Introducing New Apps for Timeline
New timeline apps are now available from Foodspotting, Foodily, Ticketmaster, Pinterest, Rotten Tomatoes, Pose, Kobo, Gogobot, TripAdvisor, and others. You can now enhance your timeline with apps tha...
Not a Kodak Moment: Legendary Camera Maker Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Struggling camera maker Kodak said on Wednesday night that it has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. — The move, which had been expected, follows years of struggle by the film giant to transition ...
Man charged with stealing software from NY Fed
(Reuters) - Prosecutors charged a computer programmer with stealing software code valued at nearly $10 million from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. — They charged Bo Zhang, who worked as a con...
Apple Wins Smart Garment & iPhone Circuit Board Patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-two newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. This morning's first report cover's a smart garment patent which describes t...
Apple announces new iPad textbook experience with iBooks 2
On Thursday, Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller took the stage to talk about education, and announced Apple's ambitious plan to reinvent the textbook. That plan includes iBooks 2, which S...
Why the feds smashed Megaupload
The US government dropped a nuclear bomb on “cyberlocker” site Megaupload today, seizing its domain names, grabbing $50 million in assets, and getting New Zealand police to arrest four of the site's k...
Could Instagram Come To Windows Phone Before Android?
Instagram is one of the most popular apps on the iPhone. The photo-sharing service, which lets users snap pictures and spruce them up with one-click filters, has rocketed to 15 million users, and was...
Amazon Kindle Fire: More Profitable Than Expected?
The Amazon Kindle Fire might be a more profitable product than you think. — RBC Capital analyst Ross Sandler reached that conclusion in a research note this morning, after he assessed the results of...
Handset maker: Windows Phone OS costs $23-plus per copy?
Summary: Is Microsoft charging some of its phone OEMs between $23 and $31 per copy to license its Windows Phone OS? — There's a report on TrustedReviews.com that quotes an official with Windows Phon...
New fast Fourier math could give image compression 10X boost
MIT develops new Fourier algorithm for image tech — MIT researchers have put forward a paper for a new approach to fast Fourier transform math that could provide a major lift to image compression an...
Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview
Under house arrest in England, the WikiLeaks founder opens up about his battle with the ‘Times,’ his stint in solitary and the future of journalism — It's a few days before Christmas, and Julian Ass...
Whited00r Puts iOS 5 on iPhone 2G, iPod Touch 1G
Give new life to your aging iOS devices with Whited00r — Still using a first-gen iPod Touch or a second-generation iPhone? Sick of all the multi-tasking, home-screen folders and faster performance ...
Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Results
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. — “Google had a really strong quarter ending a great year. Full year revenu...
US Online Advertising Spending to Surpass Print in 2012
Overall ad spending expected to rebound after 3.4% growth last year, as TV remains steady — US online advertising spending, which grew 23% to $32.03 billion in 2011, is expected to grow an additiona...
eBay's John Donahoe Literally Starts Hammering Out the Plan for Mobile Payments
John Donahoe has a hammer, and he's not afraid to use it. — The yellow-handled hammer, which the eBay CEO purchased at Home Depot using PayPal, signals that the company's plans for entering …
GM augmented reality window prototype will entertain you, make your back hurt
Sure, we knew Samsung's windows were getting smarter, but now your car windows may be joining in as well. GM asked students at Israel's Bezalel Academy of Art and Design to come up with apps that cou...
The Valley Girl Takes On Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg (Video)
Double snaps to Jesse Draper, whose kookified online interview show, “The Valley Girl Show,” managed to get a very decent interview with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. — And by decent, I mean that Dr...
As Weak Q4 Earnings Loom, Yahoo Freezes Hiring and Also Contemplates Layoffs
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo has instituted a hiring freeze across the company and is contemplating a reduction-in-force in support units of the company. — While the details of...