Google's first Ice Cream Sandwich phone to be manufactured by Samsung, possibly dubbed ‘Nexus Prime’
We exclusively reported details of Google's first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone — either a Nexus device, or a “pure Google” flagship handset from one of Google's key partners …
MySpace Layoffs Rumored for This Week
We hear MySpace's Southern California offices are thick with rumors that the social network is planning some serious bloodletting this week. Scary as that sounds, some employees are apparently lookin...
E-reader ownership doubles in six months
e-Reader ownership surges since last November; tablet ownership grows more slowly — The share of adults in the United States who own an e-book reader doubled to 12% in May, 2011 from 6% in November...
Will the NY Times Give David Pogue Another Pass on Ethics?
David Pogue has weathered one mini-scandal after another in his years as the star technology columnist for The New York Times. Lately, however, the infractions have been piling up, and the very most ...
Report: Apple is building two (!) iPhones for September release
An analyst expects Apple to launch both an iPhone 5 and a mid-range iPhone 4S — Click to enlarge. Source: Deutsche Bank — For much of the spring, the reporters who cover Apple (AAPL) have been ar...
The HP TouchPad Will Come With Its Own Facebook Tablet App (Leaked Pics)
The world has been waiting for an official Facebook tablet app, and waiting, and waiting. But that app may not appear on the iPad first (although Facebook is working on an iPad app for sure).
+1 around the world
A few months ago we released the +1 button on English search results on google.com. More recently, we've made the +1 button available to sites across the web, making it easy for the people who love y...
Hulu Buyers Would Get Exclusive Content, With Strings Attached
A few days after the news first broke that Hulu is for sale, we know a bit more about what, exactly, that means. Here's where things stand right now. — Hulu's owner/partners — Disney's ABC and News...
(Not so) Crazy Microsoft Rumors: Windows 8 to RTM in April 2012
It's been a while since I blogged about another of my (not so) crazy Microsoft rumors. It's also been a while since I've heard any kind of an update on Windows 8 timing. In that spirit — here's the ...
The Fastest Mobile Networks 2011
PCMag hit the road to test eight 3G and 4G networks in 21 U.S. cities. Before you buy your next phone or tablet, find out which wireless carrier has the fastest data network where you live. — With ...
Apple to move ARM SoC production away from Samsung in 2012
Apple's increasingly tenuous relationship with Samsung as a component supplier for its mobile devices could end next year, according to numerous sources inside the semiconductor industry. The company...
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in-depth preview (video)
Make no mistake, Microsoft isn't playing coy in the smartphone market any longer. The folks in Redmond are making a significant jump forward in the mobile arena, announcing that the upcoming version ...
Artist launches album exclusively on Groupon
In another first for Groupon, it is exclusively debuting David Gray's live album “Lost and Found” — In an interesting first for Groupon, the company is not only offering a discount on British musica...
A Massive Solar Flare Of Activity Pushes Tumblr To 400 Million Pageviews A Day
Last month, founder David Karp noted that Tumblr was now seeing over 250 million pageviews a day. As we noted, that was incredible since as recently as July of 2009, they were seeing 250 million page...
iOS 5 beta hobbles OS downgrades, untethered jailbreaks
Those who screw up their iPhones with an unsupported jailbreak—or who have bad luck with their iOS upgrades and want to roll back to an older version—are usually able to make everything right again by...
France Telecom Debuts the Data Plan of the Future
While carriers in the United States have talked about having one data plan that can be shared among a number of digital devices, one international telecom company is already putting the plan into acti...
Guns, grenades and iPads for Singapore soldiers
SINGAPORE (AFP) - New recruits to Singapore's military, air force and navy are to get a new standard-issue item of equipment besides their rifle — the iPad. — The defence ministry said Monday it wil...
NEW! Fun Group Video Chat for iPad: Full Size!
fring is launching the world's 1st Group Video chat App for the iPad — 4 friends video chat at the same time. That's at least 4 times more fun than regular 1 to 1 video chat (But fring lets you do ...
The iPhone at four; growing up or just growing?
Ever since the iPhone launched four years ago (to the day), the question on everyone's mind has been: When will Apple expand the portfolio to reach into all market segments? I remember thinking in 20...
RUMOR: Google's Chinese Search Rival, Baidu, Using Android To Build Its Own Mobile Operating System
Interesting rumor coming out of China: Baidu is using Android as a base to build its own mobile operating system code named Qiushi, TechNode reports. — Baidu somewhat dismissed the rumor …
Apple to begin assembling iPhone 5 ‘in mid to late August’
Apple will begin production of fifth-generation iPhones in August ahead of a projected late third quarter launch, according to intelligence obtained by by one investment banker's recent trip to Taiwan...
BestBuy.com stops shipping MacBook Airs ahead of refresh (update: Amazon stock low)
We've known for many weeks now that a refreshed line of MacBook Airs is incoming, starting with rumors about Airs with Sandy Bridge processors way back then, our report that the current SKUs are const...
Skype's evil ways, cont.
The Skype/Silver Lake story is refusing to die, with Yun Lee's revelations bringing out the same anonymous investor-group sources defending Skype's actions. But if the defenders are comfortable in th...
Companies Are Erecting In-House Social Networks
What would Facebook look like without photos of drunken nights out and tales of misbehaving cats? It might look a lot like the internal social network at the offices of Nikon Instruments. — The ton...
Hollywood studios ask High Court to block film website
Hollywood film studios will ask the High Court tomorrow to force BT to block its millions of broadband customers from accessing a filesharing website, in a test case that could make way for a clampdow...
Take that Netflix, HBO Go app sees big growth too
If you don't believe in cord cutting and that there isn't any competition between Netflix and cable programmers then you needn't read on. — If on the other hand, you at least see the potential for N...
GSV takes stake in Facebook, valuing it at $70 billion
(Reuters) - Investment fund GSV Capital Corp has taken a small stake in Facebook that values the world's No. 1 social networking site at about $70 billion. — The investment fund said on Monday it bo...
A spotlight on the world's first iOS jailbreak convention
Craig Fox had worked as a carpenter his entire life until the economy took a turn for the worst and he found himself without work. Craig combined his newly acquired free time and his love for jailbre...
The Incredible Sinking Bubble (Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part III)
This post originally appeared as my closing argument in our debate in The Economist. — Technology stocks currently trade at an all time low vs. industrial stocks based on forward P/E ratios.