Exclusive: First Photos of the Motorola Droid 2
Well, hello there Motorola Droid 2. We would like to officially introduce you to the readers of Droid Life. We saw your activation screen just the other day, but we'll admit that it's nice to finall...
The art of a homepage
Last week, we announced a new feature that lets you add a favorite photo or image to the background of your Google.com homepage. — To provide you with an extra bit of inspiration, we've collaborated...
iPhone 4 Glass - Will it break?
We here at iFixYouri did a little science experiment the other day. Many people have been talking that the new iPhone has strong glass, less prone to scratching, 30 times stronger than plastic, etc. ...
FBI Opens Probe of iPad Breach
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the security breach in AT&T Inc.'s website that exposed the email addresses of some iPad owners. — “The FBI is aware of these pos...
Feds eye Apple-Google ad war
A dispute that broke out Monday has already caught the eye of antitrust regulators — That didn't take long. — On Monday, Apple (AAPL) changed the rules that govern its new iAd mobile advertising p...
Appsfire dumps iPhone App store after 2 month wait for update
Apple's iPhone app store approval process is famed for its inconsistencies, but today the developer of a popular iPhone app has had enough. — Appsfire, an app for discovering popular iPhone apps, wa...
EXCLUSIVE: iPhone 4 multitasking - massive delays expected
Multitasking isn't going to just magically happen overnight! — The iPhone 4 can multitask, there is no questioning that. — Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, has personally shown us, at length in two press...
What's Missing From iPhone 4 Is Part Of What Makes It Great
On Monday, Apple officially unveiled the iPhone 4. After playing around with it for 20 minutes or so after the keynote, I can safely say that it's the most impressive mobile device I've ever seen.
Apple Begins Urging Developers To Get Their iOS 4 Apps In For Launch
Today, Apple has begun emailing iPhone app developers to let them know they're now accepting iOS 4-compatible apps in the App Store. Just as it does each time before a new OS launches (such as earlie...
Sprint CFO: HTC EVO can take on iPhone 4
NEW YORK—A senior Sprint Nextel executive is hopeful that the new HTC EVO 4G will entice Sprint customers to stick with the carrier instead of defecting to AT&T for the new iPhone 4 this summer. — A...
Google TV Is A Bigger Deal Than You Think
It has only been a few weeks since Google announced it would create a brave, new world with its Google TV platform. In all the reactions and the commentary, I have been amazed at how little people un...
Collecta Scores More Funding for Real-Time Search
Streaming real-time search company Collecta announced today that it has secured additional funding, to the tune of $4.7 million, from Dace Ventures. Previous investors, including True, have already i...
Logitech brings HD video chat to the masses with new webcams and Vid HD software
Webcams that support high-definition video chat have been around for some time now, but they've generally been too expensive, or too difficult to use, for most consumers. Logitech aims to change …
Box.net Moves Beyond Storage In The Cloud; Adds File Syncing To The Mix
Cloud-based storage and sharing application Box.net is getting into the syncing game today. The startup is unveiling Box Sync, an extension of the Box.net platform that connects users' desktops to Bo...
SCOwned: no new trial, Novell can shut down IBM lawsuit
SCO was dealt yet another blow in court today when District Judge Ted Stewart rejected the company's motion requesting a new trial or judgement of law. In a ruling issued today, Judge Stewart sided w...
The Inside Story of How One Company Didn't Mine Facebook
Ron Levi, a vice president at Thefind,com, explains on May 12 why his company's product search engine didn't dig deep into Facebook users' accounts. Credit: Ryan Singel/ Wired.com — In the first me...
WordPress Gives Us The VIP Treatment, Goes Down On Us Again
Well, that was fun. If you tried to access TechCrunch any time in the last hour or so, you probably noticed that it wasn't working at all. Instead, you were greeted by the overly cheery notice “Word...
How a decade of antitrust oversight has changed your PC
It was 10 years ago this week that Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued his final judgment in U.S. versus Microsoft. Two months earlier, after almost two years of legal proceedings, the judge found t...
‘New York Times’ Bans the Word ‘Tweet’
Phil Corbett, the latest standards editor at the Times (maybe the greatest job in the world?), has issued a proclamation! Yesterday, the following memo went out, asking writers to abstain from the in...
Feature: WWDC Keynote WiFi woes may have been due to iPhone 4 drivers
“Ladies and gentleman, put down your MiFis, and step away from your laptops, or there's going to be trouble.” — Apple's CEO didn't actually utter these words during his demonstration of the iPhone 4...
Google Kills Its Homepage Background Image Experiment Early
Last night, Google decided to temporarily abandon the principles behind its famously spartan homepage in favor of something a little different: a background image, which has been a design element pres...
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 now officially available for download
Well look at that — Adobe's now officially serving up Flash Player 10.1 on its download pages. If you're anything like us, you've been running 10.1 since it hit Release Candidate status a couple mont...