Two Key Features Of Facebook Music: Scrobbling And Track Unification
Yesterday, we outlined a bit of what we've heard about Facebook's upcoming f8 conference. One big launch will be their official foray into music. Today, we've heard more about that launch.
The New Apple Advantage
Peter Bright wrote a good piece earlier this week at Ars Technica, documenting his attempt to buy a MacBook Air-like Windows laptop (he doesn't want an Air running Windows using Boot Camp because he d...
Here's A Great Story About The Astonishing Lengths Apple Went Through To Keep The iPad Secret
We talked to the developer of a very successful iPad app yesterday, and he told us a tale about the absurd steps he and his team went through to get an iPad before the product's launch.
DIY flying robo hacker threatens wireless networks
Modify a remote-control toy helicopter (above) to carry a wireless-network-hunting computer (below), and you've got a menacing hacker drone. — (Credit: Top: Parrot SA. Bottom: Stevens Institute of ...
Great digital expectations
Digitisation may have came late to book publishing, but it is transforming the business in short order — TO SEE how profoundly the book business is changing, watch the shelves. Next month IKEA will...
AOL and Yahoo Are Not Talking About a Merger (Any More Than I Am a Yahoo CEO Candidate)
If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve. — I think that about takes care of it on the possibility of me becoming CEO of Yahoo.
Windows 8 tablet from Samsung has Intel inside
A Samsung tablet expected to be shown at a Microsoft conference next week will be powered by an Intel chip, according to a source familiar with the device. — The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 currently on...
Bing: What's More Evil Than Satan Himself? 10^100
Not too long ago, hiybbprqag wasn't much of a word, but as Google employee Andy Arnt noticed today, if you search Bing for it these days, you will find that it is an “orcish” word meaning “whiner.” U...
Sand Hill Road, University Avenue: Silicon Valley's most expensive streets
the prestige of calling the two Silicon Valley streets home comes at a price.
Tempting f8
We're now less than two weeks away from Facebook's f8 conference. While it's later than usual this year, Facebook uses the event to lay out their vision for the upcoming year and beyond. Typically, ...
In Battle Over The ‘Tweet’ Trademark, Twitter Sues Twittad
You may remember that back in July 2009, Twitter made a big stink about developers using the term ‘tweet’ in their Twitter apps. Oddly enough, while Twitter has long been trying to register the ‘twee...
How to surf T-Mobile without a data plan
The mother of all ingenious hacks has emerged: if you have an Android smartphone and a T-Mobile (US) unlimited messaging plan, you can now use an app called Smozzy to surf the web... for free. — Smo...