U.S. Files Antitrust Complaint to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
The U.S. government sued to block AT&T Inc.'s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc., saying the deal would “substantially lessen competition” in the wireless market. — The Justice De...
Amazon 10-inch tablet PC to start mass production in 1Q12
Mass production of Amazon's 10.1-inch tablet PC reportedly will be conducted in the first quarter of 2012 with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to handle the orders, according to sourc...
Microsoft: The Schizophrenic Windows 8 Interface Will Offer the “Best of Both Worlds”
One thing that has vexed industry watchers for quite a while now is how Microsoft plans to integrate its flashy Metro interface for tablets and phones with its upcoming Windows 8 interface.
Facebook Plans to Launch Music Platform in September
Facebook plans to launch a music platform at its f8 conference in San Francisco on 9/22, a source with knowledge of the plans tells CNBC. — The social network's music platform launch has been long r...
The Patent Pledge
I realized recently that we may be able to solve part of the patent problem without waiting for the government. — I've never been 100% sure whether patents help or hinder technological progress. Wh...
Sony launches touchscreen 3D PC
JAPANESE ELECTRONICA MAKER Sony is launching a touchscreen 3D PC that allows users to watch 3D video from a TV or Playstation 3 through a 3D HDMI output. — The Vaio L Series PC can be used with the ...
Financial Times Apps Finally Pulled From iOS
Two months after the deadline for compliance hit, it's now clear The Financial Times and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) can't come to a compromise over the new requirement that in-app subscription payments must g...
Couple Can Sue Laptop-Tracking Company for Spying on Sex Chats
An Ohio woman and her boyfriend can sue a laptop-tracking company that recorded their sexually explicit communications in an effort to identify thieves who stole the computer the woman was using.
Sprint Changing ETFs Starting September 9th
As of right now the early termination fee for ending a contract before it's up is a pricey $200, but starting September 9th you might not think $200 is so bad. Our world renowned Super Spies have don...
Google's New HTML5 Chrome Apps For Gmail, Calendar And Docs Give Users Offline Access
As we reported at Google I/O in May, Google has been working on offline versions of their three most popular apps: Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. Google previously offered offline access fo...
Using Skype from Your Home Phone Just Got Easier
•Me Home Phone Adapter for Skype and a New Skype-enabled Cordless Phone from GE Open up a New World of Calls from Your Home Phone — At Skype, we strive to ensure anyone can use Skype anywhere, at an...
Spotify opens doors to iOS devs with new API
Subscription streaming music service Spotify launched an API on Wednesday that allows third-party iOS developers to integrate Spotify into their apps. Called libspotify, the new resource should allow...
Twitter Ramps Up Its Ad Plan Again, With Ads You Haven't Asked To See
Coming to some of you, in about a month: Ads in your Tweetstream, from Twitter accounts you don't follow. — In an incremental but important step for Twitter's ad business, Dick Costolo's company …
Sony debuts Android-based Walkman prototype
Sony's Android-powered Walkman brings many music-specific features. One of them is this W.Music app, shown here with a scattering of albums that will play when tapped. Swipe gestures bring new album...
Mobile App Inventory Hungry Enough to Eat Internet Display Ad Spend
Smartphones app usage, facilitated by explosive iOS and Android device adoption, has created among the fastest-growing media channels in the history of consumer technology. Flurry estimates that, wor...
Samsung Series 7: aluminum covers, quad-core Core i7 power, and AMD graphics starting at $999
Samsung might have just announced a trio of new Galaxy S II phones a few hours ago, but it's shifting gears fast to some brand-canew laptops. And they're not just your run-of-the-mill systems.
Sony Finally Fully Unveils Its Android Tabs, The Sony S and P
“It's not about who makes them first, but who makes them better.” That's how Sony's Sir Howard Stringer announced his upcoming tablets. Zing. — Meet the S and P, everyone. Sony just took the wrap...
Apple loses another unreleased iPhone (exclusive)
Cava22, the San Francisco bar where another unreleased iPhone apparently went missing. — In a bizarre repeat of a high-profile incident last year, an Apple employee once again appears to have lost a...
“One last run” TouchPad blog refers to the US
HOME > “ONE LAST RUN” TOUCHPAD BLO... “One last run” TouchPad blog refers to the US — You know HP's “one last run” blog post about the TouchPad that everyone is currently peeing their pants over?...
Guardian journalist negligently disclosed Cablegate passwords
A Guardian journalist has negligently disclosed top secret WikiLeaks' decryption passwords to hundreds of thousands of unredacted unpublished US diplomatic cables. — Knowledge of the Guardian disclo...
My Thoughts on Daily Deals...
Daily deals have been a hit with consumers and since we launched Yelp Deals last year, we've learned a lot about the business.
HTC Jetstream 10.1-inch Honeycomb tablet available on AT&T September 4th for $699.99
That “Puccini” tablet from HTC that's been floating around for a few months has finally been announced for AT&T as the Jetstream, and pretty much all the rumors are true: it offers both HSPA+ and LTE ...
Nokia Exec Leaves After 21 Years To Start ‘Vision+’ Fund, Promptly Partners With Nokia
Nokia this morning announced that Tero Ojanperä, former CTO and currently Executive Vice President and a member of the company's ‘Leadership Team’, is leaving the flailing phone manufacturer …
Windows 8 Start Menu caught on camera, shows off high-contrast design
Most anyone who's paid attention knows Windows 8 will feature some fancy tweaks, including a revamped Windows Explorer and new copy, move and rename functions. But now Redmond's given us a blink-and-...
What's new in Pictures + Camera for Mango
I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't own a “real” camera anymore, digital or otherwise. — Instead, for the past couple of years I've recorded all my memorable events with my phone—my daug...
Google Quietly Rolls Out The Chrome Extension To Bring +1 To The Entire Web
You may recall that back in May, we spotted something in Google's “Dear Sophie” commercial: an unreleased +1 Chrome extension. This was pre-Google+, when the +1 button still didn't do a whole lot …
Salesforce Adds Realtime Chat, Screen Sharing, And Groups To Chatter; Debuts HTML5 Mobile App
Salesforce's ‘social network for the enterprise’ Chatter has been the company's first real foray into incorporating social with business functions. Salesforce originally announced Chatter …
The New York Times imagines the kitchen table of the future
At The New York Times Company's R&D Lab, the group's collective of technologists, artists, and journalists talks a lot about “information shadows” — the auras of data that surround us in our daily liv...
Hackers break into Linux source code site
But Linux geeks say that the kernel source code is secure — IDG News Service - As Linux fans know, there are two kinds of hackers: the good guys who develop free software, such as the Linux kernel, ...
New Kindle ‘@author’ feature lets readers ask writers questions from inside their books
Amazon.com today unveiled a new Kindle feature, @author, that will let readers ask questions of authors while reading their books. Confused about the motivations of a particular character?
Exclusive Interview with Mike Kirkup, Sr. Director of Developer Relations, on why he is leaving Research In Motion
It's a sad day for CrackBerry Nation. To say I was shocked when I saw word that one of our absolute all-time favorite Research In Motion employees, Mike Kirkup …