iPhone 4 Sales Top 1.7 Million
Apple® today announced that it has sold over 1.7 million of its iPhone® 4 through Saturday, June 26, just three days after its launch on June 24. The new iPhone 4 features FaceTime®, which makes vide...
Windows 8 Plans Leaked: Numerous Details Revealed
A big thanks to @floo1989 for the heads-up! Over the weekend, the Italian Windows site “Windowsette” got a hold of some super secret squirrel Microsoft presentations apparently laying around on the i...
Amazon Announces New Functionality for Kindle Apps for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
Readers can now enjoy embedded video and audio clips in Kindle books on their iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a new update to Kindle for iPad and Kindl...
In Faulty Computer Suit, Window to Dell's Fall
After the math department at the University of Texas noticed some of its Dell computers failing, Dell examined the machines. The company came up with a unusual reason for the computers' demise: the s...
Google's mismanagement of the Android Market
Earlier this week, CNET ran an article critical of the permission model of the Android Market. Google's response to the criticism was that “each Android app must get users' permission to access sensi...
TechCrunch TV Launches... Now.
It's finally here. After months of planning and building and learning and fixing and hiring and spending, TechCrunch TV goes live right... NOW. — Broadcasting daily from our fully-featured San Fran...
Growing pains afflict HTML5 standardization
Listening to marketing messages from companies such as Apple and Google, one might think HTML5, the next-generation Web page standard, is ready to take the Net by storm. — But the words of those pro...
An Unexpected Apple Ally: Porn Industry to Drop Flash
Article Navigation — It may seem that Steve Jobs is on a lonely crusade against Adobe's Flash format with the rest of the industry simply waiting who this battle will turn out. While Adobe is rally...
Elevation Invests Another $120 Million in Facebook as that IPO Looks More Distant
Elevation Partners has quietly amassed another huge chunk of Facebook shares on the secondary market, according to a recent letter to its limited partners. Elevation spent $120 million for five milli...
SSL Certificates In Use Today Aren't All Valid
It should be no surprise that the SSL security certificate business is big business, considering how SSL certificates are seen as being on the frontlines of securing Web transactions against fraud. B...
Apple IPhone 4 Parts Cost About $188
Researchers at iSuppli tore down the latest iPhone to find parts from LG Display, Samsung, and Broadcom — Apple's iPhone 4 wireless handset includes components that cost as little as $187.51, accord...
Facebook Server Count: 60,000 or More
It's said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes a PowerPoint slide can tell the story of thousands of servers. — That was the case with a presentation from Facebook's Tom Cook at last...
Touting Redesign, MSNBC Declares Pageviews ‘Dead’
The big idea behind just about every website redesign these days generally revolves around “less is more” minimalism. But it looks like MSNBC.com's redo actually means it: the new site, which just we...
Samsung Galaxy S models announced for Sprint, Verizon, U.S. Cellular
Over the past few days, we've learned the identities of a couple of Samsung Galaxy S phones headed for the U.S., including the Samsung Captivate for AT&T and the Samsung Vibrant for T-Mobile, but turn...
An iPhone wish list looks more like an Android feature list
What do iPhone users want most? According to the results of a survey released today, the top four things that U.S. iPhone users want most are already available from Google's Android. — The survey, ...
mSpot Debuts Cloud-Based Music Streaming Service For Android
Mobile entertainment startup mSpot is debuting its free music cloud service today that allows you to sync your entire music collection across Android phones and PCs/Macs to the public today. The serv...