Pegatron receives orders for 15 million iPhone 5s from Apple
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is estimated to have landed orders for 15 million iPhone 5s (iPhone 4S) from Apple and is set to start shipping in September of 2011, according to sourc...
Facebook blocks Google Chrome extension for exporting friends
Facebook Friend Exporter is a Chrome extension developed by Mohamed Mansour, an open source software engineer, that lets you grab all the information about your Facebook friends so you can import them...
iPads Replacing Pilots' Paper Manuals
What is in those bulky, black flight bags that pilots carry into the cockpit? It is not a change of clothes but reams of reference material needed for the flight — about 40 pounds of it. There are t...
BackType Has Been Acquired by Twitter
We're thrilled to announce that BackType has been acquired by Twitter! We'll be bringing our team and technology to Twitter's platform team, where our focus will be developing tools for Twitter's pub...
“Apple's... Exclusive Supply Chain Of Advanced Technology [Is] Literally Years Ahead Of Anyone Else On The Planet”
An amazing take by an anonymous user on Quora on why Apple products sometimes seem so superior. Because they are. Because they get them before anyone else.
Verizon confirms it will ditch unlimited smartphone data plans starting July 7
Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) will switch to a new, usage-based pricing model for smartphone data starting July 7, a company spokeswoman confirmed. — Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney told FierceWireles...
New Skype 5.2 Update for Mac Brings Group Screen Sharing and Improved Multi-tasking
We are excited to announce that the Skype 5.2 update for Mac is now available for download. — With this new update, Skype for Mac users can now share their screen during a group video call.
When Guests Check In, Their iPhones Check Out
When booking a weeklong yoga retreat, Amanda Levy signed up for a special package. Called “digital detox,” it promised a 15% discount if Ms. Levy, a sales executive at a San Francisco social-networki...
China to deploy huge Big Brother surveillance network with Cisco's help
China plans to put a network of 500,000 surveillance cameras in place around Chongqing to keep an eye on its citizens, with the help of Western tech and networking companies such as Cisco Systems Inc....
Amazon's Android Appstore, not so amazing
Running a successful app store isn't trivial. Building out the necessary features and services and making it appealing to both consumers and developers can be hard work, something Amazon is learning....
Why Google+ could find a home in the workplace
Last week, Google rolled out a beta of its highly-anticipated new social networking platform, Google+. Reaction to the launch so far has been mainly positive, with praise for the app's design and fea...
Exclusive first interview with key LulzSec hacker
It was early May when LulzSec's profile skyrocketed after a hack on the giant Sony corporation. LulzSec's name comes from Lulz, a corruption of LOL, often denoting laughter at the victim of a prank. ...
LightSquared Raises $265 Million To Build High-Speed Wireless Network
LightSquared, a company that is developing a wholesale only, net-neutral 4G-LTE network that combines with satellite to provide nation-wide broadband wireless access, has raised $265 million in new fu...
Feature: Unlicensed: Are Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player illegal?
Amazon.com made waves in March when it announced Cloud Player, a new “cloud music” service that allows users to upload their music collections for personal use. It did so without a license agreement,...
Evidence “increasingly against” phone cancer risk
(Reuters) - Despite a recent move to classify mobile phones as possibly carcinogenic, the scientific evidence increasingly points away from a link between their use and brain tumors, according to a ne...
Google Offers Versus Groupon: The Portland Throwdown
Google Offers just finished its first month. Google has been testing its Groupon compete in Portland and I've been closely tracking the results. — Doing a head-to-head comparison like this is a bit...
On The Eve Of One Facebook Event, The Spartans Prepare For Another
Tomorrow morning at their headquarters in Palo Alto, Facebook is holding an event to show off an “awesome” new product. Our sources tell us that product with be the long-rumored Skype integration wit...
Steve Jobs' bio gets a new title
“iSteve: The Book of Jobs” was the publisher's idea. The author had second thoughts. — Amazon still doesn't have the title quite right — The first biography of Apple's (AAPL) CEO to get Steve Job...
Lodsys sues The New York Times Company and five other companies who previously sued Lodsys — UPDATED
UPDATED — [Updated on July 6 to reflect Lodsys's motions to dismiss 5 of the 6 declaratory judgment complaints] — Lodsys filed a patent infringement lawsuit today in East Texas …