Galaxy Nexus designed to bypass Apple patents: Samsung mobile chief
The Galaxy Nexus smartphone, the first handset built using a new version of the Android system called “ice cream sandwich,” is designed to bypass potential legal attacks from Apple Inc., the mobile ch...
Google Music Store - “With a Twist” - Coming Soon, Says Android Boss
Google worked for a long time to get a music store/service up and running with the blessing of the big music labels. But last spring all of that broke down, so Google launched a cloud-based music loc...
Android Chief Says Your Phone Should Not Be Your Assistant
Andy Rubin thinks there is a lot of potential for phones to be more useful companions, but says he is not interested in turning Android devices into personal assistants. — “I don't believe that your...
Blurb Launches $1.99 iPad eBook Publishing Service
Online book publishing service Blurb today launched a new way to publish collections of photos - as an eBook for the iPad. The new eBooks come in templated or custom two-page layouts, which readers c...
Facebook power users ‘have gone to Google+ and Twitter’
Facebook's biggest threat is that its ‘power users’ have gone to Twitter or Google+, one of its founding investors and former president has said. — Sean Parker, managing partner of Founders Fund, sp...
Google steps up its privacy game, launches Good To Know
With today's news about Google's new search encryption default, it's easy to miss Google's new privacy and personal data control resource center, Good To Know. — Google quietly published Good To Kno...
Amazon Lets You Spin Up A Supercomputer Cluster
Thousands of companies from Dropbox to Netflix rely on Amazon Web Services to provide storage and computing in the cloud. Amazon's cloud computing offerings range from storage to on-demand computing ...
Microsoft's Ballmer Bashes Android, Google Apps, iPhone: Web 2.0 Summit
Table of Contents: — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer rocked the house here at the Web 2.0 Summit Oct. 18, bashing Google Apps, Android and yes, even Apple's hallowed iPhone. — SAN FRANCISCO — Microsof...
Google Mobile Boss Andy Rubin on Apple, Microsoft and Tablets
At AllThingsD, we like to eat our dessert first. — That's why we're kicking off AsiaD with a little Ice Cream Sandwich. Google mobile chief Andy Rubin is taking the stage with Walt Mossberg to talk...
Apple receives more than 1 million Steve Jobs tributes, creates new ‘Remembering Steve’ page
When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away, Apple immediately paid its own tribute to its talismanic leader by posting a memorial page on its website, also asking those that wanted to pay …
How Diaspora* Found Its Tiger Stripe in the Midst of a Paypal Fiasco
We want to update you on the whole PayPal fiasco. We have good news and bad news, but after the day we've all had, why don't we start with the good news? — So the good news is... actually, the GRE...
Google's Andy Rubin on Apple After Steve Jobs
What will become of Apple without Steve Jobs, its charismatic founder? Might it lose its way or its edge following Jobs's death? — Google mobile kingpin Andy Rubin doesn't think so. — During a We...
Samsung heir, Apple chief discuss long-term parts cooperation
As Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. wage legal battles across the world, two of their top executives have met to discuss long-term parts cooperation and maintaining existing partnerships.
EFF Gets Straight Privacy Answers From Amazon About New “Silk” Tablet Browser
EFF Gets Straight Privacy Answers From Amazon About New “Silk” Tablet Browser — Amazon recently announced that the new Kindle Fire tablet will ship with a brand new browser called Silk.
Foxconn reportedly lands orders for next generation Kindle Fire, say Taiwan makers
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly has secured orders from Amazon for assembling second-generation Kindle Fire tablet PCs, with shipments to begin in the first half of 2012, a...
After 400 Million Downloads, Angry Birds Introduces New Bird; Movie Confirmed
Well, Rovio doesn't need much of an introduction: It's the company behind the now ubiquitous game that features everybody's favorite affronted and chafed birds. Back in September, a whopping month an...
Introducing Spotify for your Blackberry
We're excited today to announce our first preview release of Spotify for Blackberry. As our sixth mobile app, Blackberry comes packed with great features to keep you listening to your favourite music...
VMware and Verizon team up for mobile virtualization
Stephen Herrod - CTO, VMware at Mobilize 2011 — VMware has signed deals with Verizon and Telefonica to offer its mobile virtualization products on phones provided by the operators. The net result o...
Randi Zuckerberg, on Her Own Now
“WHO wants a tequila shot?” Randi Zuckerberg shouted over the thump of “Baby One More Time,” Britney Spears's breakup anthem. — It was nearly midnight on a rainy Wednesday in September, and more th...