How Reddit Got Obama: “There Are Quite a Few Redditors at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.”
Question No. 1: Yup, that's really Barack Obama, taking questions over at a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything). — Question No. 2: It was really no big deal, says Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, via emai...
Samsung Galaxy Note II official with 5.5-inch screen and Android Jelly Bean (video preview)
After dominating IFA 2011 with its Galaxy Note introduction, Samsung is hoping to repeat the feat today with the Galaxy Note II. Now thinner and lighter, the new Note device comes with a redesigned S...
Apple will now give you up to $345 for your old iPhone 4S
If reports are true, Apple is days away from announcing its next-generation iPhone, the long-awaited follow-up to its fast-selling iPhone 4S. If you're already shuddering at the thought of paying out...
Mark your Microsoft calendars: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 launch dates revealed
Summary: Expect September to be a month of Windows Phone 8 handset reveals, and late October to be the official launch of the coming devices. — We Microsoft watchers already knew October was going t...
GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X
GIMP, the image editing program that's a popular open-source alternative to Photoshop, is now easier than ever for Mac users to start using. Though it was completely free, installing it has long requ...
Google Now updated with movie showtime suggestions, emergency alerts, and more
One of the headline features of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is Google Now, the company's riff on the automated mobile assistant — and today Google has released an update that adds some new features to the ...
Sony Xperia Tablet S official: slimmed-down design, Tegra 3, IR remote and Android 4.0, starts at $400
Looks like those leaked slides showing Sony's Xperia-branded tablet were right about pretty much everything. (Well, everything except the price, anyway).
Exclusive: Galaxy Note II Official Specs, Details, Images
Thanks to a tipster, we've been handed the official press release for the Galaxy Note II, which is expected to be announced at IFA 2012 in just a few hours. The display of the Galaxy Note II will be ...
Apple Geniuses: Now help you online in UK
Apple has announced a new feature to its Online store in the UK. Apple Geniuses to help you pick the right iPhone. — “Now there's a whole new way to shop for an iPad or iPhone at the Apple Online S...
Mark your Microsoft calendars: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 launch dates revealed
Summary: Expect September to be a month of Windows Phone 8 handset reveals, and late October to be the official launch of the coming devices. — We Microsoft watchers already knew October was going t...
TiVo Stream Gets Viewers Off the Couch
With my time limited, I'm continuously working to chip away at the ever-growing list of programs and movies on my TiVo. — For the past week, I've been testing a device that solves a lot of my proble...
Uh Oh! Amazon Researchers Say Pinterest Doesn't Generate A Lot Of Sales
Zappos Labs, the research arm of the Zappos online apparel site, has been experimenting with Pinterest—and the results are not encouraging. — Will Young, director of Zappos Labs, told Bloomberg that...
Vimeo integrates with Dropbox for easier video uploads and shares
Video sharing service Vimeo has finally integrated with cloud storage service Dropbox after many requests from the vocal Vimeo community, the company announced today. — With the integration, Vimeo u...
Motorola's Intel phone set for September launch
Motorola's invite suggests there will be at least one handset reveal using Intel's technology — Google's Motorola unit has confirmed plans to release its first smartphone powered by an Intel chip. ...
Exclusive: Amazon NY signs deal to sell its ebooks through other retailers
Amazon's New York-based book publishing imprint, which is headed by publishing industry vet Larry Kirshbaum, has signed a deal with Ingram to distribute its ebooks to other retailers, paidContent has ...
Big Brother on a budget: How Internet surveillance got so cheap
The surveillance powers of CCTV are coming to a network near you, thanks to deep packet inspection and big data analytics. — ogglog — When Libyan rebels finally wrested control of the country last...
Google.com starts displaying birthday reminders before you start searching for things
Before you perform your next overly-complicated Google search, you might be met with the reminder of a special someone's birthday. As part of the Google+ platform, the company has rolled out birthday...
Google lands patent for automatic object recognition in videos, leaves no stone untagged
Google has already been working on patents that could pick out faces and song melodies in our YouTube clips. Now, it might just have the ultimate tool: the technique in a just-granted patent could pi...
ClearSlide nets $28M from Bessemer, Greylock to give sales teams better presentation tools
Sales communications startup Clearslide has raised $28 million in its second round of funding aimed at opening a New York City office, developing new products, and increasing marketing efforts, the co...
TomTom confirms new Android navigation app, available in October
It's been a long time coming, but finally Dutch satellite navigation specialist TomTom has announced that it will release a dedicated Android app, launching with on-board maps, intelligent routing and...
New quad-core Intel Atom SoCs target PCs, servers, and tablets
Enlarge / The Bay Trail platform will be available for just about any application you can think of. — Intel via Baidu — Leaked Intel documents have revealed details of the company's next-generatio...
LG Optimus L9 announced with 4.7-inch display, language translation app and custom keyboard
There will soon be a new Optimus L-Series smartphone on the prowl, as LG has just announced the Optimus L9 as a followup to its Optimus L3, L5 and L7 handsets. This series is viewed by LG …
New York Times leading group defense in patent suit over mobile texts containing Web links
The New York Times Co. is girding for a legal battle that many larger organizations have avoided. — The Times is leading the defense of a diverse group of companies that use technology they assumed ...
AMD CTO reveals first Steamroller details
Bulldozer's getting some sweet new treads — Ever since the relatively disappointing debut of AMD's Bulldozer microarchitecture, we've been curious to find out what happens next. New architectures s...
Google+ in the workplace: Google previews enterprise Hangouts for Calendar and restricted posts
Even when Google Wave was still around, you could tell that Google was playing around with the notion of changing the way we collaborate and communicate. With Wave, the number usage …
Yelp Surges After Lockup Expires
While early investors in Yelp got their first chance to sell shares in the online reviews site on Wednesday, it appears they are holding on to their stakes for now. — When a so-called lockup period ...
How I cracked my neighbor's WiFi password without breaking a sweat
The four-way handshake, in which a wireless device (STA) validates itself to a WiFi access point and vice versa. — Last week's feature explaining why passwords are under assault like never before to...
HotelTonight sails past 3 million downloads, as it checks-in to 10 new cities across the US and UK
We first covered same-day hotel-booking app HotelTonight way back in early 2011, when it launched initially for iPhones. Well, a lot has happened since then.