Microsoft quietly launches So.cl social network
In the wake of social-networking giant Facebook's IPO, Microsoft has quietly launched So.cl, its own social networking foray. However, So.cl isn't a designed to be a Facebook challenger. The project...
Nasdaq Acknowledges Troubles With Facebook Deal
Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., on Sunday acknowledged design problems with Nasdaq's technology after the exchange operator was widely seen as bungling the landmark listing ...
Report: Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Blasphemous Content, Facebook Complies? [Update: Back Up]
Another day, another example of a country making it harder for its people to use the web and some of its most effective channels of communication? There are reports coming in from Pakistan …
'The Golden Age of Silicon Valley Is Over, and We're Dancing on its Grave'
To help make sense of the Facebook IPO, we caught up with Steve Blank, a professor at Berkeley and Stanford and serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley. This conversation has been edited and condense...
Customs slowly letting HTC handsets into the US, can't say which ones
Still waiting for your HTC handset to make its way through customs? Ratchet your hopes just a smidge higher, because the company says it's making progress. “Some models have gone through inspection ...
Apple, Samsung CEOs set for U.S. court talks
(Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive ...
Voyager Mobile, a 22-Year-Old's Cellphone Start-Up, Launches After Delay
An attack on his Web site pushed things out a few days, but John Mardini says Voyager Mobile is now ready to take orders for cut-rate cellphone service. — Mardini, a 22-year-old entrepreneur and New...
Fat Lady Finally Sings: Yahoo and Alibaba Officially Shake on $7 Billion Stock Sale Deal [UPDATED]
As AllThingsD.com reported several days ago they would, Yahoo and Alibaba Group have finally reached an agreement for the Silicon Valley Internet giant to sell back half its stake in the Chinese Web c...
The Undoing of Scott Thompson at Yahoo
When the activist shareholder Daniel Loeb confronted Yahoo's directors on May 3 with the possibility that Yahoo's recently hired chief executive, Scott Thompson, might have falsified his résumé by cla...
Microsoft's So.cl Goes Live
Microsoft's social networking site, so.cl which gone live accidentally few months back is in fact launched by Microsoft and available to all at present, you can sign into this service with your Facebo...
Samsung's S Voice available for Android 4.0 devices through leaked Galaxy S III ROM
The firmware for Samsung's Galaxy S III has leaked, a little over a week ahead of the device's release. While you can't flash the ROM to another phone just yet, developers are able to poke around ins...
Verizon confirms plans to raise FiOS rates
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) plans to implement price increases for its FiOS service to offset content costs and increase profitability, a senior executive said this week. — Shammo — Speaking at the 40th An...
Sprint now offering $100 credit when you trade in an iPhone from any other carrier
In an effort to attract iPhone users to its network, Sprint has begun offering a $100 credit when you turn in an iPhone from any other carrier. — Sprint sent us the details of the offering …
Nasdaq CEO Blames Software Design For Delayed Facebook Trading
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ), under scrutiny after shares of Facebook Inc. were plagued by delays and mishandled orders on its first day of trading, blamed “poor design” in the software it uses for dr...