Android Most Popular Operating System in U.S. Among Recent Smartphone Buyers
According to August data from The Nielsen Company, Android is now the most popular operating system among people who bought a smartphone in the past six months, while Blackberry RIM and Apple iOS …
Skype now available for Android phones
You've been asking us for it - and now it's here. Skype is now available on a wide range of Android phones, so you can save money and stay in touch when you're out and about. Visit skype.com/m on yo...
Nokia's MeeGo device chief quits
The VP in charge of Nokia's MeeGo Devices has resigned. Ari Jaaksi confirmed to Finland's Talous Sanomat that he resigned last week. According to a Nokia spokesman his departure does not affect MeeG...
Jason Calacanis: Revenge is a new editorial project to rival TechCrunch
Jason Calacanis is angry. You can tell he's angry partly because he talks even faster than normal, but also because he's (still) spitting feathers about TechCrunch founder (and now AOL, employee) Mik...
2 E-Books Cost More Than Amazon Hardcovers
Readers of e-books may not be able to turn paper pages, lend their copies to friends or file them away on living room bookshelves. But they do have the comfort of knowing that they paid less for them...
Aiming to Learn as We Do, a Machine Teaches Itself
Give a computer a task that can be crisply defined — win at chess, predict the weather — and the machine bests humans nearly every time. Yet when problems are nuanced or ambiguous, or require combini...
Microsoft CEO says will see Windows slates by Christmas
(Reuters) - A Microsoft slate to counter Apple's popular iPad tablet computer will be seen by the Christmas holiday, Microsoft's Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday. — Ballmer did not say ...
Sintek denies sampling projected capacitive touch panels for iMac, says spokesman
Barry Wu, VP and spokesperson of Sintek Photronics has denied reports that the company is sampling projected capacitive touch panels for Apple's iMac. — An October 1, 2010 report cited industry sour...
Apple's Data Needs Mean $1.7 Million, Jacuzzi for Carolina Pair
Apple Inc. needed land owned by Donnie and Kathy Fulbright for a $1 billion data center in rural North Carolina. The couple showed no interest in moving out of their home of 34 years in the town of M...
Google Asks Court to Toss Oracle's Android Lawsuit
Silicon Valley's latest Goliath versus Goliath battle is officially on. — Google today responded to Oracle's claims that its Android OS infringes copyrights and patents related to Java, which Oracle...
Netflix app for iPhone updated to include video out
The Netflix app for iPhone received a nice little update last night that includes video out support. Yes, this means you are now able to use your iPhone 4 or iPod touch 4 to send any streaming video ...
Applications Install Just Fine on Apple TV
iPhone developer Steven Troughton-Smith has found out that you can easily install applications into the Apple TV. However, don't expect them to run your favoritest game on it just yet. You will need...
In Vietnam, State ‘Friends’ You
HANOI—The Internet poses a challenge for authoritarian regimes around the world. But Vietnam's leaders think they have figured out a new way to tame it—by launching their own, Communist-friendly answ...
Hello, Goodbye: Offsite Redirect Upgrade
“You say goodbye, I say hello.” - The Beatles — Needless to say, we hope you never want to leave WordPress.com. But, should the day arrive that you decide to strike out on your own and set up a se...
Fring is now on Android. FringOut takes on Skype at $.01 per minute.
You might remember a few months ago when Fring and Skype got into a heated battle of sorts. Fring, an application that allows for voice and video calling from your iPhone, had enabled people to make ...
AOL Will Launch A Groupon Clone
AOL plans to launch a Groupon clone called “Wow!” — Groupon is the service that sends its users a coupon in an email everyday. The coupon doesn't work until enough email recipients agree to use it....
Pay Now, Read Later: Instapaper Starts Testing Subscriptions
There are few services I use more on a daily basis than Instapaper. The super-simple bookmarking tool has been my go-to way to come back to articles to read later for a few years now. And with brill...
GetJar to give mobile games away to millions of users for free
Mobile app store operator GetJar plans to shake up the mobile game industry by giving away millions of copies of mobile games for free. That's going to make it tough on companies that are trying to s...
Opera gets into the ad business with its Open Mobile Ad Exchange
Opera Software announced today that it is officially getting into the advertising business with the launch of its Open Mobile Ad Exchange. — The service brings cloud-based ads to feature phones and ...
Sony's Google TV controller outed on ABC's Nightline (video)
Well, this is a bit unexpected. We just happened to catch ABC Nightline's Google TV special, and lo and behold, there's a sneak preview of Sony's Google TV ad blitz... and with it, a never-before-s e...
Open your eyes: Google Goggles now available on iPhone in Google Mobile App
Searching with Google on your mobile phone can be an eye-opening experience. Now your phone's camera can even help to find out more about the world around you. — Back in December we introduced Goog...
Motorola Co-CEO Open to Microsoft Software Despite Suit
The head of Motorola Inc.'s mobile-phone business said he is open to developing devices that run Microsoft Corp.'s new mobile operating system, despite the patent-infringement lawsuits the software gi...
A Facebook Redesign Likely Being Unveiled Tomorrow After An Employee “Lockdown”
As you're probably aware by now, Facebook is holding an event at their headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. The invite we received didn't seem to give any real clues about what would be announced, but that...
So, that was a bummer.
Yesterday, we experienced a very long downtime. All told, we were down for about 11 hours, which is unacceptably long. It sucked for everyone (including our team - we all check in everyday, too). W...
Credit Cards Will Go Electronic, Then Disappear Into iPhone 5
Two bits of news chart the evolution and demise of that dumb piece of plastic in your wallet. First, it will get very intelligent. Second, it will disappear. — Push-button Dual Function Credit Car...
Microsoft Wants ‘Sick’ PCs Banned From the Internet
The software giant is calling for a collective health policy to certify a computer's health and restrict the Internet access of PCs infected with malware. — Recommends — The problem with PCs infec...