Nokia to End “Meltemi” Effort for Low-End Smartphones
One of the casualties of Nokia's latest cuts is Meltemi, the company's effort to create a new Linux-based operating system for low-end smartphones. — The project was aimed at offering smartphones at...
Apple expected to launch 13" Retina MacBook Pro by early Oct.
Apple will bring a high-resolution Retina display to its 13-inch MacBook Pro with a product update set to launch this October, according to one insider. — Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI shared in a not...
Yammer Agrees to Sell Itself to Microsoft
Business-software company Yammer Inc. agreed to sell itself to Microsoft Corp. for $1.2 billion, according a person familiar with the matter, in a sign Microsoft may be trying to plug holes in its ubi...
Judge changes mind, grants Apple an injunction hearing against Motorola (and vice versa)
Judge Richard Posner, the Seventh Circuit judge sitting by designation on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to preside over an Apple v. Motorola lawsuit …
Vizio's Beautiful Sci-Fi Computer Fleet Lands Now for Cheapish (Updated: Hands On)
It takes a lot to make us genuinely excited about a laptop, or even worse, another desktop PC. But cheap TV king Vizio's done just that. We loved them at CES, and now the all-in-one and superskinny ...
Microsoft Is Buying Yammer, According To People At Yammer
UPDATE: Bloomberg is now reporting that Microsoft is in talks to buy Yammer for more than $1 billion, witha deal coming as soon as Friday. — EARLIER: We just heard from a source inside Yammer that ...
Can VCs Be Bred? Meet The New Generation In Silicon Valley's Draper Dynasty
Over the course of a half-century, the Draper family has carved out a name (and a fortune) in a place where breeding and ancestry are thought to be irrelevant. Now it's time for the debut of the youn...
Apple Adds Gay and Lesbian Couple Icons to iOS 6
The new version of Apple's iPhone operating system comes with new emojis, the popular emoticons that are often used in texting and email, especially by young kids and nerdy adults like me. Two of the...
Apple, Time Inc. Solve Their Subscription Squabble
Apple and Time Inc. have settled their differences: The giant publisher is now selling subscriptions to its iPad magazines directly from the apps themselves. — If that seems like non-news, consider ...
Google, Twitter and Facebook rally to fight “bad ads”, malware and online trust issues
Google, Twitter and Facebook are among the Internet industry giants that are giving their names and efforts to a non-profit campaign aimed at taking action against bad ads, malware and other schemes t...
To Fight Off Airtime and Google+ Hangouts, Facebook Tests Adding Video “Call” Button To Profiles
Desperate to increase video chat usage, Facebook is testing out a “Call” button on top of people's timeline profiles. I don't think I've received a Facebook video chat since Facebook partnered …
Karma: a 4G provider that rewards users for sharing their data plan with strangers
“Something is fundamentally broken in the market for mobile providers,” says Robert Gaal, one of the founders of Karma, a startup that just graduated from the TechStars NY accelerator program.
Facebook Asks Every User For A Verified Phone Number To Prevent Security Disaster
Every single Facebook user is or will soon be seeing a link at the top of their desktop news feed asking them to “Stay in control of your account by following these simple security tips”.
Skype 4.0 for Linux
First off, we'd like to thank our Skype for Linux users for your patience awaiting Skype 4.0 for Linux, codenamed ‘Four Rooms for Improvement,’ which is now available. With this release, we have fina...
Apple's idea for optical zoom, stroboscopic flash, etc; in the next iPhone: removal back panel with optics
Since iPhone 4, camera experience on Apple phones was among the best in the industry. But it's only so much you can do with the camera quality in such a tightly packed device as a smartphone.
Ethiopian Government Bans Skype, Google Talk And All Other VoIP Services
The Ethiopian government, Al Jazeera reports, has criminalized the use of Skype and other VoIP services like Google Talk. Using VoIP services is now punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Reddit General Manager Erik Martin Respons to Domain Ban Controversy
Yesterday, reports that Reddit administrators have been banning high-quality publications like The Atlantic and Business Week from their site as a punishment for — spamming attempts.
Microsoft's NUads on Xbox Live ‘motions’ boring TV commercials forward
The traditional television commercials that play between programs on a TV set are long overdue for an upgrade, which Microsoft is more than happy to provide. — The technology giant announced today …
Carat: The Brilliant App That Increases Your Battery Life By Showing What Other Apps To Kill
“Kill Pandora - Expected Battery Life Improvement: 1 hour 50 minutes” This is what you'll learn from Carat, an incredibly useful free new iOS and Android app that's the first to give …
App Store enigma: the patent holder, the developer, and the voiceless child
Apple's “benign dictatorship” of the App Store leaves users, devs in the dark. — The Unity language implemented on a Prentke Romich AAC device — Prentke Romich Company — Few apps available for t...
What Facebook Knows
The company's social scientists are hunting for insights about human behavior. What they find could give Facebook new ways to cash in on our data—and remake our view of society. — Cameron Marlow ca...
Nokia To Cut 10,000 Jobs As Elop Tries To Stanch Losses
Nokia to Cut Up to 10,000 Jobs to Halt Losses — Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) cut its earnings forecast for this quarter and said it will eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs and shut production and research sites ...
The rumor regarding a project named ‘Samsung Facebook’ is groundless
There have been inquiries and a few articles claiming that Samsung Electronics is going to offer a Facebook-like service, being developed under a code-name called ‘Samsung Facebook.’ However this is n...
TechStars NYC 2012: 7 startups to watch
Thirteen would-be darlings of New York's tech scene are hitting the stage today. In downtown Manhattan, startup incubator TechStars NYC is hosting its third Demo Day to present its latest class of gr...
‘State-sponsored attackers’ using IE zero-day to hijack GMail accounts
Summary: Microsoft's advisory speaks of “active attacks” and follows a separate note from Google that references the IE flaw “being actively exploited in the wild for targeted attacks.”
Web Video Companies Crank Up Lobbying
WASHINGTON—Online video companies are ramping up their lobbying of lawmakers and regulators, but their adversaries—traditional cable-TV companies and Internet-service providers—have far deeper pockets...
Google Play preloads on Kobo Vox; Books on Google Play launches in Germany
The Kobo Vox tablet now come preloaded with the Google Play app. Current Kobo Vox owners will see the app the next time their device updates. — “Supporting Google Play is one more way we're deliver...
Microsoft takes aim at Google+ Local as more detailed Yelp content comes to Bing Local search
Fresh from the announcement that it would power reviews and business listings in Apple's new iOS 6 operating system, Yelp is also bringing more content to Bing Local searches, delivering more listing...
Baidu To Share Revenue With Apple On China Iphone Search
Baidu Inc. (BIDU) said Apple Inc. (AAPL) will be entitled to a share of advertising sales after the Chinese company's search-engine was added as part of a software upgrade for iPhones in China. — Th...
Turf War Erupts in Red-Hot Mobile Videogames
Japan's Little Known Gree and DeNA Go After Zynga in the U.S.; Converting Players to Buyers — A turf war is breaking out in the videogame industry and, for once, it has nothing to do with Nintendo, ...
Reeder 3.0 Review
In 2009, reading news on the iPhone was different. The App Store was only one year old; Twitter wasn't the information network adopted by mass media and millions of users we interact with today; ther...
Redesigned YouTube rolling out to some users, reflects the influence of Google+
From the looks of this screenshot posted by one of our readers, it appears YouTube is testing a new homepage styled more like the look that recently rolled out on Google+. The current default look ro...
Ad-Tech Companies Seize Rivals As Winners and Losers Emerge
The advertising-technology field is shaking out, as failed start-ups merge with more-successful peers, nonadvertising companies snap up industry players, and venture capitalists show less interest in ...
Microsoft details the People app, its cloud-connected address book for Windows 8
If you've yet to try the Release Preview of Windows 8 for yourself, fear not, because along with our detailed impressions, Microsoft is catering to your trepidation with a series of blog entries on it...
YC-Backed Kippt Launches Collaborative Bookmarking App To Become The GitHub For Links
Last fall, Finnish designers Jori Lallo and Karri Saarinen soft-launched a simple bookmarking tool called Kippt that aimed to give users a more elegant way to store their information on the Web.
Opera 12: new version, new features, new competitive challenges
Opera is releasing version 12 of the Opera browser today, with new features for theming, controlling your computer's hardware from the browser without using a plugin, speed, and security. — VentureB...
YouTube Star Managers The Collective Buy Web Video Pioneer Metacafe
Metacafe was a Web video pioneer that fell behind YouTube and never caught up. And now it has a new, slightly unconventional home: Hollywood management agency The Collective is buying the video site.