To 100 million and beyond with Google Maps for mobile
Almost five years ago, we launched Google Maps for mobile to help you get where you needed to go from your phone instead of a paper map. Today, more than 100 million people a month are now using Goog...
Intel exec Renee James discusses goals for McAfee (Q&A)
Renee J. James, senior vice president and general manager of the Software and Services Group at Intel, discussed Intel plans to buy security company McAfee for $7.68 billion in an interview with CNET ...
Time Inc. breaks the iPad logjam
This week's People app is free to subscribers. Time, SI and Fortune are expected to follow — Image: Time Inc. — There's more to the iPad issue of People that appeared on the Apple (AAPL) App Stor...
Why Are There So Many Porn Ads on Britney Spears' Facebook Page?
Britney Spears' official Facebook page, which has over four million fans, is rife with links to escort services. — Apologies for the link-bait, but it's true: Britney Spears' Facebook page is overru...
HP: WebOS tablet coming early next year
Hewlett-Packard will release a tablet PC based on Palm's webOS operating system in “early 2011,” the head of HP's PC division said Thursday. — Hewlett-Packard will release a tablet PC based on Palm'...
Google Founders Sergey Brin And Larry Page Get Feature Film Treatment
EXCLUSIVE: The founders of Facebook aren't the only game-changing geeks poised to have their story told on a movie screen. Michael London's Groundswell Productions has teamed with producer John Morri...
Apple adds “Compare Macs” option to Apple Store
Apple on Thursday added a new option to its online Apple Store called “Compare Macs.” — The new option allows customers to quickly bring up specs on the hardware, included software and technical spe...
What's that phone number? Google disables area code look-up tool
Got a call from a strange number? If you were in front of a computer, you could have used Google to look up where that caller probably was phoning from before you heard the second ring.
Apple testing iOS 4.1 alongside next-gen iPod touch, iPad and ‘unknown’ product
Apple is internally testing the first material update to its iOS 4.0 mobile operating system against a handful of new devices, including next-generation iPod touches, an iPad revision, and an “unknown...
Exclusive: Dell Thunder prototype preview (video)
Christmas came early at Engadget HQ this year, as evidenced by the picture above — you're looking at two Dell Thunder prototype smartphones, each with some surprising quirks, and hints that they might...
Google voice and video - now available for Linux!
Google voice and video chat is now available in Gmail for Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions. As the comments on this blog indicate, I know many folks have been waiting very patiently ...
Intel Buys Cyber Security Giant McAfee For $7.68 Billion In Cash
Intel has just bought McAfee according to a release issued this morning. The deal is worth $7.68 billion, or $48 per share. See the release below. — According the statement issued by Intel, McAfee...
Revealed: Android Honeycomb next up from Google
Will it be Android 3.1 or Android 3.2? — Tell us what you think [ 1 comments ] — Google is set to call the next iteration of its mobile OS Android Honeycomb, following on from the tablet-friendly ...
RIM Said to Adopt BMW, Crusher Tank Software for Planned Tablet Computer
Research In Motion Ltd. is turning to technology used in BMW audio systems and the Army's Crusher tank as it tries to distinguish its new tablet computer from Apple Inc.'s iPad, said three people fami...
Apple Shutting Down Quattro Wireless Network On Sept. 30 To Focus Exclusively On iAd
Apple will shut down the Quattro Wireless ad network it acquired last year for $275 million, and will focus its efforts solely on the iAd mobile advertising product that Quattro's team has led at Appl...
Google may cooperate with Motorola for Android 3.0 tablet, says Digitimes Research
As several smartphone makers are working aggressively to form cooperation agreements with Google for an Android 3. tablet PC, Motorola is currently the company's priority choice, according …
It's official: Windows 7 is a hit, and XP is finally in decline
Last year at this time, Microsoft was in the final stages of preparing Windows 7 for its worldwide launch. The new OS was finally available to the public—well, at least that segment of the public wit...
212 Lust: Old Phone Numbers Are New Thing in Tech Scene
something that evokes the days of egg creams and subway tokens, not Silicon Alley: a 212 area code.
Who Elected Me Mayor? I Did
ALEXANDRA HARCHAREK will never forget the first time she was anointed the “mayor” of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia. It was an overcast Wednesday in April and she was driving to the cit...
Amazon And Wikipedia Show 5 Benefits Of Putting Limits On The “Open Web”
The Wired cover story on “The Web is Dead? A Debate” has in fact caused an intense debate of the question, taking place — of course — on the web. — It may be seen as somewhat ironic that on just th...
LG vows its tablet will be more productive than Apple's
LG in an interview today positioned its upcoming Android tablet as the antithesis of Apple's iPad [sub. required]. Marketing VP Chang Ma told the WSJ that the slate, which will go under the Optimus b...
Acer may delay tablet PC launch for another quarter to wait for Android 3.0
Acer's ARM/Android-based tablet PC is expected to be delayed to the first quarter of 2011, from the fourth quarter of 2010, as the company plans to wait until Google launches Android 3., which will fe...