Plenty of Chatter About a New iPhone
We're just weeks away from the announcement of the new Apple iPhone 5, according to an Apple employee who asked not to be named because he was not allowed to speak publicly for the company. — As the...
Microsoft jettisons Flash with ‘plug-in free’ Windows 8 Metro IE10
The tablet-optimized Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 in Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 will be a “plug-in free experience,” as the company follows Apple's lead in abandoning Adobe Flash in favor...
It's Called Google Propeller and It's Aimed at Flipboard (and Facebook, Too, Natch)
Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. — Earlier today, well-known digerati dude Robert Scoble posted on his social feed on Google+ that the search giant was working on a social and ne...
I'll be launching my new (personal) blog in a couple of days.
iPad iOS 5 vs Windows 8 Slate [video]
Microsoft unveiled its Windows 8 developer preview earlier this week, but how does it compare to iOS? — Microsoft has done some impressive work with Windows 8 to make it truly slate friendly. Hardw...
Apple IPad Data Was Given to Fleishman, Samsung Witness Says
Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — An ex-Samsung Electronics Co. manager, testifying at the insider-trader trial of Primary Global Research LLC executive James Fleishman, told jurors he disclosed confidential shi...
Windows 8 Gets Sad New Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft's next release of their flagship operating system, Windows 8, will sport an updated error screen, most commonly referred to as the ‘Blue Screen of Death’ (BSoD). For those fortunate enough ...
Sony Designs Tablet That's Not an iPad Wannabe
One reason Apple's iPad continues to dominate the tablet market after 17 months may be that all the main competitors look like imitations but don't deliver as good an experience. They are typically f...
Research In Motion Earnings At Low End of Forecast as Cash Drops by Half
BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion said on Thursday reported sales and earnings at the low end of its forecast and below what many analysts had been expecting. — The smartphone and tablet ma...
Instapaper's (anti-)social network
Ben Brooks noticed and blogged about how Instapaper's social features, introduced earlier this year, are minimal: … That was exactly the idea, and I'm very happy to see it perceived that way. — Soci...
Exclusive: Andy Weissman Leaves betaworks For Union Square Ventures
Betaworks co-founder Andy Weissman has made a major and unexpected move. After four years at the innovation lab, Mr. Weissman is leaving to join New York's most prestigious venture fund, Union Square...
Intel's Thunderbolt With Fiber Optics Years Away
Intel's Thunderbolt high-speed interconnect technology, which shuffles data between PCs and devices like displays and external storage, could be years away from getting optical technology, an Intel ex...
Apple wins right to “thinnest smartphone” and expands Samsung patent fight to UK
Apple won a minor marketing battle against Samsung in the UK as it expanded its larger, global patent war with Samsung into the UK courts as well. — Apple's marketing of its 9.3mm iPhone 4 as the …
Netflix Cuts Its Guidance by One Million Subscribers
Netflix, which instituted a price hike earlier this fall, says the higher costs are turning off more customers than it expected. The video rental company has cut its third quarter U.S. subscriber pro...
iOS games ‘absolutely not under consideration’ says Nintendo boss
Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata recently reiterated that Nintendo will not develop games for Apple's iPad, iPod and iPhone, despite recent pressure from investors to jump on the iOS bandwagon.
Boeing chooses Android for 787 Dreamliner's entertainment system
SMALLER LARGER - WATCH THIS NEWS ITEM ADD TO FAVOURITES — While Apple continues to score wins in the use of its iPad for inflight entertainment, Boeing has chosen its nemesis - Google's Android o...