Apple working on iTunes 11 with iOS 6 support, improved iCloud integration
According to sources, Apple has recently begun internally seeding the next major release of the iTunes application for computers, iTunes 11. Work on iTunes 11 began prior to the release of iTunes 10....
Wavii Launches In Public Beta, Aiming To Be Your Big Data News Aggregator Of Choice
After years, yes years, in various states of stealth mode, Seattle-based personalized news aggregation startup Wavii is finally launching to wide scale public consumption.
Kerry and Graham urge FCC to save LightSquared
Two top senators have urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move LightSquared to a new section of airwaves in an effort to save the troubled wireless startup. — LightSquared has inves...
Instagram updated to support HTC One X, other Tegra 3 devices
It's honestly pretty incredible just how fast Instagram is rolling out updates for its Android app: it's only been a week since the artistic photo filter program arrived on Google's mobile operating s...
U.S. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Hachette
The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Corp., Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming collusion over eBook pricing. Apple a...
VIDEO: Watch an iPad get made from the Foxconn factory floor
Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz is only the second reporter ever to gain access to visit the factory floor at Apple's Chinese producer Foxconn. In this exclusive video, see highlights f...
Nokia says smartphone financials will disappoint even as it sells two million Lumia phones in Q1
Ahead of its Q1 2012 earnings results, Nokia has lowered its first quarter 2012 financial outlook — the company expects its operating margin will be approximately negative three percent …
Samsung's $249 Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 To Make U.S. Debut On April 22, We Go Hands-On
Samsung teased the masses this past February when they revealed that one of their first Ice Cream Sandwich-powered tablets would be the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, a decidedly mid-range device that seemed lacki...
Google's $12 Billion Toy
Here's a business riddle: Divine Google Inc.'s intentions for its largest-ever acquisition, the $12.5 billion purchase of the once-great, now-faltering Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. — Motorola rep...
Nokia Lumia 900 Carries Bill of Materials of $209
Nokia's new Lumia 900 smartphone features a cost-reduced design that reveals close cooperation between the handset brand, Microsoft Corp., and semiconductor supplier Qualcomm Inc. This cooperation mim...
Code Not Physical Property, Court Rules in Goldman Sachs Espionage Case
Former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov, who downloaded source code for the investment firm's high-speed trading system from the company's computers, was wrongly charged with theft of propert...
Spotify Moves Beyond Facebook With a “Play Button” For the Rest of the Web
If you're on Facebook, then you've almost certainly seen Spotify, which is why the music service has been able to pick up some 3 million users since it launched in the U.S. last summer.
WordPress completely dominates top 100 blogs
WordPress is no doubt a very popular web publishing platform for blogs and other types of websites. But just how popular is it? — We just completed a study and found that WordPress is in use by 48%...
Google+ Gets A Big Refresh With New Navigation, A Redesigned Stream, A Dedicated Hangouts Page & More
Google is announcing this morning a new look for its social network, Google+, which introduces a revamped navigation, with drag-and-drop elements and actions that appear when you hover over each item ...
This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.
Nick Merrill, who challenged a demand from the FBI for user data, wants to create the world's first Internet provider designed to be surveillance-resistant. — (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET)
Patch Editor-in-Chief leaving AOL
Patch editor-in-chief Brian Farnham announced today he is leaving the network of hyper-local news and its parent-company AOL. The news was revealed in an all-company call and Farnham let it all hang ...
MPAA: you can infringe copyright just by embedding a video
The Motion Picture Association of America is squaring off against a coalition of Internet giants and public interest groups over the key question of whether it's possible to directly infringe copyrigh...
Deadline Looms For New Internet Domain System
If you want to own your own top-level domain you have about 24 hours to submit your application (along with the $180,000 fee) because once the April 12 deadline passes, that is it for the foreseeable ...
Introducing The Listserve, a Giant List Only One Person Can Email Per Day
It's the sad truth of the Internet: you can tweet and blog your sweet little heart out, but there's no guarantee that anyone is actually listening. But what if there was a platform that gave you the ...
The Pebble is a slick e-paper smartwatch that connects to iPhone or Android
I've wanted a slick, minimal smartwatch that connects to my iPhone for years. There have been plenty of attempts at this, especially recently, but the Pebble project on Kickstarter is the first one t...
The man behind your phone's fonts
The first part of our series about mobile phone fonts sits down with Steve Matteson, the typeface designer for Droid, Windows Phone, and countless other UIs. — Follow @lynnlaaa — Steve Matteson ho...
Tablets a TV friend: 85 percent of tablet owners use the device while watching shows
The tablet's ability to deliver content has been considered a threat to PC and cable companies, but new data shows 85 percent of people using their tablets while watching the television, according to ...
To Compute or Not to Compute—Wolfram|Alpha Analyzes Shakespeare's Plays
Wolfram|Alpha Analyzes Shakespeare's Plays — For hundreds of years, scholars have carefully studied the plays of Shakespeare, breaking down the language and carefully dissecting every act and scene. ...
Be More Social with Updated BBM Connected Apps: Facebook, Twitter and More!
Get ready, #TeamBlackBerry! Some of your favorite apps are about to become BBM™ connected and join the list of the over 800 BBM connected applications available on the BlackBerry App World™ storefron...
Evernote and Pinterest just had a baby: Enter the new Springpad
Springpad has long been compared to Internet note-taking sensation Evernote, but starting today Springpad will likely be compared to another darling of the startup world, visually oriented social netw...
SAP reveals database, mobile roadmaps through 2015
Summary: SAP unveiled its immediate and long-term plans for HANA and Sybase, demonstrating how the business management software provider aims to become a leading database vendor. — SAN FRANCISCO - S...