Facebook: most hijacked logins by Ramnit were invalid
Summary: Menlo Park has provided further details in regards to a nasty piece of malware that stole Facebook usernames and passwords, mostly from users in France and the U.K. — Ramnit, a worm first d...
Apple's Voice Recognition Siri Doubles IPhone Data Volumes
Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s voice recognition software Siri has prompted users of the iPhone 4S to use almost twice as much data compared with the handset's predecessor, placing greater pressure on operators,...
Kindle Owners Upset After Receiving Cryptic Subscription Offer from Amazon
Amazon has issued an apology tonight after upsetting Kindle owners, who learned this morning that they were selected to receive a publication they didn't sign-up for, and could be charged for it in th...
The incredible shrinking TV replacement cycle
Consumers only replace their TVs every seven or eight years: That's been industry gospel and is frequently cited as a reason for slow smart TV adoption, as well as one reason many people say Apple sho...
HTC Has First Profit Drop in Two Years
HTC Corp. (2498), Asia's second-largest smartphone maker, posted its first quarterly profit decline in two years as competing models from Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. damped demand fo...
Microsoft will no longer provide detailed Windows Phone update information
Microsoft is planning to remove detailed Windows Phone update information from its site, the company announced on Friday. Where's My Phone Update? has served as a popular destination with carrier spe...
OLPC's XO-3 tablet to debut at CES
OLPC will defy skeptics by delivering the XO-3 on time and at the projected price point of under $100 — One Laptop Per Child's XO-3 tablet is ready to ship after years in the making, and working uni...
iOS 5.1 beta reveals Apple's plan to soon ship iPads, iPhones with quad-core chips
Speed increases are an expected part of Apple's iOS device hardware upgrades, but what Apple has up their sleeves for speed enhancements is typically up for debate. The first-generation iPad clocked ...
Apple: Building a NAND Empire, Says Bernstein
Sanford Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi today weighs in with his view on the rumored purchase recently by Apple (AAPL) of an Israeli company called Anobit and what it means in the context of Apple's being...
The limited world of auto-renewable subscriptions
Apple's In-App Purchase system permits two types of subscription purchases. The documentation suggests that Auto-Renewable subscriptions are the right choice in almost every case: … When developing I...
Sprint ousts 4 executives, merges consumer/business
(Reuters) - Sprint Nextel (S.N), the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, is merging sales and marketing for its business and consumer operations as part of a streamlining that includes the departures of four t...
Breaking: Salesforce.com signs biggest SF lease in a decade
Salesforce.com has signed a 400,000-square-foot lease in San Francisco, striking what Mayor Ed Lee's office says is the largest office deal in the city in a decade. — The transaction at 50 Fremont S...
Stymiest Looks to Be a “Lock” for RIM Chair
Research In Motion's 2011 was about as ugly as they come. And with few indications that 2012 will be much better, the company is preparing to make some significant management changes. — Sources clo...
AT&T has a stake in Microsoft's Windows 8 tablets, too
Summary: At a pre-CES developer conference, AT&T and Qualcomm execs are going to be talking up LTE-charged Windows 8 tablets. — It's already well established that AT&T seems to be Microsoft's best f...
Yahoo Seeking New Board Members
Yahoo Inc. is searching for several new board candidates to replace possible outgoing directors and has hired executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. to assist in that effort, pe...
Spaghetti Against the Wall
Jun Yang, reporting for Bloomberg on Samsung's quarterly results: … So Jony Ive leads the design team at the two most-profitable phone makers. Impressive. … In what regard can Apple be considered beh...
Samsung launches ChatON on the App Store, hopes to compete with iMessage
Samsung's multi-platform instant messaging service ChatON has launched today on the App Store, allowing owners of Android, Bada (and soon other smartphones) to chat with their friends that own an iPho...