Skype for iPhone now with video calls
It's as simple as that: our iPhone app now comes with video. Download it now from the App Store, or read on to find out more. — Skype for iPhone lets you make and receive free Skype video calls on ...
Rethinking the iPhone Threat to AT&T
Apple will soon announce a new version of the iPhone that works on Verizon's network. But it's unclear whether that will leave AT&T, Apple's once exclusive U.S. service provider, in the lurch — Ver...
65% of internet users have paid for online content
Nearly two-thirds of internet users - 65% - have paid to download or access some kind of online content from the internet, ranging from music to games to news articles to adult material. Music, softw...
Mobile Economics Will Trend Toward Web Economics
I've been saying for a while now that I think mobile economics will trend toward web economics as the mobile web goes mainstream. In other words, the business models that work best on the web will ul...
Google As A Carrier. It's Not A Question Of “If They Will”, But Rather “When They'll Try”
CNNMoney published an interesting piece by David Goldman this morning entitled, Google: Your new phone carrier? In it, Goldman lays out what he sees as the preliminary steps Google has taken …
Facebook was the top search term in 2010 for second straight year
Social network search term tops list for fifth straight year; Facebook top-visited Website for first year. New York, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2010 - Experian® Hitwise®, a part of Experian Marketing Services …
China makes Skype illegal
China on Thursday announced that it had made illegal the use of Skype, the popular internet telephony service, as the country continues to shut itself off from the rest of the world. — In the latest...
The “War” For Top Talent In Silicon Valley
The unemployment rate in Silicon Valley may be higher than the 9% national average, but that's not making it any easier for some young technology start-ups looking to hire engineers. — Todd McKinnon...
Interesti.ng Nigerian domains go on sale, so get registeri.ng
With the registration of the first .ng domain in Nigeria occuring today, we could be on the verge of witnessing some new internet startup naming conventions and companies utilising the top level domai...
Big sale: Groupon discloses $500 million investment
Just weeks after spurning a takeover offer from Google, online coupon site Groupon is in the money via a giant new investment. So are many of its earliest backers. — Groupon, the online coupon site...
“HTC Scribe” Is HTC's Upcoming Android Tablet?
HTC has just filed a trademark application for “HTC Scribe,” suggesting that this will be the name of its upcoming Android tablet. As if the name alone wasn't suggestive enough, HTC has listed the go...
Adsense, no sense at all - what it's like being sacked by a computer...
Research In Motion Denies PlayBook Has Battery Issues
In a statement late Wednesday, Research In Motion (RIMM) attempted to tamp down concerns that the company's new PlayBook tablet computer has a shorter battery life than the Apple (AAPL) iPad and other...
Hackers obtain PS3 private cryptography key due to epic programming fail? (video)
The 27th annual Chaos Communication Conference already hacked encrypted GSM calls with a $15 cellphone, but there was a second surprise in store this morn — the souls who unlocked the Nintendo Wii's h...
About 4 million Nokia N8 smartphones sold until now?
Back in November, when Nokia announced that the N8 “has received the highest amount of consumer pre-orders” in its history, it didn't say how many units it sold (or expects to sell). — Now we're hea...
What The “Great Delicious Exodus” Looked Like For Pin-Sized Competitor Pinboard
When word got out two weeks ago that Yahoo is not 100% committed to Delicious, people who still use the bookmarking service started to panic and look for alternatives. One competing bookmarking site ...
Living with Complexity: How Apple Reinvented Music Distribution
iTune's dominant position atop the digital music market is not happenstance. Donald A. Norman discusses how, through the integration of its products, design and service, Apple became a media distribu...
Apple investigating Ping-like social networking for retail shops
Apple has shown interest in creating a social networking tool for brick-and-mortar shopping, allowing iPhone owners to share comments, opinions and recommendations about any type of product.
Research In Motion: Report On Offer To Allow Data Tapping In India False
NEW DELHI (Dow Jones)—Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM.T) Thursday refuted an Indian media report that said the Canada-based smartphone maker has offered to install a network data analysis system at its I...
Kindle book lending quietly goes live
Amazon today quietly turned on Kindle book lending. The feature promised earlier mimics that of the Nook and lets users share a book once for two full weeks. The original owner's access to the book ...
The evanescence of Twitter debates
Rob Beschizza has a very good post on the dynamics of the spat between Wired.com and Glenn Greenwald. For an excellent overview of the fight and what it's about, I recommend Blake Hounshell. But Rob...
The significant decline of spam
In October Commtouch reported an 18% drop in global spam levels (comparing September and October). This was largely attributed to the closure of Spamit around the end of September. Spamit is the org...
Does Facebook Have 600 Million Users Yet?
What's the next big Facebook public user-count milestone? — The social networking giant had for a while publicly announced every 50 million active users it had added, though more recently it waited ...
Comcast Unit Develops iPhone App for Publishing Video Content
While plenty of people are using their iPhones and iPads to watch video, Comcast also thinks Apple's mobile devices can play a role in helping professional video get onto the Internet. — ThePlatform...