Amazon Takes on the High-End—Introducing the New Kindle Fire HD Family
Introducing the New Kindle Fire HD Family — $199 now gets you the world's most-advanced 7" tablet, with a stunning custom HD display, the fastest Wi-Fi, exclusive Dolby audio, powerful processor and ...
Introducing the New Kindle Paperwhite, the Most Advanced E-Reader Ever Constructed
Higher resolution, 62% more pixels, 25% higher-contrast, patented built-in front light, 8 weeks of battery life and an even slimmer and sleeker design — only $119 — New Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi + 3G ...
Apple Seeks to Create Pandora Rival
Apple Inc. is in talks to license music for a custom-radio service similar to the popular one operated by Pandora Media Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be a bid by th...
Twitter makes the decision to stop development and future updates for Twitter for Mac?
For the Twitter fanatics out in the crowd the following news may make you weep a little. According to TechCrunch columnist MG Siegler, Twitter has made the decision that it will no longer be developi...
Welcoming Instagram to Facebook
So many of us at Facebook love using Instagram to share moments with our friends. And for so many people, sharing photos with friends is an important part of the Facebook experience. That's why we'r...
Apple cuts memory chip order to Samsung for new iPhone: source
(Reuters) - Apple Inc has reduced its orders for memory chips for its new iPhone from key supplier and competitor Samsung Electronics Co, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
iPhone owners can't sue Apple over broken glass, court rules
A federal judge in San Jose threw out a class action lawsuit from iPhone 4 owners who claimed that Apple misrepresented the strength of the phone's glass. — The lawsuit was brought by California man...
Adobe Social Launches To Create And Monitor Social Ads
After several months in beta testing, Adobe is launching Adobe Social, which it's pitching as a way to connect social marketing campaigns with real business results. — That was the big emphasis when...
Apple TV No IPhone As Talks Bog Down With Media Companies
Apple Inc. (AAPL) engineers have been working since 2005 to reinvent TV viewing. Designing the gadget may prove easy compared with convincing media and cable companies to loosen their grip on the tel...
South Korea probes Samsung over Apple antitrust complaints
(Reuters) - South Korean regulators are investigating complaints filed by Apple Inc that Samsung Electronics Co is abusing its dominant position in wireless technology, the Korea Fair Trade Commission...
Feds Say Mobile-Phone Location Data Not ‘Constitutionally Protected’
The Obama administration told a federal court Tuesday that the public has no “reasonable expectation of privacy” in cellphone location data, and hence the authorities may obtain documents detailing a ...
HootSuite CEO: We're Buying Seesmic For The Users, Not The Tech [Interview]
TechCrunch first reported earlier today that enterprise social media platform HootSuite is buying another social media platform, Seesmic. That fact has now been confirmed by HootSuite itself.
Spotify Is Said to Profit From Its Subscribers, but Lose More Luring Them
Media Decoder recently looked at the books of Spotify and Pandora, two of the most popular digital music services, and noted that both companies — despite having very different business models — wind ...
Kobo Unveils $99 Mini And $129 Glo E-Readers, Takes On Amazon With Android-Powered Arc Tablet
The big September reveal-a-thon is set to continue tomorrow with some new product announcements courtesy of Amazon, but a rival player in the e-book space is trying to capture some thunder of its own ...
Samsung Galaxy S III sales surpass 20 million
Samsung's Galaxy S III hit the 10 million mark at the end of July, and in the time since then the company has doubled that figure — Samsung says it's reached 20 million Galaxy S III sales, 100 days af...
Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Google's Money
Y Combinator founder Paul Graham, the influential advisor to dozens of startups like Dropbox and Airbnb, sent his entrepreneurs an email Wednesday afternoon cautioning them against taking “lowball off...
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales attacks government's 'snooper's charter'
Jimmy Wales says his website would encrypt all connections with Britain, and called the plans ‘technologically incompetent’ — Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has sharply criticised the govern...
Skype Gets Closer To Mobile Carriers, Inks Deal With Mach For Direct Billing For Skype Credits
Ahead of Nokia and Microsoft's big event in New York today, where they will formally announce new Nokia/Windows Phone devices, Microsoft is making a little pre-show appearance in the form of Skype …
The SEC's Crowdfunding Conundrum
When President Obama signed the JOBS Act last April, one of the most controversial and potentially far-reaching provisions was giving startups the ability to raise money through crowdfunding. Private...
Gojee Launches Apps for iOS and Android to Take Curated Recipes Mobile
Today NYC-based Gojee, a visual app that curates recipes based on user preferences, today announced the debut of its free apps for iOS and Android. Gojee's base of 10,000 recipes are pulled from 300 ...
Marissa Mayer: Yahoo is Staying in Ad Tech, Won't Sell Right Media
Key Exec Michael Barrett Says He's Sticking Around, Too — Marissa Mayer has made one of her first big strategic decisions as Yahoo CEO, as the company announced it was not going to sell its ad excha...
Post-Acquisition, Brightcove's Zencoder Adds Live Streaming And Instant Playback
Video distribution company Brightcove announced its acquisition of Zencoder to coincide with its second-quarter earnings announcement in July, paying $30 million for the cloud encoding startup.