Sprint confirms unlimited data plan for next iPhone
Sprint Nextel is banking that its unlimited data plan will continue to set its iPhone apart from the others — even when the next version arrives. — If the next iteration of the iPhone arrives with L...
This was the original ‘Google Phone’ presented in 2006
Two years before the T-Mobile G1 introduced to the world to Android, Google presented carriers with the “Google Phone — a device that looked a lot more like the portrait QWERTY Android prototype shown...
Exclusive: Microsoft to preview ‘Woodstock’ Xbox music service at E3
Microsoft will offer a sneak peak at its Zune replacement during E3 2012, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. The new music service, codenamed Woodstock, will continue Microsoft's...
What Your Klout Score Really Means
Last spring Sam Fiorella was recruited for a VP position at a large Toronto marketing agency. With 15 years of experience consulting for major brands like AOL, Ford, and Kraft, Fiorella felt confiden...
Judge to Oracle: No, you can't assert another patent against Google
That was quick. One day after Oracle asked for the right to assert a third patent against Google in the ongoing Android/Java intellectual property trial, Judge William Alsup has ordered that it is to...
Square Payment Pace Rises 25% in Niche Coveted by EBay
Square Inc., maker of credit-card readers for smartphones and tablets, has increased its payment volume 25 percent since March, when EBay Inc. (EBAY)'s PayPal showed off a new mobile scanner and under...
Andreessen Horowitz to give half their earnings to charity
A different type of return on investment — Venture capital firm makes a bold philanthropic pledge. — FORTUNE — The general partners of Andreessen Horowitz have pledged to donate at least half of t...
People Search Engine Ark Raises Biggest Y Combinator Seed Round Ever
People search start-up Ark.com has led a bit of a charmed existence. Part of Y Combinator's winter class, it debuted to the public shortly after YC leader Paul Graham posted an essay about “frighteni...
Samsung announces 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor for ‘next Galaxy smartphone’
Samsung apparently couldn't wait for its big ‘Next Galaxy’ announcement to give us the detail on the chip that will power it. Dubbed the “Exynos 4 Quad,” the chip will run at 1.4GHz per core and is b...
Google Maps now lets you ‘visit’ famous landmarks with photo tours...using YOUR images
The chances are if you're reading this you've at least used Google Maps before, and the odds are you've also used Street View to get a feel for a place before you visit.
Google Set to Meld GDrive With Chrome OS
Google senior vice president Sundar Pichai says the GDrive will soon be integrated with the company's Chrome OS operating system. Image: Flickr/niallkennedy — Google will tightly integrate its new ...
Google Ideas helps launch counter-radicalization ‘Against Violent Extremism’ network
Today, on the Official Google Blog, the company unveiled its next step for the Google Ideas think tank run by former 'Twitterer in Chief" of the State Department Jared Cohen.
Kickstarter project aims to turn iPad into MacBook Air
The Brydge hits Kickstarter with early-adopter pricing of $150 for the entry-level model with no built-in speaker. — (Credit: Oona) — During Apple's second quarter earnings call yesterday, Apple C...
VMware confirms source code leak, LulzSec-affiliated hacker claims credit
VMware has confirmed a leak of source code from the ESX hypervisor. The code was posted on Pastebin on April 8 by a hacker calling himself “Hardcore Charlie.” — VMware confirmed the theft yesterday...
Ancestry.com Acquires Archives.com For $100 Million
Utah-based genealogy site Ancestry.com just announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Silicon Valley-based startup Inflection to acquire its competitor Archives.com for $100 milli...
The real reason Facebook's IPO will be delayed: 15-30% drop in new tech stocks
Facebook's IPO was scheduled for May 2012, or so every analyst across the country was saying a couple months ago. However, that just ain't gonna happen, and we're here to tell you why.
SkyDrive APIs - Bring your data to any app, any platform, any device
On Monday, we released preview versions of SkyDrive for Windows and Mac, along with updates for iOS and Windows Phone. With SkyDrive on your desktop, you can now access files in the cloud right from ...
Google Seeks Co-Pilots for Self-Driving Car
DETROIT—The leader of Google Inc.'s effort to develop self-driving cars was in the Motor City on Wednesday to send a message that the Internet company is looking for partners to bring its innovations ...
The Man Who Hacked Hollywood
They've become a part of the pop-culture landscape: sexy, private shots of celebrities (your Scarletts, your Milas) stolen from their phones and e-mail accounts. They're also the center of an entire ...
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference to Kick Off June 11 at Moscone West in San Francisco
Apple® today announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 11 through June 15 at San Francisco's Moscone West. At this year's five-day conference …
Feature: Windows 8 on the desktop—an awkward hybrid
an awkward hybrid — Windows 8's new user interface has proven nothing short of polarizing. The hybrid operating system pairs a new GUI concept, the touch-friendly Metro interface, to the traditional...
T-Mobile Branded Samsung Galaxy Note Hanging In The Wild, Looking Awesome
We're about to put aside any doubt any of you may have had surrounding the future availability of the Galaxy Note on T-Mobile. We've had two indications that the 5.3″ “phablet” was forthcoming …
Apple's Huge Quarter in Charts
Apple posted another monster quarter, just as some were starting to doubt it. — Again, Apple's most impressive statistic is its overall sales growth: With more than $39 million in revenue last quart...
Think GPS is cool? IPS will blow your mind
For all of their awesome applications — from portable navigation devices, to self-driving cars, to cruise missile targeting — the American Global Positioning System and its Russian cohort GLONASS have...
Andreessen Horowitz Has “Nearly Returned” Fund One, Yet Critics Remain
Andreessen Horowitz has been shaking things up since debuting on the venture scene nearly three years ago; this week is no different. — After the New York Times published a recent piece, highlightin...
Sprint posts $863 million loss, but that's not the whole story
To put that loss into perspective, Sprint lost $439 million during the first quarter of 2011. — Sprint Nextel started off 2012 on a sour note, the company revealed today in its first-quarter earning...
Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?
Had Narrative Science — a company that trains computers to write news stories—created this piece, it probably would not mention that the company's Chicago headquarters lie only a long baseball toss fr...
Some Investors May Request Protection From Acqui-Hires
Inside baseball warning, but I like writing about the things being discussed that the press never really picks up on. — Acqui-hires, if you aren't aware, are the acquisitions of startups by large co...
The Digital Education Revolution, Cont'd: Meet TED-Ed's New Online Learning Platform
TED's new tool lets teachers create customized lessons that revolve around web video. — education.ted.com — The iconic image of high school education, forged for most of us through personal experi...
Macs more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, study finds
One in five Mac computers is likely to carry Windows malware, but only one in 36 is likely to be infected with malware specifically designed for the Mac OS X, according to study performed by antivirus...
China Escalates Crackdown On Internet Amid Scandal
China censors have gone into high gear as the most popular topic continues to be the Bo Xilai scandal. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks to reporter Josh Chin on why the government is enforcing a heavy ha...
Nokia, HTC win European patent ruling
(Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) and HTC (2498.TW) won a key ruling by the European Patent Office that a patent used by German firm IPCom in legal battles against the two mobile phonemakers was invalid in...
Lava Xolo X900 Review - The First Intel Medfield Phone
For Intel, the road to their first real competitive smartphone SoC has been a long one. Shortly after joining AnandTech and beginning this journey writing about both smartphones and the SoC space, I ...
IBM Acquires Enterprise Search Software Company Vivisimo To Boost Big Data Analytics
On the heels of acquiring sales data analytics company Varicent last week, Big Blue is making another buy in the data space today— Vivisimo. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Nokia targets May 14th for Lumia 900 UK release, maxing out production capacity with AT&T model
We've just gotten off the phone with Nokia's UK team, following up on an earlier report from V3. The company tells us it's set a target date of May 14th for the retail release …
Oracle asks court for right to assert third patent against Google
An Oracle patent that was previously invalidated by the US Patent and Trademark Office—only to be reinstated upon further review—may yet be asserted against Google when the blockbuster Android trial h...
HTC and Facebook working on new Android smartphone for later this year, says DigiTimes
HTC and Facebook, two companies already familiar with one another from their partnership on the ChaCha and Salsa handsets, are reportedly in the midst of jointly developing a new Android smartphone.
LG's Q1 2012 earnings show greater profits on strong TV, phone sales
LG has released its Q1 2012 numbers, and there's plenty of good news to go around, with TV profits that nearly doubled and profit from cellphones for the second quarter in a row following six straight...