Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet
Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest online retailer, unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet computer, taking aim at Apple Inc.'s bestselling iPad with a device that's smaller and less than half the price. ...
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I don't comment on Apple products or development here, but I'm absolutely fascinated by the Amazon Fire announcement today, and it has nothing to do with the iPad. — Lost in the “Is it an iPad Kille...
Microsoft Signs Mega-Patent Deal With Samsung, Will Get Royalties on Every Android Device It Sells
Microsoft is announcing today the biggest Android-related patent deal to date, signing a broad cross-licensing deal with Samsung. — With the deal, Microsoft will get royalty revenue …
Amazon Announces $199 Kindle Fire Tablet, $149 Kindle touch 3G, $99 Kindle touch and $79 Kindle
Amazon today unveiled its long-rumored tablet: the Kindle Fire. Based on Android, but with a custom-designed user interface, the Kindle tablet will cost $199 and go on sale on November 15.
MeeGo is dead: Meet Tizen, another new open source OS based on Linux
First there was Maemo and Moblin, combined to form MeeGo under the stewardship of Nokia and Intel. The OS has been floundering after the defection of Nokia to Windows Phone, with plenty of rumors sug...
Ice Cream Sandwich gets a two-minute tour, courtesy of a lucky eBay shopper (video)
The one Android update to rule them all — better known as Ice Cream Sandwich — is penciled in for an official launch sometime in the next two months, so it's only natural for some shots to leak out.
Microsoft cements position as Android's patent toll collector
Summary: Microsoft is going to make money from almost every Android device shipped. — Samsung's move to license Microsoft patents for its Android devices means that the software giant as secured its...
Facebook Keeps A History Of Everyone Who Has Ever Poked You, Along With A Lot Of Other Data
Your Facebook report might be 100s of pages long — Across the pond, European law grants citizens a “right to access,” meaning that companies have to provide a person with all of the personal data th...
Groupon Closes The Redemption Loop With Loyalty Rewards
Groupon may be struggling to get its IPO out the door, but that is not stopping it from introducing new products. Up until now, Groupon has built a billion-dollar business by getting local merchants ...
An update on our Motorola acquisition
Since we announced our plans to acquire Motorola Mobility, we've been excited about the positive reaction to the proposed deal — particularly from our partners who have told us that they're enthusiast...
Google+ upcoming feature discoveries: Google Experts, the Facebook wall and more
I was snooping around the Google+ source code, trying to get early access to the new circle sharing feature when I came across some interesting features that haven't been discovered yet.
Best Buy cuts holiday hiring by half
(Reuters) - Best Buy Co, the world's largest consumer electronics chain, will cut its hiring of temporary workers in the United States this holiday season by almost half compared with 2010. — The de...
Inside Google Plus
For all of Google's successes, the company has an underwhelming track record when it comes to social networks. Time after time, its attempts have been met with shrugs or downright hostility. An earl...
What a crappy and hypocritical move by the Wall Street Journal
giving itself the right …
Seed funded startups ripe for shakeout, VCs say
Individual seed investors have been an increasingly powerful force in Silicon Valley's startup funding landscape. But in an onstage conversation at GigaOM's Mobilize conference in San Francisco Tuesd...
New iPhone 4 and iPod touch appear in Apple's inventory system
As Apple's October 4th event approaches, two of Apple's announcements have been revealed in Apple's internal inventory system. The first is a new iPod touch. Three new iPod touch models have appeare...
HP TouchPad Go details galore [exclusive]
So we've seen some FCC details from the 7-inch HP TouchPad Go and even got a few blurry cam photos out of China that revealed a good number of the specs (1.5GHz processor, 16GB storage, etc). But are...
Apple complains about timing of Verizon's proposed amicus brief in Samsung case
On Friday, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, Verizon, asked a federal court for permission to file an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief in support of Samsung against Apple, and provided its...
Google to build data centers in Singapore, HK, Taiwan
(Reuters) - Google Inc said on Wednesday that it will begin building data centers in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, which will be operational within 1-2 years once construction begins. — Investmen...
Google asks to protect Android plans in AT&T, T-Mobile antitrust trial
Summary: In a bid to protect confidential information from “reaching competitors, or even the newspapers”, Google filed a motion to block the disclosure of its Android plans. — Google wants to prote...
What a crappy and hypocritical move by the Wall Street Journal
giving itself the right …
An update on our Motorola acquisition
Since we announced our plans to acquire Motorola Mobility, we've been excited about the positive reaction to the proposed deal — particularly from our partners who have told us that they're enthusiast...
Apple complains about timing of Verizon's proposed amicus brief in Samsung case
On Friday, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, Verizon, asked a federal court for permission to file an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief in support of Samsung against Apple, and provided its...