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Google Search has always been about finding the best results for you. Sometimes that means results from the public web, but sometimes it means your personal content or things shared with you by peopl...
Hope To See The Next iPad At CES? You Might, Without Knowing It
Yesterday, one day ahead of the 2012 CES, I saw what's supposedly the next-generation iPad. I'd show you a picture, but there's honestly nothing to be seen. Think iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S: this device ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't really make $378 million in 2011
His salary was $900,017. His 401(K) grew by $14,700. To get the rest he has to stick around Was Tim Cook really the highest-paid CEO of 2011, as the Associated Press and others suggest? Only if you...
Sponsored Stories begin to appear in News Feed
Facebook is now showing Sponsored Stories in users' News Feeds, a Facebook spokesperson tells us. These paid units include a subtle indication that the post is “Featured.” However, to respect the us...
Samsung vs. Google
Android is a huge success. Google bought Andy Rubin's company in 2005 and turned it into a smartphone operating system giant, with more than 50% of the global market and 700,000 activations a day thi...
T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm on Pricing, LTE, iPhone
With the AT&T deal dead and no similar transaction in sight, T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm has his work cut out for him. — So just what is he going to do? — Well, some of the details are still being w...
Corning's Gorilla Glass 2: 20 percent stronger means thinner displays
We're all acquainted with Corning's damage-resistant Gorilla Glass — it's been used in over 600 million devices since it was released. Tonight at Pepcom, Corning is demonstrating its new Gorilla Glas...
THE RAID ON AOL: How Vox Pillaged Engadget And Founded An Empire
Engadget seemed healthy. — Back at the beginning of February, AOL's marquee technology blog was coming off its most trafficked month in site history. It had survived the reorganization that gutted ...
Oracle rolls out big data play with aggressive price, Cloudera
Summary: Oracle comes out with a big data appliance just north of $500,000, a good $250,000 below expectations. Cloudera goes along for the ride. — Oracle said its big data appliance is now availab...
How France's Free will reinvent mobile
Xavier Niel, the maverick founder of Iliad, the company behind Free.fr broadband service is about to redefine the mobile landscape, perhaps as early as tomorrow when he launches the much-talked about ...
BlueStacks Bringing Android Apps to Windows 8
Start-up BlueStacks, whose trick is bringing Android apps to Windows, plans to bring its act to Windows 8. — At the Consumer Electronics Show, the company is showing how each Android app can appear ...
Twitter's new @handle distribution pilot program
@jasoncosta Jason Costa — Today we introduce a new pilot program for distributing Verified Account @handles and public profile metadata to developers, media and content services, and consumer device...
Google announces Galaxy Nexus coming to Sprint with Google Wallet support
There were rumors stemming from leaked advertisements that claimed the Galaxy Nexus, which is currently exclusive to Verizon, would land on Sprint. Today Google confirmed the rumors with an official ...
Why Apple is in no hurry to settle its iPhone patent suits
New analysis suggests the payoff could be seven fold greater if it holds out for a win — Click to enlarge. — In a note to clients issued Monday, Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore lists four possible ...
BlackBerry PlayBook's Next OS Plays To RIM's Strengths: Email, Calendar, Productivity
CES generally isn't RIM's stomping ground, but the Canadian company is here in force. Chief among RIM's news is details about the upcoming PlayBook refresh. Available for download next month …
Makerbot Replicator: Bigger, Better and Now Two Color
3D printing for the masses has always been the mission of Brooklyn-based Makerbot. Today the company unveiled the Makerbot Replicator, a souped up version of its original device. It lets users print...
Verizon Unveils Its First Global Ready BlackBerry Curve
Amidst all of Verizon's Android announcements was one regarding another BlackBerry 7 powered device called the BlackBerry Curve 9370 which will be the first global ready BlackBerry Curve for Big Red.
Visa certifies smartphones for NFC payments
Visa has added smartphones from Samsung Electronics, Research In Motion and LG Electronics to the list of devices it has certified to work with the 185,000 NFC-based payWave payment terminals in Europ...