Wireless is Different
It's now day four of the aftermath of the Verizon-Google net neutrality announcement and the number of voices weighing in on the matter continues to grow. Monday's news fanned what was already a pass...
Facebook Live Launches, Broadcasting Celebrities, Product Launches and More from Company Headquarters
Facebook debuted its official live video stream channel today, Facebook Live, at the company's Palo Alto, Calif. headquarters. Starting now, it is beginning to feature celebrity guests …
Company behind magicJack to banish calling costs
NEW YORK — The company behind the magicJack, the Internet phone gadget heavily advertised on television, has another trick up its sleeve: free phone calls from computers, smart phones and iPads. — T...
Facebook Launching Official Live Streaming Channel: Facebook Live
Today at 3 PM PST (6 EST), Facebook will unveil its new official live video streaming channel, Facebook Live. To kick off the launch, actress America Ferrera will stop by Facebook's headquarters in P...
Google, Just Cut The BS And Give The Gordon Gekko Speech Already
The past few days I've been bookmarking posts about Google, Verizon, and net neutrality to read later. For the past few hours I've been doing that — and I've barely made a dent. It seems that everyo...
Axon Logic Hackintosh Tablet May Just Out-iPad The iPad
Back in April we heard word of an affordable hackintosh tablet called the Axon Haptic. We were skeptical, since all we had was an anonymous tip and a render — something any 3D concept artist could ha...
How Starbucks Plans to Capitalize on Free Wi-Fi
Starbucks stores nationwide now have free Wi-Fi, but details around the second piece to the coffee retailer's digital strategy — the Starbucks Digital Network — have been slim. Here's how Starbucks p...
RIM holding conference call for customers, government officials to talk privacy
We've been alerted that a Research In Motion VP has sent out a letter to top business customers and government officials inviting them to join in a conference call bridge at 10:00 AM this morning.
The top countries on Facebook (chart)
Facebook recently passed an incredible milestone, 500 million active users. And it keeps growing. — Although Facebook initially focused on the United States, it soon turned its eyes towards the hor...
Windows Phone 7 through a developer's eyes
Developer Justin James shares his perspective about the pros and the cons about development for Windows Phone 7. Find out what he thinks could be the Achilles' heel for Windows Phone 7.
ASUS prices 10-inch Android Eee Pad under $399, 8-inch Eee Tablet at $300, other tablets too
ASUS just dumped Windows Embedded Compact 7 for Android for its lower-end tablet devices, and CEO Jerry Shen is passing along the savings. He's pledging that the 10-inch Eee Pad EP101TC …
Data-visualization duo turns down Knight funding over open source
Normally when you win a Knight News Challenge grant, there's not much of a question about what to do. You take the money! But for Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg of Flowing Media, winning in t...
Why You Might Not Want That Cybersecurity Job
Cybersecurity, while offering lucrative job opportunities, might not be an ultimately rewarding career for Maryland technologists. I worked in this sector for about eight years as a military officer,...
Broadcaster ITV “consults lawyers” over Apple TV rename rumours [Updated]
UPDATE: Apple has been in touch to tell us that it denies they told the Mirror the name “Wouldn't be too similar”, stating that as usual it does not comment on speculation and rumour. — UPDATE 2: We...
Sequoia backs Airstrip to let doctors watch you remotely
Airstrip Technologies, a mobile software company that specializes in remote patient monitoring, announced today it closed an undisclosed round of financing from venture firm Sequoia Capital. — Airst...
IBM buys Unica for $480 million
IBM said Friday it will buy Unica in a deal worth $480 million. Unica makes marketing automation software. — With the move IBM adds another software company to its arsenal. IBM recently acquired C...
For Owners, iPad Is Now Go-To Reading Device
According to a survey of UK iPad owners put forth by Cooper Murphy Webb, people who own iPads are now using them as their preferred device for reading newspapers, magazines and books. Of the 1,034 iP...
Nvidia CEO: We have a CPU strategy
Nvidia's chief executive officer is emphatic that his company has a strategy for building processors beyond its mainstay graphics chips. — During an interview with CNET, Jen-Hsun Huang addressed a l...