iPhone 4 Delayed Again: Now July 14th
The iPhone 4 order disaster continues, now with a new delay after AT&T suspended all sales for the device. The iPhone arrival was delayed for many pre-orders. Now there's a new date at Apple's websi...
“I Like Your Comment”
Since first launching the “Like” feature in 2009 and the ability to comment on News Feed stories in 2008, we've seen these features become central to the way people communicate on Facebook. They're t...
YouTube adds cloud-based video editor
In a significant philosophical shift, Google has added a basic video editing system to YouTube, giving a new creative aspect to the video sharing site. — The YouTube editor isn't going to make Apple...
With Bebo a No-Go, AOL Will Unload the Social Site
AOL Inc. is close to selling its social-networking site Bebo to a private investment firm, according to people familiar with the matter. — Exact terms of the deal couldn't be learned, but people fam...
Disney/Pixar Buys The First Twitter Trending Topic Ad
Since April, Twitter users have grown accustomed to Twitter's first ad revenue play: Promoted Tweets. Today, the second phase of that strategy is starting to be tested: Promoted Trending Topics. The...
Twitter Servers Can't Keep Up With World Cup Traffic
Have you been seeing Twitter's infamous “fail whale” a lot lately? It's not your imagination. — The microblogging service has been down repeatedly this month, and Twitter engineers expect “a rocky ...
AT&T and Apple's marriage made in hell
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — AT&T's epic iPhone 4 pre-order snafu on Tuesday was the latest in a long line of headaches the carrier has caused Apple. But even with concerns that AT&T accidentally reveal...
Android Team “Laser Focused” On The User Experience For Next Release
Google's Android team has been pushing new versions of the operating system at a furious pace since the first Android device hit the market in 2008. Lots of features have been added over the last cou...
“How Do I Delete My Facebook Account” Search Volume Drops. Facebook Privacy Fiasco Over?
Is it time to officially declare the Facebook privacy fiasco over? While a record number of users were previously searching for “How Do I Delete My Facebook Account” as “Quit Facebook Day” …
State of the Art: Sprint's Bold Evo Phone Fades a Bit in the Details
Fine print, baby. It's all about the fine print. — It'll get you when you buy a car. When you rent an apartment. When you sign a prenup. — Most of all, it'll get you when you buy the new Sprint...
Why I Returned My iPad
A little more than a week after buying the iPad, I returned it to Apple. The problem wasn't the iPad exactly, though it has some flaws. The problem was me. — I like technology, but I'm not an earl...
AT&T: drop net neutrality or U-verse gets it
Back when Google announced it was looking for cities to test its fiber-to-the-home trial network, we profiled a host of municipalities that tried every possible publicity stunt in the book to get the ...
Amazon Wants To Become The Primary Shopping Option On Bing (AMZN, MSFT)
Amazon wants to own the shopping results that are served up from Microsoft's Bing search engine, we've heard from an industry source close to both companies. — After Microsoft announced it would shu...
Apple releases iTunes 9.2 with support for iOS 4, iPhone 4
In preparation for next week's release of iOS 4 and iPhone 4, Apple on Wednesday updated its iTunes desktop media application to version 9.2, adding support for iBooks, PDFs, and Apple's latest handse...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Is Embracing the End of Email, Here's Why
“If you want to know what people like us will do tomorrow, you look at what teenagers are doing today,” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told the audience at Nielsen's Consumer 360 conference yesterday.
Arrington: By ‘see ya later,’ what I meant was, I'm sticking around
It's always fun and controversial when Michael Arrington is around, and his Seattle debut at our TechFlash Live event last night was no exception. One of his remarks on stage, implying that he was re...
Logitech's Google TV set-top box will be the Logitech Revue
Logitech just confirmed a previous report from Engadget that its Google TV set-top box will be called the Logitech Revue. Still no word on pricing or when we'll see any of this launch (other than “th...
Even With Pre-Order Failures, iPhone 4 Sells Out In Under A Day
Well that didn't take long. Not even 24 hours after the iPhone 4 became available online for pre-order, it is completely sold out. Earlier today, reports had AT&T being out of the device. Now the A...
Samsung Bets on Smartphones, Tablet
Pressed by the competition's new generation of sophisticated gadgets, Samsung Electronics also has been seeing demand for some of its products soften amid the European debt crisis. In response, the S...
I'll Tell You What's Fair
Speaking of Joe Wilcox, in the midst of a 1,500 word piece last week accusing yours truly of “not being a man” because there aren't comments on Daring Fireball, Wilcox wrote the following in response ...
Finally, Google TV Explained In A Clear, Concise Manner [Video]
When Google TV was announced at Google I/O there was a lot of excitement surrounding it. Unfortunately, there were also a lot of questions. And the glitchy demo they did on stage certainly didn't he...
New Flock divorces Firefox, snuggles up to Chrome
Flock made its name as a Firefox remix that came loaded with custom add-ons for tightly integrating social networking with daily Web browsing. Just opened to the public, the Flock 3 beta keeps its so...
What Is I.B.M.'s Watson?
'Toured the Burj in this U.A.E. city. They say it's the tallest tower in the world; looked over the ledge and lost my lunch. Multimedia — Enlarge This Image — MASTERMIND The one behind Watson's ...
San Francisco Passes Cellphone Radiation Law
SAN FRANCISCO — Imposing roughly the same cautionary standards for cellphones as for fatty food or sugary soda, this city — never shy about its opinions — voted on Tuesday to require all retailers to ...
LinkedIn communications at center of unprecedented lawsuit
In a first-of-its kind lawsuit, an IT staffing firm has accused one of its former employees of violating the terms of her non-compete agreements through her conduct on LinkedIn. — In a first-of-its ...
T-Mobile Rolls Out “4G Speed” Network In 15+ New Cities
4G is in the air! Or, at least for T-Mobile, 4G speeds are in the air. While T-Mobile isn't technically allowed to pitch their HSPA+ network as 4G, its speeds can exceed that of the networks that so...
AT&T-iPad security breach may be worse than first thought
Researchers looking into the security of GSM phone networks are suggesting that the recent breach, which saw tens of thousands of e-mail addresses and ICC-IDs inadvertently disclosed by AT&T, could ha...
Google gets the fabled GDrive, courtesy of Memeo
When Google announced the ability to upload and store files in Google Docs, that seemed to be as close as the search giant would get to releasing its long-rumored GDrive storage service. But the GDri...
Jolicloud's got the touch!
The next version of Jolicloud, Jolicloud 1.0 will support some touchscreen displays out of the box. — Watch our short demo below showing the new HTML5 interface on a touchscreen enabled Samsung NB30...
Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention
If the people who brought us television had played by the same rules that today's wireless carriers impose — we'd probably all be listening to the radio. — Which is a nice way of saying the wireless...
WDYDWYD?
As the head of Twitter's Trust and Safety team, I've been asked more than a few times exactly what it is that my team does at Twitter, and the response is invariably something along the lines of “it's...
Inside Gatorade's Social Media Command Center
In the realm of marketing, Gatorade is probably best known for splashy commercials featuring some of the world's most famous athletes. However, a new effort behind the scenes of the PepsiCo-owned spo...