Indie iOS Devs Under Legal Fire For Offering In-App Purchases [Breaking]
The lead developer behind the popular Mac dock replacement DragThing and the fantastic iOS scientific calculator app pCalc is about to be sued for patent infringement because his software uses Apple's...
Samsung announces 2560 x 1600 display, could pave the way for iPad 3
Samsung will demonstrate an all-new 10.1-inch display at the SID Display Week 2011 International Symposium next week. Samsung's new display will have a 2560 x 1600 resolution, far in excess of anythi...
Blogger is back
What a frustrating day. We're very sorry that you've been unable to publish to Blogger for the past 20.5 hours. We're nearly back to normal — you can publish again, and in the coming hours posts and...
Facebook, You're Going To Need A Better Answer For Your Slimeball Stunt
At this point, I think it's pretty clear what Facebook's strategy for this whole Burson-Marsteller caught-with-their-pants-down situation is going to be: say as little as possible and move on. And it...
DROIDX2 Launching May 26th with Dual-core Processor, qHD Screen and Gingerbread
The Motorola DROIDX2 was rumored to originally be scheduled to release today, but with the push back of the DROID Charge, we were wondering if it hadn't been pushed back as well. According to Verizon...
PSN Outage Begins To Hit Retail
Gamer patience begins to wear thin as retailers report increased trade-ins of PS3 consoles for Xbox 360s. — The ongoing PlayStation Network outage is beginning to have an effect on the high street, ...
Introducing “News near you” on Google News for mobile
Google News for mobile lets you keep up with the latest news, wherever you are. Today we're excited to announce a new feature in the U.S. English edition called “News near you” that surfaces news rel...
Apple to Advance iPhone with both Text-to-Speech & Speech-to-Text Converters
According to a new Apple patent application that was published this morning by the US Patent and Trademark Office, future iPhone's are likely to provide end users with effective new ways of communicat...
Samsung's Foldable Display Will Let You Stuff Giant Tablets in Your Pants
Tiny tablets' major advantage over the 10-inch crowd: They'll fit in your pocket (especially if you're the type of person who wears cargo pants). Samsung's latest foldable, creaseless AMOLED display ...
A Twitter crime thriller, and why laptop tracking could save you some heartache
I got hooked tonight on an amazing Twitter drama, watching in real time as Sean Power live Tweeted about his attempts to recover his stolen laptop from a guy in a bar in New York City.
Young Chinese developers hit jackpot via App Store
Lu Miao speaks very little English. He's never traveled outside Asia. He's not a software engineer. But in a few short months, he became the founder of a successful software company selling apps in...
Cell Phones Are Killing The Bees: Study
New experiments find that cell phone signals don't just confuse bees, they off them. What does this mean for our food supply? — Do you enjoy eating? Then you may not be too happy if bee population...
Taliban join the Twitter revolution
Tweets about attacks on ‘infidel forces’ give Taliban new weapon in Afghanistan's information war — When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, they eschewed most modern technology, including television and...
Cisco braces for biggest layoffs in its history
* Could be biggest layoff in company's 26-year history — Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) is expected to cut thousands of jobs in possibly its worst-ever round of layoffs to meet Chief Executive John Cham...
Skype and Story of My life
I has been nearly six years since I first fell in love with Skype. It was a tiny little company with a buggy software and a few thousand users. I liked it so much that I started forcing my friends t...
Boston developer wants cut of Winklevoss twins' $65-million Facebook settlement
A Boston software developer has been awarded a day in court to make his case for a cut of the Winklevoss twins' $65-million settlement with Facebook, according to a report. — Developer Wayne Chang h...
Online Seller Who Bullied Customers Pleads Guilty
The online eyeglasses seller who terrified customers in the hopes of creating buzz about his Web site, and raising its profile in Google searches, pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of sending t...
Alibaba says Yahoo was told of Alipay deal in 2009
(Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group said it told its board in July 2009 that it had transferred ownership of its online e-commerce business to Chief Executive Jack Ma, rejecting allegations by major sha...
Facebook Stock Auctions Are No Longer “Significantly Oversubscribed"*
Update and Correction: Sharespost CEO David Weir says the latest Facebook auction was indeed “oversubscribed.” — Sharespost has just amended the way it describes its auctions. — “There was more th...
Dropbox Lied to Users About Data Security, Complaint to FTC Alleges
Dropbox, the wildly popular online storage system, deceived users about the security and encryption of its services, putting it at a competitive advantage, according to an FTC complaint filed Thursday...
Amazon Server Said to Be Used in Sony Attack
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)'s Web Services cloud- computing unit was used by hackers in last month's attack against Sony Corp. (6758)'s online entertainment systems, according to a person with knowledge of...
Keynote and session videos from Google I/O now live
With Google I/O 2011 just two days behind us, we wanted to thank the nearly 1 million developers who joined us at Moscone Center, attended I/O Extended events and watched online via I/O Live from 161 ...
Apple: Analyst Says No LTE in iPhone 5; To Add Sprint, T-Mobile
Apple's iPhone 5 launch in September isn't likely to include LTE functionality, Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek asserts in a research note. — “According to our industry checks, the device should...
Introducing “News near you” on Google News for mobile
Google News for mobile lets you keep up with the latest news, wherever you are. Today we're excited to announce a new feature in the U.S. English edition called “News near you” that surfaces news rel...
Lockitron Lets You Unlock Your Door With Your Phone
Ever wish you could just call your keys? Well the Ycombinator-backed Lockitron aims to replace physical keys entirely by letting you control your door lock with your phone. The Lockitron web app an...
Kim Kardashian's ShoeDazzle Walks Away With $40 Million from Andreessen Horowitz
ShoeDazzle, a two-year-old company building a subscription-based e-commerce business, has raised $40 million in capital. — The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, which contributed $30 million.
Rumor: Amazon has an “entire family” of Android devices coming this holiday
Amazon's Android tablet is both the best and worst kept secret in the mobile industry. Everyone knows that Amazon is working on an Android device, but few know any of the specific details about its h...
The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony
I wrote earlier about how the new PROTECT IP Act guts parts of the DMCA, but as you dig deeper, it's looking even worse. The original (and now updated) article focused on the use of the term “interac...