Court affirms $675,000 penalty in music-downloading case
Joel Tenenbaum, penalized $675,000 for illegally downloading 31 songs online, looks on as court upholds the size of the damages fee. The fee had been lowered once; then reinstated. — A federal cour...
Apple wins $1 billion victory over Samsung
In a verdict that would have warmed the heart of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, a federal jury on Friday handed Apple a resounding legal victory in its bitter patent war with Samsung, ordering the South K...
After meeting with Apple execs, analyst expects no television solution any time soon
The company's prospects for a near-term TV breakthrough appear to be bleak — FORTUNE — It's hard to know what to make of the signals coming out of the meetings with individual analysts Apple's (AAPL...
Evernote Announces Evernote Business With Company-Wide Sharing And Phone Support
Evernote CEO Phil Libin just announced a new product aimed at small- and medium-sized companies (or small- and medium-sized teams within large enterprises) — appropriately, it's called Evernote Busine...
Apple, Samsung Must Stop Some Korea Sales In Patent Fight
Apple Inc. (AAPL), the maker of the iPhone, and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) infringed each other's patents for mobile devices and must stop selling some products in South Korea and pay damages, a...
Jim Dalrymple Hints at Two Separate Apple Media Events for New iPhone and iPad Mini
Renowned Apple journalist Jim Dalrymple — known for his “Yep” confirmations to Apple rumors — has posted a cryptic message suggesting that Apple will hold two separate media events this fall for the n...
This is the HTC ‘Proto’
The Proto that we told you about earlier this month is back — and this time, we've got pictures. HTC has been nearly silent on the global phone scene since its big One series event at February's Mobi...
Carriers Love BlackBerry 10, Says RIM
Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 10 operating system and the handsets on which it will run are still months away from shipping, but the company's leadership is already showing them off to their car...
Microsoft and RIM battle for third place, but is four a crowd?
There is a business principle that you may be familiar with. The leader in the market, for one reason or another, is always the most successful. The second person can be quite successful, the third ...
Wall Street Journal offers free Wi-Fi in NYC and San Francisco
Newspapers have been trying all sorts of gimmicks, from paywall promos to “open houses,” to get readers to discover their websites. The latest by the Wall Street Journal is clever: thousands of free ...
Apple share of China smartphone mkt almost halved in Q2 - IDC
(Reuters) - Apple Inc's share of China's smartphone market almost halved to 10 percent in the second quarter as buyers waited for the next iPhone model - expected later this year - or switched brands,...
Microsoft Surface street art ad appears in New York
Microsoft's new Surface might not be launching until October 26th, but the company appears to be kicking off its marketing for the Windows RT-powered tablet a little early. A building wall in New Yor...
MacBook Pro Mountain Lion Battery Life: 10.7 vs 10.8 vs 10.8.1
TMO TALK (139) — Shortly after the launch of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, users of portable Macs began to report significant reductions in their battery life on Cupertino's latest cat. Reports varied, ...
Expanded deal brings hundreds of NBCUniversal TV episodes to Amazon Prime Instant Video
Internet giant Amazon this morning announced that it has reached an expanded content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution. — Under the terms of the deal …
PC growth slowing, and Windows 8 won't fix that soon, says IDC
Can Windows 8 save the traditional PC and spur growth again? Maybe — but it doesn't look like that's going to happen this year, a market-research firm suggests. [Read more]
Guggenheim Architect To Design Facebook HQ's New 3,400-Employee Tree-Topped Engineering Building
Share price be damned, Facebook is expanding. It's just announced that Guggenheim Museum architect Frank Gehry will design a 3,400 employee engineering office connected to its Menlo Park Headquarters...
iPhone trails at No.7 in China's smartphone market, report says
The Chinese hold Apple's products in high regard, but the iPhone is too costly and isn't hooked into China Mobile's network, analysis firm IHS says. — Despite Apple's popularity in China, the iPhone...
Empire State Building shooting leads to social media payday for one Instagrammer
As the world tries to figure out the motives of the Empire State Building shooter, one random Instagram photo provides a window into the dirty underbelly of photo licensing for wire services.
Twitter Joining the Linux Foundation
The overwhelming majority of web-based services today rely on Linux. More and more of these companies are joining the Linux Foundation, the “nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of ...
Quick everyone, announce stuff before Apple does!
It's that season again. The season when everyone rushes to announce products and ‘innovations’ before Apple drops their latest iPhone and iOS software on the market, obliterating alternative coverage...
The Rest of MOG Finds a Home: Radio Chain Townsquare Buys Ad Network
In July, headphone-maker Beats bought MOG's music streaming service. But it didn't buy all of MOG — the company still operated a Web ad network focused on music blogs. — Now that has been sold, too...
Watch this: Samsung's design team tells the story behind the Galaxy S III
Samsung has released a video called “Galaxy S III Design Story” which explains the development history of their latest, well-received flagship phone. The company's design team doesn't have as high a ...
Facebook acquires Threadsy, the company behind social graph analysis tool Swaylo
Today, Threadsy, the company behind social analysis tool Swaylo, has announced that it has been acquired by Facebook. — Here's what the company had to say on its blog:
Instagram Traffic Up 38 Percent In July, Tumblr Surpasses MySpace [ComScore]
Interest in Instagram rose significantly in July, enough to make it the top gaining web property in comScore's monthly tracking of traffic to U.S. websites. — ComScore's July 2012 Top 50 shows a 38 ...
Another Piece In Twitter's Money Puzzle: Teaming Up With HootSuite To Cross-Sell Ads
When Twitter published its latest thinking on how its API would evolve, and what it wanted to leave behind, it noted one of the areas it wanted to emphasize more was enterprise.
We the Coders: Open-Sourcing We the People, the White House's Online Petitions System
I'm thrilled to announce that we are publishing the source code for We the People, the online petitions system that has been a popular way for the public to connect with the White House over the past ...