iPhone 5 Production Starting In September According To Talks With Key Supplier
Apple's new iPhone 5 should go into production in September says Avian Securities in a note this morning. — This suggests the iPhone won't be on the market until the end of this year, or even early ...
Winklevoss twins must accept Facebook deal: court
(Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg won the latest legal battle against former Harvard classmates who accuse him of stealing their idea for Facebook, a multimillion-dollar feud made famous on the silver scree...
Amazon.com to Sell Kindle Digital Reader With Ads for $114
Amazon.com Inc., the largest online retailer, will begin selling a version of its Kindle electronic- book reader that features advertisements and costs $114, 18 percent less than the ad-free device.
Google's misleading security claims to the government raise serious questions
Corporate Vice Prsident & Deputy General Counsel — Last Friday afternoon, I learned that a batch of court documents had been unsealed and had revealed one particularly striking development …
Confirmed: Sprint getting Motorola XOOM with WiMAX
We exclusively reported Sprint would be getting an identical version of the Motorola XOOM sans LTE and adding a WiMAX radio, and we now have received a second confirmation — cases for the Motorola XOO...
iPad 2 gets glasses-free 3D display using front-facing camera for head tracking
Now that the iPad 2 has a front facing-camera and some decent horsepower under the hood, there's a lot of potential for really interesting camera-plus-screen co-ordination hacks.
Apple iOS 4.3.2 to fix Verizon iPad 2 connectivity and FaceTime issues, we go hands-on!
One of our Apple sources has just let us know that Apple's iOS 4.3.2, due within the next week or so, will fix the issues we've been hearing about with some Verizon iPad 2 models.
Kremlinology
In 1999, when Google had its first press conference—to announce its $25 VC financing and generally introduce itself to the world as a company- Larry and Sergey prepared some slides. One slide focused...
Nokia E7 review
Over the years, we've seen a steady stream of business and messaging-centric landscape QWERTY smartphones come and go, with HTC arguably leading the pack via its collection of Windows Mobile, Android,...
Bing Now Powers 30% of US Searches
Bing is doing what no one used to think was possible: knocking search market share points off of Google, and collecting them. — Yes, Bing-powered search in the United States just broke the 30% barri...
Windows 8 to feature an integrated App Store
App stores are all the rage these days. Pretty much every major mobile phone platform has an app store, as well as some third party app marketplaces. And there's a growing push to bring the model to...
Trends - now in 70 more locations
We first launched Trends as a useful way for people to find out what topics are being talked about around the world, right now. Early last year, we added Local Trends to make it easier to find more l...
Google Ordered To Disclose ‘Parked Domain’ Metrics
A judge presiding over a potential class-action lawsuit by search marketers against Google has ordered the company to divulge financial metrics associated with its “parked domain” and “errors” program...
High-quality sites algorithm goes global, incorporates user feedback
Over a month ago we introduced an algorithmic improvement designed to help people — find more high-quality sites in search. Since then we've gotten a lot of positive responses about the change …
Winklevosses To Challenge Today's Facebook Ruling
Earlier today a panel of Federal Appeals judges ruled that the Winklevoss twins had to accept a ruling that had them make due with a meager $65 million in settlement. But apparently the case is not c...
Facebook has not signed China deal: source
(Reuters) - Facebook, the world's No.1 Internet social network, has not signed an agreement with any company in China, according to a source familiar with the matter who declined to be named due to la...
Twitter Investor Says Twitter's Valuation Is “Ridiculous”
I gave a presentation the other day for venture firm Insight Partners in which I addressed the question of whether we were having another tech bubble. — My answer was “no,” but I noted that there we...
Peter Thiel: We're in a Bubble and It's Not the Internet. It's Higher Education.
Fair warning: This article will piss off a lot of you. — I can say that with confidence because it's about Peter Thiel. And Thiel - the PayPal co-founder, hedge fund manager and venture capitalist ...
The New Yorker Tries Requiring Users to Like Its Facebook Page to Access Articles
The New Yorker magazine has made one of its articles available only to those who have Liked its Facebook Page. The test of a Like-gate for text-based content is a break from more popular distribution...
Google Invests $168 Million In “Solar Power Tower Plant”
Last week, Google announced that it was investing $5 million in a German solar power plant, and many people nodded in appreciation. Only it turns out the search giant was just warming up, as the comp...
On The Internet, No One Watches The Wiretappers
When Twitter revealed in January that it had received a Department of Justice order to hand over information on three users associated with WikiLeaks, the real surprise wasn't that an Internet company...
iPad 2 helps Apple suppliers post 141% year over year growth in March
Offering more indication of the growth of the iPad 2 over its predecessor, Apple's overseas suppliers posted a 141 percent year over year increase in sales in March. — Analyst Brian White with Ticon...
Intel Is Said to Design Phone for ZTE to Sell in China
Intel Corp., aiming to gain a toehold for its chips in the mobile-phone market, has designed a handset that may be manufactured by China's ZTE Corp., according to two people with knowledge of the plan...
Adobe Recasts the iPad as High-Tech Palette for Photoshop (Video)
While there are many applications that aim to bring a piece of Photoshop to the iPad-including some from Adobe itself-the creative software company's latest effort envisions how Apple's tablet can pla...
Gartner Says Apple iOS to Dominate the Media Tablet Market Through 2015
Despite mounting competition from other operating systems (OSs), Apple's iOS will continue to own the majority of the worldwide media tablet through 2015 …
Facebook Strikes China Deal With Baidu
Facebook has struck a deal with Baidu, the biggest Chinese search engine, to open a jointly-owned socialnetwork in China, according to reports in the Chinese press, citing inside sources. — These so...
Research In Motion Eyes a Rebound
WATERLOO, Ontario — In a rare interview last week, Mike Lazaridis, one of Research In Motion's two chief executives, was the one asking questions: — “Why is it that people don't appreciate our profi...
Hire indicates Apple shift from aluminum to composites?
Kevin Kenney has spent most of the last 14 years building carbon fiber bicycles as the President and CEO at Kestral Bicycles. This month, he became an Senior Composites Engineer at Apple after consul...
Why “post PC” doesn't mean “sans PC”
Apple has taken a lot of flak for Steve Jobs's comments at the iPad 2 launch event, which heralded the coming of the post-PC world. — If you mention that statement on Twitter, you'll immediately be ...
Kiip Is An Entirely New Mobile Ad Model: Real Life Rewards For In-Game Achievements
Kiip, the seven month-old mobile ads startup, is finally coming out of stealth today and revealing an entirely new model for in-game advertising, one that offers users value instead of fighting an uph...
Can Intel atomize ARM with new tablet chips?
Intel is taking on arch rival ARM today with the launch of new Intel Atom chips for tablet computers. — The Atom is a low-power version of Intel's computer chips, and it is aimed squarely at tablets...
Apple AirPlay Private Key Exposed, Opening Door to AirPort Express Emulators
Developer James Laird has reverse engineered the Airport Express private key and published an open source AirPort Express emulator called Shareport. … Previously, the private key was unknown …
Google Chrome Gets SPDY - And An Onscreen Keyboard
There has been quite some buzz about the Chrome touch UI lately. Following our initial report from March 20, Cnet recently uncovered more evidence that Chrome (OS) will be getting a touch tablet vers...
Level 3 to Acquire Global Crossing in $1.9 Billion Stock Deal
Level 3 Communications Inc., the Colorado-based provider of broadband services, agreed to buy Global Crossing Ltd. in a deal valued at about $1.9 billion. — Level 3, based in Broomfield, will acquir...
The Netbook Is Down And Out As Acer And Google Back Away
Ah, the netbook: the pet rock of the PC industry. As recent moves by Acer and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) show, it's high time to bury the netbook as a fad born out of desperation rather than a true evolutio...
Samsung's Galaxy S II hits UK on May 1st, 1.2GHz processor in tow
Good news for those of you reading this from across the pond. Samsung has let it be known that its new flagship handset, the Galaxy S II, will be available in the United Kingdom on May 1st.