Amazon Is Developing Ad-Supported Tablet Computer
Amazon.com Inc. is planning an advertising-supported tablet computer that will be priced lower than similar models, according to people involved in discussions on the device. — The new device would ...
Apple Loses Japan Patent Lawsuit Against Samsung Over Devices
Apple Inc. (AAPL) lost a patent lawsuit in Japan as a Tokyo judge ruled that Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones and tablet computers didn't infringe on an Apple invention in the most recent decision ...
Apple adds Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note to amended ‘Galaxy Nexus’ complaint
Apple on Friday filed an amended complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, adding the Galaxy S III to its original claims of patent infringement against a number ...
New Motorola Phone Is Said To Have Edge-To-Edge Screen
Motorola Mobility's next mobile phone, due to be unveiled at an event with Verizon Wireless next week, will feature an edge-to-edge screen and work with LTE networks, a person familiar with the produc...
Predicting the “iPad Mini” internals
I saw two curious entries in Instapaper's device stats today: one iPad2,5 and one iPad2,6. — These device models, as reported by the OS, could be faked by a jailbreaker with enough free time. But I...
Exclusive: HTC Windows Phone 8 handsets to include Beats Audio
HTC's upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices will include Beats audio, we have learned. Sources close to HTC's Windows Phone plans have confirmed the addition, with the HTC Accord — a 4.3-inch Windows Phon...
Exclusive: Walmart tests iPhone app checkout feature
(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is testing a system that would allow shoppers to scan items using their iPhones and then pay at a self-checkout counter, a move that could trim checkout times and slash...
HP Launches The Beta Release Of Open WebOS
Gone are the days of HP's TouchPad and Palm ambitions, but HP is moving ahead with its plans to make webOS, it beleaguered mobile operating system, live on as open-source supported platform. Today it...
Apple launches new app and iTunes content infringement, copyright claims tools
Apple has revamped several forms and tools on its site that developers or content producers can use to submit copyright claims for their apps or content. The form to submit disputes based on apps is ...
App Store updated within iOS 6: new search result layout, Genius recommendations turned on and more (video)
The App Store on iOS 6 beta, software currently available to those a part of Apple's Developer Program, has scored a nice little update this evening.
Tweetbot for Mac Beta (sort of)
If you launched Tweetbot for Mac and ended up on this page, please read this. — A lot of our Tweetbot for Mac Alpha users have worried about what's going to happen to them now that the Alpha has bee...
Can Electronics Stores Survive?
Is there a future for electronics specialty stores? — Not long ago, retailers such as Best Buy Co., GameStop Corp. and RadioShack Corp. were outmuscling competitors across America by offering one-st...
Video Demo of What a 4" iPhone Screen Looks Like in Action
The biggest change in the rumored new iPhone is the increase in screen size from 3.5" to 4". As we've seen in numerous part leaks, the new iPhone screen will be taller, but not wider. This will give...
Facebook Goes Gunning for Zombie “Likes”
Facebook is a ginormous site whose primary currency is “Likes.” So, of course, it has a counterfeit “Like” problem. — Now Mark Zuckerberg and company say they've figured out how to crack down on zo...
Facebook Stock Hits A New Low, Now Down More Than 50% Since IPO
Facebook's stock just hit a new low and has now lost more than 50% of its value since the social network's IPO in May. This new record low comes after analyst firm BMO Capital Markets cut its price e...
Clint Eastwood's baffling RNC speech leads @InvisibleObama Twitter to hit 20K followers in 40 minutes
Not-so-surprise speaker Clint Eastwood gave a strange address at the Republican National Convention tonight, where he spent much of the time talking to an empty chair that was supposed to symbolize Pr...
Shenzhen minimum wage rise could impact tech product costs worldwide
Shenzhen, where some of China's largest electronics manufacturers are located, looks set to have its minimum wage hiked by 13.3 percent from 2013, in a move that could cause a ripple effect across the...
Zynga Is Said To Lose Two Vice Presidents Amid Stock Tumble
Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) vice presidents Bill Mooney and Brian Birtwistle have departed, following other top managers amid slowing sales and a stock decline at the biggest maker of social games on Facebook I...
Production of iPhone Screens Delayed at Sharp
Japan's Sharp Corp. hasn't started mass producing screens for Apple Inc.'s next iPhone, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday, signaling potential supply problems for the U.S. company a...
Major Cyberlocker Filesonic Goes Offline After Traffic Plummets
In the wake of the January shutdown of Megaupload, many of the Internet's leading cyberlocker services changed their business models in the hope they could avoid a similar fate. — One such site, Hon...
Robot cars on public roads? California says yes
Google bosses in one of the company's autonomous cars back in 2011. — Google — California legislators have sent a bill to the governor's desk that could push forward the development of autonomous ...
New Apple connectors unavailable, third-party add-ons may miss holidays
After nine years of steady third-party accessory growth for its devices, Apple faces a potentially serious ecosystem disruption this year, multiple reliable sources have confirmed to iLounge.
Samsung smuggles new Series 9 prototype into IFA: 2,560 x 1,440 on a matte display (hands-on)
Well, this sneaked up on us. Close to the end of the first official open-floor day at IFA, Samsung managed to eke out yet another product we want to get our hands on, soonish.
Apple, publishers offer EU e-book antitrust concessions: source
(Reuters) - Apple and four major publishers will allow retailers such as Amazon to sell e-books at a discount for two years in a bid to end an EU antitrust investigation and stave off possible fines, ...
Grooveshark app yanked from Google Play yet again
The Android music app has again been removed from Google's online store after recently being reinstated. — Grooveshark has been on a roller coaster ride at the Google Play store. — The Android mus...
Software Meant to Fight Crime Is Used to Spy on Dissidents
SAN FRANCISCO — Morgan Marquis-Boire works as a Google engineer and Bill Marczak is earning a Ph.D. in computer science. But this summer, the two men have been moonlighting as detectives, chasing an ...
50GB free Dropbox service confirmed for Samsung Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Camera
Good news, storage junkies: Dropbox and Samsung have renewed their vows with a deal that'll provide 50GB of free storage for two years to owners of the new Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Camera.
Purported Nokia Lumia 820, 920 Pureview pics arrive on Twitter
Our old friend, the @evleaks Twitter account is back, claiming that it's gotten the first official shots of Nokia's Lumia 820 and 920 with Pureview. The terse tweets claim that the 820 is a 4.3-inch ...
Plex announces $3.99 monthly service, new web client
The popular media server app Plex is getting a significant update, and for the first time giving its users the option of a paid tier of service. Subscribers to the $3.99-a-month PlexPass will get ear...
Lenovo fires off its salvo of laptops and desktops for Windows 8
Lenovo, the world's second-largest PC maker, is launching a series of Windows 8 laptops and all-in-one desktops today that balance typical computer features with a taste of a touchscreen user interfac...
Apple Patent Fight: Google in Cross Hairs
Apple Inc. is flexing its legal muscle more squarely at Google Inc. in another patent fight against Samsung Electronics Co. — Last week's resounding victory over Samsung in a patent trial in Califor...