CrunchFund confusion
If Michael Arrington is leaving TechCrunch, what does that mean for the investors in CrunchFund? — Yesterday we were first to report that tech blogger Michael Arrington has launched a $20 million ve...
Amazon's Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I've Seen It, Played With It.
It's called simply the “Amazon Kindle”. But it's not like any Kindle you've seen before. It displays content in full color. It has a 7-inch capacitive touch screen. And it runs Android.
Google Acquired Motorola for More Than Patents, Chairman Eric Schmidt Says
Google Inc. (GOOG) Chairman Eric Schmidt said his company's planned $12.5 billion purchase of smartphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. was aimed at acquiring products, and not merely patents.
Lost iPhone 5 Update: Police ‘Assisted’ Apple Investigators in Search of SF Man's Home
The bizarre saga involving a lost prototype of the iPhone 5 has taken another interesting turn. Contradicting past statements that no records exist of police involvement in the search for the lost pr...
AT&T prepares two-track plan to save T-Mobile deal
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc is expected to soon present a proposed solution to U.S. antitrust regulators to salvage its planned $39 billion acquisition of smaller rival T-Mobile USA, according to people clos...
A fall spring-clean
Technology improves, people's needs change, some bets pay off and others don't. So, as Larry previewed on our last earnings call, today we're having a fall spring-clean at Google. — Over the next f...
Samsung Electronics Would ‘Never’ Pursue Purchase of WebOS, Says CEO Choi
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest maker of mobile phones, rejected speculation it may buy Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ)'s WebOS software used in handsets and tablet computers.
Apple to ITC: Andy Rubin got inspiration for Android framework while working at Apple
I just provided a detailed update on the current state of affairs in the ITC investigation of Apple's first complaint against HTC, and I saved a true gem for this separate blog post.
Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
Intel reportedly plans to temporarily discontinue development of its MeeGo OS due to a lack of enthusiasm for the platform from handset and tablet PC vendors. Instead, Intel will focus on hardware pr...
This Guy Walked Away From The Genius Bar With A Drive Full Of Apple's Retail Secrets [Exclusive Pics]
After news broke yesterday that Apple had, for the second time in two years, lost an iPhone prototype at a San Francisco bar, the general reaction was one of incredulity.
Lenovo announces IdeaPad A1, the $199 Android tablet, we go hands-on (video)
If you thought you couldn't get a real Android tablet from a brand you've heard of for less than $200, think again. Lenovo's just announced the IdeaPad Tablet A1, a 7-inch Android unit that we got a ...
Microsoft, Yahoo, TripAdvisor, Yelp and VEVO Now Among Largest Facebook Applications
The Facebook platform is best known for social games, but another class of applications has been on the rise in the past couple years: integrations of Facebook features by large media and tech compani...
Twitter Keeps Suspending Accounts Based On Highly Questionable DMCA Claims
Last year, we wrote about how Twitter was receiving a ton of DMCA takedown notices. That seemed pretty strange to us, because with such short messages, there's little that could be covered by copyrig...
Ex-Microsoft exec kickstarts new social network for college kids
Creating a social network for college kids might seem like a foolhardy pursuit given Facebook's historic roots in that market. And Jonathan Lazarus says that his new upstart, a social networking site...
Court Tosses Out Ridiculous Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google
A year and a half ago, we wrote about a bizarre antitrust lawsuit filed in Ohio state court by a small shopping search engine company most people haven't heard of called myTriggers. The details were ...
Apple's first store in London's financial district in doubt over sunlight regulations
Apple may be hindered in its attempts to open a new Apple Store in the heart of London's financial district after the plot's current owner, the City of London local authority, has been swept up in a l...
LulzSec and Anonymous police and FBI investigation sees two more arrested
Two men arrested in South Yorkshire and Wiltshire as part of investigation into international online hacking gangs — Two men have been arrested in connection with online attacks by hacking gangs Ano...
Baidu offers glimpse of new mobile OS
(Reuters) - China's top search engine Baidu Inc offered a glimpse of its upcoming mobile operating system and launched a new mobile application platform on Friday aimed at bolstering its presence in t...
Patent Troll WiLAN Targets Apple, HP, HTC, Dell And Others In Yet Another Suit
Self-proclaimed “technology innovation and licensing company” WiLAN, billed as a notorious patent troll by most anyone else (and often, much worse), this morning announced that it has initiated litiga...
Huge milestone: Tumblr users have soon cranked out 10 BILLION posts
The growth of the microblogging platform Tumblr has been nothing short of amazing. The increase in users and overall attention the service is getting is reminiscent of when Twitter took off. There a...
HTC Titan and Radar WP7 Mango phones revealed, we go hands-on
HTC just threw two new Windows Phone handsets down on the table and politely requested that we be impressed. The high-end Titan (previously leaked as the 'Eternity') is indeed an awe-inspiring brute,...