Apple: Google Warned Samsung Against Copying Us
When Apple's patent battle with Samsung heads to trial next week, the iPhone maker plans to build its case using its Korean rival's own words against it. An unredacted version of Apple's trial brief ...
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: the Ars Technica review
Apple's traditional desktop computing business has suffered many indignities over the past decade. Once Apple's flagship product line, the Mac first found itself playing second fiddle to the iPod—a m...
Facebook Is Said To Work With HTC On Mobile Phone For Mid-2013
Facebook Inc. (FB), owner of the largest social network, is working with HTC Corp. to build its own smartphone for release as soon as mid-2013, people with knowledge of the matter said. — The compan...
Zynga Falls Short Of Analyst Estimates For Q2: $332M In Revenue, Bookings Decline From Last Quarter, Lowered Outlook
Zynga didn't meet analysts' already-low estimates in its just-released earnings release for the second quarter of its fiscal year, in which it showed revenue of $332 million and lost 3 cents per share...
The Olympian Infrastructure Challenge
The view of the Olympic Stadium from Cisco House in London, an “executive experience” showcasing the company's technology. (Image: Cisco) — The 2012 Summer Olympics in London will be the most conne...
$1,000 for the cheapest Surface? This latest rumor has Microsoft fanboys feeling downcast
Consider this the second time that we have heard rumbles concerning the pricing of Microsoft's Surface line of tablets. Also, consider this the second time that pricing news concerning the Surface ha...
Twitter, Hollywood Working on In-Stream Video Series
Forget the debate over whether Twitter wants to get in the media business. Twitter wants to be a media player. — The San Francisco, Calif.-based company, along with multiple Hollywood producers and...
Meet the ‘bots’ that edit Wikipedia
Wikipedia is written and maintained by tens of thousands of volunteers across the world. Those, in turn, are assisted by hundreds of “bots” - autonomous computer programmes that keep the encyclopaedi...
The Great American Smartphone Migration
62 Percent of First-Time Smartphone Owners Chose Android Devices, While 25 Percent Opt for iPhones — comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) …
Path Debuts Version 2.5: Bigger Photos And Videos, Book And Movie Sharing, New ‘Nudge’ Feature
Path, the mobile-based social networking app aimed at helping people connect with their close circle of friends and family, is rolling out the latest update to its app: Path Version 2.5.
New York Times drops BlackBerry app
(Reuters) - Research in Motion's BlackBerry users can no longer use the official New York Times app to read news stories over their devices, in a fresh blow to the maker of the smartphone once conside...
Box Is Raising New Financing Round
Box Inc., a venture-capital-backed company whose software lets workers store and access documents on the Web, is raising a new round of financing that would value the start-up at $1.2 billion, people ...
Nintendo reports operating loss of $132M as Wii sales drop off a cliff
Nintendo reported an operating loss of 10.3 billion yen, or $132 million, during its first fiscal quarter ended June 30 as Wii sales dropped significantly. Gamers are awaiting the launch of the Japan...
24.9M Tablets Sold In Q2, With Apple's Share Of That Now Over 68%, Says Strategy Analytics
One of the strong points in Apple's quarterly earnings report yesterday was sales of the iPad. Globally, they were up 52% by revenue and 84% by unit sales, respectively to $9 billion and 17 million.
Project Glass pre-orderers welcomed as ‘Explorers’, promised super secret updates on progress
Google's Project Glass had a surprisingly large presence (skydivers) during its I/O event earlier this year, and now company co-founder Sergey Brin has checked in with the attendees who promised $1,50...
Netflix stock plunges 25% after analysts slash estimates
Shares of Netflix, led by CEO Reed Hastings, plummeted 25% Wednesday, a day after financial results were released. (David Paul Morris / July 25, 2012) — It's looking like another bad summer for Net...
Google Says Patents, Tech Were Less than Half Motorola's Price
Google put a finer point on the value it placed on Motorola Mobility's intellectual property when it agreed to buy the mobile-phone maker, saying in a regulatory filing Tuesday that $5.5 billion of th...
Google Gets Scientific, Adds A Voice-Enabled 34-Button Calculator To Desktop And Mobile Search
Oh Google. Sometimes you're so awesome. — Google search has long featured a built-in calculator function but a recent update added a fully functional 34-button scientific calculator.
HBO nixes idea of Netflix partnership
(Reuters) - Consumers who dream of watching HBO hits like “The Sopranos” or “Game of Thrones” by streaming to TVs using their Netflix accounts shouldn't hold their breath. — Netflix Inc CEO Reed Has...
Good Technology: iPad, iPhone dominating enterprise markets
Good Technology has released its analysis of mobile device activations among enterprise customers over the second quarter of 2012. The data collected shows Android smartphone usage doubling, with App...
NEA Has Closed On $2.6 Billion For Its 14th Fund, Perhaps The Biggest In VC History
New Enterprise Associates, the global venture capital firm with headquarters in Silicon Valley, confirmed today that it has raised $2.6 billion for NEA 14, its fourteenth venture capital fund.
Foursquare Launches Promoted Updates, Its Newest Effort To Generate Revenue
Today Foursquare is launching its version of search ads, Promoted Updates. — Promoted Updates operate like Google's promoted listings or Twitter's promoted tweets. They are pay-per-action ad placem...
BuzzFeed's strategy
BuzzFeed's CEO, Jonah Peretti, recently sent out an email to employees and investors summarizing the company's strategy and progress. I really liked his email so I asked Jonah if I could blog it and ...
EU regulators seek global concessions from Google
(Reuters) - EU regulators are seeking concessions from Google that can be applied worldwide to resolve concerns about its business practices, the EU's antitrust chief said on Wednesday, raising the st...
GoodData brings in $25M to supply Big Data analytics
GoodData racked up $25 million in a third round of funding for its big data analytics service. — GoodData offers operational dashboards, metrics and performance reports, data storage, analytics, and...
AOL Q2: Revenues Down To $531M, Lowest Decline In 7 Years; Traffic, Ad Reveues Up
AOL (owner of TechCrunch) continues to stem its declines, although it is still declining. In Q2 results reported just now, the company noted revenues of $531 million. That's a two percent decline …
Apple's Wild New Patent Covers TV & Advanced 5D Technology
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-five newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. This particular report covers a single, wild and crazy patent that touches ...
Open-source Meteor takes a huge $11.2M first round; will Andreessen Horowitz get the cash back?
Meteor Development Group is building a technology platform to make building client-side web apps super easy and super fast. To that end, the seven-person team has just taken an $11.2 million round …
Samsung kills local search on international Galaxy S3 in ‘stability’ update
There's a new over-the-air update rolling out for the international Samsung Galaxy S III (aka Galaxy S3 GT-i9300) this evening. The OTA message identifies it as a “stability update,” but what it also...