Yahoo Puzzles Over $4 Billion Tax Break
Yahoo Inc.'s new chief executive is likely to face a key decision almost immediately: whether to support a complex tax deal that could save the Internet company up to $4 billion in taxes. — The deal...
Warner Brothers Will Make Netflix, Redbox, Blockbuster Wait Longer for New Movies
Want to watch a new movie just out on DVD from Warner Brothers? You're going to have to buy it, or wait even longer to get it from Netflix or other disc renters. — A new deal between Time Warner's ...
Apple Patents Reveal Thunderbolt is headed for iOS Devices
Three new patent applications from Apple were published this morning by the USPTO that detail various aspects of Apple's revolutionary I/O technology called Thunderbolt. Apple filed many Thunderbolt ...
RIM now working on only one BlackBerry 10 smartphone; Colt, Milan canceled
We already reported that the BlackBerry Colt — the handset that was originally intended to be the Research In Motion's first BlackBerry 10 smartphone — had been cancelled. Now, we have heard from mul...
Corning to show off Gorilla Glass 2 at CES 2012
Gorilla Glass is tough, real tough. And it's got a solid reputation as a durable screen for small and large displays alike. But by no means is it perfect, and Corning has been hard at work to make t...
New Lawsuit Means All Major Labels Are Suing Grooveshark
Grooveshark, a popular digital music service that is being sued for copyright infringement by three of the four major record companies, now has problems with the one big label that it has a licensing ...
Apple ‘threatens legal action’ over Steve Jobs action doll
The makers of an action figure with an uncanny resemblance to the late Apple founder Steve Jobs are reportedly being ‘threatened with legal action’ by the computing giant. — The action figure of the...
This Is The Billion Dollar Opportunity That Could Save Zynga
In Zynga's first month or so of trading, its stock from an IPO price of $10 to a price of around $8.90 today. — This happened because Zynga bookings (more important than revenues) and user growth ha...
Sprint Announces First LTE Cities and, Prematurely, Its First LTE Phone
Sprint made a bunch of 4G network news on Thursday and some of it was even intentional. — On the intended front, CEO Dan Hesse told investors that the company would launch its first high-speed LTE s...
You Can Now Post Full Size Instagram Pics To Facebook (And Timeline)
You know what's cool? When you subconsciously want something and a startup responds to your (unvoiced) requests. Well, mobile photosharing app Instagram has just made a very small tweak that has the...
Building Timeline: Scaling up to hold your life story
Timeline isn't just a bold new look for Facebook—it's also the product of a remarkably ambitious engineering effort. While our earlier profile pages surfaced a few days or weeks of activity, from th...
Even Sprint's “Truly Unlimited” Plan Isn't Truly Unlimited
Watch the video up above. Note the end: … Also watch: — Now, read this bit from the Dow Jones Newswire, quoting Sprint CEO Dan Hesse on an investor call today: … Something doesn't quite match up he...
BitTorrent takes on Dropbox with personal file sharing
BitTorrent Inc. launched a personal file sharing application called Share Thursday that aims to give users an alternative to paid cloud storage companies and media sharing over social networks. Share...
2 Billion & Beyond
In December 2011, reddit served 2.07 billion pageviews. Crazy. Here are some details: 2,065,237,338 pageviews 34,879,881 unique visitors 12.97 pages / visit 16 minutes average time on site Over 100 ...
Bing Maps New Routing Engine
Did you happen to notice the new routing engine we implemented on Bing Maps? No? I suppose that's a good thing since your service was never interrupted. However, I can tell you that we're enjoying ...
The World Is Overflowing With Memory Chips
If you haven't had your fill of gloomy indicators for the state of the tech ecosystem in the new year, here's another: DRAM chips are oversupplied. — This is, of course, bad news if you're in the bu...
Barnes & Noble eyes Nook spin-off amid sales shortfall
Summary: Barnes & Noble may have no choice but to spin off its Nook unit amid a sales miss. — Barnes & Noble said it is exploring a spin-off of its Nook e-reader unit so it can continue to scale the...
Crazy Rumor: Google Is Working On A 7-Inch Tablet Priced To Beat The Kindle Fire
A few weeks ago, Google chairman Eric Schmidt let it slip that the company had plans to market “a tablet of the highest quality” within the next six months. — That led to a lot of speculation, but G...
Internet Access Is Not a Human Right
FROM the streets of Tunis to Tahrir Square and beyond, protests around the world last year were built on the Internet and the many devices that interact with it. Though the demonstrations thrived bec...
Facebook Says Most Photos Flagged by Users Aren't Actually Offensive — Just Unattractive
Just Unattractive — Last year Facebook determined that the majority of photos its users reported as offensive were not actually offensive. Much of the time, they were just unflattering angles or sit...
Google Ventures, Mark Cuban And Others Invest $1M In Social CRM Startup Nimble
Customer relationship management startup Nimble has raised $1 million in funding from notable investors Mark Cuban, Jason Calacanis, Don Dodge, Dharmesh Shah and more! — Nimble CEO Jon Ferrara views...
US Threatened To Blacklist Spain For Not Implementing Site Blocking Law
United States government interference in Spain's intellectual property laws had long been suspected, but it was revelations from Wikileaks that finally confirmed the depth of its involvement.
Could coding be the next mass profession?
Like farming was in the 17th century, factory work during the industrial revolution, construction during the Great Depression, and manufacturing after World War II. Better, because writing code is a ...
The 50-inch Apple TV set rumor re-emerges
Apple's got a 50-inch TV set in its labs, a new report says. — Apple's much-expected TV set effort could truly be a big-screen affair, with a new report pegging the company gunning for a set beyond ...
Apple unlikely to enter auction for Premier League TV rights
• BSkyB and ESPN will be back in the bidding — • Google and al-Jazeera may also enter market — The Premier League is preparing to go to market with its lucrative television contract in the second ...
Taiwan's Elan says Apple to pay $5 million in patent settlement
(Reuters) - Elan Microelectronics Corp, a Taiwanese touch design company, said on Thursday that Apple Inc will pay $5 million as part of a settlement in a patent infringement case. — The statement s...
Nokia prospects brighten as chairman search narrows
(Reuters) - Struggling phone maker Nokia Oyj basked in brightening prospects for its much-hyped Windows phone on Thursday as it prepared to strengthen the hand of new boss Stephen Elop by replacing it...
ICANN to expand top level domains despite critics
(Reuters) - ICANN, an independent body responsible for organizing the Internet, plans to press ahead with plans to expand the number of possible website addresses despite criticism from industry and c...
Apple Now Taking Legal Action Against App Store Piracy
Apple has begun an attack on App Store piracy. The popular resource for cracked iOS apps known as Apptrackr recently said that Apple has begun sending large amounts of takedown notices, thereby forci...
Patents Show that the Next Xbox Might Be a DVR, Too
Xbox 3, Xbox 720, NextBox... whatever you call it, lots of rumors are being floated about Microsoft's next home console. Some say it'll output Avatar-level visuals while others say it'll lean heavily...
Logitech Cube is a tiny touch-sensitive presentation mouse, available in January for $69.99
Have you ever thought your portable mouse was a little too large, or perhaps shaped a little too much like the inside of your hand? We can't say we have, but Logitech's got a new peripheral …
Google Translate for Android Gets Handwriting Recognition
Here is a small but nifty update for Google Translate for Android: the app now features experimental handwriting recognition for Chinese and Japanese characters. You can also enable this feature for ...
LightSquared GPS Interference Issue Faces Congressional Oversight
Table of Contents: — NEWS ANALYSIS: A U.S. defense spending bill signed by President Barack Obama includes provisions that require LightSquared wireless LTE network to meet Congressional guidelines ...
Do-it-yourself legal site Rocket Lawyer raises $10.8M
Just five months after raising $18.5 million, online legal services provider Rocket Lawyer has added $10.8 million in funding to its bank account, according to an SEC filing VentureBeat uncovered toda...
Skype's GroupMe drops mobile voice chat, saying group text enough
Skype bought two mobile app companies last year: GroupMe for its group SMS service and Qik for its live mobile video streaming and sharing. GroupMe stripped out its voice conferencing as of 1 January...
Google Ventures And Foundry Group Put $9M In Crowdsourced Search Advertising Marketplace Trada
Crowdsourced SEM management startup Trada has raised $9 million in Series D financing from existing investors Foundry Group and Google Ventures. This brings Trada's total funding to $17 million.