BuzzFeed Hires Web Video Pioneer Ze Frank
Here's a good chocolate/peanut butter combination: Buzzfeed, the click-factory that has figured out Facebook and Twitter, plus Ze Frank, the guy who figured out Web video back in its infancy. — Toge...
Google Objects to Acer Smartphone
Google Inc. said late Friday that it objected to Taiwanese PC maker Acer Inc.'s development of a smartphone that is powered by a rival mobile operating system, the launch of which was delayed this wee...
In New Ad Campaign, Samsung Tries to Win on the Merits
For many, the iPhone 5 is the talk of the weekend — and that includes Samsung. — The Korean phone maker will tomorrow start running a print ad campaign in national and regional papers that compares ...
The iPhone 5's A6 SoC: Not A15 or A9, a Custom Apple Core Instead
When Apple announced the iPhone 5, Phil Schiller officially announced what had leaked several days earlier: the phone is powered by Apple's new A6 SoC. — As always, Apple didn't announce clock speed...
iPhone 5 fully dimensioned design drawing available for all to see
If you are a case maker then Apple usually provides you with a detailed design drawing of its iPhone models. This time however the link to the design drawing has been made available to all and it rev...
Demanding A Student's Facebook Password A Violation Of First Amendment Rights, Judge Says
For some strange reason, a large number of schools adhere to the notion that their students are not actually citizens of the United States and therefore, not granted the same rights as the “grownups.”
LEAKED! Here's The White House's Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order
Earlier this week, we wrote about how the White House was working on an executive order to act as a “stand in” for cybersecurity legislation that has so far failed to pass Congress (CISPA passed in th...
Google's Java translator eases path to iPad, iPhone apps
Google on Thursday made accommodations for Java and Python developers by offering a Java-to-Objective-C translator and advancing its Python client library for Google APIs. With the open source releas...
T-Mobile to offer nano-SIM cards for iPhone 5 in mid-October
T-Mobile will begin carrying nano-SIMs in mid-October according to a tweet from the carrier's support account and confirmation from a T-Mobile spokesperson. We've already noted T-Mobile's desire to a...
Google just dropped an Android-shaped bomb in China [Updated]
Google has dropped an Android-shaped bomb on China's mobile market, after comments from the company potentially affected some of the country's most powerful Internet firms and their strategy of modify...
Demanding A Student's Facebook Password A Violation Of First Amendment Rights, Judge Says
For some strange reason, a large number of schools adhere to the notion that their students are not actually citizens of the United States and therefore, not granted the same rights as the “grownups.”