Google + Quickoffice = get more done anytime, anywhere
We're happy to announce that we have acquired Quickoffice, a leader in office productivity solutions. — Today, consumers, businesses and schools use Google Apps to get stuff done from anywhere, with...
Sprint's Virgin Mobile to Offer iPhone
Sprint Nextel Corp. is set to become the second U.S. mobile-phone carrier to offer Apple Inc.'s iPhone on a pay-as-you-go basis. — Sprint will announce this week it will offer the popular smartphone...
Are You Okay With Airtime Secretly Taking Photos Of You While You're Video Chatting?
Airtime: You watch it. It watches you. — Facebook is boring, according to a third of its users. Yikes! Luckily, tech entrepreneur Sean Parker plans to save the day, launching a new video chat ser...
HP's Whitman works to assure customers as company cuts staff
As Meg Whitman, the CEO of HP, took the stage here today, the thousands sitting in this cavernous hall applauded politely and then stilled. This was Whitman's first appearance at HP Discover, and she...
Google Starts Showing Users Alerts For Accounts Hacked By “State-Sponsored Attackers”
Here's a message from Google some Gmail users can expect to see in the near future, and that the rest of us hope we never will: “Warning: We believe state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to comp...
After nearly two years without an update, Apple to finally revamp Mac Pro next week
Yesterday, we reported that Apple has an incredible WWDC surprise: major updates to four of its Mac lines. We were able to affirm that three of these updates would cover the redesigned MacBook Pro wi...
LinkedIn's iOS app collects and transmits names, emails and notes from your calendar, in plain text
The LinkedIn mobile app for iOS devices collects full meeting notes and details from your device's calendar and sends them back to the company, The Next Web has been informed.
100,000 apps published to Windows Phone Marketplace
More than 100,000 apps have now been published in the Windows Phone Marketplace and new content is currently being added at the rate of 313 apps per day. At the time of writing, 100,145 apps have bee...
on{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of... Microsoft Israel?
Look at your Android phone! Now back at this post! — Imagine you could program your Android to text your wife when you left work. Now imagine your Android reminding you in the morning to grab …
Ellen Pao Breaks Her Silence: I'm Still At Kleiner Perkins, And I Don't Plan On Leaving
Ellen Pao, the partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who is suing the legendary venture capital firm for alleged gender discrimination and acts of retaliation she claims to have experienced duri...
Kobo launches e-book self-publishing platform, “Writing Life”
Digital reading company Kobo is launching a competitor to Amazon's KDP and Barnes & Noble's PubIt: Kobo Writing Life, a free self-publishing platform for independent authors and publishers. — Writin...
Pre to postmortem: the inside story of the death of Palm and webOS
Thirty-one. That's the number of months it took Palm, Inc. to go from the darling of International CES 2009 to a mere shadow of itself, a nearly anonymous division inside the HP machine without a har...
Lenovo demos ThinkPad tablet running Windows 8, we go hands-on
Yes, another Windows 8 tablet. After getting hands-on with some new devices from Acer, ASUS and Samsung, you might already having trouble telling one device from the other. You might even say the sa...
Facebook to help those infected with DNSChanger clean up their computer before July 9th
If you've been infected by a dirty little virus called DNSChanger, you won't be able to access the Internet after July 9th. Even though the people behind the virus have been arrested, there might be ...
Wireless Carriers Curb Choice on Voice Calls
The largest U.S. wireless carriers are working on ways to keep their customers paying up for something they do less and less—making phone calls. — In a sea change for consumer behavior, the amount o...
No Resumes, Just Skills: Smarterer Grabs $1.75M From True, Google Ventures; Tony Conrad Joins Board
Resumes, they say, are ineffective but Boston-based startup Smarterer believes it has the solution. The company's platform provides job searchers with a simple way to show employers …
Facebook Just Opened Up Its Mobile-Only Ad Market
Facebook has added its mobile-only “Sponsored Stories” ads to the list of ad products buyers can purchase via the ads API and Power Editor, without going through its sales force, the company announced...
Another Big Money Bet on AdTech: PubMatic Raises $45 Million From August Capital
After a few years of infatuation, many investors have grown out of love with ad technology companies. But a handful of ad tech businesses continue to garner very big bets and are making noises about ...
HTC One X finally hits AT&T stores June 10 — or you can order it online now
or you can order it online now — HTC's awesome One X smartphone with a 4.7-inch screen and an incredible camera will finally hit AT&T stores on June 10 for $200 with a 2-year contract, the company an...
Last-minute travel app HotelTonight books $23M in funding
Last-minute hotel booking is proving to be big business for HotelTonight, a one year-old San Francisco-based startup that just closed $23 million in additional funding. — Launched in 2011, HotelToni...
Tactus Technology unveils touchscreen prototype with appearing and disappearing keys (hands-on)
Amidst the excitement for the original iPhone way back in 2007 was a big question: would users be able to adjust to typing on a touchscreen, with no visual or tactile cues for orienting your fingers?
Ning Co-Founder Bianchini Has New Design on Online Groups
Gina Bianchini, who cofounded Ning, is changing the direction and design of her latest startup, Mightybell. — Serial entrepreneur Gina Bianchini is betting that people want to congregate and collabo...
FACEBOOK FALLOUT: Y Combinator's Paul Graham Just Emailed Portfolio Companies Warning Of ‘Bad Times’ In Silicon Valley
Facebook has flopped on the public markets, and now we have vivid evidence of how badly Silicon Valley is reeling in the fallout. — Paul Graham, cofounder of Silicon Valley's …
Face To Face: How Airtime Will Re-Humanize The Internet
One minute into using Airtime I was laughing with someone I'd never met. That's something special when despite all the asynchronous connection, the Internet threatens to make us feel lonely. On Airt...
Rethinking Privacy in an Era of Big Data
Some years ago an engineer at Google told me why Google wasn't collecting information linked to people's names. “We don't want the name. The name is noise.” There was enough information in Google's...
Samsung teases Series 5 Hybrid PC
You wanted Windows 8 tablet / laptop mash-ups, you got 'em! On the heels of some rather inventive product launches from Acer and ASUS here at Computex …
Facebook comments, ads don't sway most users: poll
(Reuters) - Four out of five Facebook Inc users have never bought a product or service as a result of advertising or comments on the social network site, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, the latest sign th...
Apple Denied Ban On Samsung Tablet Computer Sales In U.S.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) was denied its renewed request for a ban on U.S. sales of Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer while the case is still before a federal court of appeals. — U.S...
Windows RT on Snapdragon S4 hands-on and Rob Chandhok interview (update: video)
We just got a hands-on demo of Microsoft Windows RT running on Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 development tablet here at Computex 2012 in Taipei. The verdict? It's smooth as silk on a 1.5GHz dual-core APQ...
Yer A Wizard, Sony: PlayStation Introduces Wonderbook, The AR Ebook For Kids Complete With Harry Potter Content
Although the vast majority of Sony gaming content is focused on adult/teen titles, a new title called Wonderbook is particularly interesting. Using an augmented-reality book …
Ad Networks Bypass iPhone Privacy Rules
Mobile ad networks are using new techniques to target iPhone users by circumventing Apple Inc.'s earlier efforts to protect user privacy. — Apple last summer said it would stop allowing app makers t...
Samsung demos Series 5 Ultra Touch and Series 5 Ultra Convertible Ultrabooks, we go hands-on
Well, look at what we have here! We just swung by Samsung's booth at Computex, and the outfit is showing off not one, but two touch-enabled variations of its Series 5 Ultrabooks.
World's Oldest BitTorrent Site Shuts Down
Founded in 2003, UK-based FileSoup was one of the original torrent sites. — When the site started there was no Pirate Bay, no Torrentz, and isoHunt wasn't searching .torrent files yet. FileSoup out...
After Vitrue, Oracle acquires social media monitoring firm Collective Intellect
The social media monitoring, CRM and marketing space is certainly heating up. First, Oracle acquires Vitrue for $300 million, and then Salesforce.com buys Buddy Media for nearly $700 million.
Twitter's Co-founder Biz Stone To Pen Book
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is writing a book called Things A Little Bird Told Me. In the book, Stone will talk about his experience, which includes a stint at Google, co-founding Twitter and his la...
The Security Paradox Of IPv6; Shoring Up The Holes
Guest post written by Danny McPherson — Danny McPherson is Chief Security Officer for VeriSign. — IPv6 presents a security paradox. — The capabilities IPv6 provides will enhance online security...
Silicon Valley as the New Hollywood
Their wedding was on the covers of the gossip magazines. Every moment of their honeymoon documented across the Web. A lavish boat ride and a stroll down Italy's old cobbled streets, each footstep ph...
Facebook faces another lawsuit over IPO disclosures
Second lawsuit claims the social network misled investors by “selectively disclosing” material information about its revenue outlook. — Follow @stevenmusil — Facebook has been served with another ...
Isolationist no more: The Internet goes to Washington
Today's launch of a new think tank call DisCo that wants to educate Congress about disruptive technologies is just one of several new efforts proposed by the Internet and startup community to get thei...