Sir Jonathan: Apple's design mastermind Jonathan Ive awarded knighthood in the United Kingdom
Apple's Senior Vice President of Design Jonathan Ive can add a new title to his resume: Sir Jonathan Ive. According to BBC, Ive was granted knighthood in the United Kingdom in the New Year Honours Li...
The curious case of slowing US growth for Android
The latest data from comScore MobiLens is showing an uncharacteristic slowing in smartphone growth. In the survey period ending November, the number of smartphone users in the US was 91.4 million. T...
Dropbox Automator Is Like IFTTT For Dropbox
Thirty-six hours ago, the recently founded software development firm Wappwolf launched Dropbox Automator, which is sort of like an IFTTT for Dropbox. IFTTT, for those of you not up to speed on the la...
Nokia Ace LTE Windows Phone potentially revealed in holiday video card
We knew Nokia was readying an LTE Windows Phone for AT&T called the Ace, and now we may have our first look at the device— thanks to a holiday video greeting. According to PocketNow, one of Microsoft...
Nintendo, Sony back off of SOPA support
Nintendo and Sony rethink unpopular SOPA bill — A quiet update to the list of Stop Online Piract Act supporters (PDF) has shown that Nintendo and Sony have backed away from the proposed bill. Both ...
French reseller sues Apple over unfair competition
eBizcuss, the largest Apple reseller in France, has sued Apple alleging that the company competes unfairly by favoring its own retail stores with new product inventory and by undercutting proposals to...
Christy Wyatt on How Motorola Plans to Stand Out From the Android Pack
Even as it prepares to be swallowed up by Google, Motorola Mobility is hardly standing still. — One of the key driving forces behind the company is Christy Wyatt, a former Palm and Apple executive, ...
App Developers Skirt Apple's Limits With Work-Arounds
The cat-and-mouse game between the Bay Area's legion of mobile developers and app kingmaker Apple Inc. is heating up. — Mobile-software developers have long complained about Apple's limits on them.
Internet Explorer 9's growth on Windows 7 highlights Firefox's weakness
Microsoft put out a rah-rah blog post today, touting its various victories with Internet Explorer for the year, mostly discussing Internet Explorer 9′s performance on Windows 7.
GoDaddy Boycott Fizzles; Twice As Many Domains Transfer In As Out
Yesterday, we noted that it appeared that the “GoDaddy boycott” concept may have been losing steam, thanks to the company's decision to move away from supporting the bill... combined with a new aggres...
Symbian is still top mobile OS - finished 2011 with resurgence
As we're quickly approaching the end of 2011 we take a last look at what the year for mobile operating systems was like. — Would it surprise you to know that Symbian finished 2011 stronger than it s...
Traffic for Google+ on the Rise Along with User Count
Chitika Insights has covered the heavily publicized launch of Google+ amidst a variety of reported statistics, some which stated that Google+ hosted a user base comprised of over 40 Million people, ot...
Google Testing New Email Subscription Ad Format
Google is experimenting with its Google Adwords offerings, attempting to go beyond regular text ads with Google Email Subscription Ads, allowing companies to buy ads that automatically fill in a “Subs...
F.C.C. to Look at Verizon's $2 ‘Convenience Fee’
Verizon's announcement of a $2 “convenience fee” for paying bills in certain ways has caught the attention of the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates telecommunications in the United St...
Insync ("Dropbox For Google Users") Gets Major Revamp, Goes Free
File synchronization and sharing platform Insync has been around for over a year now, and today, the eponymous startup has rolled out a totally revamped version of its “Dropbox for Google users”.
Boot Hezbollah from Twitter or we sue, group says
Al-Manar is Hezbollah's “media arm,” says the group seeking to have it and other terrorist-related groups removed from Twitter. — An Israeli law center said Thursday it is threatening to sue Twitter...
Google Backs Israeli Startups After Local Financing Hits 12-Year-Low: Tech
The Google Inc. (GOOG) executive with his bright yellow vest was impossible to miss in the middle of the Israeli startup owners seeking cash in a rusty boathouse at Tel Aviv's Jaffa port.
Top Stories of 2011: All Apple All the Time
Eight of 10 Most Read Corporate Articles Were About Apple, Death of Jobs — The company dominated the headlines—and captivated The Wall Street Journal readers' interest—this past year, from product l...
Apple again rumored to switch to IGZO displays for ‘iPad 3’
Industry sources claim Apple will move away from in-plane switching display technology in favor of IGZO flat panels for its mobile products, starting with its third-generation iPad early next year.
440,783 “Silent SMS” Used to Track German Suspects in 2010
The 28th Chaos Communication Congress (28C3) is currently underway in Berlin and on Tuesday, researcher Karsten Nohl gave a presentation called: Defending mobile phones. If you have an hour, it's wor...
2011: The Year Intellectual Property Trumped Civil Liberties
Online civil liberties groups were thrilled in May when Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), the head of the powerful Judiciary Committee, announced legislation requiring the government, for the first time...
Attack Tool Released for WPS PIN Vulnerability
Just a day after security researcher Stefan Viehbock released details of a vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) standard that enables attackers to recover the router PIN, a security firm ha...
LG to unveil first Intel Medfield-powered Android smartphone at CES 2012; LG expects March release date
LG Electronics is poised to unveil the first Android smartphone with Intel's Medfield SoC at the Consumer Electronics show next month. — “Intel's chief executive Paul Otellini …
Google Instant Costs Google $65,000 In France
The Local, a French newspaper, reports Google France was ordered to pay €50,000 ($64,670) to Lyonnaise de Garantie, a French insurance company over a search suggestion that had them labeled as being a...