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BlackBerry 10: a closer look (video)
We've taken a closer look at the UI elements revealed during RIM's BlackBerry World keynote and put together a video detailing the major new elements we've seen. Firstly and foremost, RIM is focusing...
Facebook's Roadshow to Start Monday; IPO Set for May 18
Facebook Inc. is planning to start its roadshow to pitch its stock to investors on Monday, as the social network enters the final stages of its coming public offering, said people familiar with the ma...
California gets boost in organ donors after Facebook update
Screen shot from the video explaining how Facebook users can include their donor status in their biographical details. — Facebook sharing can be more than an idle waste of time. California's organ ...
Apps using Dropbox are being rejected because Apple is playing hardball
If you've ever developed an iOS app, you know that the submission process can be a scary one. Apple provides developers with a HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) that must be followed, but sometimes so...
Barnes & Noble CEO: NFC coming to the Nook
The battle for e-book dollars became a lot more interesting earlier this week when Barnes & Noble (BKS) announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft (MSFT). Over the next five years, the Redmond,...
Revealed: Facebook Messenger for iPad, iPhone app with video chat in the works
While Facebook has focused on smartphones for its standalone Facebook Messenger app, the company is currently developing a version for the Apple iPad. A reliable source has provided an in-depth look ...
Samsung overtakes Apple to claim smartphone market share lead
Despite strong growth year-over-year, Apple ceded its spot as the world's top smartphone vendor in the first quarter of 2012 as Samsung boosted both smartphone and feature phone shipments to record le...
Android Ported to C#
Oracle and Google are currently in a $1 billion wrestling match over Google's use of Java in Android. — But Java is not the only way to build native apps on Android. In fact, it's not even the best...
Mozilla Slams CISPA, Breaking Silicon Valley's Silence On Cybersecurity Bill
While the Internet has been bristling with anger over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, the Internet industry has been either silent or quietly supportive of the controversial bill. ...
A faster way for businesses to start connecting with customers on foursquare
Over 20,000,000 people use foursquare to discover and share new experiences. It's also an incredibly powerful tool for businesses who want to connect with their customers, and over 750,000 of them ha...
ComScore: Samsung Widens Lead As Top Mobile Brand In U.S., Android 51% Of All Smartphones
Samsung doesn't break out actual unit sales figures for its mobile handset business, but many analyst houses are estimating that it is the brand to beat anyway. The latest tip comes from ComScore …
T-Mobile's Marketing Chief to Step Down
NEW YORK—T-Mobile USA's chief marketing officer is leaving the position less than two years after being promoted, the carrier said Tuesday. — Cole Brodman, who held several posts over a 17-year care...
OMGWHAT? GREE Acquires Mobile-Social Game Developer Funzio For $210M
Japanese gaming giant GREE just acquired mid-core, mobile game developer Funzio for $210 million in an all-cash deal that should boost its ability to build games for Western audiences.
Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by Microsoft (updated)
Microsoft has drastically overhauled the network running its Skype voice-over-IP service, replacing peer-to-peer client machines with thousands of Linux boxes that have been hardened against the most ...
Motorola Mobility loses $86 million in Q1, device shipments way down
Well, the first quarter of 2012 is officially over Motorola Mobility, and the financial news is rather sobering for the company. While revenues were up, the climb was modest, to just $3.1 billion.
New Firefox design will offer uniform look across desktop and mobile
Mozilla recently combined its desktop and mobile design teams with the aim of unifying the Firefox user experience across form factors. A presentation slide deck published by Mozilla's Madhava Enros ...
Yuri Milner, Dave Morin, SV Angel, CrunchFund And More Hook Up Pair With $4.2M
For a social network that's, for lack of a better term, monogamous, social network for couples Pair has just raised funding from so many high-profile investors I'm having trouble picking who to includ...
HP reclaims top spot in PC sales, market as a whole climbs 21 percent
Well, Apple's reign atop the list of the world's top PC makers was short lived. After clawing its way into the lead, if you counted the iPad as a PC, HP is back atop the heap — even with Cupertino's ...
Beyond textbooks, Inkling aims to revolutionize travel with Frommer's digital guides
Inkling's digital publication platform helped textbook makers move to the iPad. Now, the company is setting its sights on travel with the launch of Frommer's Day by Day travel guides for the iPad and...
Twitter Said to Have Considered Buying Mobile Photo App Camera+
Soon after Facebook agreed to pay $1 billion for Instagram, social networking rival Twitter considered acquiring a mobile photo-sharing application called Camera+, two people with knowledge of the neg...
No new devices, but RIM talks up its virtual BlackBerry keypad
RIM won't have any new BlackBerry devices until much later this year, but it's showing off its new BlackBerry 10 OS and an updated virtual keyboard at its annual BlackBerry World conference. ORLANDO,...
Zuckerberg's Dinners with Girlfriend Help Spur Life-Saving Facebook Tool
Conversations over the dinner table with his med-student girlfriend helped Mark Zuckerberg formulate his latest big idea — harnessing the power of Facebook to help eliminate the critical shortage of o...
Facebook IPO Docs Could Get Approval This Week, Followed by Road Show With Zuckerberg (No Guarantee on Tie)
According to sources close to the situation, Facebook is anticipating getting approval from government regulators to officially distribute its S-1 public offering prospectus …
This Is What a Kickstarter Scam Looks Like
“Seth Westfall,” the creator and cofounder of “Little Monster Productions.” (kickstarter.com) — When Kickstarter projects go wrong, backers often think they've been scammed; usually, the creators s...
Nope! Still No Bubble Here, Says Marc Andreessen.
It will be a man-bites-dog story when a prominent tech investor comes out and declares that we are in fact in a bubble, and that they've stopped investing in tech companies. — But for the record: Ma...
Apple Doesn't Want Musicians to See Secret Steve Jobs Deposition
In bringing a class-action lawsuit against Universal Music over digital music revenues, musicians trigger a big objection from Apple. — Steve Jobs — Aftermath Records, a division of Universal Musi...
iPad ‘4G’ claims face scrutiny from UK regulator
In Australia, iPad users unhappy with 4G claims were offered refunds — The Advertising Standards Authority has widened its inquiry into the advertising of the Apple iPad. — The BBC understands the...
Does the Pebble Cause a Ripple In Apple's Waters?
Ever since the Pebble watch became an cause célèbre in tech circles for its kickass Kickstarter moves (it's raised almost $7mm dollars and counting), something's been nagging me about the company and ...
Apple wants U.S. district court to obscure Samsung logo on video display for jurors
After just blogging about the technical and timeline-related part of a joint Apple-Samsung filing made a few hours ago, I now have some tidbits from the filing that are, in a way, more entertaining.
Newvem Raises $4M From Greylock, Eric Schmidt To Help AWS Customers Spend Less Money
EXCLUSIVE-Startup Newvem, which offers a SaaS based service for Amazon/AWS customers that aims to help businesses spend less money and gain more value from Amazon's cloud infrastructure …
Microsoft outlines plans to clean up the Windows Phone Marketplace
Microsoft appears to be taking an even tougher stance on bulk publishing and “spam” apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace this week. In a blog post addressed to Windows Phone developers, Todd Brix, S...
HTML5 Start-Up Crocodoc Signs Up Dropbox, LinkedIn and SAP as Paying Customers
Crocodoc, a start-up that quickly converts PDFs and Office documents to HTML5, already has an impressive list of customers: Dropbox, LinkedIn, SAP, Yammer and Edomodo. — The Crocodoc founding team b...
Signpost, the AdSense for local business, raises $3.75M
As local businesses move their marketing spending from Yellow Page listings and mailers to online ads, there's a growing opportunity to help them make the transition. Signpost, a New York start-up, h...
Where Do All Those BuzzFeed Cute Animal Pictures Come From?
BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti discusses the copyright implications of all the adorable cats, disappointed otters, and worried monkeys that grace the site. — It all started when I was looking at a p...