Gorgeous, mysterious, EVO-ish HTC device headed for Verizon
Remember that Verizon Wireless roadmap we leaked? Well, it's all coming together pretty nicely. We have just got our hands on images of one of the upcoming HTC devices we wrote about. Our source de...
Apple's shrunken 6th-gen iPod nano to retain 30-pin dock connector
Apple is poised to introduce a radically redesigned iPod nano next week that will retain its trademark I/O connector despite its drastically reduced form factor, AppleInsider has learned.
Easier event scheduling in Google Calendar
In the next day or so, you'll start to see some changes to the event page in Google Calendar which should make scheduling events easier. We've made the style more consistent with other Google apps, p...
Apple App Store: 250,000 and counting
A nice round number, just in time for Steve Jobs to trot out at next week's special event — Click to enlarge. Source: 148Apps.biz — According to 148Apps.biz, Apple's (AAPL) U.S. App Store passed ...
USA Today to Remake Itself to Stress Digital Operations
The history of USA Today is full of firsts for the newspaper business: the first general-interest national paper of its kind, the first to use color widely in charts and photographs and once first in ...
Google Confirms Chrome 7 GPU Acceleration
With the release of the first versions of Chrome 7, we noticed a subtle speed increase in graphics-heavy websites and suggested that Google is improving Chrome's overall graphics performance. Our rea...
Introducing our Partnership with SecondMarket and Private Company Streams
Through a partnership with SecondMarket, the marketplace for illiquid assets, we are excited to deliver to our community at StockTwits the capability to comment on an entire network of private compani...
BBC iPlayer going global
American's get ready for Doctor Who, Masterchef and more — The BBC's Mark Thompson has said that the BBC aims to launch an international commercial version of the iPlayer within the year. — “Withi...
Check (In) Yo' Self Before You Wreck Yo' Self: Why Foursquare Users Check In “Off The Grid”
This is a guest post by Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) who conducted a survey of 500 Foursquare users to better understand their check in behaviors and motivations. His obsession with Foursquare …
The Look Ahead: Google Narrows Its Acquisition Focus
A weekly look at a story that is defining the news. — Google's shopping spree hit a new milestone this week. By buying up visual search engine Like.com, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) made its 25th acquisitio...
Why the seed investment bubble is exactly that
Jed Christiansen wrote a thesis on the rise of Y-combinator and other seed-accelerators. He also released the data behind his research, which gives an insight into the success of the seed-accelerator...
Easier event scheduling in Google Calendar
In the next day or so, you'll start to see some changes to the event page in Google Calendar which should make scheduling events easier. We've made the style more consistent with other Google apps, p...
SMS Replier Not Only Automatically Replies to Texts, It Knows When You're Driving
Aha! It looks like State Farm's app isn't the only app that helps keep you from texting while driving—there's SMS Replier too. And this app will know when you're driving.
Reddit's Co-Founder Responds to Cheezburger Founder's Acquisition Approach
You might have missed yesterday's news of Cheezburger Network founder Ben Huh's public offer to buy Reddit from Conde Nast. In a blog post posted just a few moments ago, Alexis Ohanian - in a roundab...