Apple iMac line gets speedbumped, low-end gets a Core i3
It's not as if we haven't heard the rumors building over the last few months, but Apple's long-standing iMac line is seeing its first real update since the Fall of last year on this fine morning. As ...
Dell Streak Update: Where We Are
Based on the strength of the number of pre-sales registrations for Dell Streak, we know there's a lot of you out there in the United States and beyond who are excited about the device. You've made De...
The New Ask.com is Here: What's Your Question?
Back in November, Doug Leeds, President of Ask.com, shared this post providing a glimpse into the future of Ask.com. At the risk of sounding like a bad sci-fi movie, we're excited to say the future s...
Setting the record straight on iPhone and Android
From our July Report “Why iPhones Matter” analyzing Yankee Group's Link Data: 2010 U.S. Survey Suite, Wave 1-3 — “There's lies, damned lies, and statistics.” — Mark Twain — A number of reports ov...
The Google Sewage Factory, In Action: The Chocomize Story
Google's CEO Eric Schmidt has quite famously been on record many times talking about how the web is full of garbage. It's a cesspool out there, he's said. Today, a short fast look at how his own com...
Leaked Facebook Movie Script Paints Zuckerberg as Vindictive and Naive
The origin of Facebook, as Mark Zuckerberg now tells it, came out of long talks in his dorm room with his college friends about how to make the world more open. Given there are records from Zuckerber...
Check In While Checking Out: CardStar Adds Foursquare Integration
Mobile loyalty card application CardStar is today announcing integration with popular location-based service Foursquare in its newly updated iPhone application, CardStar 3.0. Now, as CardStar users p...
Amazon Kindle Sold Out: No Estimated Date of Availability
To our recollection, this actually hasn't happened in quite some time. To be exact, in 2008, when it was the original Kindle. And, even then, Amazon managed to make sure they told customers when the...
Googzilla! Yahoo Japan Confirms Google Switch From Yahoo for Both Paid and Algo Search
Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. — As BoomTown reported earlier today, Yahoo Japan confirmed it would switch its search technology and paid search provider to Google from Yahoo.
Apple to sell iPhone 4 unlocked in Canada
When the iPhone 4 goes on sale in Canada on Friday, it will bring with it something relatively new for Canadian wireless customers — the ability to pit the big three service providers against each oth...
The Acceleration of Addictiveness
What hard liquor, cigarettes, heroin, and crack have in common is that they're all more concentrated forms of less addictive predecessors. Most if not all the things we describe as addictive are. An...
Forrester: Why Most Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Marketers, hold off on Foursquare — for now. That's the verdict of Forrester Research on location-based start-ups, which, despite their reputation as the hot new media, are sti...
The Chevy Volt is now officially on sale for $41K MSRP minus up to a $7,500 tax credit
The Chevy Volt will cost $41,000. GM finally went live with the second to last piece of the Chevy Volt puzzle and select dealers are ready to take orders with delivery expected “later this year.”
Amazon Now Taps Into Facebook For Social Product Recommendations
It appears that Amazon has rolled out a new social feature integrating Facebook into your recommendations. If you go your recommendations, Using Facebook Connect, Amazon will now serve you social rec...
Walt Disney Buys Playdom For Up To $763.2 Million
As had been widely expected, Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is making a big move into social games, with the purchase of social game developer Playdom for up to $763.2 million. The deal includes a “total co...
The top 20 countries on the Internet, and what the future might bring
The world is a big place, but so is the Internet. We know which countries are the largest in the real world, but what about on the Internet? — This article examines which countries are the largest ...
ZumoCast Streams Media to iPad, iPhone From a Home Computer
The ZumoDrive folks are at it again, but this time, they're taking the cloud storage to your home computer so you can stream media files right to an Apple iPad using ZumoCast. The new ZumoCast servic...
Google Develops a Facebook Rival
Google Inc. is in talks with several makers of popular online games as it seeks to develop a broader social-networking service that could compete with Facebook Inc., according to people familiar with ...
SanDisk: We have the smallest USB flash drive
SanDisk on Tuesday unveiled what it calls the smallest USB flash drive in North America. The drive weighs about the same as a penny and is the size of a paper clip. — The device, dubbed the SanDisk...
Stieg Larsson Passes 1 Million Kindle Books Sold
Larsson is the first author to join the new “Kindle Million Club” — Amazon.com, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Stieg Larsson, author of the internationally bestselling Millennium Trilogy,...
Augen's $150 Android tablet hits Kmart circular, coming to stores later this week
We can't say we've heard of Augen before, but the company certainly sparked our interest (and that of Kmart circular readers) this weekend with its $149.99 7-inch Android tablet.
Apple Sued Over Claims IPad Tablet Overheats in Sunlight, Warm Conditions
Apple Inc., the world's most valuable technology company, was sued over claims its iPad tablet overheats and fails to operate properly in warm conditions. The complaint, filed July 23 in federal cour...
iOS 4.1 Beta 2 fixes iPhone 4 proximity sensor?
It's known that some iPhone 4 users are experiencing issues with its proximity sensor, including myself. People find themselves inadvertently ending and muting calls, punching in keys, and sending Fa...
The Wannabe $19 Billion Facebook Man
The man who claims to own 84% of Facebook either stands to make lots of money or lots of trouble. — SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Ceglia is trying to gain control of the biggest website on the planet. He's ...
New Update to Firefox 4 Beta Available, Now in 23 Languages
Guten Tag! ! Cze! Olá! ! Bonjour! Γεια σας! Hello! — The new update of Firefox 4 Beta is now available in 23 languages for testing and feedback.
Facebook Closing In On Acquiring Check-In Service Hot Potato
We're hearing from sources close to the deal that Facebook is in late stage negotiations to buy Hot Potato, the social activity service. The deal is not yet finalized from what we're hearing, but cou...
Tiger Global Said to Invest in LinkedIn at $2 Billion Valuation
Tiger Global Management LLC, a hedge fund founded by Chase Coleman, paid $20 million for a stake in LinkedIn Corp., valuing the professional-networking website at more than $2 billion, said two people...
Privacy Lawsuit Targets Net Giants Over ‘Zombie’ Cookies
A wide swath of the net's top websites, including MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, NBC and Scribd, were sued in federal court Friday on the grounds they violated federal computer intrusion law by secret...
Apple Unveils New Mac Pro With Up to 12 Processing Cores
Apple® today unveiled a new Mac® Pro line with up to 12 processing cores and up to 50 percent greater performance than the previous generation. * Featuring the latest quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon ...