Apple investigating new iPad WiFi issues, tells AppleCare to replace affected units
According to an internal AppleCare document, Apple is actively investigating a series of WiFi-related issues affecting the third-generation iPad. Since the new iPad's launch, many users have been com...
Facebook Picks Nasdaq for I.P.O.
Facebook, which is preparing for its highly anticipated initial public offering, has picked a home. — The social network will list its shares on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol “FB,” according a pers...
The rise of e-reading
21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them. — Summary of findings —...
PSA: Apple patches Flashback trojan affecting 600,000 Macs globally
Apple released a Java 1.6.0_31 update for OS X on Tuesday that claims to deliver “improved compatibility, security, and reliability.” The patch closes multiple vulnerabilities found in Java 1.6.0_29 ...
Apple has a 7.85-inch iPad prototype in its labs, according to John Gruber
Apple has been working on a smaller version of the iPad in its Cupertino labs, according to Daring Fireball's John Gruber. On an episode of The Talk Show podcast, Gruber said that he's heard details ...
2012 Update from the CEO
Velocity, execution and focus Sergey and I founded Google because we believed that building a great search experience would improve people's lives and, hopefully, the world. And in the decade-plus th...
Google's YouTube Must Defend Viacom Suit, Appeals Court Says
Google Inc. (GOOG)'s YouTube must defend a lawsuit claiming it violated Viacom Inc. (VIAB)'s copyrights by letting its users post videos from shows including “The Colbert Report” without authorization...
Actually, Arianna Huffington Has Been Demoted
Despite a story in today's New York Times headlined: “Huffington Gains More Control in AOL Revamping,” Arianna Huffington has in recent weeks seen a “narrowing” of her job at AOL, a source close to AO...
Anonymous hacks hundreds of Chinese government sites
Summary: Anonymous has hacked hundreds of Chinese government websites. Some sites were just defaced, but others have had administrator accounts, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses leaked. — The ha...
New York State Attorney General Announces Purge of Sex Offenders From Online Games
New York State Attorney General Erik Schneiderman announced a sweeping purge of registered sex offenders from online worlds Thursday. In what's being called Operation: Game Over, his office is cooper...
Dell buys Make Technologies: Three acquisitions in four days
Summary: Dell is making a big bet that companies are going to have to modernize legacy applications, re-host them and make them cloud friendly. — Dell is shopping like a teenager just handed a credi...
Just how big are porn sites?
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in possession of a fast internet connection must be in want of some porn. — While it's difficult domain to penetrate — hard numbers are few and ...
Amazon: £7bn sales, no UK corporation tax
Online retailer's British operation owned by company in Luxembourg which receives all payments for books, DVDs and other goods — Amazon.co.uk, Britain's biggest online retailer, generated sales of m...
Gmail for Android update brings swipe gestures and custom notifications to Honeycomb
Google just pushed out an update to the Gmail Android app that Honeycomb tablet users will likely want to download. As Google puts it, this update brings the Android 4.0 experience to Honeycomb users...
Dropbox clamps down on users gaming HTC promo
Plans to retake snatched storage — Later this month, Dropbox plans on launching a promotion giving HTC phone owners with devices that include the HTC Sense 4.0 app 23GB of online storage free for tw...
Apple Holds Out as E-Book Pricing Settlement Nears
Talks to resolve U.S. and European price-fixing probes into e-books are heating up, with three international publishers inclined to settle the matter, according to people familiar with the matter. — ...
Tim O'Reilly on the Future of Location: “The Guy with the Most Data Wins”
O'Reilly Media founder and Silicon Valley oracle Tim O'Reilly was kind enough to chat with me on camera at O'Reilly Where, his company's conference on “the business of location.” We talked about the ...
Twitter Nabs Googler Gabriel Stricker As Comms VP
Back in November, we reported that Sean Garrett, Twitter's Head of Comms, would be stepping down from his post. As he tweeted at the time, for the first time in his career, he would be taking more th...
Nokia TV coming to Lumia smartphones in Finland
ESPOO, Finland - You may have seen some excitement online about a new TV service from Nokia for our Lumia smartphones. — We are very pleased to be able to confirm that Nokia TV, the latest Lumia ent...
Jobs's Biographer to Page: What Part of “I'm Going to Destroy Android” Didn't You Understand?
Google CEO Larry Page's revisionist approach to Steve Jobs's infamous ire over the company's Android operating system isn't sitting well with the late Apple CEO's biographer, Walter Isaacson.
Google: No more e-books for indie booksellers
Google is ending the program that allows independent booksellers to sell Google e-books through their websites. It is a big blow for small bookstores seeking to compete against Amazon and Barnes & No...
Facebook e-commerce: the next big thing?
(Reuters) - A group of e-commerce start-ups, backed by some of the tech world's most pedigreed financiers, are betting that Facebook Inc can become an e-commerce powerhouse to rival Amazon.com Inc and...
JOBS Act: 5 things to look forward to (and 5 to dread)
As Obama signs the JOBS Act into law, crowdfunding becomes legal and companies get more flexibility in going public. Here's the good and the bad. Today, President Obama passes the JOBS (Jumpstart Ou...
More people using TV and tablets at same time
Do you check e-mail while you watch TV? If so, you're far from alone. — Nielsen's fourth-quarter poll of mobile users in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Italy discovered that people are increasingly c...
Smart thermostat Nest gets smarter with AirWave, robust Energy History, simpler setup
The Nest Learning Thermostat was plenty smart when it was first released five months ago, but even genius products sometimes need a bit of tutoring. — Today Nest users will receive the first major u...
LulzSec hacker pleads guilty in Sony Pictures security breach case
An accused member of Anonymous offshoot LulzSec has pleaded guilty to participating in an extensive hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2011. Reuters has reported that in a deal with prosecutors …
Spotify's subscriber growth disappoints
Spotify's US performance has been less than rocking, according to sources who say the digital music service has been under-delivering in terms of subscribers. — It has been nine months since Spotify...
16M Users Strong, TwitchTV Takes Live-Streamed Gaming Portal Mobile With iPad And Android Apps
TwitchTV, a live-streamed video game portal and community for gamers that was spawned last June from live video platform Justin.tv, has been booming in terms of growth and revenue.
Yandex debuts cloud storage service ahead of Google Drive's arrival, offers 10GB
It should come as no surprise that Yandex, the dominant search engine in Russia, is closely watching Google to try and stay one step ahead of the global search giant. — The company really only needs...
Nine publishers ready to embrace Zite's mobile news app
Almost a year after Zite's news reader app for the iPad drew the ire of several publishers — not to mention a few angry letters — the company is making friends with its former antagonists. Zite has n...
One quarter of worldwide households have Wi-Fi, says Strategy Analytics
According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, 25 percent of all “households” worldwide now have Wi-Fi networks set up. In terms of adoption, South Korea tops the list of the 17 countries the fir...
SpiderCloud Raises $35 Million At Near $200 Million Valuation
Networking gear maker SpiderCloud Wireless has raised $35 million in venture capital as the start-up prepares to upgrade its technology and make a run at profitability. — The financing round values ...
To Fill Out Its App Store, Microsoft Wields Its Checkbook
Nowadays, cellphones are all about apps. And Microsoft is so determined to have lots of brand-name apps for its Windows Phone app store that it's willing to pay for them. — All an app developer has...
Shutting down spammers
Twitter continues to grow at a record pace — we now have 140 million active users and more than 340 million Tweets each day. As our reach expands, we become a more attractive target for spammers. Wh...
Android Device Makers Are Mutinying, Says Insider
Amazon showed device makers that they don't need Google to succeed. — Google's Android device makers aren't happy. They're tired of making commodity devices that are merely vehicles for Google's An...
2012 Update from the CEO
Velocity, execution and focus Sergey and I founded Google because we believed that building a great search experience would improve people's lives and, hopefully, the world. And in the decade-plus th...
Exclusive: Yahoo's Chief Product Officer Blake Irving Resigns
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo's Chief Product Officer Blake Irving has turned in his resignation and it has been accepted by the company. — The process for Irving's departure is...