Broadcasters Sue To Stop $12 Streaming Service Aereo
Well, that was quick. Two weeks ago, media mogul Barry Diller announced an ambitious cloud-based TV service that streams over-the-air channels to internet devices for $12 a month. This week, broadca...
Google: Wallet expanding to 10 more Sprint devices this year
BARCELONA, Spain—With Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Wallet support set to expand to the forthcoming LG Viper later this year, Google said U.S. consumers can expect the tap-and-pay system to roll out across a h...
Zynga launches Zynga.com, to expand beyond Facebook in a big way
In a gigantic strategic step, Zynga announced today that it is launching a new Zynga.com destination website where users can play its social games without going directly through Facebook. — The move...
NSA builds Android phone for top secret calls
Blueprints released to public. — The National Security Agency (NSA) has developed an ultra-secure Android phone built using off-the-shelf kit that allows US Government staff to discuss top secret ma...
Some tips for interacting with the press
Here are a few things I've learned over the years about the best ways for entrepreneurs to interact with the press (by press I mean blogs as well as traditional media). — Don't be afraid to ask what ...
Shutterfly To Buy Kodak's Online Photo Sharing Platform For $23.8M
After filing for bankruptcy, Kodak is announcing that it will be selling off parts of its online photo services business Kodak Gallery for $23.8 million. The buyer? Online photo sharing platform Shu...
Square Is Headed To New York City Taxi Cabs; Will Be An iPhone And iPad Experience
As we heard last week, mobile payments platform Square pitched the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission to replace the current taxi TVs and payments technology in 50 cabs.
Brizzly is shutting the cave door
It's never easy to be the bearer of bad news. Luckily, there's plenty of good news along with it. — First: Brizzly is shutting down at the end of this month — I know this stands in stark contrast...
Raspberry Pi announces new partners
The Raspberry Pi Foundation, creator of the Raspberry Pi ARM-based tiny computer that sells for $25, has announced that it has signed up Premier Farnell and RS Components as licensed manufacturers of ...
ARM Chips Go From Smartphones to Networks
ARM Holdings Plc (ARM), whose chip designs are used in most smartphones, is set to power the networks that run them as it steps up competition with Intel Corp. in a $9 billion market. — With ARM alr...
Apple likely to begin production of 7.85-inch iPads in 3Q12, say sources
Makers in Apple's iPad supply chain have started delivering samples of 7.85-inch iPads for verification, with volume production likely to begin in the third quarter of 2012 at the earliest, according ...
Keeping Google From Watching Your Searches
Worried about Google collecting data about your online searches? — An online privacy start-up called Abine is rolling out a tool Thursday that promises to help people keep their search information s...
Constitutional Showdown Voided: Feds Decrypt Laptop Without Defendant's Help
Colorado federal authorities have decrypted a laptop seized from a bank-fraud defendant, mooting a judge's order that the defendant unlock the hard drive so the government could use its contents as ev...
Delicious Founder Creates New People Search Engine, Skills.to
Joshua Schachter and his team of star developers at TastyLabs have begun work on a second project, an endorsement and people search engine called Skills.to. The site lets you endorse people for their...
Google Grows in New York City
Google Inc. has dramatically expanded its presence in Manhattan in the past year, adding roughly 750 people to its outpost in 2011 in the most prominent example of a technology company shifting its fo...
Microsoft's Windows 8 Preview event videos now available
Still not satisfied after our minute by minute liveblog of Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview event this morning from Barcelona and detailed hands-on impressions? Video of the entire presentation...
Wacom announces Intuos5 graphics tablets, we go hands-on! (video)
It's a couple of months since we spotted paperwork for a mysterious “PTK-450” device at the FCC and now Wacom has finally revealed the gadget that goes with the label. The Intuos5 tablet is available...
Review: Readability finally gets a gorgeous app on iOS, but was it worth the wait?
Richard Ziade, founding partner of Readability, is forthright with me about the wait for an official iOS app. “It did take a really long time.” — In fact, the official app of the reading platform t...
Letter From Verizon to FCC Details Their Stance on Bootloaders
Android and bootloaders, a topic we can't seem to get away from. Starting back with the locking of the original Motorola Milestone and then kicking into overdrive with the DROID X, the battle of cons...
After Five Years, Draw Something Is an Overnight Hit for OMGPOP. Now What?
OMGPOP is a gaming company that has been plugging away at it for some five years, backed by $16 million in venture funding. It's had okay but not overwhelming results. — Until this month, when it r...
Record Labels Threaten the Open Internet, isoHunt Tells Court
In 2010 a conglomerate of record labels - including the ‘Big Four’ of Sony, EMI, Warner and Universal - went after BitTorrent site isoHunt. — The site and its owner are accused of facilitating copyr...