Spotify (Finally) Shows Up on the iPad
You wanted a Spotify iPad app? You've got a Spotify iPad app. — It's pretty, and it takes advantage of the tablet's bigger screen to showcase artist artwork and other cool stuff. Just like you'd e...
FRAND abuse: German court hands Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox 360
This morning, Judge Dr. Holger Kircher of the Landgericht Mannheim (Mannheim Regional Court) handed down his postponed ruling on a set of four closely-related Motorola lawsuits against Microsoft.
Dropbox working with Apple to resolve app rejection issue
After a number of developers using the Dropbox SDK reported that Apple was rejecting their iOS apps from the App Store because of links to an external purchase option, the cloud storage provider has c...
Frustrated advertisers to Facebook: Take our money — please!
please! — Mark Zuckerberg at F8 in 2010. — (Credit: James Martin/CNET) With a reach approaching 15 percent of the world's population, Facebook is a thriving media business. In the last quarter alo...
OS X Mountain Lion update adds helpful ‘Do Not Disturb’ option for notifications
Apple's update to OS X Lion Preview 3 adds a very helpful new “Do Not Disturb” feature for notifications. The feature is a toggle accessible at the top of Notification Center that allows users to blo...
Bing Strips Down Results Page To Make Google Look Like “Search Overload”
While Google keeps cramming its search results pages full of tools and social content, today Bing confirmed with me the full roll out a redesigned search results page that completely clears the left s...
Apple-Targeting Flashback Botnet Still Kicking, But Shrinking By 100,000 Macs Per Week
Dr. Web's count of Macs actively infected with Flashback over time. The “A” marks Apple's release of its Flashback removal tool, and the “B” marks Dr. Web's discovery of another variant of Flashback ...
Judge Posner scolds Apple's lawyers: 'I've had my fill of frivolous filings by Apple'
Judge Richard A. Posner, the most-cited U.S. legal scholar of the 20th century, is actually a circuit judge (appeals judge) but he is sitting “by designation” on the United States District Court …
Down, Not Out: Nokia Goes On The Offensive With 11 Lawsuits Against HTC, RIM And ViewSonic Covering 45 Patents
As Nokia continues to try to turn itself around as a mobile phone business, it is also playing on the offense in the legal game: today it announced that it has filed fresh round …
Target will phase out all Kindle products this spring
Last night we reported on Target's plans to discontinue sale of the Kindle due to “conflict of interest,” and now the company has confirmed the story with us. In a statement, Target says that it will...
An Apple CEO-in-waiting sells 95% of his company shares
The head of iPhone and iPad software sold 64,151 shares Friday worth $38.7 million — Scott Forstall. Photo: SplatF.com — FORTUNE — Scott Forstall took home a chunk of change Friday. — Taking ad...
Instagram Passes 50 Million Users, Adds 5 Million a Week
So maybe that $1 billion it cost Facebook to buy Instagram was a bargain after all. — The photo-sharing app is on fire. It now has more than 50 million users — and is adding new ones at the rate of...
Google introduces ‘VC Office Hours’, Google+ hangouts with top Silicon Valley figures
Google+ is often lamented for failing to capture the attention of mainstream social network users and, almost in response to that accusation, Google is launching an interesting initiative that will se...
Sony reveals VAIO T ultrabook: 11 and 13-inch models, Sandy Bridge processors, out this month
Sony has announced its first true ultrabook, the VAIO T. The design looks much the same as the prototype we saw all the way back at CES, with a 17.8mm-thick brushed metal body that pushes right up aga...
Teradata buys eCircle to get more of your marketing data
Data warehouse veteran Teradata announced on Wednesday it is buying German software company eCircle in an attempt to gain a stronger presence in fast-growing world of marketing data. The terms of the...
DataSift raises $7.2m inside round to help make sense of ‘big data’ beyond social interactions
DataSift, a rising star in the world of ‘big data’ collection and analysis, has raised $7.2 million from existing backers GRP Partners and IA Ventures to help accelerate growth as worldwide demand for...
SigFig Launches To Be The Data-Driven Financial Planner Of Your Dreams
Whether you have $10,000 or $10 million, trying to find help to manage your investments can be a minefield. — Mid-level financial advisory firms have come under scrutiny for somewhat shady practices...
Birst Lands $26M From Sequoia, Hummer Winblad To Bring Big Data Analytics To The Masses
Birst, a San Francisco-based startup that offers on-demand business intelligence and analytics solutions for companies big and small, has raised $26 million in series D financing, led by Sequoia Capit...
Flattr Partners With Dailymotion for Video Crowd-Funding
Maybe you've seen their little green button on blogs around the internet, maybe you haven't. Sweden based Flattr has been flying generally under the radar up until this point, not making too much of ...
Google Play doesn't monetize? It does for free-to-play games that use carrier billing
Google Play has an undeserved reputation as platform that doesn't monetize — at least according to several developers with free-to-play games. Companies as diverse as TinyCo, Spry Fox and Robot Invad...
Target, Unhappy With Being an Amazon Showroom, Will Stop Selling Kindles
Target, signaling its growing irritation with its rival Amazon, announced on Wednesday that it would stop selling the online retailer's Kindle e-readers. — Target, with almost 1,800 stores, is one o...