Verizon iPhone tear-down posted, reveals Qualcomm Gobi chip! (GSM Worldphone compatible!)
We, with the iPhone 4 repair specialists at iFixyouri have done a quick teardown of the new Verizon iPhone and have found the Qualcomm MDM6600 chip inside. That's kinda interesting because that chip ...
Our Super Bowl Ads, and How We're Helping These Causes
I've been spending the day listening to the negative feedback about our Tibet Super Bowl commercial, and want to take a crack at explaining why we created this campaign. We take the causes we highlig...
Live Commenting: Behind the Scenes
Commenting on Facebook content has been an asynchronous form of communication. Until now. Live commenting, which we rolled out to all of our users a couple weeks ago, creates opportunities for spont...
Wael Ghonim's First Interview After Jail Release [Video]
Google MENA Marketing Executive Wael Ghonim gave a brief interview to Egypt's On TV after his release from jail earlier today. Ghonim had been detained blindfolded for 12 days for organizing protests...
Priority Inbox in Gmail for mobile
If you've ever cursed a phone's tiny screen as utterly inadequate for sifting through an overflowing inbox you'll be pleased to hear that the Gmail mobile web app now supports Priority Inbox. Priorit...
Not all iPhone apps work on the Verizon iPhone — fragmentation looming?
fragmentation looming? — Today may be remembered as the day the iOS platform became fragmented like Android. The announcement today by Telenav that its GPS app has been released for the Verizon iPho...
Apple to Eliminate Retail Box Software Inventory
With the success of the iTunes App Store and the launch of the Mac App Store, it seems clear that the long term future of software sales is going to be digital distribution. Based on what we've heard...
Early Preview of Free Software Update for Kindle
We're excited to tell you about some new features coming to the latest generation Kindle and Kindle 3G: — • Public Notes - This feature lets Kindle users choose to make their book notes and highl...
U.S. seeks veto powers over new domain names
The Obama administration is quietly seeking the power for it and other governments to veto future top-level domain names, a move that raises questions about free expression, national sovereignty, and ...
Rush is on for custom domain name suffixes
The pillar of the basic Web address - the trusty .com domain - is about to face vast new competition that will dramatically transform the Web as we know it. New Web sites, with more subject-specific,...
HP unveils a cool reclining touchscreen PC straight out of Star Trek
It seems like there's no end of uses for the touchscreen. Hewlett-Packard is showing off a cool new touchscreen computer today that can recline at a 60-degree angle so that it can be used as a kind o...
Microsoft's CEO Is Said to Extend Management Shake-Up
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer plans to extend a management reshuffling aimed at adding senior product executives with an engineering background, two people...
Android 2.4 coming April, leaving 2.3 dead on arrival - not Ice Cream
EXCLUSIVE: Viewsonic to be first out of the gate — Viewsonic has exclusively told Pocket-lint that its recently announced ViewPad 4 smartphone will be packing Android 2.4 when it launches in April.
New MacBook Pros show up in Best Buy inventory with March 11 launch date
Following our report this morning that the launch of updated MacBook Pros are imminent, we have been informed that Best Buy stores have recently placed in “Dummy SKUs” for an updated MacBook Pro line.
“It just feels inevitable”: Nick Denton on Gawker Media sites' long-in-the-works new layout
This morning, “the biggest event in Gawker Media history” took place: Gawker's sites have officially launched their redesigns. Go to gawker.com — or jezebel.com or deadspin.com or lifehacker.com …
Kyocera Echo Video Hands-On: First Dual-Screen Android Phone Comes to Sprint with 960 x 800 Pixels, “Simul-Tasking”
Android is good at multitasking but not at letting you do multiple things at the same time. The Kyocera Echo is tailor-made for Simul-Tasking (yup, the term is trademarked).
Behind The Scenes: Microsoft's Attempt To Woo Conan O'Brien For Xbox Live
[In exclusive comments made to Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris, the executive producer of Conan O'Brien's talk show discusses how Microsoft tried to woo the comedian to take his show onto Xbox ...
Firefox 4, 5, 6 and 7 to be released before the end of 2011
Firefox's official roadmap has been updated, and boy are there some interesting changes afoot. Most notably, Firefox 7 will ship in 2011. The second biggy, and the main focus of Firefox development ...
Airplane Mode
I recently had lunch with a dear friend whom I had not seen in a while. This friend has a job that places him in a position that is far more important to the organization than even he readily lets on...
Huffington Post and AOL: You've Got a Mess
AOL's pseudo journalism, Huffington Post's minuscule ad rates, and editors with big egos and a tough boss will doom the just-created media company. Dan Lyons on the disastrous deal. — It is no surp...
ComScore Says You Don't Got Mail: Web Email Usage Declines, 59% Among Teens!
In introducing his messaging platform last November Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said one of the primary motivations behind Messages product strategy was that teenagers have given up on email, “High s...
De-Finnistration: Nokia to shift HQ to US?
Elop's radical plan — Exclusive Well-placed sources at Nokia suggest Stephen Elop is considering shifting the executive centre of gravity to Silicon Valley, creating a virtual HQ in the United State...
You've Got Arianna: AOL Buys Huffington Post for $315 Million in Cash and Stock, Appoints Huffington Editor in Chief
In a bold and definitive move, AOL is paying $315 million, mostly in cash, to buy the Huffington Post, one of the Web's most prominent news and opinion sites.
Last.fm Radio becomes a premium feature on mobile and home entertainment devices
On February 15, the radio service built into Last.fm mobile apps and on home entertainment devices will become an ad-free, subscriber-only feature. — Last.fm Radio will remain free on the Last.fm we...
Inside Secure Offers Alternative Android NFC Software Stack
Inside Secure hopes to make it easier for Android phone designers to use its NFC chips — or those of its competitors — with the release of a version of its Open NFC software stack for Android.
Why Quora & Social Media Experts Don't Mix
As the Quora user base has grown, along with much praise, has come some criticism. Specifically, many critics view Quora as a snobby, clubby, and intellectually elitist place. It seems much of the l...
HTC Invests In Multimedia Delivery Platform Company Saffron Digital
Smartphone maker HTC this morning announced that it has made a ‘strategic investment’ of undisclosed size in London, UK-based Saffron Digital, which specializes in the delivery of digital multimedia.
The Plaza in New York Offers iPads in all Guest Rooms and Suites (with Video)
The Plaza is offering iPads in each of its guest rooms and suites. The program, which launched in January, makes the landmark hotel on Central Park South the first hotel in the world to provide guest...