Dropbox Adds Auto-Import From Your Camera
DropBox is getting into the Photo Stream game in a new experimental beta — Dropbox is trying out a neat new feature that will give it magical Photo Stream-like abilities. Everybody's favorite cloud...
iOS & Android Shatter Records on Christmas Day
Historically, more iOS and Android apps are downloaded on Christmas than on any other day of the year. This is due to a massive influx of smartphones and tablets given as gifts. As fast as loved-one...
Google+ Growth Accelerating. Passes 62 million users.
Google+ Growth Accelerating. Passes 62 million users. Adding 625,000 new users per day. Prediction: 400 million users by end of 2012.
China's Parallel Online Universe
To the casual eye, China's social media landscape might look diverse and lively. But the social media clones are careful to follow Communist Party censorship. — As the showdown escalated between Ch...
Windows Phone Marketplace passes 50,000 apps
The Windows Phone Marketplace has now passed the 50,000 app and games submission mark. Content is being added at the rate of 265 items per day. At the time of writing, 50,126 items have been publish...
Apple Planning Completely Redesigned iPhone for Fall 2012 Launch?
BGR reports that Apple is planning to launch a completely redesigned iPhone in the fall of next year, following the trend set by the iPhone 4S of new hardware being released later in the year as oppos...
Go Daddy is no longer on the U.S. Congressional list of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) supporters
Here is the link to SOPA supporters: http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/ Rogue%20Websites/List%20of%20SOPA%20Sup porters.pdf List of Supporters: H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act 60 Plus …
Intel's 32nm Medfield SoC specs and benchmarks leak
Intel's Medfield may still be a ways from breaking into the smartphone and tablet market, but we're finally starting to get some concrete details on its specs and capabilities. VR-Zone got the bitty ...
LCD makers in $539 million price-fixing accord
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co, Sharp Corp and five other makers of liquid crystal displays agreed to pay $539 million to settle claims they conspired to fix prices and stifle competition for LCD ...
Phishing e-mail targets new Apple customers, steals billing information
Just got a new Macbook, iPad or other Apple gizmo for Christmas? A new e-mail scam is targeting you. — Cyber criminals are sending around a very official looking e-mail asking Apple users to update...
People Spend Twice As Much Time On Netflix Than On Hulu
Netflix and Hulu are the two leading video streaming services on the Web when it comes to mainstream TV shows and movies. More people watch Netflix online than Hulu, and have since about 18 months ag...
Airtight brings Airplay support to GoogleTV, minus mirroring, DRM, and music
A new application in the Android Market available for GoogleTVs running 3.0 and up will allow users to stream content from the iPad or iPhone using Airplay, Apple's wireless streaming feature built in...
YouTube Slam pits viral videos against each other
Google is attempting to remedy the dispute between which viral videos are the most entertaining with a new experiment called YouTube Slam. — According to the YouTube official blog, YouTube Slam is a...
buySAFE Sues Google Over “Trusted Stores” Service, Fears Annihilation
Google was hit with yet another patent lawsuit last week, but this one at least makes for some very, very interesting reading. — A company called buySAFE, which offers a safe-shopping service to onl...
Apple iTV will arrive in 32- and 37-inch sizes this summer, says DigiTimes
Rumors of an Apple television have resurfaced with supply chain sources telling DigiTimes that they're starting to prepare components for 32- and 37-inch “iTV” sets launching in Q2 or Q3 of 2012.
Italy fines Apple for misleading consumers
ROME — Italy's anti-trust authority said Tuesday it was imposing a 900,000-euro ($1.2-million) fine on US tech giant Apple for misleading consumers on assistance services and guarantees for its produc...
Google's Travel Push Angers Web Rivals
Flight Searches, Which Place Google at Top, Anger Web Rivals — Google Inc.'s newest push into online travel has begun to roil the industry, the latest example of the company extending its market pow...
Amazon Builds World's Fastest Nonexistent Supercomputer
Amazon's supercomputer doesn't exist. Except that it does. Photo: MarkHillary/Flickr — The 42nd fastest supercomputer on earth doesn't exist. — This fall, Amazon built a virtual supercomputer at...
USPTO rejects Oracle's patent claim on Google Android
The United States Patent and Trademark office delivered a final rejection to Google at the expense of Oracle. — According to Groklaw, the USPTO issued the rejection Dec. 20 in the reexamination of O...
For Start-Ups That Aim at Giants, Sorting the Data Cloud Is the Next Big Thing
SAN FRANCISCO — The idea of big data goes something like this: In a world of ever-increasing digital connectivity, ever larger mountains of data are produced by our cellphones, computers, digital came...
Acer to not give up tablet PCs, says founder
In response to the rumor that Acer will withdraw from the tablet PC and smartphone markets, the company's founder, Stan Shih, has said that although Acer's tablet operation has not performed well, it ...