Tweets still must flow
One year ago, we posted “The Tweets Must Flow,” in which we said, … As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expressio...
Facebook Readies IPO Filing for Next Week
Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter for its IPO, said people familiar with the matter. ...
Tim Cook responds to claims of factory worker mistreatment: “We care about every worker in our supply chain”
This morning, The New York Times published a lengthy report with details about the harsh conditions of working in the factories of an Apple parts supplier or Apple product manufacturer.
Polish Politicians Don Guy Fawkes/Anonymous Masks To Protest ACTA Signing
There's been lots of talk today about how various EU governments are agreeing to sign ACTA (which still needs to be ratified by the EU Parliament). It's gotten the most attention in Poland, where the...
Microsoft's latest home for Kinect technology: portable computers
Microsoft's drive to integrate Kinect technology into a wide array of products is not slowing. — A few weeks ago at CES, the company announced a desktop version of the Kinect, but it also seems the ...
HTC Sense 4.0: First Impressions
We recently had the opportunity to check out a non-final build of HTC Sense 4.0 which will be likely be first seen on the rumored HTC Ville (pictured above) and the HTC Edge. For HTC, Sense represent...
Apple introduces us to the Wild World of Coded Magnets
Once in a while we're treated to new Apple invention that virtually contains a new self-contained world of possibilities and vocabulary to enrich it. It comes out of the blue and feeds our need for m...
Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard
Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future Mark Zuckerbergs and Bill Gates can stay on campus and innovate without ...
Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers: filing
(Reuters) - Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt in 2007 to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, according to a court filing. — The email from Jobs to Sc...
Amazon Lights the Android World on Fire
In just two years, tablet computing has gained unprecedented traction. According to research firm Strategy Analytics, global tablet shipment more than doubled during the last three months of 2011, ri...
How Siri is ruining your cellphone service
Like a few million other people this past holiday season, we bought an iPhone 4S, with its much-hyped Siri feature. The vocal interface allows users to speak all kinds of commands into the phone ("Wh...
Warner Bros. now adding restrictions to your Netflix DVD queue
Giant media company Warner Brothers might be taking further steps to ensure that its updated distribution strategy for newly released DVD movies has the maximum effect — regardless of how petty the co...
Samsung loses second German 3G patent lawsuit against Apple
One week after dismissing Samsung's first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, the Mannheim Regional Court also rejected Samsung's second complaint. — Either complaint related to the 3G...
Symantec: We Didn't Know in 2006 Source Code Was Stolen
Anti-virus giant Symantec says it did not know back in 2006 that source code for its software was stolen when it experienced a breach at that time. — The company surprised the public last week when ...
Universal Music May Have Inadvertently Exposed a Flaw in the YouTube Takedown Process
One rap artist speaks out against UMG, YouTube, and SOPA. — Last month, before federal authorities shut down Megaupload, the popular file-storage website got into a legal brawl with Universal Music ...
Debate rages as Spotify, MOG, and Rdio kill / save the music industry
For the conscience-laden music consumer, streaming music services present an interesting quandary. By separating the concept of “legal access to music” from the age-old paradigm of “paying the artist...
Dear Google: Crappy Results Like This Don't Give The Impression You Care About Search
The debate about what should — and shouldn't — show in a Google search result for “santorum” has been well-documented, at this point. But I'd like to use this now famous search to illustrate somethin...
Page Rage Escalates As Google Cancels Twitter Android Meeting
We've heard from insiders that Google's PR strategy to the Don't Be Evil toolbar bombshell- which exposed just how much the search giant is meddling with search results- is just to stay quiet until it...
Google: “Ads Are Just More Answers”
When a user searches Google, the ads are just as important as the answers. — At least that's what Google says in its annual financial report filed with the SEC this afternoon. — The company lists ...
Former Palm Head Jon Rubinstein Leaves Hewlett-Packard
Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple executive who took over handheld maker Palm and moved with it to Hewlett-Packard in a 2010 acquisition, has left HP effective today, AllThingsD has learned. — Rubins...
For $2 a Star, a Retailer Gets 5-Star Reviews
Agencies like the Federal Trade Commission have been trying to crack down on online product reviews that do not disclose the connection between a merchant and the person doling out the praise. — Big...
Feature: The Great Disk Drive in the Sky: How Web giants store big—and we mean big—data
and we mean big—data — Consider the tech it takes to back the search box on Google's home page: behind the algorithms, the cached search terms, and the other features that spring to life as you type ...
Samsung loses second German 3G patent lawsuit against Apple
One week after dismissing Samsung's first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, the Mannheim Regional Court also rejected Samsung's second complaint. — Either complaint related to the 3G...
New RIM chief tries rival devices, vows ‘a lot’ of change
RIM CEO willing to try opponents' devices, more — New info trickling out from a CrackBerry interview with new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins may assuage some early fears that he was locked into his predeces...
Facebook $FBOOK looking to file IPO docs Wednesday with a valuation range of $75-$100B - WSJ. Goldman Sachs $GS likely to play major role
Google's “Trusted Photographers” Turns Business Photos Into A Self-Serve Product
Google is hoping to expand its Business Photos product with the launch of a new service called “Trusted Photographers” that essentially makes the process entirely self-service.
Hawaiian politician backs away from Web dossier law
A Web site attacking Hawaii Rep. Kym Pine that appears to have given birth to the H.B. 2288 dossier bill — A Hawaii politician who proposed requiring Internet providers to record every Web site thei...
U.S. CTO Chopra to Step Down
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at FedTalks 2011 — Sources close to the White House have confirmed that U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra will announce he is stepping down on F...
Analyst: Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet Have 40% of Android Tablet Sales
Strategy Analytics raised a lot of eyebrows earlier today with a report that said Android tablets accounted for 39 percent market share in Q4 2011, up from 29 percent a year ago. The iPad's share dro...
Google Spent Nearly $2 Billion On 79 Acquisitions In 2011
Yesterday, Google filed its 10-K with the SEC, revealing the number of acquisitions and money spent on these purchases in the year. As of Q3, Google had spent over $1.4 billion on 55 acquisitions for...
Internet economy set to hit $4.2T in 2016, half of world's population will be online
The Internet economy among G-20 nations is expected to nearly double by 2016, reaching $4.2 trillion (up from $2.3 trillion in 2010), according to a projection released today by the Boston Consulting ...
Nintendo Wii U controller will include near-field communication
Nintendo's ramping up for a big re-reveal of the Wii U video game console at E3 2012 — the device will ship by the end of the year — but company president Satoru Iwata is already spoiling surprises th...