MacBook Pro 15″ with Retina Display Can Run 3 External Displays
Including the built-in Retina display, the new 2012 MacBook Pro 15″ can run four displays at their native resolution. — Retina on laptop @ “best for Retina” — iMac used as a display @ 2560 x 1440 vi...
Windows Phone 8 in detail: new Start Screen, multi-core support, VoIP integration, and NFC
Microsoft is lifting the curtain to provide a preview of some of the software and hardware changes for its Windows Phone 8 operating system today. NFC, dual- and quad-core support are all set …
Hon Hai: Apple's iPhone 5 to put Samsung's Galaxy III to Shame
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, trading as Foxconn, is the manufacturer behind Apple's iPhone and iPad in addition to manufacturing the Xbox for Microsoft and the Playstation for Sony. On Monday, Hon ...
Confirmed: The New iPhone Will Have A 19-Pin “Mini” Connector
Although the form factor and actual size are still unknown, TechCrunch has independently verified that Apple is working on adding a 19-pin port, replacing the current 30-pin port, to the new iPhone.
Bringing Like to Mobile
People share content on the web every day using the Like button. While this has been a key part of how people share, mobile apps have not been able to integrate the functionality. Now they can. — ...
Why ‘Nigerian scammers’ say they're from Nigeria
Short answer: They're looking for chumps — Almost every inbox has been plagued by them: Emails offering a chance at a share of millions of dollars (or pounds or euros). Someone works at a Departmen...
Apple Wins Surprising Anti-Big Brother Surveillance Patent
One of the most surprising patents ever to be granted to Apple has been made public today by the US Patent and Trademark Office. It is one of the most interesting patents that I have ever read.
Task automation tool IFTTT gets new look, moves into physical world with Belkin WeMo compatibility
IFTTT, the automation tool that hooks various web services together to help you accomplish tasks has a new logo, a new look and some nice improvements to the service.
Pinterest gets more in-board actions, gives attribution to SoundCloud, Etsy, others
Pinterest is making content creators of the Internet happier today, by providing more attribution tools for sites such as Etsy, 500px, Kickstarter, Slideshare, and SoundCloud.
Google I/O 2012 app unveiled for Android, keeps attendees and outsiders looped in
Hardly any self-respecting conference can do without a companion app these days and Google has pulled out all the stops with an updated app for I/O 2012. Now available on Google Play …
Verizon's LTE network will be available in more than 300 US markets as of June 21st
Verizon has rolled out its LTE network more rapidly than we expected over the last year and change — late last year, the company hit a milestone of covering more than 200 million Americans …
Zapier: An IFTTT For Business Users
IFTTT, the service that lets you automate common tasks on the web, mostly focuses on consumer services like Dropbox, Twitter, Instagram, and Instapaper. What's missing among IFTTT's 46 supported serv...
Customer Feedback Improvements in the Chrome Web Store
As Chrome Web Store apps and extensions have become more popular, users have been generating a large amount of reviews and feedback for developers. Until now, there was no way to separate a user's re...
Facebook Details Social Landmarks In 25 Cities Around The World With Check-In Data
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Ex-Googlers Launch Avocado, An App For Couples Backed By Baseline, General Catalyst, And Lightspeed
There's a growing market for mobile apps designed to help couples stay closer. The phenomenon first came to my attention with the launch of Pair at Y Combinator's most recent demo day.
Apple vs. Microsoft: Today is Windows Phone 8 day
On Monday it unveiled its answer to iPad. Now what will Redmond do about iPhone? — FORTUNE — “I am going to go out on a limb,” Al Hilwa, IDC's applications software analyst wrote Monday after Micro...
Microsoft kept PC partners in dark about Surface
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp kept its personal computer partners largely in the dark about its plans to launch a competing tablet computer, with some long-time collaborators learning of the new gadget o...
Galaxy Quest: One Phone Aimed at All Networks
While smartphones based on Google's Android operating system collectively outsell Apple's iPhone, no single Android phone has risen to become a giant hit the way the iPhone has. Instead, there has be...
Peter Thiel Launches Mithril: A New $402 Million Late-Stage Fund
Peter Thiel may be best known for his angel investments, most notably, his legendary call with Facebook. But now he's got something for companies that sit just on the cusp between public and private ...
RIM's Job Cuts Under Way as Company Seeks $1B in Savings
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), the struggling maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, is cutting jobs as part of a broad cost-saving effort aimed at trimming $1 billion in operating expenses. — “RIM has...
HotelTonight ExpandsTo The UK, Former Jetsetter Leads The Charge
HotelTonight, the last-minute discounted hotels booking app, is bringing its service to the UK, with an initial service in London launching today. In addition, Heather Leisman, most recently of the t...
New Incubators Focus on Hardware
Arye Barnehama had an idea for a headband that could measure a person's level of focus. So last year, he recruited people with the know-how to design software and arrange circuit boards to help build...
UK waterways to become active routes on Google Maps
At the moment, waterways in England and Wales are not listed as routes on Google Maps — Google Maps users may soon find it easier to plan a trip on one of UK's waterways. — The US search engine ha...
Samsung owed compensation from Apple after winning 3G patent ruling in The Hague
The Hague District Court has ruled in Samsung's favor regarding a 3G patent asserted against Apple. As reported by AllAboutPhones, Samsung has already issued a press release ahead of the decision's p...
Google Mail no more: German users can switch to a Gmail.com email address today
Nearly seven years after it had to rebrand its Gmail service as Google Mail in Germany, Google has today announced that users in the country will now be able to use a gmail.com email address from toda...
Berlin startup Moped lands $1m from top investors, launches messaging app for iOS and Web
Moped, a Berlin startup that is ‘rethinking messages from the ground up’, has raised $1 million in seed funding from Germany's Earlybird Ventures and high-profile U.S. investors like Lerer Ventures, S...
Indian ISPs Unblock BitTorrent Sites After Appeal
Last month millions of Indians were shaken up by what appeared to be a mass anti-piracy action from the Government. — Many of the country's leading Internet providers had blocked access to a wide ra...
Mobile Ads Are An Ugly Nightmare. 955 Dreams...Of A World Where They're Beautiful
“I don't want to talk about whether ads are good or bad. I just want to make good ads. Good for apps, good for users.” That's from Kiran Belubbi, founder and CEO of 955 Dreams which today added …
Chinese online censorship targets “collective action” posts
A Harvard team finds that China's Internet policy allows more than most realize. — We all know that China and the Internet aren't exactly BFFs. The Great Firewall of China has been around for over ...
Bing Ties Yellow Pages Sites For Most Accurate Local Data
In April I wrote about a local data accuracy study preformed by a company called Implied Intelligence. The company offers data services to publishers and developers. In April the company found that ...
Greplin Recasts Itself as Cue, an Intelligent Personal Assistant App
Greplin, the personal search start-up, is trying to become more helpful and more mainstream with the launch of a new personal assistant app called Cue. — Cue is an app that processes users' emails, ...
After Facebook's IPO flub, value of tech startups falls back to earth
A string quartet played a medley of pop radio hits as several hundreds startup founders, Goldman Sachs bankers, and venture capital investors, chatted over drinks inside a gleaming neon temple of Ange...
Apple, Google to face off in key smartphone hearing
(Reuters) - Apple Inc will try to salvage a high-profile lawsuit against Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit on Wednesday at a crucial hearing in the smartphone patent wars between the two tech compan...
Coke, Ford Offer Support for Facebook
Ford, Coke Separately Offer Endorsements for Marketing on the Social Network Amid Challenges to Its Effectiveness — Facebook Inc. is getting support from two big-name advertisers after tough questio...
WPP Doubles Down On Digital, Buys Leading Agency AKQA At $550M Valuation
WPP today has announced a major development in its strategy to have 40 percent of its business coming from digital in the next five years: it is buying AKQA, one of the biggest — and independent — dig...
Kiosked Nabs $5.75M From Rovio Chairman To Give Publishers An Alternative To Banner Ads
Banner ads have been around for over a decade, and though they may have been effective back in the mid-'90s, today they just feel like relics. You probably can't remember the last time you clicked on...