Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987
A lot is at stake when a company changes its logo, and Microsoft changed it a number of times in its early years. — For the first time in 25 years, Microsoft is changing its corporate logo. — Micr...
Video Comparison of ‘iPhone 5’ Front Panel and Flex Cables to iPhone 4S Parts [iOS Blog]
Repair firm SmartPhone Medic has just posted a new video comparing several parts from the next-generation iPhone to their counterparts from the iPhone 4S. — The parts shown include the front panel …
Mac OS 10.8.1 Mountain Lion released, fixes issues in Thunderbolt, Exchange, Migration assistant, iMessages and more
Sharing the Stage
Back in February, MG Siegler, among others, noted a remarkable milestone: … You'd be on solid ground arguing that the iPhone is the single most profitable product in the world today, and without quest...
Facebook Is Basically Forcing Its Employees To Use Android Phones Because Its Android App Is Just Awful
Facebook just updated its iPhone app. Great! — That's no consolation to its employees, who are increasingly getting nudged, cajoled, and even ordered to give up their iPhones for Android devices.
Exclusive: Digital Chief Jon Miller Leaving News Corp.
According to sources close to the situation, News Corp.'s Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller will soon be leaving the media giant. — It seems to be a cordial, although perhaps inevitable, parting — so...
FCC approves Verizon's controversial spectrum purchase from cable companies
Following the Department of Justice's lead last week, the FCC has now approved Verizon's acquisition of a large swath of AWS spectrum from a consortium of cable companies operating as SpectrumCo that ...
Nokia set to unveil ‘Arrow’ and ‘Phi’ Windows Phone 8 handsets with AT&T as main carrier
Nokia is planning to unveil two new Windows Phone 8 devices at a joint event with Microsoft on September 5th. Sources familiar with the two companies' plans have revealed that Nokia is working on an ...
Dave McClure is ripping VCs again: They're f***ing arrogant and stupid a**holes
Dave McClure on his way to BC on “Geeks on a Train.” Photo via Kyle Kesterson. — Dave McClure is not your typical venture capitalist. He wears T-shirts and flip flops, and cusses like a sailor.
Zynga's CityVille Loses Mayor to Kixeye
With Zynga's stock price sinking - and morale along with it - employees have started to head for the door. — The latest exit, following its COO John Schappert, is Alan Patmore, Zynga's general manag...
Facebook for iOS goes native, waves goodbye to HTML 5
Facebook today announced the culmination of more than six months of work, a native version of the Facebook app for iOS that's twice as fast. “Up until now we've looked at scale,” iOS Product Manager ...
Apple vs. Samsung: inside a jury's nightmare
Will nine strangers be able to decide the tech trial of the decade? — By Nilay Patel, Matt Macari, and Bryan Bishop — After weeks of trial and impassioned closing arguments from both sides, the hi...
OnLive owed $30 million to $40 million, was facing imminent shutdown
At the time of its insolvency last week, streaming game company OnLive was in far greater trouble than was publicly known. — The company owed $30 million to $40 million to various creditors and had ...
Amazon to hold press conference on September 6th in Santa Monica, Kindle Fire 2 or Phone are our bets
TNW has just been invited to an Amazon press conference for September 6th, although we're not sure what it's all about. We'll be there though. — Could it be the new Kindle Fire?
Google's “I'm Feeling Lucky” Button Becomes a Showcase for Google Properties
Ever willing to add cutesy “Easter egg” features to its properties, on Thursday Google tweaked the “I'm Feeling Lucky” button on its front door, the option that fetches immediate results based on your...
Obama campaign to start accepting text message donations
(Reuters) - In a election dominated by multimillion-dollar donations, Democratic President Barack Obama's campaign is about to give small donors a new weapon by starting to accept text message donatio...
‘Wiki Weapon Project’ Aims To Create A Gun Anyone Can 3D-Print At Home
An AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and a 3D-printed lower receiver for the weapon shown below it. Both images were posted Defense Distributed's website. — Cody Wilson has a simple dream: To design the wo...
Google Building Privacy Red Team
Google, which has come under fire for years for its privacy practices and recently settled a privacy related case with the Federal Trade Commission that resulted in a $22.5 million fine, is building o...
WhatsApp hits new record with 10 billion total messages in one day
Popular mobile messaging app WhatsApp is on fire, apparently. Today, the company shared that it had hit a new daily record with 4 billion outbound messages sent, and 6 billion messages received.
When Freemium Fails
A growing number of new businesses are following in the footsteps of successful companies such as Dropbox Inc., LinkedIn Corp., and Skype Inc., by giving away their products and services free to build...
VMware launches with Windows 8 support, Parallels coming September 4th
If you're looking to run Windows on your Mac, there's good news as both Parallels and VMware have announced new versions of their virtualization software. Parallels Desktop 8 is set to launch on Sept...
Sony Mobile To Lay Off 1,000 People, Move HQ To Tokyo From Sweden As Part of Restructuring
The crunch among handset makers who are not Samsung and Apple continues apace. Today, Android OEM Sony announced that its loss-making mobile handset division Sony Mobile Communications would be layin...
Autodesk down 22% in after-hours trading on disastrous earnings
Design software firm Autodesk has lost 22 percent of its value in after-hours trading on the NASDAQ exchange after a particularly bad earnings report for its fiscal second quarter. — Autodesk is a l...
South Korea Court Says Samsung, Apple Infringed Each Other's Patents
SEOUL—A South Korea court on Friday delivered a split decision in its piece of the global legal battle between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. over mobile computing patents. — A three-judge p...
OnLive CEO stays on board to take the company ‘to a higher level’
OnLive has revealed to OnLive Fans that it will keep Steve Perlman as its CEO following the turmoil the company has seen over the past week. Perlman's position was up in the air when the company shut...
TVGuide.com's new iOS app: social TV for the mainstream
Christy Tanner is a little bit like the Marissa Mayer of social TV. Tanner, who is the EVP and GM of TVGuide.com and TV Guide Mobile, has a huge audience - but most of those users aren't exactly Four...
DOJ compares Apple and publishers to big oil in ebooks case
In its response to recent filings from Apple, publishers and booksellers on its proposed ebook settlement with three publishers, the Department of Justice addresses few specific complaints (PDF; full ...
Techies Fight to Save Hacker Dojo, a Popular Silicon Valley Work Space
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Hacker Dojo is equal parts shared office, lecture hall and after-hours salon for a variety of tinkerers, software coders and entrepreneurs who intend to reinvent the future. T...
Tim Cook ends first year as Apple's CEO on a high note
It was a heck of a way to celebrate his first year on the job. Earlier this week, just four days before his anniversary as Apple's (AAPL) top executive, Tim Cook learned he was now CEO of the most va...
1DollarScan Integrates With Evernote To Add Your Scanned Books To Evernote's Data Store [Updated]
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In Google's Inner Circle, a Falling Number of Women
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — At Google, data is king. Now the company is using data to figure out if it can anoint a few queens. — The company hopes its famous algorithms can solve one of the most vexin...
Kodak To Sell Imaging Units As Patent Auction Continues
Eastman Kodak Co. (EKDKQ), the bankrupt photography pioneer, said it will sell its consumer film, photo kiosks and commercial scanner businesses as it continues an extended effort to auction its digit...