results
As you may have noticed when Twitter introduced its new homepage a few days ago, Twitter has a new feature that allows them to group together popular tweets. They say this is done algorithmically …
New website brings crowd sourcing to fashion
(Reuters) - An Internet startup called Fashion Stake launching in coming weeks aims to shake up the fashion industry, just as peer-to-peer file sharing changed the music industry. — Fashion Stake wi...
Facebook - The Most Searched On Brand in the U.S.
As I've discussed before, examining search term data across all engines, while providing excellent tactical insight for search programs, also can provide invaluable insight for brand marketers. We're...
First NYC iPad line sitter also camped for first iPhone: a legend is born (video)
Greg Packer, we salute you. Sure, the weather in New York City is a lot finer now than it was back in the sweltering summer of 2007, but we still feel the need to tip our hat to someone who'd camp …
Cost and Redundancy Issues Confront iPad
If the much-promoted iPad is going to be a mainstream consumer hit, Apple is going to have to change the minds of people like Jon Byron. — Mr. Byron, a 54-year-old banker from Connecticut, emerged f...
Exclusive : It's Official - Netflix Streaming on the iPad
Netflix is a free app for the iPad that will be available on launch April 3rd. If you're a netflix subscriber you can watch instantly anything in Netflix's online collection directly on your iPad. Y...
App Store for iPad: More than 2,300 Apps and Counting
The App Store for the iPad has officially opened, and Apple is promoting the apps on the store's front page. There are more than 2,300 apps available for purchase now and more were being added, altho...
April Fools 2010: The Definitive List
It's time for April Fools 2010! We're constantly updating this page with new April Fools jokes as we find them. If you spot a good one please leave it in the comments. Thanks! — Google Wave — G...
Wolfram Alpha Admits Mistake: Mobile Site is Back; iPhone App Down from $50 to $1.99
Once upon a time, Wolfram Alpha tried to charge $50 for its iPhone app while, at the same time, offering a free iPhone-optimized mobile site. Then, the company shut down the mobile site of its “compu...
Facebook duo's fight with founder
The two Americans who were awarded millions of dollars after claiming they had come up with the idea for Facebook say their legal battle isn't over. — Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss studied at Harvard...
Google Just Rolled Out Its New Search Design To More Users
We're seeing a number of reports on Twitter from people who are now seeing the new Google Search results design. — Google has been testing a new search interface on random people for some time, toda...
WSJ: CBS bringing free HTML5-encoded TV shows to the iPad, ABC plans detailed
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that ABC and CBS are hard at work adapting episodes of their TV shows for the iPad, with both set to offer streamable programming to new slate owners immediately u...
A Treasure Trove of Steve Jobs Stories
Yesterday we asked readers about their run-ins with Steve Jobs, and they delivered. The Apple CEO is quietly ubiquitous, seen from Palo Alton to SoHo, from Whole Foods to French cafés, a shaggy-dress...
Ex Bebo President Shields Joins Facebook As Sales VP
After former Bebo president Joanna Shields left last May ahead of the dismantling of her AOL (NYSE: AOL) People Networks division, she teamed with TV producer Shine Group CEO Elisabeth Murdoch to crea...
Data sifted from Facebook wiped after legal threats
Legal threats from Facebook have led to the destruction of a social science dataset about to be released to researchers. — Lawyers from the social networking site contacted Pete Warden, an entrepren...
Unvarnished: Person reviews or trollfest?
Updated throughout with comments from co-founder Peter Kazanjy — A new site called Unvarnished launched in beta today, and aims to do for individual people what Yelp does for restaurants and local b...
iPad is Coming to Enterprises, Ready or Not
Hype surrounding Apple's long-awaited touch tablet centers on the living room. But are iPads ready for the boardroom? The cubicle? The data center? — Whether enterprises are ready for iPads or no...
Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck Gets $5M From VCs
Tiny Speck, an online game company based in San Francisco and Vancouver has raised $5 million in Series A funding from Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz. Accel led this recent round of financing...
Stars in mobile search
Earlier this month on the Official Google Blog, we announced how stars make search more personal by allowing you to mark and rediscover your favorite content. Today, we are extending this feature so ...