Like It or Not, WikiLeaks is a Media Entity
The past week has seen plenty of ink spilled — virtual and otherwise — about WikiLeaks and its mercurial front-man, Julian Assange, and the pressure they have come under from the U.S. government and c...
RadioShack takes $50 off Apple's iPhone 4 and 3GS
RadioShack announced a limited-time promotion on Friday that offers a $50 discount on Apple's iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS. The promotion applies to brand new devices — not refurbished phones — and there a...
Invest In The Mess
There's a front page story in the NY Times today about the hyperactivity in web startupland. They quote from a few posts I've made on this blog and I think Jenna and Evelyn did a nice job with the st...
Cables Discuss Vast Hacking by a China That Fears the Web
As China ratcheted up the pressure on Google to censor its Internet searches last year, the American Embassy sent a secret cable to Washington detailing why top Chinese leaders had become so obsessed ...
More Details On Skype's Big Move To The Web
Earlier today we broke the news that Skype was ramping up in preparation for new web-based products — a big shift for the company, which has historically offered its extremely popular service via nati...
Samsung Galaxy Tab Tops 1 Million Units Sold
Samsung confirmed it has sold more than 1 million Apple iPad rival Galaxy Tab tablet computers worldwide, up from 600,000 just two weeks ago. The holiday rush helped sales. — Samsung has sold more ...
Lufthansa launches in-flight WiFi on intercontinental flights, ushers in ‘the future’
There's just no two ways about it: what Lufthansa has managed to accomplish here is nothing short of incredible. While avid jetsetters have been enjoying in-flight WiFi on (select) …
A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs Of Reinflating
In a memorable scene in the movie “The Social Network,” Sean Parker, the investor played by Justin Timberlake, leans over the table and tells the founders of Facebook in a conspiratorial tone: “A mill...
Skype Staffing Up For A Big Push To The Cloud
As Skype prepares for an IPO in the next year, the VoIP company has been looking for new ways to expand its business both in terms of revenue and product development. One avenue the company is explor...
PayPal Cuts WikiLeaks' Access to Funds Amid Global Scrutiny
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — PayPal Inc., the payment processor owned by EBay Inc., cut access today to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.org for violating its acceptable use policy. — PayPal suspended ...
Facebook Director Of Monetization Tim Kendall Steps Down
Tim Kendall, Facebook's Director of Monetization, has left the company. This is particularly noteworthy because Kendall first joined Facebook nearly five years ago, in June 2006. He architected all ...
The strange, unpredictable pricing of 3G data plans
You'd think a megabyte would cost the same no matter what device used it. You'd be wrong — Cellular carriers inhabit a Twilight Zone universe. For example, they offer “unlimited” data plans that a...