Text Messaging Is in Decline in Some Countries
Perhaps to the chagrin of cellphone carriers, all signs point to text messaging's continuing its decline in several parts of the world. — In Finland, there was a significant drop on Christmas Eve, o...
Redesigning the Uber Surge Pricing Screen
Uber is awesome. My wife and I have been happy customers for almost 2 years. It's been a joy to use. — Last night, however, we experienced our first really negative experience with Uber when we go...
Sony cuts Tablet S price by $100, now starts at $400 for 16GB
New year, new pricing strategy? We just got word that Sony's cut the price of its 9.4-inch Tablet S by $100, so that it now starts at $400 for the 16GB model, and $500 for the 32GB flavor. The move ...
Apple TV iOS applications now running natively at fullscreen 720p resolution in developer port
We broke the news yesterday that developers Steven Troughton-Smith and the TheMudKip were working on bringing iOS applications to the Apple TV in a native experience.
Video game industry still supports anti-piracy bill
Despite a flurry of reports suggesting that the world's largest video game companies have dropped their support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) — a bill which critics say could bre...
First Siri, Now Threat Detection: Inside SRI's Amazing R&D
Pat Lincoln, director of SRI's Computer Science Laboratory, stands next to a huge display running BotHunter, SRI's botnet detection software. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired — Who invented Siri? — Like i...
Still Looking For A New Year's Resolution? How About Learning To Code ...
H.P.'s TouchPad Tablet Was Bound to Be a Flop, Some Say
The TouchPad tablet from Hewlett-Packard was one of the most closely watched new gadgets of 2011 — and quickly turned out to be the year's biggest flop. The TouchPad, which was supposed to be a rival...
State of the web: of apps, devices, and breakpoints
IN The ‘trouble’ with Android, Stephanie Rieger points out the ludicrous number of Android screen sizes on a typical UK client's website and comes to this conclusion: … I urge you to read the entire a...