Take A Closer Look At The Icon For Apple's Terrible Maps App
iPhones used to come with Google Maps, but Apple booted Google after the two companies were unable to negotiate a new deal. — The whole thing fell apart over turn-by-turn directions. — The problem...
Apple taps obscure Asian suppliers to bring the iPhone and other products to the masses
BADE, Taiwan — On a November afternoon two years ago, a taxi pulled up to the gate of Ta Liang Technology, one of countless nondescript companies that make up the global gadget supply chain.
Amazon Lending - Amazon starts loaning capital to sellers to help them scale
Sellers are reporting that Amazon has started an interesting new program called Amazon Lending from Amazon Capital Services Inc. (at amazoncapital.com which redirects to amazonservices.com for now).
Stripe partners with Chilling Effects to report the legal complaints it receives against users
Following the lead of Google, Twitter and GitHub, US-based payments startup Stripe has just announced a partnership with Chilling Effects to report the “take-down” requests that it receives from third...
Bootstrap creators leave Twitter for Obvious and GitHub but vow to keep working on open-source project
Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton (aka @mdo and @fat), who jointly cooked up front-end Web app development toolkit Bootstrap whilst working at Twitter, have decided to leave the social networking company a...
Mobile Ads: Here's What Works and What Doesn't
Coupons, Pitches Tied to Smartphone Search Get a Yes; Don't ‘Spray and Pray’ — In 2010, Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs proclaimed, “Mobile advertising really sucks.” Now, however, the rule book f...
Facebook Shares Jump More Than 6% After Gifts Launch. (Hooray For New Revenue Streams.)
Well, Facebook shareholders sure like the sound of Gifts. — Around Wall Street's close yesterday, the company launched a much anticipated e-commerce initiative that lets Facebook users send real …
Apple Drops the “Most Powerful Mapping Service Ever” Claim
Apple's CEO Tim Cook has honestly admitted that Apple Maps isn't as good as competing mapping services but the Apple website made a slightly contradictory claim. It said: … Apple Maps may be beautifu...
Meg Whitman's Toughest Campaign: Retooling H.P.
IT'S not as easy being Meg Whitman as Meg Whitman might have expected. — At 56, Ms. Whitman, the eBay billionaire who spent a fortune unsuccessfully trying to become the governor of California, has ...
Nook GlowLight e-reader price drops to $119
Just ahead of Amazon shipping out its highly anticipated Kindle Paperwhite, the Nook GlowLight gets a price chop. — As Amazon gets set to ship out the Kindle Paperwhite, its new e-ink e-reader that ...
Hard Drive Shipments Rebound to Record Level in 2012
A year after the Thailand flooding disaster partially derailed production, the global hard disk drive (HDD) industry has fully recovered, with shipments to the computer market expected to hit a record...
Facebook revamps Messenger iOS app with Favorites, new chat UI, better performance
Facebook's been on a bit of a roll with iOS development lately. Just over a month ago, the company released a major update to its flagship app that offered tangible boosts in performance and responsi...
Why I got Fired from Facebook (a $100 Million dollar lesson)
Can I be real with you? Real real? — I'm TIRED of answering this question so I'd rather write it out and just point people to this post. — Let me start in reverse. — I can tell you every detail...