Not just mobile: Adobe is abandoning Flash on TVs as well
Adobe announced Wednesday that it would be abandoning its work to enable rich applications on mobile devices through Flash, and would be focusing on HTML5 and Adobe AIR apps instead. But at the same ...
‘Biggest Cybercriminal Takedown in History’
The proprietors of shadowy online businesses that have become synonymous with cybercrime in recent years were arrested in their native Estonia on Tuesday and charged with running a sophisticated click...
Amazon increases Kindle Fire orders
Amazon has recently increased its Kindle Fire orders to more than five million units before the end of 2011 as pre-orders for the machine remain strong, according to sources from upstream component su...
iOS 5 hides an Android-like autocorrect keyboard bar, here's how to enable it
In addition to the hidden panorama mode, iOS 5 hides another secret feature: an Android-like autocorrect keyboard bar. As you can see in the screenshot above, courtesy of Sonny Dickson, the bar lets ...
Google+ badges: Drive Engagement with Your Users on Google+, Right from Your Own Website
On Monday we launched Google+ Pages, to help people connect with all the things they care about — and lots of businesses and brands have already created pages. One important offering for customers wi...
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Jobs ‘The Lost Interview’ Teaser
Steve Jobs ‘The Lost Interview’ will be out in limited release across the country starting November 19th. In the meantime, What's Trending has an exclusive sneak peek at the never before seen intervi...
HTC Ville detailed: HTC Sense 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, thinner than iPhone
We just got the scoop on another brand new HTC handset, which will be part of the company's Mobile World Congress announcements alongside the HTC Edge we detailed yesterday. The HTC Ville (codename) ...
Little Sister Siri
Every smartphone has its share of sensors — little doodads that know when you're “steering” that awesome car in that awesome game, or making sure you come back home safe by knowing which way is North ...
Mingly Makes Gmail Social With $500K From Idealab
Are you one of those people who never forgets a birthday, regularly stays in touch with people and remembers to send out congratulatory gifts when friends go through life changes? Me neither. — May...
New “Listen” and “Read” Buttons Appear on Facebook's Ticker
Some users are seeing an interface adjustment on Facebook's Ticker that makes it easier to start consuming the media that you see your friends engaging with. News articles and songs in the Ticker now...
I See Your Siri and Raise You a Yap: Amazon Quietly Snaps Up Speech-Recognition Startup
Amazon quietly purchased a Charlotte voice-to-text startup called Yap, an SEC filing shows. — Though the acquisition was apparently completed in September, no public announcement has been made by ei...
Flash to Focus on PC Browsing and Mobile Apps; Adobe to More Aggressively Contribute to HTML5
Adobe is all about enabling designers and developers to create the most expressive content possible, regardless of platform or technology. For more than a decade, Flash has enabled the richest conten...
Facebook, Pandora, Netflix, Rhapsody
Just like with movies and TV shows, music, books, and magazines, Kindle Fire offers a fully-integrated Android apps and games experience …
Google offers support to Android firms in lawsuits
(Reuters) - Google Inc will continue to offer support to firms using its Android system that are involved in legal disputes, its executive chairman Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, as the Internet gian...
Xbox.com: Enhanced! New Social & Video Sections
In the coming days, the familiar “My Xbox” section of Xbox.com is going away. Fear not: It's being replaced with a significant update that will make it even easier to see what your friends are doing ...
Samsung to Sell Windows 8 Computer in 2012
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to start selling touch-screen computers using the latest Windows operating system in the second half of next year as it seeks to tap demand for portable, yet powerful dev...
Nvidia Unveils Tegra 3, World's First Quad-Core Mobile Processor
The Eee Pad Transformer Prime by ASUS is the first tablet to run the Tegra 3 processor. Photo courtesy of NVidia — Nvidia has unveiled its long-anticipated Tegra 3 processor, the world's first quad...
The children are our future, and they're not paying for TV
A weak economy is putting pressure on the pay TV industry, as it struggles to get new users to sign up for cable, IPTV and satellite services. But the short-term issue around the affordability of cab...
Nintendo ‘working on Wii U support for two tablets’
Console specs still in flux, but sources say Nintendo now has ambitions for touch-screen multiplayer — Nintendo engineers are working hard to upgrade Wii U so that it can simultaneously support two ...
Silicon Valley fights to keep its diversity data secret
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — How diverse are Silicon Valley's offices and executive suites? Activists have been trying for years to answer that question, but some of the industry's largest and most influent...
Free, Legal Music Downloads, Few Strings Attached
From the “sometimes you really can get a free lunch” file: Here's a free, legal way to download music, with barely any strings attached. — Said strings: You have to visit a certain brand's Facebook ...
In Microsoft's shadow, Seattle's tech scene surges
(Reuters) - The transformation of Seattle's South Lake Union district stands as a metaphor for this city's emergence as what some would argue is the West Coast's second most important hub of technolog...
Russian Internet Content Monitoring System To Go Live In December
Back in April of this year, the Russian government put out a tender: … The stated purpose of the monitoring system was quite specific: … Here's what it would be searching for:
Windows Phone gains first video chat client with Tango; the app, not the update
The Tango video calling application has surfaced on the Marketplace today, finally giving Windows Phone users the ability to engage in video conversations like (and with) their counterparts using iOS ...