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Grand Central's Grand New Apple Store Looks Like ... An Apple Store
This morning, I got a sneak peek at the new Apple Store in New York's Grand Central Terminal, set against the backdrop of the transit hub's famed night-sky ceiling and central four-sided information c...
Previewing the Windows Store
Hi. I'm Antoine Leblond, Vice President of Windows Web Services. This is the first post in our new Windows Store blog, which will be dedicated to informing developers both on the progress of the Sto...
Apple: Will Next Gen iMac Have Apple TV Built In?
Now, here's a novel piece of speculation on Apple. — Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair this morning asserted in a research note that that the next version of the iMac, likely in the 2012 first half...
Apple job openings hinting at Siri API, prettier interface and additional languages
Siri, Apple's artificial intelligence-driven digital secretary exclusive to iPhone 4S, is being worked on, improved and is about to get smarter, a pair of job openings indicate.
In fundamental breakthrough, SuVolta cuts chip power use by 50 percent
Fujitsu revealed today that it has confirmed that startup SuVolta's PowerShrink technology can cut power consumption in a chip by 50 percent without hurting performance. — Fujitsu Semiconductor …
Verizon CEO: We looked at buying Hulu
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam had a lot to share at an investor conference today. — Verizon Communications considered buying Hulu when the streaming video site was shopping itself around to potential ac...
U.S. “virtual embassy” blocked by Iran net censor
(Reuters) - Iranian authorities blocked a website on Wednesday hours after it was launched by the U.S. State Department to be a “virtual embassy” reaching out to people in the Islamic Republic. — “I...
Like My Status: Memology 2011
Each year, millions of people post on Facebook to share what's important to them, discuss world events, or just catch up with friends. With more than 800 million people connected around the globe on ...
Exclusive: Amazon Kindle Fire coming to UK in January
Know Your Mobile has been told Amazon's Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet will be getting a UK release date in January — Amazon will be bringing the Kindle Fire to the UK, a source close to the lau...
Evernote Launches Two New iPhone Apps: ‘Food’ And ‘Hello’
Today at the Le Web conference in Paris, Evernote is debuting two new applications for the iPhone and iPod touch devices. The first one is called Food, and is designed to help people easily save and ...
Reed Hastings And John Doerr Put $11M In Adaptive Online Math Learning Platform DreamBox
DreamBox Learning, an adaptive e-learning platform for students, has raised $11 million in new funding led by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings (who is investing through the Charter School Growth Fund) …
Uber Announces $32 Million In Funding From Menlo Ventures, Jeff Bezos, And Goldman Sachs
18 months into operations, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick just announced that the company has closed $32 million in funding lead by Menlo Ventures, Jeff Bezos and Goldman Sachs.
Emoji in iPhones Signals a Shot at Mainstream Success
Say you wanted to invite a friend to happy hour. You could send a simple text message, but that would be boring. Instead, why not send a cartoony picture of two clinking beer mugs? — That's the ki...
Twilio Raises $17 Million Series C From Bessemer and Union Square To Expand Abroad
Cloud communications pioneer Twilio is dominating the US with APIs that let developers add SMS, voice, and VoIP functionality to apps. Now it plans to roll out services to 20 more European countries ...
Facebook to launch a Subscribe button for websites ‘imminently’
Speaking on stage at LeWeb 2011, Joanna Shields, VP & Marketing Director EMEA at Facebook announced that the world's largest social network is to launch a new Subscribe button that will allow Facebook...
Eric Schmidt at LeWeb
During LeWeb in Paris this afternoon, Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt took the stage together with Loic Le Meur to discuss a wide variety of topics, including the state of local and mobile developmen...
Sean Parker Invests In Music Startup StageIt
We've learned that billionaire Sean Parker of Napster and Facebook fame has invested in StageIt, an online platform for live concerts. — The investment makes sense, as Parker has been focused on sha...
Jive IPO Gets Boost Following Billion-Dollar Cloud Deals: Tech
Jive Software Inc. has every reason to lift its initial public offering price after billion-dollar cloud-computing acquisitions led by SAP AG and Oracle Corp. — Jive, a social-networking software ma...
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Apple Store Grand Central Opens Friday, December 9
Amazing Location to Serve Customers in One of New York's Busiest Transportation Hubs — The Apple Store® Grand Central, Apple's fifth store in Manhattan, will open Friday, December 9, at 10 a.m., jus...
Introducing the official Xbox LIVE iOS App
Xbox LIVE has released the official Xbox LIVE app for iOS owners. This is a universal app that is designed for all iOS devices. — This free app will allow you to say connected to the Xbox LIVE comm...
HP Is Reviving The $99 TouchPad Firesale! Refurb Models To Hit HP's Ebay Store On 12/11
Get your clicking fingers ready! These boys are going to go fast. — Starting Sunday, December 11th at 6:00 p.m. Central time, 16GB and 32GB Touchpads will be available on HP's ebay store.
Schmidt Reckons Most TVs Will Have Google TV By Mid-2012
What with self-driving cars and such, Eric Schmidt is not averse to some blue-sky thinking. But one new prediction may be a moonshot too far. … The whole connected TV space will explode in 2012, as m...
The iPhone Is About To Become The FBI's Newest Crime-Fighting Partner [Exclusive]
The next time you are pulled over by police you may encounter a familiar face: your iPhone. Faster than you can say “Book 'em, Dano,” Apple's handset is quickly becoming law enforcement's favorite to...
Yahoo! Mail - Coming to a Language Near You
Hello, world! We'd like to give a big welcome to our new Yahoo! Mail markets and languages around the world. — Yes, that's right - today we're announcing the international expansion of Yahoo! Mail ...
Smaller, Thinner and Maybe Bendable Phones Coming Soon
A new chip-making material may compete against silicon, according to researchers, leading to smaller, thinner and possibly flexible mobile devices. … Scientists at the Laboratory of Nanoscale Electron...
Exclusive: First Image of BlackBerry Milan - next generation BlackBerry 10 slider!!
Well that didn't take long. Last week we posted our BBX (now BlackBerry 10) Roadmap Preview for 2012, where we dropped a number of new codenames into the mix beyond the already photographed BlackBerr...