Despite new CPU options, Apple reportedly questioning future of Mac Pro
Despite the coming availability of a new generation of Sandy Bridge desktop CPUs suitable for advancing Apple's Mac Pro line, the company has reportedly been evaluating whether to continue to invest i...
Goodbye HP
Earlier today, I announced that I will be retiring from HP. — This is not the traditional retirement. I'm not planning on spending my days playing golf or sitting around the house driving my wife c...
SimpleGeo To Be Acquired By Urban Airship
SimpleGeo, the once promising location startup, has been acquired, I've heard. The buyer is Urban Airship. — This is an all stock acquisition apparently, totaling around $3.5 million in value. Sin...
Revealed: Why Techmeme links to them instead of you!
Over time, nearly every major tech news publisher has asked us a variant of “Why do you always post them and not us?” or “Why did you pick them over us for that story when we posted first?” So it's p...
Incoming: A Native Gmail iPhone App. Finally.
Ever since I bought the original iPhone in 2007, there's been one app above all others that I've been sorely missing: Gmail. Of course, back then, there were no native third-party apps. But a year l...
How Android swallowed the UK smartphone market in just 18 months
Figures from Kantar ComTech show how dramatically Android has risen to prominence - but what does that mean for rival contenders such as Nokia, Apple and RIM? — In just 18 months, Android has come f...
Hulu Plus app is ready for Apple TV, decision to update is “political not technical”
We've gotten word that inside Apple there are Apple TVs running the Hulu Plus app natively. The app is feature complete and ready to roll out to Apple TV users on current builds.
New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing
Today we're rolling out the new Reader design, and the Google+ features that we mentioned just over a week ago. Before the day's over, all Reader users will be able to enjoy the following improvement...
INSIDE GROUPON: The Truth About The World's Most Controversial Company
It's August 2011, and Andrew Mason is agitated. — He's at his desk in the middle of Groupon's wide open, call center-style office in Chicago. His headphones are on. His brow is furrowed.
Increasing transparency and choice with ads on search and Gmail
Our advertising system is designed to show the right ad to the right person at the right time. Because ads should be just as useful as any other information on the web, we try to make them as relevan...
Boxee gets more porn with FyreTV app
Boxee users can soon watch more X-rated content, thanks to a new app from adult over-the-top distributor FyreTV (link not safe for work). The app will offer access to some 15,000 movies from more tha...
Apple Retail Stores to Allow Self-Checkout via iOS App for Accessory Purchases
MacRumors has learned that Apple is planning to launch an update to its retail store iOS app that will allow consumers to utilize self-checkout for purchases of accessories and other shelf-stocked ite...
Bill Gates Dismisses Criticism in Steve Jobs Biography
Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates dismissed criticisms of him by long-time competitor Steve Jobs in the new biography released after Jobs' death, saying “none of that bothers me at all,” wh...
Netflix renews ABC contract
Netflix subscribers can soon watch more episodes of ABC shows like Desperate Housewifes, Grey's Anatomy and Brothers and Sisters, thanks to an extended licensing agreement between the video subscripti...
Apple airs impressive new iPhone 4S iCloud, Siri, and Camera TV ads
Following up on the first iPhone 4S Siri TV advertisement from last week, Apple has just released three new advertisements surrounding the iPhone 4S. The iCloud iPhone 4S advertisement shown above sh...
China denies it is behind hacking of U.S. satellites
(Reuters) - Beijing on Monday denied a U.S. commission's claim that China may have been responsible for hacking incidents on U.S. environment-monitoring satellites, saying that the committee had “ulte...
New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing
Today we're rolling out the new Reader design, and the Google+ features that we mentioned just over a week ago. Before the day's over, all Reader users will be able to enjoy the following improvement...
HTC releases Q3 earnings report: profit up 68 percent, shipments soar 93 percent
It's been another stellar quarter for the folks over at HTC. According to the company's Q3 earnings report, released today, net income rose to NT$18.68 billion (about $624.6 million) this quarter …
Job Cuts to Cost Motorola Mobility $31 Million
Disposing of 800 positions will cost Motorola Mobility $27 million in severance and $4 million for facility closures as it prepares to be acquired by Google — (Bloomberg) — Motorola Mobility Holding...
Microsoft attorney outlines Android patent tactics
It takes flowcharts to keep track of all the mobile patent lawsuits under way. — Apple sued HTC, while Kodak sued Apple, Samsung and Sony. RIM filed suit against Kodak and Motorola. And what are c...
Marc Andreessen: Building Startups Is Like Baking A Cake In 3 Minutes
At age 22, Marc Andreessen cofounded Netscape, the browser company that turned the Internet into a mainstream phenomenon. — But what happens when your company takes off that fast? Andreessen talked...
Apple completes testing of 15-inch LCD for ultra-thin MacBook Pro?
According to Macotakara.jp, Apple has finished work on test units of a 15-inch LCD for an upcoming ultra-thin laptop from Apple. The report calls the new machine a 15-inch MacBook Air, but in all lik...
Hackers Press the ‘Schmooze’ Button
Chris Patten called a large investment-management firm to report that he was going through a divorce and was worried that his wife had set up an account under a false name. — And with that story—ent...