Aaron Sorkin talks about future Steve Jobs movie, impact of technology on his writing
You don't have to look far to get a grasp on who Aaron Sorkin is — he wrote A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network, for starters …
Let's Have Some Fun Reading Way Too Much Into the Preliminary Schedule for WWDC 2012
“We're going to double down on secrecy on products.” —Tim Cook, yesterday at the D10 conference — I've long compared Apple punditry to Cold War-era Kremlinology — to predict or analyze an opaque …
Beneath contempt: The Apple TV business model
Last year we sold ... 2.8 million Apple TVs. This year, just in the first six months of our year we've sold 2.7. Tim Cook at D10 1:45. I note the “our” in “our year”. This implies fiscal year (tha...
Kevin Rose's Next Move: Partner at Google Ventures
Kevin Rose, who joined Google in March to work on Google+ along with some of his team from mobile app incubator Milk, has moved to Google Ventures. — Rose is now a venture partner at the firm focuse...
That's Amore: Has Apple Bought Italian Music Editing Startup Redmatica?
Everyone is focused on what hardware product Apple might launch next, but out of Italy comes reported news of a software development: the company has bought Redmatica, a small startup that specializes...
Microsoft accidentally announces Windows 8 Release Preview for May 31st — a day early — then pulls blog post
a day early — then pulls blog post — In a post today on a Microsoft blog, Vice President on the Windows Development team, Chuck Chan, touted the release of the Windows 8 Release Preview to the Window...
Google Places Is Over, Company Makes Google+ The Center Of Gravity For Local Search
When Google+ and Google+ Pages for business were introduced a little less than a year ago many people in the local search arena began anticipating the day when Google would merge or integrate Google P...
Sean Parker: Why Did Spotify Take So Long to Get Stateside? It Could Have Been Apple.
Before Spotify finally hit the U.S. less than a year ago, streaming-music proponents the world around lauded the company. But while the app was available in Europe and other countries since 2010 …
Sony Considers—but Rejects—Online-Only Game Console
but Rejects—Online-Only Game Console — Sony is looking to the next generation of its gaming consoles. Above, a 2009 poster of the Sony Playstation logo. — Sony Corp. considered but ultimately reje...
Korea Fair Trade Commission Raids Google. Again.
Google is in hot water in South Korea again. — The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) raided Google's offices in Seoul on Monday, people familiar with the matter say. This is the second time the ag...
Kleiner Perkins Partner John Doerr Speaks Out On Lawsuit: “Our Firm Does Not Discriminate Based On Gender”
John Doerr, the longtime partner at Silicon Valley venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who is perhaps the firm's most recognizable public face …
Microsoft updates SkyDrive for Windows and Mac with new photo sharing function, increased file limit
Just over a month since launching its SkyDrive for Windows and OS X Lion app preview, Microsoft has announced new feature updates and improvements for the cloud storage client.
MegaUpload asks U.S. court to dismiss piracy charges
The cloud-storage service accused of piracy says the U.S. lacked jurisdiction and “should have known” that before taking down the service and throwing its founder in jail. — Follow @sandoCNET — Me...
Once Deemed Evil, Google Now Embraces “Paid Inclusion”
Back when Google was an upstart search engine, one way it distinguished itself was to fight against a pay-to-play business model called “paid inclusion.” Indeed, paid inclusion was one of the origina...
Inside Google X's Project Glass, Part I
Google's Project Glass product lead Steve Lee walks us through his experience with the development of the company's sci-fi-inspired eyewear—from his team's “hundreds of variations and dozens of early ...
D10: Oracle's Ellison on cloud computing, sailing and more
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. _ Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison's appearance at the All Things D conference opened, appropriately, with a video ad depicting Oracle catamarans charging through rough...
Politwoops preserves deleted tweets from US politicians
Not everyone thinks before they tweet, and US politicians are certainly no exception - enter Politwoops, a website set up by The Sunlight Foundation to archive deleted tweets from politicians. Politw...
Google Play begins selling Galaxy Nexus accessories
Last month, Google began selling its popular Galaxy Nexus (HSPA version) directly on the Google Play website for a cool $399. Fast forward to today, Google has announced that accessories for the Gala...
iPad Only No More: Inkling Debuts HTML5-Powered E-Book App For The Web
Inkling, the San Francisco-based startup that's known for making super slick interactive digital versions of college textbooks and other educational titles for the iPad, has debuted its first ever pla...
Kayak Said To Postpone IPO Following Facebook'S Tumble
Kayak Software Corp. is delaying its initial public offering following Facebook Inc. (FB)'s post-IPO tumble, according to a person close to the situation. — The Norwalk, Connecticut-based online-tra...
Sweep the Sleaze
Promising to make you look wired and magically promote your content in social networks, the Like, Retweet, and +1 buttons occupy a good spot on pretty much every page of the World Wide Web. Because o...
Apple Store now selling Nest Learning Thermostat for $249.95
It turns out the rumors were true: Apple has begun selling the Nest Learning Thermostat in its online store for $249.95. It's the second large retail expansion for Nest in the past 24 hours, with the...
Are Facebook Pages Getting Less Traffic From Google & Bing?
This January Google launched “Search Plus Your World (SPYW),” a service that drastically customized search results based on social connections while bolstering visibility of Google+ products. While t...
Registered sex offenders fight for access to Facebook
(Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images / May 30, 2012) — Registered sex offenders who have been banned from social networking websites are fighting back in state courts. — Sex offenders have successfully ...
Apple Gears Up for New Products
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. - Apple Inc. chief executive Tim Cook teed up big expectations for the world's largest technology company, saying in an interview that the company is preparing to release s...
Skype's present is secure, its future is not
It has been over six months since Microsoft officially became an owner of Skype, one of the biggest communication services in the world. The company has been growing quietly, thanks to its “Skype eve...
Mitt Romney's New App Misspells America, Twitter Goes Wild
Mitt Romney's new iPhone app, With Mitt, “lets you customize photos with a variety of Mitt-inspired artistic frames.” Slogans like “Believe in America,” “Obama Isn't Working,” and “I'm a Mom for Mitt...
Wasting Time Is New Divide in Digital Era
In the 1990s, the term “digital divide” emerged to describe technology's haves and have-nots. It inspired many efforts to get the latest computing tools into the hands of all Americans, particularly ...
Facebook HQ expansion plan approved; new limit of 6,600 workers, will pay Menlo Park up to $15m
At a meeting last night, Menlo Park officials approved a deal that will let Facebook employ thousands more people at its headquarters in the Silicon Valley city.
Netflix agrees to delete data on ex-customers
Turns out that nobody has to know about that copy of Bad Girls of Red Light District 6: The Extended Cut you rented from Netflix just over a year ago. — U.S. District Court papers filed Friday revea...
How Twitter Beat Facebook At Its Own Story
On the day Facebook went public, all eyes were on its biggest competitor. Those hazy months when the IPO was just a rumor, the giddy days and hours before the market opened, the hilariously chaotic t...
Google introduces a new display business trends report for publishers
Advertising on the web is certainly at a crossroads. With huge companies like Facebook figuring out how to monetize its userbase, trends in display ads are more important than they've ever been.
Amazon-Owned LOVEFiLM, The Netflix Of Europe, Signs Streaming Deal With NBCUniversal
In the midst of Amazon's recent moves to rapidly grow its content collection on Amazon Prime Instant Video, the company has also been brokering deals for another one of its video properties: European ...