Steve Jobs Funeral Is Friday
The funeral for Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.'s co-founder, is taking place Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter. — The funeral is characterized as a small private gathering, this person ...
AT&T ‘working with Apple’ to show 4G indicator in iPhone 4S status bar (update: confirmed)
AT&T and T-Mobile have led the charge over the past year to brand their upgraded HSPA+ networks as “4G,” even though such networks historically don't fall into the “4G” definition …
Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America's Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots' every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. — The virus, fi...
Samsung and Google postpone Galaxy Nexus launch
Samsung has just announced, rather sensationally, that the product launch it had planned in conjunction with Google for next week's CTIA will not in fact be happening. Here's the statement in full:
Sprint goes LTE: 120 cities with new 4G by end of 2012
Sprint Strategy Update event talks LTE — Sprint in tandem with its Strategy Update event Friday is now known to be outlining a switch to LTE for its 4G. Taking advantage of its Network Vision sites...
Apple's iPhone 4S now available for pre-order ahead of Oct. 14 launch
As promised, Apple has begun pre-orders for the anticipated iPhone 4S. Pre-ordering is now available in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom through App...
En Fuego: Kindle Fire Orders Keep Climbing
After racking up an estimated 95,000 pre-orders within the first 24 hours of availability, Amazon's forthcoming Kindle Fire tablet continues to sell well. Demand for the device shows no signs of slow...
7th-gen iPod nano teardown reveals new Apple processor, SanDisk flash
A teardown of Apple's seventh generation iPod nano, announced Tuesday, revealed a new Apple processor and a switch to SanDisk flash inside the diminutive music player, but few other internal changes f...
3.5 Inches
I've been wondering why Apple chose to make the iPhone 4′s screen 3.5-inches when other comparable phones with Android and Windows Phone 7 have larger, more inviting screens. When you first see a pho...
Oh my: Bravo now casting Silicon Valley reality show
First comes the money, then come the cameras: Bravo, the cable television network known for such reality shows as The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and The Millionaire Matchmaker, is apparently loo...
Yahoo looking to sell Japanese stake, exit market
Yahoo is rumoured to be considering the sale of its stake in its high-performing business in Japan to help simplify a potential sale of the struggling firm. — The company may offload its 35% stake i...
YouTube now has movies in the UK
Back in May we brought new release movies and more for rent to YouTube in the US. Last month, we took it to Canada. Now, over a thousand full-length feature films from major Hollywood and British st...
Microsoft's Skype purchase gets the EC green light. Now what?
Summary: The European antitrust authorities have given the nod to Microsoft's acquisition of Skype. — The European Commission's antitrust authorities have given Microsoft's $8.5 billion Skype acquis...
Groupon Plans to ‘Significantly’ Reduce Marketing Spending Amid Criticism
Groupon Inc., the online-coupon site that has filed for an initial public offering, said it plans to “significantly” reduce online marketing spending over time as such investments yield insufficient r...
Review: The 2011 $79 Kindle with ads and buttons
New $79 Kindle with ads (left), Kindle 3 (right), asleep — Nearly everything about the $79 Kindle is cheap. — The lock screen shows a giant ad whenever the Kindle is off. Previous Kindles show ta...
RIM Buys NewBay
Another acquisition for Research In Motion. The BlackBerry maker is buying NewBay Software, a provider of white-label cloud-based content services. RIM confirmed to AllThingsD that it has signed an ...