iPad arrives in London after fans queue overnight at Apple store
British technology fans finally got their hands on the Apple iPad today, after many queued overnight to ensure they made their purchase before the limited stocks ran out. — The queues began extendin...
AirSwing: Toshiba's gesture-based UI system in action (video)
Natural user interfaces using gestures aren't really new, but AirSwing, a technology developed by Toshiba, offers something unique: it neither requires expensive hardware nor substantial CPU resources...
Google Confirms “Mayday” Update Impacts Long Tail Traffic
Google made between 350 and 550 changes in its organic search algorithms in 2009. This is one of the reasons I recommend that site owners not get too fixated on specific ranking factors. If you tie ...
EVO's Qik Video Chat to Cost an Extra $5 a Month... Seriously?
According to a source of ours inside Sprint, the EVO 4G's $10 premium cost doesn't seem to cover the Qik video chat capabilities, as previously thought. As you can see in the screenshot below, the se...
Hon Hai to raise China wages after spate of suicides
TAIPEI - Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry plans to raise workers' salaries by about 20 percent at its Foxconn unit in China, as it struggles to stop a spate of worker suicides and quell rising publ...
Why MySpace Can Still Win as a Music Destination
Ray Padgett is a freelance music writer whose work has appeared in SPIN, The Celebrity Café and an upcoming Bob Dylan anthology. He runs the music blog Cover Me. — Last October, MySpace reached an ...
U.S. Government Taps ChallengePost to Help Launch Open Government Initiatives
Early in his administration, President Obama vowed to open up government with more interactive online initiatives like Recovery.gov. Though some called his early efforts a “significant failure,” …
You Can Try Picplz Soon, But Only On Android
New online photo and location service Picplz, being developed by imeem execs Dalton Caldwell and Bryan Berg, is still far from being fully baked. But people who are determined to get an early look at...
Source: Microsoft Bing Taking Over iPhone Search
[See Update below] Microsoft Bing will replace Google in the next version of the iPhone operating system to be released in June, we've heard from mulitple sources, including a high level source who cl...
Exclusive Video And Screenshots Of Digg Version 4
The video above, which we believe will be shown to publishers to promote the new Digg, gives a never before seen look at the new version of Digg, version 4, that the company has been working on for ov...
Amazon.com Is Said to Be Introducing Thinner Version of Kindle in August
Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest online retailer, plans to introduce the next version of its Kindle electronic-book reader in August, according to two people familiar with its plans.
Foxconn Suicides: Is It Time For “Fair Trade” Electronics? Would You Buy A “Fair Trade” iPhone?
The suicides at Foxconn have highlighted the issue of highly stressful working conditions in the global electronics industry. Foxconn has responded with psychologists, punch bags …
AT&T to offer iPhone insurance for $13.99/mo
One of our AT&T Ninjas just hit us up with some news that will excite those of you who have a chronic case of the dropsies and own an iPhone. AT&T will be launching a new insurance service starting J...
Is This Really The Future of Magazines or Why Didn't They Just Use HTML 5?
I just downloaded the Wired iPad application, and like most iPad applications (and most magazines for that matter), I found myself bored with it within the first 20 minutes. I'm sure the content is e...
Lenovo Ditching Custom Linux on IdeaPad U1 Hybrid and Skylight for Android
The bad news: two of our favorite products from CES are getting pushed back-again. The Lenovo Skylight and U1 Hybrid have been delayed by the company. The good news: the reason is that Lenovo wants ...
PostRank Activity Streams: FriendFeed for your content!
Knowing how and where your readers are engaging with your content is critical to the success of any publisher today. With so much activity happening off the authors site, discovering the fragmented c...
Microsoft man: “My job is to destroy IE6”
The man in charge of Internet Explorer has told PC Pro that he's been tasked with destroying IE6. — Internet Explorer 6 continues to be the second most used browser version in the world at the ripe ...