Radio Shack inventory screen pegs iPhone 5 for Sprint
Could it be? Are the rumors true? If this screenshot, apparently culled from Radio Shack's inventory system, is any indication, Sprint will indeed be among the carriers offering the iPhone 5. That ...
Airbnb, Investor Chamath Palihapitiya Settle Differences; Employees Will Get Liquidity
Former Facebook employee — and newly minted venture capitalist — Chamath Palihapitiya is back involved in a new funding round for Airbnb, after the apartment-sharing company and he discussed the terms...
Oracle commits to ‘parallel everything’ architecture for Exadata, Exalogic
Summary: Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison insisted upon the importance of the “parallel architecture” strategy for developing hardware and software together. — SAN FRANCISCO — There is the notion that if ...
Massive Security Vulnerability In HTC Android Devices
I am quite speechless right now. Justin Case and I have spent all day together with Trevor Eckhart (you may remember him as TrevE …
Facebook: Brutal Dishonesty
“Facebook does not track users across the web,” - A Facebook spokesperson on September 25, 2011 — “Generally, unlike other major Internet companies, we have no interest in tracking people.” - Faceb...
Mozilla Paladin project is developing Gladius, a 3D game engine for web browsers
With the advent of HTML5 and WebGL, the move away from Adobe Flash and instead pumping out interactive entertainment directly in the browser has begun. We've already got HTML5 video, multiple 2D game...
The case against the Kindle as a low end tablet disruption
In an HBR article Rob Wheeler makes the case for the Kindle Fire as a disruptive innovation. I believe that it is but crucially I disagree that the Kindle Fire is a low end disruption. — My assessm...
Google's “Interesting” Week
Let's start gingerly, with Nokia. You'll recall the indignation when Nokia threw Symbian under the Windows Phone 7 bus and osborned its existing product line. Nokia dead-ended Symbian handsets, caus...
Nick Bilton Turns Down $1.5 Million+ From CBS/CNET, Stays At NY Times
Nick Bilton, the NY Times lead technology writer, may be one of the most heavily recruited tech writers around. He was our number one most desired hire while I was at TechCrunch. And apparently at C...
Google Joins Apple in Push for Tax Holiday
As a coalition led by Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), and Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) presses for a tax holiday on more than $1 trillion in offshore profits, it is turning to a well-positioned lo...
No One Likes A Tattletale, Except Of course, Zynga
“No one likes a tattletale, Danny... except of course, me.” Ty Webb (Chevy Chase), Caddyshack. — An interesting twist in the Zynga lawsuit with Vostu over game stealing - At least one Vostu employe...
Oracle commits to ‘parallel everything’ architecture for Exadata, Exalogic
Summary: Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison insisted upon the importance of the “parallel architecture” strategy for developing hardware and software together. — SAN FRANCISCO — There is the notion that if ...