Nokia Confirms Lumia 900 Software Glitch, Offers Fix and $100 Credit
Nokia said late Monday that it has identified a problem that has left some early Lumia 900 customers unable to connect to the Internet. — Nokia U.S. chief Chris Weber told AllThingsD that the proble...
About Pando
Some of you may have read Sarah Lacy's post today stating that I'm no longer on the board of Pando Daily. — This wasn't a complete surprise to me, the company notified me last week that they weren't...
It's Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!)
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson just sent this note to Yahoo employees, about a new organization for the company. — “It's time for Yahoo! to move forward, and fast,” wrote Thompson (using punctuation I rea...
Facebook and Instagram: When Your Favorite App Sells Out
Facebook, a company with a potential market cap worth five or six moon landings, is spending one of its many billions of dollars to buy Instagram, a tiny company dedicated to helping Thai beauty queen...
Apple developing Flashback malware removal tool
In response to Flashback malware that's been in the news lately, Apple on Tuesday revealed that it is developing a tool to detect and remove it. — There is no date that the tool will be released, bu...
The 4 inch iPhone 5
In the past year of so the smartphone landscape has seen a trend of screen size increasing from around 3.2/3.5 inches to 4.3, 4.65 and as high as 5.3 inches in the case of the Samsung Galaxy Note. Th...
Availability of Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pros constrained ahead of redesigned models
Multiple authorized resellers this week are reflecting stock outs of 15-inch MacBook Pros, suggesting that Apple is ramping down production of existing models before introducing redesigned offerings …
Intel Develops Small, Sturdy Tablet for Education
Companies have been trying to transform education with computers for decades, with mixed results. But there is new enthusiasm for the possibilities represented by tablets, and Intel has a new entry.
DOJ may sue Apple over ebooks early as Wednesday: sources
(Reuters) - The Justice Department could sue Apple Inc as early as Wednesday over alleged electronic book price-fixing, while settling with several publishers as early as this week, two people familia...
iTunes: Time to right the syncing ship
When Apple introduced iTunes in 2001, it served one purpose: As a music jukebox app. Later that year, it added its most important feature: The ability to sync tracks with the just-introduced iPod. O...
Hillary Clinton likes ‘Texts from Hillary’ Tumblr
“Texts From Hillary” has just added one VIP to its fan base: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton herself. — Adam Smith, who created the Tumblr account that has quickly gone viral with his friend Stac...
“New” Roku HD Lands On Retail Shelves
“New” Roku HD Lands On Retail Shelves originally appeared on Zatz Not Funny! — Just last month we reported that a new “Roku HD” SKU had hit the FCC, and today I found it nestled amongst the Roku 2 X...
Apple ‘made £6bn’ in UK... but paid only £10m in tax
Apple paid a paltry £10million in UK corporation tax in the last financial year, despite earning an estimated £6billion in the country over the period. — It is the latest technology firm to be accus...
Samsung Galaxy Note Variant On the Way to Sprint?
Well look what we have here: It looks an awful lot like the Samsung Galaxy Note has made an appearance on Sprint's website. Neither Sprint nor Samsung have announced any intention to launch the 5.3-i...
Latest Chrome beta release adds tab syncing across computers and Android
The introduction of Chrome for Android brought a baked-in solution for syncing your tabs from computer to your phone, and now Google's rolling that out more broadly. The latest beta version of Chrome...
Free Adobe Reader app for iPad and Android can now sign and annotate PDFs
Annotating PDFs on a tablet is a widely-held dream in the suit community, and now Adobe's making it a little easier — the free Adobe reader app for iOS and Android is being updated to support electron...
Please Welcome Peter Ha, Frederic Lardinois And New Co-Editor Alexia Tsotsis
Sure, legends like Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle don't play for the Yankees now, but the team hasn't just survived the ups and downs over the years. Hate it or love it, the franchise attracts many of t...
Google's Chrome OS Will Soon Look More Like Windows Than A Browser
It's hard to say how popular Chrome OS, Google's browser-centric operating system, really is. There can be little doubt, though, that Google is quite serious about this initiative. Today, Google lau...
Lookout and T-Mobile bring you phones that will scream if lost
Lookout Mobile Security and T-Mobile are teaming up today to bring you a unique security feature in mobile phones: custom Scream tones. — With the new Scream tones you can try to pinpoint a missing ...
Tumblr updates Android app with a radical new look
Hot blog-baker Tumblr has cooked up a zany and colorful update to its Android application. — Five-year-old, New York-based Tumblr is the go-to blogging platform for the young and hip. The company n...
Rise of “forever day” bugs in industrial systems threatens critical infrastructure
The number of security holes that remain unpatched in software used to control refineries, factories, and other critical infrastructure is growing. It's becoming so common that security researchers h...
Facebook helps Instagram with unique Open Graph app rollout
Facebook and Instagram have been working together for weeks on an Open Graph integration for the mobile photo sharing app, Inside Facebook has discovered. — Facebook, which announced today that it a...
Iran denies has plan to cut Internet access
TEHRAN — Iran has denied online reports surfacing Tuesday that it plans to cut access to the Internet in August and replace it with a national intranet, according to a statement by the ministry of com...
Amazon's Takes In-App Purchases Out Of Beta: Here's How They Compromised On Revenue Share
Amazon is taking the wraps off a new in-app purchasing service today in an effort to make its app store competitive with what Apple and Google offer developers. That should let developers …
Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn resigns
Summary: Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn resigned this morning. Director G. Mike Mikan will serve in the interim. — Brian Dunn, chief executive of tech big box retailer Best Buy, resigned this morning. — ...
Toshiba introduces 13.3-inch Android 4.0 tablet, new Excite range
Toshiba announced its back-to-school tablet lineup today, adding three models to its Excite brand. The first one you'll notice is the Excite 13, which you can hardly avoid — its 13.3-inch display is ...
A million Instagram Android app downloads in a day isn't cool. You know what's cool? 5 million in 6 days.
Instagram is enjoying the biggest week in its existence. The company, already riding high on its iOS success, launched its Android app and captured 1 million downloads …
AT&T Unlocking In-Contract iPhones for Deployed Service Members
This weekend, AT&T began unlocking iPhones for off-contract customers. This allows the iPhone be used with a SIM-card from overseas carriers, or T-Mobile in the U.S. In addition to unlocking phones f...
Nokia Lumia 900 hit by bug that disables data
Nokia Lumia 900 launch marred by data bug — Nokia's Lumia 900 launch has been partly soured by a bug encountered by early adopters. Both an AT&T source for Phone Arena, as well as buyers on Nokia's...
Apple CEO Tim Cook to Appear as Opening Speaker at the D10 Conference
Walt Mossberg and I could not be more thrilled to announce that Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, will be the opening-night speaker at our 10th D: All Things Digital conference. — It will be Cook's first appe...
Apple Snubs Firm That Discovered Mac Botnet, Tries To Cut Off Its Server Monitoring Infections
Dr. Web's chief executive Boris Sharov, who says Apple never responded when the firm shared its findings on the Flashback botnet. — Until it was revealed last week that more than half …
How Google is using OpenFlow to lower its network costs
Google is checking out a new form of networking protocol known as OpenFlow in the communications networks that run between its data centers. The search giant is testing the use of software-defined ne...
Megaupload Host Refuses to Delete User Data and Evidence, For Now
For weeks Megaupload has attempted to come to a workable solution with the Department of Justice, but Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has just confirmed to TorrentFreak that these efforts have been in v...
Regulators Sue Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
Benedict Van was trying to make a name for himself in Silicon Valley. For two years, the entrepreneur would crisscross California, paying house visits to investors in hopes of raising cash for a pair...