Retracting “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”
I have difficult news. We've learned that Mike Daisey's story about Apple in China - which we broadcast in January - contained significant fabrications. We're retracting the story because we can't v...
Rumor: Nexus tablet is a “done deal”, to retail for as low as $149
Earlier this month we revealed that Google had chosen ASUS to produce their upcoming “Nexus tablet.” This report was later echoed by Digitimes, who said the 7-inch tablet could arrive as early as May...
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Wozniak in Line for iPad 3 at Apple Store (VIDEO)
It has become a tradition to capture Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak waiting in line for the next big Apple product. Tonight, Wozniak checked in on Foursquare at the Westfield Mall in Century City, Ca...
Introducing Instapaper 4.1 for iPhone, iPad
With so many Retina iPad updates, it looks like the App Review team is working overtime to approve apps quickly. In a very pleasant surprise, my 4.1 update was approved much more quickly than I expec...
The NSA Is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)
The spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze. Bluffdale sits in a bowl-shaped valley in the shadow of Utah's Wasatch Ra...
Sprint to End Contract With LightSquared
Sprint Nextel Corp. will terminate a 15-year contract with billionaire Philip Falcone's LightSquared Inc. Friday and return $65 million in prepayments to the wireless start-up, according to people fam...
19,000+ episodes of Indian TV on YouTube Shows
India is one of world's largest producers of TV shows. With more than 400 terrestrial and local channels available, Indians often face the challenging question: What am I going to watch? — The good...
I'm beyond excited to announce that the Milk crew
The new iPad is a beautiful reminder of how stupid data plans are
Apple's new iPad is magnificent. The screen is superb, the processor is fast, and despite its newfound LTE cellular connectivity, the battery life lasts. And yet, I'd never, ever recommend you buy a...
Google Apps VP Dave Girouard Leaving to Start a Company
Dave Girouard, who is Google's VP of apps, is leaving the company, Google said today. — Girouard had been responsible for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and other cloud applications. — After ...
Groupon UK told to clean up after record complaints
Over the last year, the U.K. arm of Groupon has been the subject of a record number of complaints about the way it advertises deals to users, makes claims about products on sale and treats users. — ...
Yahoo Decides to Fire Its Brightest Tech Minds. Facebook Will Gladly Take Them.
Yahoo is just completely crying uncle when it comes to innovation at this point. — Not only has it embraced the dark side of using vague patents to prevent others from innovating on the Web …
Former ReadWriteWeb COO Sean Ammirati Starts Commerce Focused Fund, Birchmere Labs
Former ReadWriteWeb COO Sean Ammirati has joined Birchmere Ventures as a lead partner. He will lead its lab division, Birchmere Labs, an early stage seed and studio that focuses on commerce initiativ...
Google in New Privacy Probes
Regulators in the U.S. and European Union are investigating Google Inc. for bypassing the privacy settings of millions of users of Apple Inc.'s Safari Web browser, according to people familiar with th...
Nielsen: U.S. Consumers The Most Likely To Pay For Content On A Tablet... Except When It's News
As developers hunker down and get into the business of trying to work out how to get consumers to buy more of their product on mobile devices, some revealing numbers out from Nielsen on what people …
Better Economic Forecasts, From the Cloud
GT Nexus used shipment data to track countries' import-export balance in 2008, left, and 2011. The diagonal line represents balanced trade. — Someday soon, the Federal Reserve may be dead, at least...
Collected video: the whole world wants an iPad in its hand
The new Apple [AAPL] iPad briefly hits store shelves across ten countries this morning and the video evidence shows thousands are rushing to get hold of the new device, demand for which is “off the c...
Evidence of Apple chip design change in iPad teardown
Apple needs some serious silicon to drive that gorgeous, pixel-dense display. — (Credit: Apple) — Apple has changed the design of the main chip in the new iPad with tweaks to accommodate a higher-...
Google in New Privacy Probes
Regulators in the U.S. and European Union are investigating Google Inc. for bypassing the privacy settings of millions of users of Apple Inc.'s Safari Web browser, according to people familiar with th...
Confirmed: Sprint pulls the plug on LightSquared 4G contract, repays $65 million
Reports suggested it was imminent but today Sprint has officially confirmed that it has pulled the plug on its LTE 4G contract with LightSquared, which will return $65 million in repayments to the str...
Mannheim court halts Apple's second slide-to-unlock case against Samsung
It's taking Apple and Samsung time to win any decision against each other in Mannheim. Two weeks ago, Samsung lost its third 3G/UMTS-related case in a row and Apple saw the first one of its two Germa...