Pushing Our (Tweet) Button
Twitter is great for sharing interesting things you find on the web. In fact, close to a quarter of all Tweets include a link in them. Despite the high volume of sharing, there is plenty of room to ...
Just speak it: introducing Voice Actions for Android
(cross-posted with the Official Google Blog) — Our mobile phones have become modern-day Swiss Army knives. An Android phone is a handheld computer, a music player, a notepad, a GPS navigation unit ...
Facts about our network neutrality policy proposal
Over the past few days there's been a lot of discussion surrounding our announcement of a policy proposal on network neutrality we put together with Verizon. On balance, we believe this proposal repr...
Oracle Sues Google For Patent And Copyright Infringement
Software giant Oracle is suing Google for patent and copyright infringement based on Android's use of Java. (Oracle acquired Java-maker Sun last year.) — No details in the release, via Marketwatch,...
HP board sued over Hurd ousting
The first lawsuit on behalf of a shareholder has been filed against Hewlett-Packard in connection to the resignation of former CEO Mark Hurd. — The Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday that a...
A body caught on Google Street View? Don't worry it's just me playing dead, says girl, ten
It is a suburban scene much like millions of others on Google's Street View site... apart from one chilling addition. — Lying face down on the pavement with her shoe inches away from the gutter appe...
Can Google Get Social Networking Right?
The company has many social projects, but may struggle to improve on Facebook. — Rumors that Google is building a new social network have persisted since late June, when Kevin Rose, CEO of Digg.com,...
Exclusive: Dell Thunder prototype rumbles into the wild (video)
Did it get hot in here all of a sudden or is it just this extremely sexy prototype we're looking at? Yes, the Dell Thunder that boomed onto your internet screens back in April is back, and this time ...
Burning Man Defeats PayPal
Burning Man veterans—including top VCs, entrepreneurs, and the founders of Google—have an extra reason to celebrate today. Not only is it less than a month until they get to go camp in the Nevada des...
And Of Course, Here's The Twitter Movie Trailer
First there was the Facebook movie trailer. Then, there was the YouTube movie trailer. Obviously, it was only a matter of time before we got the Twitter movie trailer. And now here it is. — And i...
Call It ‘Creating Apps for Dummies’
The founding of the iPhone App Store set off an earthquake in the tech world. Suddenly, the humble cellphone could be just about anything — a game, a store, a musical instrument, a strobe, a pet, a d...
Notion Ink Adam: Pricing and more
In part one of our Notion Ink feature, we looked at the reasons for the delay in production of the Adam slate. Happily the company didn't rest on their laurels while investor and ODM issues were iron...
Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Device
Android Became the World's Third Most Popular Smartphone Operating System and Claimed Top Spot in the U.S — Worldwide mobile device sales to end users totaled 325.6 million units …
Microsoft: IE9 beta coming September 15
Microsoft is inviting selected members of the press and “VIPs” to a September 15 event in San Francisco where it will launch the beta of Internet Explorer (IE) 9. — Company officials said in July th...
January Jones
Regarding the idea that Apple may be preparing to launch a CDMA iPhone 4 on Verizon in January, DF reader email suggests there are two aspects to the story that lead to skepticism. First, the timing....
TweetDeck on Android - Come And Get It!
You begged. You pleaded. You offered us all manner of enticements, some of which we think may be illegal in some countries. We took this to mean that you really wanted TweetDeck on your Android dev...
Windows Phone 7 secret sauce: developers, developers, developers
Windows Phone 7 is entering a tough market. Apple's iOS and Google's Android have become well-entrenched, widely used platforms, and both have application stores boasting tens or hundreds of thousand...
Apple iAd partners say they're happy with early results
Apple's iAd mobile advertising platform is getting favorable reviews from the companies whose advertisements were the first to run on the new system, including Dove soap-maker Unilever and Nissan. Ap...
Oracle sues Google over Android and Java
Two Silicon Valley heavyweights are about to reenact the Java wars: this time, in a court room. — Oracle issued a press release late Thursday saying it has filed suit against Google for infringing o...
Hackers Hijack Gmail in China
Here in the U.S., we've been complaining about Gmail for its new design (Why do we need a “Mail” button and “Inbox” button only an inch apart!?!). In China, they're complaining about Gmail too, but f...
Apple Pulls Camera+ From The App Store After Its Developers Reveal A Contraband Feature
The fun's over, folks*. About a week and a half ago, iPhone developers TapTapTap pushed an updated version of their Camera+ photography app to the App Store, and all seemed well.
Motorola Droid 2 Teardown
Is this the Droid we're looking for? Why yes! Yes it is! We've acquired the latest smartphone on the market, the Motorola Droid 2. Join us as we break down this Droid into its most basic component...
Sprint Epic 4G Android Slider Phone Engages on August 31 for $250
Sprint's second 4G Android phone, the Samsung Epic 4G, is going to be available August 31 with a $100 rebate to make it $250. … The phone is based off the same core as the other Samsung Galaxy S devic...
Quick Change in Strategy for a Bookseller
In the movie “You've Got Mail,” Tom Hanks played the aggressive big-box retailer Joe Fox driving the little bookshop owner played by Meg Ryan out of business. — Twelve years later, it may be Joe Fox...
Boomerang for Gmail: Send email later or receive it when you want
TNW Quick Hit — Boomerang for Gmail lets you control when you send and receive emails. — Love It: Scheduled sends. Get email when you need it. No more cluttered inbox. — Hate It: It's 3rd part...
Deconstructing the Google-Verizon Framework
I've just published a long analysis for CNET of the proposed legislative framework presented yesterday by Google and Verizon. — The proposal has generated howls of anguish from the usual suspects (s...
Flattr opens to the public, now anybody can ‘Like’ a site with real money
Flattr, the micropayment startup founded by ex-Pirate Bay associates, has opened to the public today. No longer will you need an invite in order to add the Flattr button to your web site as a publish...
AFTER A THOROUGH BATTERY OF TESTS WE CAN NOW RECOMMEND “THE NEWSPAPER” AS THE BEST E-READER ON THE MARKET.
For the past three weeks our team of engineers has analyzed the most popular e-readers on the market in order to confer our annual “Editor's Choice” Award.
Live Blogging The Google “Cool New Mobile Features” Press Gathering
Google's having an impromptu small press “gathering” today at its offices in San Francisco. Topic? “Cool new mobile features.” Want to know more? Stay tuned, as I'll be live blogging the event tha...