Confirm your Buzz settings
Shortly after launching Google Buzz, we quickly realized we didn't get everything right and moved as fast as possible to improve the Buzz experience. We made a number of changes to the getting starte...
Microsoft's mystery event revealed
Microsoft's mystery event is a mystery no more. — A source confirms I was on target with my prediction that the event will herald the introduction of Microsoft's long-awaited new phones for the alwa...
HP Slate to cost $549, have 1.6GHz Atom Z530, 5 hour battery?
Well, well — what's this? We just got our hands on what looks like an internal HP Slate presentation given to cool down some of the iPad hype amongst HP employees, and it just happens to have specs a...
Apple's iPhone 4.0 OS to be revealed Thursday
Uh oh... Apple just sent out invitations for press to get a sneak peak at their next generation iPhone OS, 4.0. We can't wait for April 8th.
Apple Sells Over 300,000 iPads First Day
Apple® today announced that it sold over 300,000 iPads in the US as of midnight Saturday, April 3. These sales included deliveries of pre-ordered iPads to customers, deliveries to channel partners an...
Why The iPad Actually Strengthens Amazon's Position
Round 1 goes to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The iPad, as expected, has caused a big stir, and given people like Walt Mossberg reason to gush with enthusiasm about the death of laptops. Throughout, as variou...
The iPad Flies Through Airport Security
The iPad, as Steve Jobs told us from his comfy leather chair at Macworld, represents a new computing form factor that falls squarely between the laptop and the smartphone. Which raises a curious prob...
Digg's Kevin Rose: “One Of Us Has To Leave”
Last summer we'd heard that the Digg board of directors was considering terminating Digg cofounder and CEO Jay Adelson. But everything was fine, said senior Digg employees, and the fact that the comp...
iPad Peek Lets You See What Your Site Looks Like On An iPad - Except That It Doesn't
Mashable today highlighted a site called iPad Peek, calling it a “nifty tool that lets you see how any website will be rendered on the iPad.” — It sounds like a good idea, Unfortunately …
Brightcove Raises Another $12 Million; Says An IPO May Come Next Year
Online video platform company Brightcove has raised $12 million in a fourth round of funding—and is now talking about going public as soon as next year. CEO Jeremy Allaire (pictured) told us this fal...
Why Is Time Charging $5 for Its iPad App?
One subplot amid the iPad hype: A lot of grumbling about the cost of the apps, particularly from established media companies. — Example A: Time Magazine, which is asking $4.99 a week for its app-the...
The Moderate's Position on iPad Openness
When Apple's iPad was announced in January, I immediately posted a reaction. Now that the device is out, it seems worth revisiting the subject. — Do You Feel Like A Hypocrite Yet? — First thing's...
Citing Legal Risks, Facebook Restricts Employee Stock Sales
Facebook implemented a new policy against insider stock trading last Friday. The point is to keep employees with stock to sell from getting in legal trouble, according to a source familiar with the m...
Apple A4 Teardown
Deconstructing processors like the A4 usually happens behind the closed doors of only a handful of companies. These global reverse engineering firms are the investigative arm of the electronics marke...
Why I'm Returning My Apple iPad ($AAPL)
In the past 48 hours I've gone from boycotting the Apple iPad, to purchasing one, and this morning I'm bringing it back to the store. While I can explain my initial justification for purchasing the d...
Facebook's iPad Impostor ‘Facebook Ultimate’ Removed From The App Store (Updated)
This weekend, as hundreds of thousands of people explored their iPads for the first time, many of them tried downloading the iPad edition of the App Store's most popular application ever: Facebook.
comScore: Android Market Share Continues To Gain On The iPhone
comScore has just released its latest report on smartphone marketshare, and the trend we saw last month has continued: Google's Android is gaining quickly on the iPhone, as Palm and Microsoft's shares...
Apple Sells Over 300,000 iPads First Day
Apple® today announced that it sold over 300,000 iPads in the US as of midnight Saturday, April 3. These sales included deliveries of pre-ordered iPads to customers, deliveries to channel partners an...
Trouble In Paradise: iPad Users Complain Of Wifi Issues
Just one day after launch and there are already scores of complaints on the Apple support site over faulty wifi on the iPad. A typical complaint is that the iPad shows no wifi signal, or a very weak ...
Apple's iPad A4 SoC: Faster than the Nexus One's Snapdragon?
Fresh out the frying pan and into the fire, I just finished my Nexus One review late last night only to have my iPad preorder show up early this afternoon. I had been preparing for it's arrival not b...
‘Suicide’ Query Prompts Google to Offer Hotline
As with any omniscient being, you can ask Google anything. You just don't know what the answer is going to be. — That changed slightly last week when the Google search engine started automatically ...
Confirm your Buzz settings
Shortly after launching Google Buzz, we quickly realized we didn't get everything right and moved as fast as possible to improve the Buzz experience. We made a number of changes to the getting starte...
Meet the App Store Millionaires: The Brothers Behind Doodle Jump
Developers are eager to use the iPad as a chance to sell more expensive apps. But you can do just fine selling software at 99 cents a pop. Just ask Igor and Marko Pusenjak. — In the last year the t...
The iPad and the failings of the computer industry
Steve Jobs' latest creation drew big crowds; why can't his competitors manage the same magic? And isn't it time for Apple to show who can think big inside besides Jobs? — Can anyone copy Apple's co...
6 Features to Expect in iPhone OS 4.0
Less than a week after the introduction of the iPad, Apple plans to share details on “the future of iPhone OS” at a press event this Thursday, where the company is widely expected to lift the wraps of...
Google Buzz Privacy Reset Coming Tomorrow
In an effort to address mounting criticism of the privacy issues surrounding Google Buzz, the search giant is going to ask all Buzz users to confirm or change their privacy settings tomorrow. — In a...
Apple blocks app that warns users of radiation levels
Apple has blocked an app for its iphone that warns users how much radiation they are exposing themselves to while on their phone. — The inexpensive application for the iPhone tells owners when radia...
Microsoft Ending Support for Itanium
Microsoft is ending its support for Intel's Itanium processor with the current version of its Windows Server OS, according to a Microsoft blog posting Friday. — “Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the l...
Elgato Adds 3G Streaming To EyeTV iPhone App
This weekend has been chock full of iPad news, but there's a little bit of iPhone news to share this morning as well. Elgato's heralded EyeTV app has received an update, but this isn't just any updat...
Researchers Trace Data Theft to China
TORONTO — Turning the tables on a China-based computer espionage gang, Canadian and United States computer security researchers have monitored a spying operation for the past eight months, observing w...
Finally....A real test for the iPad. Will it blend?
These tests are almost as exciting as the wait for the actual product in my book. Now, for the moment youâve (Iâm sure) all been waiting for. Will it blend?
Source: Elevation Partners Got About 1% Of Facebook For $90 Million
We've been digging deeper on the Elevation Partners investment in Facebook Common Stock. In our original post we had heard that Elevation Partners paid “around $30/share” for the stock in a late 2009...
EMG Includes iPad In Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple
EMG Technology, a company that previously slapped Apple with a patent infringement lawsuit over the iPhone's browser technology, has announced that it will include the iPad as an additional product in...
World's First Android TV Comes from Sweden
A Swedish company will be the first to sell an internet-connected, Android-based TV set. The TV, from the amazingly-named People of Lava, will also be the first television made in Sweden for decades....
Adobe brings Ideas to iPad
Adobe has released its first iPad app for Apple's new device. Adobe Ideas is a free digital sketchbook app that's designed to allow artists to sketch ideas wherever they are, before bringing the resu...
Apple's iPad Taps Familiar Suppliers
A look inside Apple Inc.'s new iPad points to more business for some familiar component suppliers to the Silicon Valley giant. — Firms that specialize in disassembling and analyzing electronic hardw...
At Snopes, a Quest to Debunk Misinformation Online
It is one of the paradoxes of the Internet. — Along with the freest access to knowledge the world has ever seen comes a staggering amount of untruth, from imagined threats on health care to too-easy...