Apple Passes Nokia and Holds Off Samsung to Become World's Top Smartphone Vendor [Updated]
Just hours after research firm IDC released data showing Apple dramatically outpacing the overall mobile phone industry in year-over-year growth for the second quarter of 2011 …
Report: Nortel portfolio buyers facing DOJ scrutiny
Despite last month's $4.5 billion sale of Nortel's patent portfolio wrapping up this week, government scrutiny over what its buyers intend to do with the patents continues, a new report says. — The ...
Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight
Somewhere around 1:00 am yesterday, my Airbnb.com horror story was picked up by Hacker News; to say this story has gone viral in the past two days would be the understatement of my life. I sit here n...
Why game developers hate the Facebook-Zynga marriage, and how Google+ can benefit
Facebook game developers were furious when they found out about the tight relationship between Facebook and Zynga. — If Google properly channels that anger, it could find considerable support for th...
Samsung's Galaxy S II teaser page for the US goes live
Phone expected to ship next month — Samsung has given a strong indication that the company's popular new smartphone, the Galaxy S II, will be hitting US shores soon. Samsung has posted a new live w...
President Barack Obama takes debt battle to Twitter, loses more than 40,000 followers in one day
President Obama brought his debt battle to Twitter and he lost - more than 40,000 Twitter followers. — Obama asked Americans Friday to call, email, and tweet Congressional leaders to …
Steve Jobs Sometimes Lies to You
I love Apple. I love Apple so much that if someone gave me a bulletproof vest made out of MacBook Airs, I'd strap it to my back and take a bullet to my chest to protect my precious aluminum friends. ...
Emacs has been violating the GPL since 2009
An embarrassing mishap at the Free Software Foundation has seen the Emacs editor become GPL-violating software. In the process of merging CEDET into Emacs 24, it was noted that a number of compiled C...
Google Buys Inventions From IBM as It Aims to Build Patent Hoard
Google Inc., facing a growing threat of intellectual-property lawsuits, acquired a batch of patents this month from International Business Machines Corp. to bolster its portfolio. — “Like many tech ...
Microsoft patents reveal touch+pen plans, Windows 8 tablet future?
Several new patent filings have revealed what appears to be Microsoft's pen and touch plans, hinting at future Windows 8 use. — Microsoft filed for a variety of picture related gestures in January, ...
Seattle Places Police Calls on Twitter
SEATTLE — A flurry of Twitter messages that began early Tuesday morning from the Seattle Police Department puzzled many Twitter users. Was there a sudden crime wave in Seattle? Was the city under at...
Alibaba, Yahoo, Softbank settle Alipay rift
Alibaba, Yahoo and Softbank said they have settled a financial squabble over Alipay, a payment system in China. — The companies have dueled over disclosure and legality of Alibaba's move to spin off...
‘Official-looking’ pic of white Galaxy S II leaks, unicorns right around the corner
Albino Nexus S, meet your better specced, bleached out, dual-core nemesis — the mythical white Samsung Galaxy S II. The leaked snap is certainly timely, coming in only one day after a UK retailer pro...
Acer Iconia Tab A100 finally available in August for $300
It's been a long and twisted road for Acer's 7-inch Honeycomb tablet, but after all the starts and stops, we've finally got an ETA for the Iconia Tab A100. According to an email sent out to Acer reta...
Foursquare & Groupon Hook Up for Real-Time Deals [EXCLUSIVE]
Foursquare users in the U.S. and Canada will start to see Groupon's daily deals in the Explore tab of the application and on Foursquare.com beginning Friday, Mashable has learned. — Groupon has beco...
Virgin Will Price Spotify ‘Significantly Less’ Than Spotify Does
Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) CEO Neil Berkett says he will bundle Spotify with his broadband service for a “very, very low monthly subscription”. — Spotify charges £9.99 for its Premium service.
Cancer Survivors Build Social Network For Social Good
The social Web has a tendency to fold in on itself. Shortly after the launch of Google Plus, for example, users began to complain that it was only being used to talk about Google Plus. Drew Olanoff,...
Why The Atlantic joined up with Pulse — and what the app's usage stats can tell data-hungry publishers
and what the app's usage stats can tell data-hungry publishers — Just last week Pulse struck a new partnership agreement, adding The Atlantic, The Atlantic Wire, and The National Journal to its list ...
In Baring Facts of Train Crash, Blogs Erode China Censorship
BEIJING — “After all the wind and storm, what's going on with the high-speed train?” read the prophetic message posted last Saturday evening on the Chinese microblog Sina Weibo. “It's crawling slower...
Hands-On: Skyfire's Flash-Friendly VideoQ App Brings Flash to iOS
Skyfire, the people who brought you the flash-capable iOS web browser of the same name, have released Skyfire VideoQ, an app that lets users view flash videos from any iOS browser including Safari.
Verizon Wireless Approves $10 Billion Distribution to Co-Owners
Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, approved a $10 billion distribution to owners Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc, the first payout of that kind in more than five y...
WebM Patent Fight Ahead for Google?
MPEG LA says that 12 patent holders have stepped forward with patents they believe are essential to the VP8 standard. A patent pool license could be next. — In February, MPEG LA announced a call fo...
Looking To Sink Their Teeth Into Some Tasty Northwest Startups, Google Takes A Bite Of PIE
If you haven't heard of PIE, it's probably because you don't live in the Pacific Northwest. But the Portland Incubator Experiment has already amassed such an impressive roster of startups that everyo...
Document: FBI Surveillance Geeks Fear, Love New Gadgets
Can't wait for 4G to become the ubiquitous standard for mobile communication? On the edge of your seat for the unveiling of Microsoft's secret Menlo Project and Greenfield application? — You're not...