CHART OF THE DAY: Apple's Incredible Run Under Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs is leaving Apple in considerably better shape than he found it. — When Apple acquired NeXT, and Jobs, for $400 million in December, 1996, Apple's market cap was $3 billion. Today it's $3...
Samsung accidentally confirms the Nexus Prime?
The Nexus line of phones have been widely likened to the iPhone when it comes to the wealth of speculation, rumors, and general obsession over the upcoming release of those devices. With the next ver...
Google TV to launch in UK
An “internet TV” service that allows people to switch between television and the web on the same set is to be launched in the UK by Google. — The “Google TV” innovation will also mean that viewers c...
IBM Builds Biggest Data Drive Ever
The system could enable detailed simulations of real-world phenomena—or store 24 billion MP3s. — A data repository almost 10 times bigger than any made before is being built by researchers at IBM's ...
Windows 8: Two new 3rd party apps using the new Metro UI
Summary: With most developers around the world having to wait until BUILD to find out how to develop for Windows 8, some companies are already cranking out Windows 8 apps! See two of them here. — S...
City Websites Are All Down; Why Is There So Little Info On Evacuation Procedures?
There's a lot of talk of evacuation right now in light of the impending arrival of Hurricane Irene. The city has already released a map of evacuation zones and evacuated the “most vulnerable” …
Groupon Tries Sneaky New Way To Get Around SEC “Quiet Period” Rules—Think The SEC Will Notice?
Think The SEC Will Notice? — Groupon has taken some heat in the media of late. — Critics have dismissed it as a “Ponzi scheme,” blasted its ridiculous “earnings before marketing expenses,” fretted ...
Google+ launches an “ignore” option. Hide people but let them interact with your content.
Google has just introduced a new way of customizing Google+ so you only see content from people you're interested in with having to completely block them. — The Block Option
Pound for pound, Pandora ads now worth more than radio
Internet radio company Pandora reported the financial results for its first three months as a public company on Thursday. The Oakland, Calif.-based company confirmed that while it still has a long wa...
HTC Omega: First Press Shots (Image)
This is the HTC Omega, an upcoming Windows Phone 7 device from HTC (likely to be announced at the September 1 press event). It'll come in a white/silver color combination, perhaps with aluminum const...
Unbridled Entrepreneurism
Y Combinator had its semiannual demo day earlier this week, where many of the 63 startups in this batch showed their stuff to investors and press for the first time. It was the largest demo day so fa...
Apple wins expedited trial in California lawsuit against Samsung — trial date: July 30, 2012
trial date: July 30, 2012 — After a Dutch court ordered a preliminary injunction against three Samsung smartphones (which is far from devastating to Samsung but adds another piece to Apple's “copycat...
The Expendables Makers Dismiss Massive BitTorrent Lawsuit
Since 2010 the United States Copyright Group (USCG) has sued tens of thousands of BitTorrent users who allegedly shared films without the consent of copyright holders. — Their example was soon follo...
Firefox 6 Takes Off, up to Over 8% of Traffic
August 16th saw the release of the newest version of Firefox; Firefox 6, and already the browser is taking off with rave reviews. The second version released under Mozilla's new rapid-release process...
BlackBerry PlayBook v2.0 screenshots show up in the forums?
Just last week Kevin was talking about BlackBerry PlayBook v2.0, and now tonight watchful CrackBerry members have posted these screenshots in the forums. Originally posted on a Chinese website, there...
Google signs up three schools for Chromebooks
Google's put in motion an Apple-like plan calling for Chromebooks in education, traditionally a strong market for Apple's Macintosh computers. The company announced on its official Enterprise blog ba...