Editing your Google Docs on the go
With Google Docs, we're always trying to make you more productive—and part of that means making it possible for you to get things done from anywhere, at anytime. That's why we're excited that the new...
Twitter's Official Analytics Product Has Arrived
Twitter has started inviting a select group of users to test a new analytics product, Mashable has learned. Such a product has been rumored for some time, and a Twitter executive said earlier this ye...
Curation And The Human Web...
Curation is important because we are reaching the limits of what can be achieved through algorithms and machines in organizing and navigating the Internet.
The staggering size of iOS's game collection
How big is iOS as a gaming platform? I wondered to myself on an idle rainy afternoon. After all, we hear a lot about how the App Store has passed eleventy gajillion downloads, or how it makes people...
Verizon Rethinks Data Pricing
Executives Say 4G Shift Creates Option to Charge More for Faster Wireless Transfers — Top executives at Verizon Communications Inc. are exploring ways to charge consumers based on the speed of their...
First look. Sony Ericsson Anzu - X12
Sony Ericsson's Android devices are beginning to grow in numbers and still trying to keep up in the OS's race that Google starts with a new version every few months. So far all the XPERIA Android dev...
Yes, Cord Cutting Is Real, Says Report That The Cable Guys Don't Believe
Back to the cord-cutting debate! — Research firm SNL Kagan says the U.S. pay-TV business lost 119,000 subscribers last quarter. That's only the second time in history that this has happened, and th...
Google TV, Usability Not Included
Google Mail. Google Phone. Google Voice. Google News. — Holy cow. Is there any corner of our lives where Google doesn't want a toehold? — Not anymore. It's here, just in time for the holidays...
RIM Denies Deal With India Over Access
Research in Motion isn't any nearer to a deal to provide the Indian government with access to its encrypted email and instant messaging data than it was back in October. This despite the claims of an...
Twitter to Sell 50% of All Tweets for $360k/Year Through Gnip
Twitter announced today a new partnership with social data streaming service Gnip at the Defrag Conference outside of Denver: Gnip will offer 50% of all the messages posted to Twitter for $360,000 per...
FCC Head: The Google/Verizon Net Neutrality Proposal Slowed Us Down
Today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, FCC head Julius Genachowski sat down with New York Magazin's John Heilemann. One question Heilemann asked was Genachowski's thoughts about the joint Goog...
Fusion Garage's joojoo resuscitated, now targeting vertical markets
Will wonders never cease? The joojoo, a 12-inch Linux-based tablet that was supposedly tied to a tree just last week, will in fact not be put out to pasture as had been reported last week.
Airbnb: The Ebay for the Entire House
Forbes Magazine dated December 06, 2010 — Airbnb wants a shot at the $25 billion U.S. vacation rental market. … The bagels are toasty. The fried eggs are delicious. For $190 a night the location i...
Fred Wilson: Hot Potato And Drop.io Are Failures That “Came Crashing To The Ground”
Fred Wilson says Justin Shaffer of Hot Potato and Sam Lessin of Drop.io are “essentially failed” entrepreneurs. — In a story in the New York Observer about a funding bubble forming in the world of s...
Dell mobile president leaving as phones, tablets shuffled
Dell's mobile president Ron Garriques today signaled he was leaving the company as part of a reorganization of its phone and tablet plans. The Texas PC builder is merging the communication solutions ...
LinkedIn CEO On Why We Need More Than Facebook: Keg Stands
Today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner took the stage to talk with host John Battelle. One question was about why we need LinkedIn in a world increasingly run by Faceb...
Hulu Plus Launches Out of Preview for $7.99/month
Since we released the Hulu Plus™ subscription service as a preview in July, the Hulu team has been hard at work extending the device footprint, refining existing applications, and adding to the conten...
Editing your Google Docs on the go
With Google Docs, we're always trying to make you more productive—and part of that means making it possible for you to get things done from anywhere, at anytime. That's why we're excited that the new...
Introducing Boutiques: a new way to shop for fashion online
The way we shop for fashion is different from how we buy cameras—especially online. With fashion, reviews and specs are less important; fashion shopping is about discovering something that fits your ...
Editing your Google Docs on the go
Cross posted on the Official Google Blog, Google Enterprise Blog and the Google Mobile Blog — With Google Docs, we're always trying to make you more productive—and part of that means making it possi...
Doerr vs. Wilson: The Internet Bubble Is Real. That's Where The Agreement Ends
If there is one thing Fred Wilson and John Doerr can agree on it is this: The Internet bubble is real and valuations are frothier than a Starbucks latte. — Unfortunately, that's where the merging of...
Mark Zuckerberg: Your Map Is Missing ‘Uncharted Territory’
The final speaker during the second day of the Web 2.0 Summit was Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was joined on stage by John Battelle and Tim O'Reilly. The scope of the interview was broad — Zucke...
Ronald D. Sugar Joins Apple's Board of Directors
Apple® today announced that Dr. Ronald D. Sugar, former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Northrop Grumman Corporation, was appointed to Apple's Board of Directors. Dr. Sugar will serve as the Chair o...
Feature: Going all-in: Ars interviews Microsoft's Steve Ballmer
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is something of a polarizing figure. His loud, bombastic style on stage stands in stark contrast to the generally more reserved demeanours of other CEOs, and his tendency ...
Nokia's Go-It-Alone Strategy
DUBLIN—Stephen Elop's first major decision as Nokia Corp.'s new chief executive could prove the most critical to the cellphone giant's future: to continue with a go-it-alone strategy for operating sys...
Amazon.com as movie mogul? Retailer starts own online studio
E-commerce giant Amazon.com is taking on the movie business. The company is inviting aspiring filmmakers and screenwriters to submit their works to a new website called Amazon Studios. The winners w...
Google No Longer Claims Facebook Will “Trap” Users. Or Do They?
There's a new twist to the Facebook-Google contact data export brouhaha. It looks like the warning Google issued last week to Facebook users who tried to export their Gmail contact to the network has...
Twitter Raising New Venture Round at $3 Billion Valuation
Twitter is mulling over raising a new round of financing, we've heard from multiple sources, and a variety of venture firms are frothing at the mouth to lead the round. The valuation is likely to be ...
Don't Blow It! New York Tech's Top Investors Have Bubble Trouble on the Brain
Is the tech industry in a bubble? Influential and well-informed leaders in the field have started to worry, and are speaking out unequivocally about reckless investors, rising valuations and the misu...
Travel Search Engine Kayak Files For $50 Million IPO
Travel search engine Kayak just filed an S-1 statement with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering worth $50 Million. — Here are some interesting stats included in the filing. For the nine ...
A Day in the Life of a Deal
How EMI's New CEO Helped Beatles Clear iTunes Hurdles — After years of litigation and ill will, it took two men just a couple of hours to hammer out the basic terms that would finally bring the Beat...
Russian Investor Hints At Twitter Interest
Yuri Milner, the chief executive of Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, indicated Tuesday that Twitter Inc. is on his radar. — Milner, whose firm has already invested in closely-held I...
Struggling Six Apart Begged for $2M Loan
When blogging pioneer Six Apart announced in September that it was being purchased by ad network VideoEgg and being folded into a new company, Say Media, the deal confirmed what many had been saying f...
Disqus Launching Major New Update And Paid Pro Add-On Features
Disqus, the blog comments service, is rolling out a major new update on Thursday, version 4. — Disqus now reaches an impressive 200 million people per month, and is part of more than 500,000 website...