Windows Phone 8 Preview
Thanks to a recent leak which has revealed some interesting information about the next major Windows Phone version, I can now publicly discuss Windows Phone 8 for the first time. — Windows Phone 8, ...
New Sony Chief Executive Reveals Fast-Forward Plans
TOKYO—The next chief executive of Sony Corp. promises to forge a new path for a company that once dominated the business of filling free time with the creation of wildly popular consumer products, fro...
RIM Offering Free PlayBook Tablets to Woo Android Developers
Research In Motion plans to give away tablets to Android developers who quickly port their apps to run on the PlayBook device. — RIM developer executive Alec Saunders mentioned the program in a Twit...
Blogging Site Tumblr Makes Itself the News
The popular social blogging site Tumblr is hiring writers and editors to cover the world of Tumblr. — Chris Mohney, a senior vice president for content at BlackBook Media, will be the site's editor ...
Nokia Lumia 900 now available for pre-order at Microsoft's retail stores with $25 downpayment
We're still not sure when we'll see Nokia's Lumia 900 (signs currently point to March), but if you want to ensure you'll be among the first to have it, you can pre-order the handset now at Microsoft's...
Feds Seize Sports Streaming Domains in New Super Bowl Crackdown
US authorities began another round of domain name seizures a few hours ago, targeting several sports streaming sites. — Thus far, neither the Department of Justice nor Homeland Security's ICE unit h...
Apple researching social fitness tech sporting real-time sharing of performance data for competitive workouts
In the future, hitting the gym along with your iPhone-toting pals could spur competitiveness in ways unlike ever before. Apple's mobile devices run a variety of fitness apps …
Apple grabs another gaming executive with appointment of Xbox Live marketing chief
Apple has named former Microsoft Product Marketing chief Robin Burrowes as the head of App Store Marketing for iTunes Europe, becoming the latest games executive to join Apple's ranks.
Super Bowl XLVI releases free official app for iOS and Android
If you're going to the Super Bowl, you've probably already spent plenty of money. Fortunately, the NFL isn't asking anything for its official Super Bowl XLVI app, released yesterday. While it's out ...
Apple Passes LG to Become World's Third Largest Mobile Phone Manufacturer
Research firm IDC today released its estimates of global mobile phone sales for the fourth quarter of and full-year 2011, finding Apple moving past LG to claim third place in the rankings for the firs...
StumbleUpon Kills Direct Links, iFrames Everything
StumbleUpon, who happens to be one of the more popular and successful social media sites with over 20 million users (doubling from 10 million in about a year and a half), recently launched one of the ...
Android Can No Longer Be Ignored, And The Crunchies Prove It
While sitting at the Crunchies last night something became quite apparent: almost all the big guys — even the ones who were stubborn about it — are currently available on Android. — And what do you ...
Glassdoor Launches “Inside Connections,” A Facebook-Based Job Hunting Tool
The jobs and career community site Glassdoor is hoping to ride on the coattails of the Facebook IPO hotness with this evening's launch of a new Facebook-based product called “Inside Connections.”
HTC acknowledges some of its Android devices may leak Wi-Fi passwords
HTC has acknowledged a flaw in the way that some of its handsets handle specific Android requests may expose the security credentials on Wi-Fi networks they are connected to. — Researchers Chris Hes...
South Korean man faces jail for retweeting North Korean Twitter messages
A 24 year old man is facing up to seven years in jail in South Korea after he retweeted messages on Twitter that were sent by neighbouring North Korea's government. — According to a report from the ...
Estonia Next In Line To Receive US ‘Encouragement’ To Adopt Harsher Anti-Piracy Laws
Numerous Wikileaks cables have highlighted the pressure that the US has brought to bear on several foreign governments behind closed doors in an attempt to get the latter to pass maximalist copyright ...
ChangeWave Survey Shows Momentum for Amazon Going Forward
BETHESDA, MD - Despite investor disappointment at a surprising fourth quarter sales miss, a January consumer survey shows Amazon.com riding a wave of momentum in the new year, according to ChangeWave ...