Which tech companies back SOPA? Microsoft, Apple, and 27 others
After writing a rather lengthy and somewhat firey post on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) yesterday, I realized this morning that I didn't know Microsoft's position on the matter. As I edit our Mic...
TechCrunch CEO Reported Out After Clashing with HuffPost-ers
The resignations keep coming at AOL. The latest to give notice, according to Business Insider, is TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde. Harde, a former News Corp. executive who joined TechCrunch five years ...
Citigroup Says Amazon Phone Coming 2012
Amazon just rolled out a full-fledged tablet. Next year, says Citigroup's research department, it could have its own phone. Here's the topline from analyst Mark Mahaney's newest note: — “Amazon sm...
Galaxy Nexus review
We review the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich... finally! To say I've been eagerly awaiting a chance to review the Galaxy Nexus would be an understatement. As I mentioned ...
Nokia aims to undercut rivals with volume focus
(Reuters) - Nokia plans to undercut its Windows Phone rivals to give its new smartphones a foothold in the market before trying to improve margins, its Chief Executive Stephen Elop said on Wednesday. ...
PayPal Launches Facebook App for Sending Money to Friends [EXCLUSIVE]
Social payments are taking a giant leap forward. PayPal has unveiled a Facebook app that lets you send money to friends. — The app, simply titled Send Money, is just as straightforward as its name.
Google+ continues battle with fading user interest, data say
One of technology's big unresolved dramas is whether Google can still cut into the giant social networking lead now held by rival Facebook — or if its Google+ service is already sunk. — Data on the ...
Inside Occupy Wall Street's (Kinda) Secret Media HQ
From left: Spike, 26; FluxRostrum, 48; and Lorenzo Serna, 31, answer interview questions at the Occupy Wall Street video room in New York City on Nov. 9, 2011. — Photo: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com — ...
Apple's iPad owns 88% of global tablet web traffic
There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that Apple's iPad is the biggest seller in the tablet space, but we have seen many iPad competitors come out over recent months, including Samsung Galaxy Tab ...
The end of an era: The Yahoo! billboard comes down.
It's been a San Francisco icon for more than a decade. It's graced our skyline through the dot.com boom and bust. And it's one of the most recognizable pieces of advertising the city has seen in a l...
Microsoft drops Dryad; puts its big-data bets on Hadoop
Summary: Microsoft is dropping its ‘Dryad’ big-data processing work and focusing, instead, on developing a Windows Azure and Windows Server implementation of Hadoop. — Just a month after insisting t...
Kindle Fire Costs About $203 to Build, Teardown Finds
Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet appears to cost about as much to make as it sells for — maybe a little more. That's about $202, according to a teardown analysis by IHS iSuppli. — This essentially c...
First look: Oracle NoSQL Database
Oracle's take on the distributed key-value data store is fast, flexible, and enterprise-grade serious — For the last few years, the world of NoSQL databases has been filled with exciting new project...
Motorola Mobility Stockholders Approve Merger with Google
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) ("Motorola Mobility") today announced that at the Company's Special Meeting of Stockholders held today, stockholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the pr...
Apple Removes 'Texas Hold'em', its Only iOS Game, from App Store
In a bit of an interesting move, Apple has removed its Texas Hold'em game from the App Store, potentially marking the end of the only game Apple ever produced on its own for the App Store. — Texas H...
Mac platform reaches 15-year high with 5% worldwide market share
Fueled by strong gains in Asia Pacific during the September quarter, Apple saw its worldwide share of the PC market pass the 5 percent mark for the first time in 15 years, according to a new analysis.
Nook's Specs Are Exaggerated, Again
I had a lot of fun reviewing Amazon's new Kindles in my Times column this week. (Yes, I had a Times column this week — it's just that it appeared on Monday, a few days earlier than its usual Thursday...
Skype desktop app now makes Facebook video calls
Skype deepened its partnership with Facebook today by adding Facebook video calling to both its Mac and Windows applications. — With the just announced Skype 5.4 Beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 Beta for ...
The relationship between Readability and Instapaper
I know it's bad form to mention your competitors, but I've been asked about Readability's announcement enough today that it's more of a charade not to talk about it, especially since a lot of people a...
Microsoft drops Dryad; puts its big-data bets on Hadoop
Summary: Microsoft is dropping its ‘Dryad’ big-data processing work and focusing, instead, on developing a Windows Azure and Windows Server implementation of Hadoop. — Just a month after insisting t...
Camera+ Brings VolumeSnap Back, Still Destroys Apple's Own Camera App
Today, tap tap tap, the company behind the wildly popular and feature rich app Camera+ has added a feature back into its app that Apple forced them to remove some time ago. — “VolumeSnap” allowed Ca...
Look out! Here comes Apple's killer location-services patent
Apple has raised bludgeoning competitors with patents on key technologies to a fine art. (Just ask Samsung.) And now it may have a new blunt object to wield. — A reissue of a patent originally dat...
Galaxy Nexus on sale in the UK today
Google's big, bold, and beautiful new Android phone is today being released in the UK. The Samsung-built Galaxy Nexus was announced to be launching on November 17th a couple of weeks ago, but some ca...
GE going big with Bay Area software initiative
In addition to everything else it does on a large scale, GE is getting into the software business and has chosen the Bay Area as the springboard. — General Electric is set today to announce the open...
Judge Declares Law Governing Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Unconstitutional
In a succinct one-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Lynn N. Hughes of the Southern District of Texas declared that the law authorizing the government to obtain cellphone records without a search ...
DLNA will work with Wi-Fi Direct to stream media without a network
Soon, you won't need a router for DLNA streaming — the Digital Living Network Alliance has added Wi-Fi Direct to its interoperability guidelines, allowing two wireless devices to connect directly to e...
With a bold new redesign, AIM could finally be cool again (seriously)
It's been more than 10 years since I've used AOL Instant Messenger as my go-to chat client, but the new AIM may just be good enough to change that. — AOL launched a preview of its latest AIM vision ...
U.S. military better prepared for cyber warfare: general
(Reuters) - The U.S. military now has a legal framework to cover offensive operations in cyberspace, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command said Wednesday, less than a month after terming this a ...
‘Occupy Flash’ seeks to rid world of Adobe Flash
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — “Occupy” movements have taken over Wall Street, London, Chicago and Oakland. Now an “occupy” group is trying to take control of your Web browser. — Occupy Flash is a movement ...