Exclusive: Google CEO Larry Page completes major reorganization of Internet search giant
Larry Page, who returned as chief executive of Google on Monday, put his stamp on how he will run the Internet giant with a major reorganization of his management team on Thursday.
ITA Software acquisition cleared for takeoff
How cool would it be if you could type “flights to somewhere sunny for under $500 in May” into Google and get not just a set of links but also flight times, fares and a link to sites where you can act...
YouTube is going LIVE
With over 2 billion views a day, it's easy to think about YouTube as a place to watch videos recorded in the past. But you've told us you want more - and that includes events taking place right now. ...
Marissa Mayer Bypassed As Google Appoints New Head Of Local And Commerce
Last fall, Google's Marissa Mayer was removed from leading search — its core business — to head up the company's local efforts. — At the time, Googlers debated whether it was a demotion or a lateral...
Rumor: iPad 2 Mishandling Gets Best Buy Blacklisted By Apple
A reader who works at Best Buy just told us that there's been a bit of a misunderstanding between the electronics retailer and Apple. Apparently, Best Buy was holding off on selling the iPad 2s it ha...
Apple controlling 60% of available touch panel capacity, analyst says
Apple has exerted strong control over the touch panel supply chain to prevent shipping delays of the iPad 2, booking as much as 60 percent of the total available capacity, says one analyst.
Internet probe can track you down to within 690 metres
Online adverts could soon start stalking you. A new way of working out where you are by looking at your internet connection could pin down your current location to within a few hundred metres. — Si...
Apple Says It's Investigating Verizon iPad 3G Issues
Apple said on Friday that it is looking into reports that some users are having issues connecting their iPad 2 to Verizon's network. — “We are aware that a small number of iPad 2 customers have expe...
Toronto's Pushlife acquired by Google for $25 Million
StartupNorth just reported that Toronto's PushLife has been acquired by Google for a reported $25 Million. The news was first tweaked by fellow Mantella portfolio company Chango. — PushLife is a Mo...
What happens to e-government if government shuts down?
As the government shutdown clock ticks inexorably forward, many people are wondering how much of government will continue to operate or, in a literal sense, stay online. — If the government shutdown...
Google has developed speech-recognition technology that actually works.
If you've got an Android phone, try this: Hit the microphone icon on the home screen, then ask, “How many angstroms in a mile?” Use your normal speaking voice—don't speak slowly or strain to over-pro...
Steve Wozniak says would consider return to Apple
(Reuters) - Steve Wozniak would consider returning to an active role at Apple, the company he co-founded, and believes the consumer electronics giant could afford to be more open than it is, he told R...
Mary Shapiro's letter on private company stock sales
Earlier today, we discussed a WSJ story that federal regulators may relax certain rules on share issuance by private companies. The article was prompted by a letter from SEC chair Mary Shapiro to Rep...
New Verizon Incredible 2 pics show it booted up, ready to rock Froyo
Well, well, what have we here? An all-new, hot-off-the-press, get-it-while-it's-hot look at the upcoming (and still not actually announced) Incredible 2 on Verizon. From what we can tell, the body's...
Five Easy Pieces of Online Identity
Every Internet service that has a concept of users has to deal with identity. And for anything social (which seems like everything these days) identity is a huge part. For the Internet as a whole, t...
What, Zuck Worry? Mad Magazine “Honors” Mark Zuckerberg With His Own Cover
Mark Zuckerberg has finally joined the ranks of Richard Nixon, Bart Simpson, Barack Obama, and Thom Yorke, all folks who have been honored as some of the few celebrities to grace the cover of everyone...
Windows 8 to feature native SmartScreen file checking
As Microsoft anticipates a richer “apps” ecosystem for Windows 8, they appear to be taking some extra steps to shield users from malicious applications with the introduction of an in-built file verifi...
The day Fred Wilson dumped AAPL
The VC at the center of an Android vs. iOS debate bet publicly against Apple two years ago — “I am selling my entire position in Apple this morning including the stock I bought earlier than last fal...
Blockbuster Rumor: Facebook Partners with Baidu to Enter China
The internets are ablaze tonight with a blockbuster rumor: Facebook will enter China. Marbridge Consulting reports: According to a microblog post by Hu Yanping, founder of Beijing-based market resear...
Verizon Wireless to eliminate one-year contract option on April 17th
Verizon Wireless has confirmed to BGR that it will eliminate the option to sign on for a 1-year contract beginning on April 17th. “The reason behind the change is the greater majority of customers si...
Russian security service ‘wants to ban Skype, Gmail’
MOSCOW — The Russian security service is proposing to ban Skype, Hotmail, and Gmail as their “uncontrolled use” may threaten Russia's security, a service official said during a government meeting on F...
Apple keeping iPhone 5 cards ‘extra close to the vest’ in supply chain
As rumors of a later-than-usual iPhone launch for 2011 persist, a new report reveals that the notoriously secretive Apple is being even more careful than usual when dealing with overseas suppliers.
House Votes Against ‘Net Neutrality’
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives approved a measure on Friday that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating how Internet service providers manage their broadband n...
Mounting Evidence Shows Potential of Social Ecommerce, Contradicting Recent Reports
A new report by Forrester Research and another by the World Federation of Advertisers and research firm Millward Brown proclaim that Facebook will not play a signficant role in the future of ecommerce...
StumbleUpon just crossed 1 billion stumbles per month
In January, we reported that StumbleUpon had broken a new record with 27.5 million stumbles in one day. At the beginning of this month, we interviewed Marc Leibowitz, StumbleUpon's VP of Marketing an...
Android chief Rubin's response to Android critics misses the point
Android chief Andy Rubin has finally issued a statement in response to recent reports regarding Android's deteriorating openness. He characterizes the media reports as “misinformation” and says that ...
Special report: How News Corp got lost in Myspace
(Reuters) - As Rupert Murdoch stepped into the Grand Ballroom of San Francisco's Palace Hotel at the Web 2.0 conference in October 2007, the developers and engineers who packed the room fell into a re...
AMD said hiring to add Android support, no threat to iPad
A slip detailing Computex show launch plans may have given away AMD's plans to get into Android in earnest. Industry contacts claimed AMD has been recruiting engineers to write Android drivers. The ...
Best Buy responds to alleged iPad 2 sales freeze divulged by Best Buy staffers [updated]
Reports of an iPad 2 sales freeze that may have gotten Best Buy in hot water with Apple emerged Thursday night, and the possible explanation given by someone claiming to work for Best Buy was odd at b...
Two Days in Silicon Valley: An inside look at 23 startups from Dave McClure's Demo Days
I've been thinking a lot about passion lately — passion for ideas, teams, the shared pursuit of common goals. More and more, I believe passion is the critical differentiator between really good, and ...
Facebook's Next Hardware Project: Data Storage
Yesterday we heard about the Open Compute Project. Facebook's director of hardware design, Frank Frankovsky, tells us about part two of the social network's plan to spur suppliers to build the produc...
Technology IPOs: SEC Might Raise Shareholder Limit
The SEC has said it is considering raising the shareholder limit for private companies in a letter to Rep. Darrell Issa obtained by the WSJ. — The SEC has a rule that says that once a private compan...
Acer Iconia Tab A500 Features Honeycomb, 1GHz Processor, $450 Price
Another day, another Honeycomb tablet. This one comes to us courtesy of Acer and looks nearly identical to its European cousin, the Acer-made Packard Bell Liberty Tab. The Iconia costs an acceptable...
Google Will Trigger More Antitrust Complaints to EU Agency, Almunia Says
Google Inc. (GOOG) will trigger more complaints to European Union antitrust regulators given its “extremely large” market share for Web search and advertising, the EU's competition commissioner said.
Blinkx Buys Burst Media To Chase Higher Video Ad Rates
Video index and ads firm Blinkx is buying up UK ad tech vendor and network Burst Media for $30 million (£18.5 million). — The rationale? A host of buzz phrases: “Blinkx will create contextually rel...