A Better Twitter
Twitter is the best way to discover what's new in your world. From football to film to philanthropy, people are using Twitter to discover what's new about what they find interesting. — Twitter has ...
GCreep: Google Engineer Stalked Teens, Spied on Chats
We entrust Google with our most private communications because we assume the company takes every precaution to safeguard our data. It doesn't. A Google engineer spied on four underage teens for mont...
HDCP ‘master key’ supposedly released, unlocks HDTV copy protection permanently
Just as the MPAA is preparing to offer movies to customers at home while they're still in theaters by limiting playback to DRM-protected digital outputs only, the HDCP protocol they rely on may have b...
‘Nokia Is Back’ And Ballsy; 'We're Not Sorry We're Not Apple'
Nokia's beaten-down top dogs opened their annual Nokia (NYSE: NOK) World show in London Tuesday morning with a blunt and rousing pep talk and a direct riposte to their competitors. — “We're not goin...
The Rise of Apps Culture
Some 35% of U.S. adults have software applications or “apps” on their phones, yet only 24% of adults use those apps. Many adults who have apps on their phones, particularly older adults, do not use t...
Nielsen: Bing Passes Yahoo To Become #2 Search Engine
According to Nielsen data out this morning Microsoft's Bing has passed Yahoo to become the number two search engine in the US. Nielsen says that Google's August share is 65% (and growth is flat) but ...
Inline Pictures And Video Are A Part Of What Twitter Is Announcing Tonight
The entire Internet seems to be guessing about what Twitter is going to unveil at their big event later this afternoon. Analytics, deeper Google integration, the killer business model?
How to get a job at Google, interview questions, hiring process
The Google hiring process is designed to hire the most talented, creative, and articulate people in the world who will be the best fit for Google. The Google culture is different. You notice it the ...
Release The Kraken
We're pleased to announce the first version of Kraken, a new browser benchmark. More than Sunspider, V8, and Dromaeo, Kraken focuses on realistic workloads and forward-looking applications. We belie...
Apple Says The Steve Jobs Ninja Stars Story Is “Pure Fiction”
Despite reports to the contrary, Apple says Steve Jobs did not vow to never return to Japan, after airport officials prevented him from bringing his ninja throwing stars on his private plane. — Appl...
Nokia hires Peter Skillman, former Palm Design VP, as MeeGo user experience chief (update: confirmed)
Now this, this is what we call exciting. Nokia has managed to scoop up Peter Skillman from the wreckage of the HP/Palm merger. One of the many senior VPs to leave Palm upon its assimilation …
Forget Phones, Google Gives Top Advertisers Google TV
Google's gained quite a reputation for surprising attendees at conferences with an “Oprah” moment of giving them free Android phones. But phones, that's so last year. With Google TV about to launch,...
IBM Chief Slams H-P
International Business Machines Corp. chief Samuel J. Palmisano stepped into the debate around Hewlett-Packard Co., sharply criticizing his rival for its expensive acquisition of 3PAR Inc. and giving ...
QOTD: The Ninja Throwing Stars? They're For My Friend Larry Ellison ...
Best Buy to Start Selling IPad in All U.S. Stores
Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) — Best Buy Co., the world's largest consumer-electronics retailer, plans to start selling Apple Inc.'s iPad in all of its U.S. stores on Sept. 26 to boost holiday sales, Chief Exe...
Twitter is NOT a Social Network, Says Twitter Exec
Kevin Thau, Twitter's VP for business and corporate development, announced during a presentation at Nokia World 2010 today that everyone's favorite micro-blogging network is not actually a social netw...
Zillow Replaces C.E.O. and Hints at a Public Offering
Is Zillow, the real estate Web site, getting ready to go public? — On Tuesday, Zillow announced that its co-founder and chief executive, Rich Barton, would step down as chief executive and become ex...
DEMO: Parallels launches mobile virtualization app for iPad and iPhone
Parallels is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our co...
Ron Conway's Confidential Investment Guide: The Tech Megatrends
Angel investors SV Angel, led by Ron Conway invests so early in startups that he looks mostly at the team and current tech trends when making investment decisions. — Last year he was focusing on rea...
Linus Torvalds becomes an American citizen
Having brought his open-source work and family to the United States from Finland some time ago, Linus Torvalds has marked an important personal milestone by attaining U.S. citizenship. — Congratulat...
Google TV officially launching October 17th?
It's been no secret that Google TV is scheduled to arrive sometime this fall and we've already seen the Logitech Revue box hardware pass the FCC, but a tipster has just shared an internal Best Buy doc...
Square producing 10,000 card readers a day
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's latest project, Square, which plugs into mobile devices and allows users to process payments, is getting bigger. — During an interview with Ventu...
Evan Williams Coughed Up $7,500 For Twitter.com Back In The Day
Mid-2006, when Twitter was born, the domain name Twitter.com changed hands for $7,500, chief executive and co-founder Evan Williams tweeted yesterday night. — Roughly four years, 145 million users a...
Dell previews the DUO 10 inch convertible tablet-style notebook
We've seen a lot of companies introduce slate-style tablets without physical keyboards over the past few months, but once upon a time the words “tablet computer” brought up a different image — of a la...
RealNetworks acquires Canadian social game company Backstage Technologies
Pushing fast into social games, RealNetworks has acquired Canadian social game company Backstage Technologies for an undisclosed price. — The move will gives RealNetworks' GameHouse division access ...
Google to Add Social-Network Elements
Google Inc. this fall plans to infuse its core products with elements of social networking, said Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, ratcheting up the Internet giant's rivalry with Facebook Inc. — Speakin...
Google Zeitgeist Attendees Given Free Google TV
Quite an Oprah moment at Google (GOOG) Zeitgeist today. A source who's attending the event — which is being held in Paradise Valley, Arizona this year — tells me that its 600 attendees were given a d...
Microsoft Launches Massive Wireless Hotspot
The “White-Fi” network on the company's Redmond, Wash. campus runs over white space spectrum left over from the conversion of TV signals from analog to digital. — Microsoft workers both in buildings...
Microsoft Unveils New LifeCam With Stunning 1080p HD Sensor: Closest Thing to Being There in Person
LifeCam Studio is the perfect HD video calling companion for Windows Live Messenger 2011. — Microsoft Corp. today sets a new standard in webcams with LifeCam Studio, featuring sharp high-definition ...
Best Buy Slashing CD, DVD Shelf Space For New Products
The outlook for movies and music dimmed Tuesday when consumer electronics retailer Best Buy (BBY) said it will cut back on shelf space for DVDs and CDs this holiday season. — The entertainment softw...
Nokia Chairman to Step Down in 2012
Nokia Corp. Chairman Jorma Ollila, the executive credited with turning the Finnish company into the world's largest handset maker, plans to step down in 2012, a spokeswoman said. — Tuesday's surpris...
Techmeme Turns 5: Interview With Founder Gabe Rivera
This week, leading tech news aggregator Techmeme turned 5 years old. The service launched in September 2005, under the name tech.memeorandum, and ReadWriteWeb was one of the first media publications ...
Most Clicked Mobile Ads Aren't On Android or iPhone
Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and the iPhone's iOS may be the lead operating systems battling it out for smartphone supremacy, but when it comes to getting users around the world to click on ads...
Instead of IPOs, startups look to be acquired
The market for initial public offerings remains badly broken in the aftermath of the financial panic of 2008, but its malaise began even earlier. — “The ecosystem that allowed young companies to go ...
Samsung's i8700 Windows Phone 7 handset goes through the video leak ritual
It's well known around these parts that if you aspire to be a highly desirable smartphone, you have to leak out in three clearly delineated stages: pictures, video, and specs. We've seen the i8700 a ...
Apple offers personalized support with Express Lane website
Apple has added a new feature to the support section of its website dubbed “Express Lane,” making it easy for customers to select a product, detail any issue they may have, and get in contact with an ...
Inventor Claims Google Violating Patent With Android Location Based Services
A range of mapping tools has helped Google's mobile operating system, Android, gain a reputation for hosting smart, useful location based services. The Web giant may have to take a step back, however...
Quiksee Confirms That It Was Acquired By Google, Remains Vague On Details
Israeli newspaper Haaretz recently reported that a local startup called MentorWave Technologies was being acquired for its Quiksee product, which enables anyone to create and upload location-based, in...