The Very Last Thing I'll Write About Twitter
I have an odd mental relationship with my former employer. Clearly, I wouldn't have worked there for three and a half years if I didn't care about the product and the community. But then, I wouldn't...
Internet Explorer 9 beta review: Microsoft reinvents the browser
Today in San Francisco, Microsoft will officially unveil Internet Explorer 9 and make it available to the general public. It is, without question, the most ambitious browser release Microsoft has eve...
Developer Release
Today we are releasing the source code for Diaspora. This is now a community project and development is open to anyone with the technical expertise who shares the vision of a social network that puts...
HTC to offer Android 3.0 tablet PC in 1Q11, say Taiwan component makers
HTC plans to launch a tablet PC, possibly equipped with Android 3, in the first quarter of 2011, according to Taiwan-based component makers. — For marketing tablet PCs, HTC will have an advantage th...
Apple Continued To Lose U.S. Marketshare Despite Spike From iPhone 4 Sales
Apple's iPhone 4 did not give the company the bump in sales it needed to put Android's momentum in check. Instead, Apple's smartphone marketshare in the U.S. dropped by 1.3 percent in the three month...
Exclusive: Facebook and Microsoft Deep in Talks About Deepening Search Ties
Facebook and Microsoft are discussing agreement that would significantly expand the search relationship the pair have shared for many years, said several people with knowledge of the situation.
iOS 4.2 turns iPad's screen lock into volume switch
Among the tweaks found in the iOS 4.2 software for the iPad, which became available to developers on Wednesday, is a return of the volume silencer switch. — Not the hardware, mind you, which remains...
HTC unveils Desire HD and Desire Z Android handsets
Nokia World isn't the only thing going on in London today. Conveniently, HTC has scheduled a press conference in the very same city at the very same time. HTC used this London-based press conference...
Finding the Best Way to Read Books on an iPad
Though it's just five months old, Apple's iPad is a certifiable hit, having already sold millions of units and spawning tens of thousands of apps tailored for its 10-inch screen. The tablet has promp...
Google Fights Back In Battle For Talent, But May Be Creating A Worse Problem For Itself
Earlier this month I wrote about the extraordinary steps Google is taking to retain talent. It doesn't seem like such a big problem - after all LinkedIn is only tracking 118 (well, it's 120 now) form...
T-Mobile to Implement a Twitter Tax on Texts?
In a move that could impact text messaging offerings like tweets, bank alerts and sports scores, T-Mobile USA is planning to charge an additional toll to businesses that send texts over its network. ...
Exclusive: Sources Detail Google's Proposal For A Music Service
Google is circulating a proposal among major record labels for a long-anticipated music service that would include an a la carte digital download store and a subscription-based cloud-based locker, acc...
Why Skyhook Is Suing Google: Google Basically Forced Motorola To Ditch Skyhook To Pass Compliance Tests
Boston-area wireless startup Skyhook Wireless is suing Google for interfering with its business and for patent infringement, seeking an injunction and “millions of dollars” in damages. — Why?
IBM Buys OpenPages To Spice Up Its Business Analytics Portfolio
IBM has agreed to purchase OpenPages, a privately-held software company based in Waltham, MA that helps companies identify and manage risk and compliance activities across the enterprise through a sin...
Bill Gates, Hero
It's a simple argument: Bill Gates is, by far, our industry's greatest hero. It's hard to believe we once saw Bill as the pie-splattered villain, and others as the idealists. And it's hard to unders...
Yahoo! economist rebuilds ad empire with ‘Magic Formula’
Why Carol Bartz wears math when it's chilly — Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz owns a sweatshirt emblazoned with Preston McAfee's math. McAfee is an economist, but he's the sort of economist who's actually u...
HTC Reveals HTCSense.com, A Cloudy Rival to Apple's MobileMe Ecosystem
Forget Motorola, HTC's cementing its position as the hot new smartphone maker to watch: It's just revealed new phones and HTCSense.com, which is a cloud-based rival to Apple's iOS ecosystem complete w...
Apple to announce subscription plan for newspapers
Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a new source of profit as media companies struggle with declining pr...
Dell's enterprise Streak plan: Target verticals like healthcare
Dell is aiming to take its 5-inch Android Streak into the healthcare industry as part of a broader set of healthcare services and IT gear. — The move is notable given that physicians are already eye...
Internet Founder Tim Berners-Lee Details 4 Concerns About Future of Mobile Web (Nokia World 2010)
This morning at Nokia World 2010 in London, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, widely known as the inventor of the Web, addressed the audience in a keynote speech where he spoke about the future of mobile technolog...
Greystripe's mobile ads break free from their app prison
As the mobile advertising industry grows, most of the attention has focused on advertising inside applications, not on mobile websites. Since the iPhone's enormous app ecosystem is one of its main dr...
Google Shows off Voice Search in New Series of Videos
What you say is what you search. Or at least that is Google's latest tagline in promotion of their voice search capabilities for smartphones. In a new series of videos the search giant is showing of...
Microsoft Principal Researcher Bill Buxton: Surface will be in homes within three years
Microsoft's Principal Researcher recently sat down for a very long interview with The Globe and Mail. The next big thing in tech, he says, is something like Microsoft's already available (but super e...