Bad News For RIM: Only 150,000 Torches Sold At Launch?
RIM needed a hit, and the data increasingly indicate that the Blackberry Torch is not that. While 150,000 units sold is nothing to sneeze at, and RIM's overall sales are still strong, I can smell the...
Laptop e-mail cache tipped Apple to kickbacks scheme
IDG News Service - Court papers filed by the U.S. Government and Apple against a former manager detail a scheme that allegedly saw confidential Apple data supplied to Asian electronics companies over ...
Report Says Apple to Launch 7-inch IPad by Christmas
Apple is readying another tablet similar to the iPad but with a 7-inch touchscreen for launch as early as the end of this year, according to a major Taiwanese newspaper. — This is the second report ...
The Early Facebook Employee Exodus
Staying at a tech startup for more than four years — the default stock option vesting schedule — is a rare thing, but it seems notable that at 6-year-old Facebook, many early and influential employees...
Why Android developers are losing money, and it's not due to piracy
Google has made great strides with Android, and a ton of developers have flocked to the growing mobile platform. Not everything is rosy, though. One major concern among developers is that piracy lev...
PAY ATTENTION TO THIS STARTUP: Shopkick, Launching Today, Is Foursquare For Shopping — With Actual Rewards
With Actual Rewards — Foursquare has become a popular mobile social networking app with some shopping perks. — But another iPhone app, launching today, is much more focused on shopping …
Do tech entrepreneurs need VCs?
One of the least convincing and most annoying arguments against investing in index funds is the idea that if everybody did it, then the stock market wouldn't be able to efficiently allocate capital an...
Swingly: New Search Engine Reveals Just The Facts
The days of search engines merely being a middle man are over. Search isn't about sending users to the right web page, it's about getting them the information they want as soon as possible — sometime...
AOL Opens Its 100th Patch, Targets 500 By Year's End (TCTV)
When AOL bought hyperlocal news site Patch in June, 2009, it covered five towns in Connecticut and New Jersey. On Tuesday, it will open its 100th Patch, and by the end of the year it plans to open 40...
MyTown Sees 350K Product Check-ins A Week; Pantene and H&M Join In On The Fun
It's only been a short time since we offered Product Check-ins as a feature in MyTown, but the results have been amazing. Not only has the feedback for this feature been overwhelmingly positive, its ...
The odds are good that Lyric Semiconductor will change computing
Lyric Semiconductor hopes to find a gold mine in checking memory errors. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company has created a new kind of computer circuit that calculates probabilities much faster than t...
Google Shows the Future of Browser Games
Google's game developer advocate Mark DeLoura demonstrates the Google App store and more. — Earlier today at GDC Europe, which takes place before Gamescom this week in Germany, Google's new game dev...
Google TV Is a Tough Sell Among Would-Be Partners
Google Inc. is launching a campaign to line up TV networks' support for its new Google TV software, but many remain reluctant to partner with a service that encroaches on their turf. — The service w...
Your fears confirmed: “up to” broadband speeds are bogus
Broadband providers in the US have long hawked their wares in “up to” terms. You know—"up to" 10Mbps, where “up to” sits like a tiny pebble beside the huge font size of the raw number. — In reality...
Microsoft Flight Simulator is back! Less the ‘Simulator’
It's been a day full of gaming news from Microsoft, but perhaps the most exciting - at least to your grandfather, or plane-obsessed uncle - was the announcement that marks the return of the longest ru...