WWDC 2011 Prelude
What I Know — If I were to publish everything I know regarding tomorrow's announcements, it would be a short and decidedly unsensational article. What I know are a handful of minor features at the ...
Why Groupon is Worth $25 Billion Dollars
Admittedly, Groupon is a work in progress. They continue to spend insane amounts of money to acquire customers and merchants to try to extend their dual-sided network effect with consumers and mercha...
1500 people show up for 16-year-old's birthday party after she forgets to set Facebook settings
It's her party - and she'll invite everyone on Facebook if she wants to. — A 16-year-old girl in Germany ditched her own party after she forgot to set the privacy settings on the invitation and acci...
Motorola Droid 3 leaks out in tutorial vids, confirms 8MP camera and 1080p recordings (video)
Verizon and Motorola have kept a tighter lid on the Droid 3 than many recent smartphones we've seen, but a nice big leak just sprang from the bottom of the pot — startup gadget blog PhonePads …
Hackers Attack Nintendo
Nintendo Co. said Sunday that a server for its U.S. unit's website had been hacked into but that no company or customer information was compromised, marking the first time the Japanese gaming giant ha...
Amazon/iBookStore post pre-releases of iSteve authorized biography: The Book of Jobs
Amazon today lists the Walter Issacson authorized Biography of Steve Jobs, the one commissioned by the Apple CEO last year. Issacson will have had three years of access to the normally reclusive Stev...
Anthony Weiner's stimulating week: How a lewd Twitter photo may have derailed politician's future
WASHINGTON - In the nano-second it takes to send a tweet, Rep. Anthony Weiner's political career has short-circuited. — From the moment a lewd photograph of bulging briefs was sent …
The Silliest Idea Ever: Facebook Going After Google In Search
Yesterday, Blue Nile and Wetpaint founder Ben Elowitz hypothesized on TechCrunch that Facebook could kill Google completely by getting into the search business. — I heard the same idea floated at a ...
Instagram Rises as Social Web Embraces Photo Sharing
Digital camera sales may be weak, but thanks to cellphones, picture-taking has never been more of an everyday thing. Now a wave of mobile applications is letting people tweak their cellphone snapshot...
Pastebin: How a popular code-sharing site became the ultimate hacker hangout
In recent months, technology news has been dominated by reports of numerous hacking attempts, subsequent break-ins and embarrassment of companies that have seen customer information stolen and their r...