Why I Started PandoDaily
Several months ago I became obsessed with a colony of trees in Utah called Pando Trees. Measuring 43 hectares and weighing 6,000 tons, they're pretty impressive above ground. But what really matters...
Tech Industry Buys Itself a Mouthpiece
How did Silicon Valleys bigwigs react when their favorite trade publication adopted strict new conflicts of interest policies? They banded together to pay someone else to cover them. — Former TechC...
Twitter's Dick Costolo calls Wikipedia's SOPA blackout ‘foolish’
We've already reported on Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales announcing that the site will be going dark, effectively closing up for business, for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest of SOPA (Stop Online Pi...
Google calls Murdoch's piracy allegations ‘nonsense’
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is talking nonsense, according to Google. — Murdoch, a Twitter user for only the past several weeks, used the service to unleash a barrage of accusations Saturday ...
Building the next generation file system for Windows: ReFS
Is Facebook IPO on Track for Late May?
According to multiple sources, the long anticipated public offering of Facebook is now likely to come in the third week of May. — That means that the company must file its IPO documents within the n...
Log into Gmail on a PC via Your Smartphone
Google recently introduced a fun (and more secure) way to log into your Google account from a public terminal without entering your password into the PC, and instead using your smartphone and a QR cod...
Even Woz Thinks the Android Bests the iPhone
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak still loves his iPhone, but says in some ways, Android has leapt ahead. Wow. — Apple CEO Steve Jobs hated the Android smartphone operating system so much that he vowed...
Wintel tablet PCs may be priced from US$599-899
Wintel-based tablet PCs may see their prices go as high as US$599-899 due to Intel and Microsoft both being unwilling to drop their related hardware and software quotes, and as a result, it could push...
Samsung and Apple looking at new waterproof smartphone tech
A new technology that could save your phone from getting water damaged could be included the next wave of smartphones about to be made by Samsung and Apple. — Called HZO, the technology creates a na...
Maker of Steve Jobs Action Figure Kills Project
The maker of a controversial Steve Jobs action figure is stopping production and sale of the 12-inch doll following threats of legal action by Apple and Jobs' family. — “Though we still believe that...
91% of business pros use iPads for work, 83% loyal to Apple
IDG finds iPad replacing PCs at work — Nearly every business pro with an iPad is using it primarily to get work done, IDG determined in a study on Monday. About 91 percent worldwide who have iPads ...
Why the video pros are moving away from Apple
Six months after the launch of Final Cut Pro X (FCPX), Apple's major overhaul to its professional video editing software Final Cut Pro, video pros find themselves increasingly looking at other softwar...
The Pirate Bay Launches Promo Platform For Artists
For many independent artists obscurity is a bigger problem than piracy, but it's a problem that The Pirate Bay hopes to solve. — Today the largest torrent site on the Internet rolled out a new promo...
World Bank and Google join forces to empower mapping communities around the world
Today the World Bank and Google announced a collaborative agreement aimed at improving disaster preparedness and development efforts in countries around the world. — Under this agreement …
Fragmentation Is Not The End of Android
The fragmentation of Android is very real and very problematic for end users, developers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, and Google. However fragmentation does not mean Android is going to “...
Uh-oh, PC: Half of computing device sales are mobile
Last week, I pointed out some of the remote access solutions shown at CES that allow you to tap into the power of a full desktop computer from a mobile device. I said it was another nail in the coffi...
Surface 2.0 now shipping
I spent a lot of time with Surface 2.0 last week and from this morning onwards, other can begin to have the same pleasure - the SUR 40 is now shipping and available through Samsung channel and reselle...
Viruses stole City College of S.F. data for years
Personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators at City College of San Francisco have been stolen in what is being called “an infesta...
Hacker says to release full Norton Antivirus code on Tuesday
(Reuters) - A hacker who goes by the name of ‘Yama Tough’ threatened Saturday to release next week the full source code for Symantec Corp's flagship Norton Antivirus software. “This coming Tuesday be...
Windows Phone apps: does quantity equal success?
There's been a lot of talk about Windows Phone lately, especially around the latest handsets and user interface. The New York Times highlighted the positive press that Windows Phone has received, sta...
Pantech in patent talks with Microsoft over smartphone
Pantech Co., South Korea's No. 3 handset maker, said Monday it is in talks with Microsoft Corp. over whether to pay royalties to the U.S. firm for its patent for Android smartphones. — Microsoft has...
Apple jumps 9 spots to become 8th most valuable brand in the world
Apple was ranked the eighth most valuable brand of the world in 2011, with an estimated total value of $33.49 billion, making it bigger than Disney, Mercedes-Benz and Budweiser. — The 2011 rankings ...
Comcast is the fastest broadband provider in the U.S.
Comcast, the Philadelphia-based cable company, was the fastest broadband service provider in the U.S. during 2011, according to Ookla, a broadband speed test company. Comcast recently announced that ...
Former U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra Joins Salesforce As EVP Of Emerging Markets
CRM and cloud giant Salesforce has announced a key hire today—former U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra. Kundra has joined the company as executive vice president of emerging markets.
CBS Opens Sports Site to Fantasy App Makers
CBS Corp., in a move aimed at boosting its share of the nearly billion-dollar fantasy-sports business, is opening up its CBS Sports website so outside developers can create apps geared toward fantasy ...
AWS offers free Windows on EC2 (kind of)
Amazon will let customers run free micro-instances of Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 on its EC2 service starting now, according to a new post to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog. — Such try-before-you-...
Samsung May Sell First Overseas Bonds Since 1997 to Finance Chip Factories
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, plans to issue its first overseas bonds since 1997 to expand production of processors used in mobile devices inclu...
As demand for e-books soars, libraries struggle to stock their virtual shelves
Kindles, Nooks and iPads can do many amazing things, but they can't bump you ahead in line at the Reston Regional Library. In fact, if you want to borrow a book, it may be quicker to put down your sl...
Twitter is adding 11 new accounts per second and could pass 500 million in February, says report
The Wall has reported that Twitter is fast approaching its 500 millionth account. According to a study by third party Twitter app Twopcharts, Twitter will hit the landmark figure by this coming Febru...
Apple to announce tools, platform to “digitally destroy” textbook publishing
Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digita...
OK, Gawker, We'll Engage in Your Link Bait for Just One Post
The water cooler chatter from early this morning in PandoDaily's virtual offices (aka email): — Sarah: “We don't want to reference ‘accusers’ before we have them.” — Trevor: “Well by the afternoon...
America's first Nokia Windows Phone already free on contract
Nokia's first Windows Phone-powered smartphone to launch in the United States is already available for free on contract. Nokia and T-Mobile unveiled the Nokia Lumia 710 last month and confirmed that ...