Launch of the iPhone 4S Leads to Siri-ously Good Sales for Carriers
It's not a shocker, but the availability of the iPhone 4S gave Sprint its best sales day ever. — The company, which is investing heavily to at long last get the iPhone on its network, said it broke ...
A fall sweep
We aspire to build great products that really change people's lives, products they use two or three times a day. To succeed you need real focus and thought—thought about what you work on and, just as...
Steve Jobs Memorial Service To Be Held Oct. 16
Apple Inc. has invited some of Silicon Valley's biggest names to a memorial service for Steve Jobs Sunday, Oct. 16, according to a copy of the invitation and several invitees. — The event will be he...
iPhone 4S Showdown: AT&T vs. Verizon vs. Sprint Speed Test!
AT&T has not one, but two worthy competitors ready to battle it out for iPhone 4S supremacy, and this time the playing field is far more level than it's ever been. — No longer is Verizon relegated t...
The Three Ventureers: Andreessen Horowitz Joining Conway and Milner in Y Combinator Start Fund
Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz said today that it was joining well-known investors Ron Conway and DST Global's Yuri Milner in the Y Combinator Start Fund, which gives $150,000 to each...
First steps Towards MMS support
MMS has been one of the constant feature requests since we launched Google Voice and we've been hard at work trying to make this happen. — Today, we're happy to announce that we've made the first st...
What the BlackBerry outage will cost RIM
The most severe BlackBerry service disruption in the history of Research In Motion Ltd. could cost the Canadian mobile device maker more than US$100-million in lost revenues. — As some argue the dam...
iPad 3 Headed Into Production
With the iPhone 4S arriving at market today, the never-sated Apple rumor mill is clamoring for more grist. And, as always, there's plenty of it to be had, this time involving the iPad 3. — Accordin...
U.S. Copyright Czar Cozied Up to Content Industry, E-Mails Show
Top-ranking Obama administration officials, including the U.S. copyright czar, played an active role in secret negotiations between Hollywood, the recording industry and ISPs to disrupt internet acces...
Congress, wary of Amazon's Silk browser, demands answers on privacy
Congress is trying to wrap its collective head around Amazon's new Silk Web browser. — At a privacy hearing yesterday, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) expressed outrage at the way Silk's “split” design can f...
Skype for Windows updated to remove Google product bundling
Skype updated version 5.5 and 5.6 of its Windows product on Friday to remove Google products from the installer. — The removal of Google's toolbar from the Skype installer comes shortly after the fi...
Jail Sentence for Pirate Bay Co-Founder Made Final
November last year, the Swedish Appeal Court found three people behind The Pirate Bay guilty of contributory copyright infringement offenses. The trio were handed prison sentences and ordered to pay ...
Post-PC LibreOffice heads for Web, iOS, Android
LibreOffice programmers are working to bring the LibreOffice suite, whose presentation module is shown here, to iOS, Android, and browsers. — LibreOffice, the project forked from OpenOffice.org, is ...
Facebook Rolls Out New App Authentication Flow That Ups Privacy and Transparency
Facebook is granting all developers access to a new application authentication flow today that was announced at f8 last month. Developers can now add a description of their app that will be displayed...
Motorola DROID HD (RAZR/Spyder) specs revealed; said to be ‘faster than the iPhone 4S’
We just confirmed some of the specifications for the upcoming Motorola DROID device (DROID HD / DROID RAZR / Spyder) that Verizon Wireless and Motorola are rumored to be announcing next week, and they...
Barnes & Noble Takes Over Borders' Website, Facebook and Twitter Accounts
Visitors to Borders.com today will be redirected to Barnes & Noble's website and a message from B&N CEO William Lynch: “Welcome Borders customer. At Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) we share your love of b...
iPhone 4S launch draws crowds at Apple stores around the world
The debut of Apple's latest smartphone on Friday has drawn huge crowds at Apple stores around the world, including a long, rain-soaked line at the company's flagship Fifth Avenue store. — Today the ...
Microsoft Officially Welcomes Skype
Microsoft and Skype will empower people and businesses to connect in new ways. — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT") has closed its acquisition of Skype Global S.à r.l. Negotiations of the definitive a...
Why Hulu's Owners Couldn't Find A Buyer
Hulu, which has been shopping itself around this year, is no longer for sale. Hulu's owners—Disney, News Corp, Comcast, and Providence Equity Partners—put the online TV site up for bid and got some s...
Spotify and Boxee, together at last
Today we're excited to announce that Spotify is available on Boxee. — For those of you who don't know about Boxee yet, it's a great device that finds many of your favorite shows and movies on the In...
Are You Cool? If So, 25 Startups Are Willing To Give You Equity For Free
Most people don't have enough spare cash lying around to invest in startups. — Most startups need help marketing their products. — Wahooly is solving both problems by offering social media influen...
BUSTED: Groupon And Living Social Caught Inflating Regular Prices To Make Deals Look Better
Groupon and LivingSocial succeed because consumers perceive them as great deals. But is that true? — Perhaps not. — Thumbtack.com called 10 vendors offering daily deals …
Sony Ericsson posts lower Q3 profits, will shift “entire portfolio” to smartphones in 2012
It's been a rough couple of quarters for Sony Ericsson, but things are looking slightly rosier, according to its Q3 earnings report. Today, the company announced break even year-on-year results …
Eduardo Saverin-backed Jumio to launch mobile payments service
Mobile payments startup Jumio will soon go live with its service to help retailers easily take credit cards using smartphones, the company said today. — Speaking at the final keynote of the CTIA Ent...
Google Places Now Updates Listings First, Asks Businesses Later
Google just launched a more streamlined process for updating small business listings on Google Places, but it asks forgiveness instead of permission. Instead of requiring owners to manually update th...
Motorola Mobility Stockholders To Vote On $12.5 Billion Google Merger On Nov 17, 2011
Motorola Mobility this morning announced that it has set a record date and a meeting date for its stockholders to vote upon a proposal to adopt the previously announced merger agreement with Google …