Google revises Google+ real name management policy
Over the weekend, Google annoyed numerous one-time Google+ users by blowing away their accounts because they'd broken Google's name restrictions. That went over well. As I asked at the time, “What w...
HTC Says It's Willing to Negotiate With Apple Over Patent Fight
HTC Corp. (2498), the Taiwanese smartphone maker locked in a patent battle with Apple Inc. (AAPL), says it's willing to negotiate with the iPhone maker after both sides scored victories at the U.S. In...
Former Microsoft Exec Raises $20 Million For Motif, An Investment Vehicle For Ideas
Motif Investing, a new vehicle that allows you to invest in ideas, has raised $20 million in Series B financing led by Ignition Partners with participation from Norwest Venture Partners and Foundation...
As China Steps Up Web Monitoring, Many Wi-Fi Users Stay Away
BEIJING — New regulations that require bars, restaurants, hotels and bookstores to install costly Web monitoring software are prompting many businesses to cut Internet access and sending a chill throu...
Bitcoin is not Anonymous
TL;DR — Bitcoin is not inherently anonymous. It may be possible to conduct transactions is such a way so as to obscure your identity, but, in many cases, users and their transactions can be identif...
From Floating Data to The Ground You Stand On: Creating an Internet of Places
The World Wide Web was originally created as a web of connected documents. What if that's no longer an appropriate, or sufficient, metaphor? A group of geospatial data specialists today published a ...
Does Picasa Tagging Violate Your Google+ Privacy?
Is tagging an image the same as sharing an image? — Google+ is really concerned about privacy, or at least, that's the approach Google takes. When new users sign up, Google has a number of “are you...
Timberlake to Gaga: Hollywood courts social media
(Reuters) - When you think of Bono or Lady Gaga, the term “Silicon Valley entrepreneur” hardly springs to mind. — For now, at least. The U2 frontman and pop sensation join Justin Timberlake and Ash...
Technology Is The New Smoking
We've all been there; You're at an outing or a dinner table with friends but itching to check your email or Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or Google+ or Yammer or what ever digital hit of serotonin ...
Windows Phone “Mango” - Released to Manufacturing
I wanted to drop into the Windows Phone Blog briefly to update you on an important milestone. Earlier this morning, the Windows Phone development team officially signed off on the release to manufact...
Apple Finishing Up Work on an Ultra-Thin 15" Mac Notebook [Updated]
Apple is working on a 15" ultra-thin Mac notebook, MacRumors has learned. We aren't certain if it will be called a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, but we do know that it is already in late testing stages...
Here's how Apple is forcing a worse user experience on its customers
Amazon just updated its Kindle app for the iPhone and iPad to remove an important function: The link to its Kindle store where you can go to buy new e-books. Now, Apple device owners will have to fig...
Fox Switches To Authentication For New Shows Online; Dish, Hulu Plus Get First Crack
Counting on keeping up with Glee next season through Hulu.com or Fox.com the next day? Count again—unless you subscribe through a video distributor with the right deal.
Tech News Is So Phenomenally Boring
You never read tech news, do you? Good. Somehow, the story of the accidental early release of a Facebook iPad app everyone was expecting is threatening to turn into a week-long saga. Make it stop! ...
Electronic Arts' Revenues and Profits Up in Q1
Fresh off its $750 million acquisition of PopCap, Electronic Arts reported its fiscal first-quarter earnings today, exceeding analyst expectations. — The company recorded a profit of $221 million, o...