Skype WiFi - now available on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch
Skype WiFi (formerly known as Skype Access) is coming to iOS. We've just launched a new iOS application that's free to download from Apple's App store. — With the new Skype WiFi app, you can go onl...
Ashton Kutcher Is a Massive Whore
Not only did Ashton Kutcher pose for the cover of Details' September issue, he also edited a special “online only” version, out today. Turns out Hollywood's prettiest boytoy is one compromised whore ...
Exclusive: Apple's Mobile Ad Head Andy Miller Departs for Highland Capital
Andy Miller (pictured here), the high-profile VP of mobile advertising at Apple, is planning on leaving the company, according to sources close to the situation. — Sources said Miller — who sold Qua...
Apple, Qualcomm, others eye InterDigital: sources
(Reuters) - Apple Inc, Nokia and Qualcomm Inc are among several technology companies pondering bids for InterDigital Inc, sources familiar with the situation said. — The auction of the wireless tele...
The leak today of BART officer data could be the work sanctioned by those who truly support anonymous, or agent provocateurs. Stay skeptical
Don't Mean To Be Alarmist, But Groupon Is Running Low On Cash
One of the fastest-growing companies in the history of the world, Groupon, is now running seriously low on cash. — The company is not broke, by any means. It can also presumably raise additional ca...
The Future of the Living Room
Summer is a transition time for many people: the break between school years; a vacation before tackling another year of work; and for network television that's been a guest in our living rooms for so ...
Apple's Online Store Gets More Social With Twitter and Facebook Links
Following today's mysterious downtime for Apple's online stores, users have been scouring the store pages to look for any changes. While the store remains largely unchanged with no major new product ...
Beyond Windows 8: Patent Hints To A Future Streaming OS
Microsoft already has an idea how the Windows operating system may evolve after Windows 8. A patent filing entitled “Fast Machine Booting Through Streaming Storage” describes a chain of storage devic...
Windows 8 Will Have An App Store And A “Human Interaction Platform”
Microsoft's Windows chief Steve Sinofsky said he was ready to start talking about Windows 8 on Monday, and today he followed up on his promise by listing the feature teams who are working on the next ...
Google Launches A Music Blog To Remind People That Google Music Beta Still Exists
Music Beta, remember it? It's the online music locker service that Google unveiled at I/O in May. But the keyword in the title very much remains “Beta” — as in, not in any way ready for prime time.
Motorola's new Droid HD makes cameo alongside Droid Bionic
We've just received a fascinating set of photos from a sharp-eyed tipster, who sent along images of what appear to be Motorola's Droid Bionic and, most alluringly, that rumored handset known as the Dr...
Come Tomorrow, More Than Half of the U.S. Population will Have Access to Verizon's 4G LTE Network
Verizon announced it will be flipping the 4G LTE switch on for another 15 cities come this Thursday, an announcement that will bring Verizon's 4G LTE network to more than half of the U.S. population.
Square Co-Founder And Others Put $17M In Online Merchant Lender Kabbage
Atlanta-based startup Kabbage, which provides working capital to online merchants, has raised $17 million in Series B funding led by Mohr Davidow Ventures with BlueRun Ventures, David Bonderman, found...
Judge bounces Google's complaint over Android code viewing
ITC rejects Google effort to block expert testimony in Microsoft-Motorola patent battle — Computerworld - A U.S. trade judge has rejected Google's move to block the testimony of a Microsoft expert w...
Delta deploying iPads to pilots as electronic flight bag replacements
By John Hiesler: — Delta Airlines has begun testing Apple's iPad as electronic flight bags (EFB). EFBs help reduce paper by digitizing on-board flight information that has typically been printed ou...
Jumo ‘Acquired’ for $0 and a Graceful Exit
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has struggled with his ambitious solo start-up, the social network for activism Jumo, ever since its bumpy launch. Waning traffic and disinterested users were making ...
Nokia Sees ‘Signs of Danger’ for Google Partners After Motorola
Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop said Google Inc. (GOOG)'s purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. would pose a danger to companies using Google's Android mobile-phone operat...
AT&T sues customers seeking to block T-Mobile deal
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc is turning to the federal courts to thwart an effort led by law firm Bursor & Fisher to derail AT&T's $39 billion takeover bid for Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile. — In eight law...
Photovine Grows Ready For Public Use; Easily Google's Most Ambitious Photo-Sharing App Yet
Google's Slide team has been busy. In the past few months, they've unleashed a range of social apps meant to fulfill different needs. But the strange thing is that Google hasn't done a thing to prom...
How Did BART Kill Cellphone Service?
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system initially claimed a phone service shut-down was performed by telecoms, but that's not the latest story — The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit syst...
Samsung's Lee eyes deals to boost software prowess: report
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee has asked the firm's top management to seek measures including acquisitions to enhance its software prowess, local media reports said on Wednesday.
A Bull Market in Tech Patents
Google was willing on Monday to pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility in no small part because of its stockpile of 17,000 patents. The patent portfolio, some analysts estimate, could represent more...
StumbleUpon's new Explore Box lets you stumble with purpose
Since its inception, StumbleUpon has worked pretty much as the name advertised: It allows you to stumble upon cool things on the web, rather than through explicit web searches. But a new beta feature...
City to test parking meters that can be paid by phone
Drivers may soon be able to phone the meter instead of feeding it in person. — New York City plans to test new “pay by phone” parking meters that warn motorists as the time winds down and invites th...
Kodak Worth More in Breakup With $3B Patents
Eastman Kodak Co. (EK) may hold patents worth five times more than the business itself, making the 131- year-old camera company a target in the billion-dollar hunt for inventions used in mobile phones...
SIM-free Pre3 now available via Palm Europe for £299.00 [UPDATE x2: Statement from HP]
There have been a thousand-and-one rumors and bits of news going around of the HP Pre3 being made available as a SIM-Free device in Europe, but now it's looking to be official.
BlackBerry Maker RIM Again Subject of Takeover Talk
OTTAWA — Ever since the introduction of its first BlackBerry more than a decade ago, Research in Motion has defied expectations that it would be gobbled up by a larger rival and has effectively create...
Tudou to Raise $174 Million in U.S. IPO
Tudou Holdings Ltd., China's second- biggest video website, raised $174 million yesterday in its U.S. initial public offering, said a person with knowledge of the matter. — The Shanghai-based compan...
Someone Wants to Build a Glass-Roofed Apple Store on the Third Street Promenade
A tipster points us to this item scheduled for consideration by the Santa Monica Planning Commission tomorrow night—an unnamed retailer wants to tear down the old three story Borders space on the Thir...
Skype WiFi - now available on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch
Skype WiFi (formerly known as Skype Access) is coming to iOS. We've just launched a new iOS application that's free to download from Apple's App store. — With the new Skype WiFi app, you can go onl...
Nintendo Wii makeover: Streamlined style but no GameCube support
Nintendo is readying a new version of the Wii, featuring a streamlined design intended to be placed horizontally rather than vertically, and with a new, lower price. Confirmed so far for the UK marke...