iPhone 4: queues everywhere, selling out
iPhone-mania this morning as queues form across the US for Apple's must-have product, even as shops across the UK, France, Germany and Japan have already sold out following huge demand. — Video abov...
Apple responds to iPhone 4 reception issues: you're holding the phone the wrong way
So, we just spoke with Apple and got the straight dirt on the reception issues that have been plaguing users today... and it's a little surprising. In essence, Apple cops to the fact there are recept...
Twitter settles FTC charge on security, privacy violations
Update: With comments by Twitter's general counsel — Twitter has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that it “deceived consumers” by allowing hackers to obtain administrative con...
Sony's PlayStation Network Said Close to Deal for Hulu Service
Sony Corp. is close to an agreement to carry a paid TV service from Hulu LLC, operator of the second-largest video website, on its PlayStation 3 game console, two people with knowledge of the talks sa...
Internet Explorer 9 destroys Chrome 6 in HTML5 speed test (video)
I think the video speaks for itself! — If you can't watch the video: IE9 is some orders of magnitude faster than HTML5 when it comes to hardware-accelerated canvas rendering. — In some other initi...
Windows Phone 7 will be an ‘ad-serving machine’
Windows Phone 7 apps will be able to send users information, news and offers from their favorite brands, effectively turning Microsoft's next mobile operating system into an “ad-serving machine,” a re...
iPhone 4's yellow spot issue goes away with a bit of time?
We're starting to hear a few reports of the dreaded yellow spots disappearing from the iPhone 4's display after a day or so of use. Interestingly, someone posting on the AppleInsider forums seems to ...
Facebook Unleashes Open Graph Search Engine, Declares War On Google
While there was a lot of speculation about Facebook's search strategy, the company has confirmed with us that “all Open Graph-enabled web pages will show up in search when a user likes them”.
Author: Zuckerberg has “Total Control” over Facebook
This morning at the Churchill Club in Mountain View, David Kirkpatrick, author of the Facebook Effect, which chronicles the ascension of the world's largest social network, based on significant access...
Intel preps ‘Android x86’ for netbooks and slates
Intel will ship a fully native x86 version of Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ to developers in the next two months to spur growth of Atom-powered Android netbooks and slates. — The highly-anticipated Android 2....
GetJar, The ‘Wal-Mart For Mobile Apps,’ Raises $11 Million
Fast-growing mobile app store GetJar, which says it has had more than one billion apps downloaded from its store to date, making it second in size only to Apple's app store, has raised $11 million in ...
Bing Tries To Take Over Web Search On Your iPhone By Making It App-Beautiful
Bing is on a roll. Yesterday, it released Bing Entertainment and a new iPhone app. And today it is following up with an update to its mobile web search at http://m.bing.com.
BZZZZZZ: YouTube Gets A Vuvuzela Button (Seriously)
YouTube always has had a way with pranks. Some time in the last hour, the world's largest video portal activated a new button on some videos that looks like a tiny soccer ball. Clicking it will acti...
Mystery surrounds ‘horse-boy’ on Google Street View
The unusual sighting was made in Aberdeen and has proved popular — Mystery surrounds a man wearing a horse's head who has been captured on Google's Street View in Aberdeen. — The man - who has bec...
Chrome OS Adding Polish. Zip Files, Boot Up, And “Addictive” Games Being Debated
Since Chrome OS is an open source project (well okay, technically, Chromium OS is), it's fun to take a look at the Google Code page for it from time to time to see what progress is being made.
Exercising Our Remote Application Removal Feature
[This post is by Rich Cannings, Android Security Lead. — Tim Bray] — Every now and then, we remove applications from Android Market due to violations of our Android Market Developer Distribution Ag...
Lawmakers grill Apple CEO Jobs on location information gathering
Key lawmakers want to know from Apple how it collects and uses information about the geography of iPhone and iPad users through location-based applications. — Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jo...