Notes on my work at Twitter
There was a great profile in the New York Times about Twitter's CEO, Dick Costolo, which mentioned my work at the company. It's not a common arrangement, so I'd like to clarify a few points. — In S...
‘iPad mini’ likely to be Wi-Fi-only
Industry sources increasingly confident that Apple will move into 7in tablet market, but will also launch revised iPads — Apple's expected “iPad mini” will only come in a Wi-Fi version - but there w...
New iPod Touch and iPod Nano Begin Shipping, Photos and Benchmarks Posted
Numerous MacRumors readers have reported that their orders for Apple's new fifth-generation iPod touch and seventh-generation iPod nano have shipped, with delivery due for late this week or early next...
Ballmer to Microsoft shareholders: ‘a fundamental shift [is] underway in our business’
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has hinted at Microsoft's shift towards a devices and services company previously, but this year's letter to shareholders spells it out very clearly.
Acer Iconia W510 preview: a week with a true Windows 8 PC
We finally get our hands on some real hardware for Microsoft's new OS — Windows 8 won't be formally available until October 26th, but over the last week or so we've had a chance to test out one of t...
Exclusive: Assets of Palo Alto gaming company OnLive were sold off for just $4.8 million
Venture capitalist Gary Lauder paid just $4.8 million for the remnants of OnLive when the company went through its insolvency process this summer, a letter obtained by this newspaper reveals.
Twitter Mulls an In-House Video-Hosting Service
If you want something done right, do it yourself. — Twitter is considering building its own video-hosting technology, according to sources. That means users could upload video directly via the serv...
Widening Scrutiny of Google's Smartphone Patents
For more than a year, the Federal Trade Commission has been conducting a broad antitrust investigation into the way Google runs its Internet search and search advertising businesses. But in recent mo...
ZTE on hack allegations: Ban every Chinese-made device for 100% security
ZTE has hit back at a US report blackballing it as a supplier, arguing that if the House Intelligence Committee really believes Chinese hack threats are so significant, all Chinese-made hardware shoul...
Pandora and Artist Payments
Have you heard of Donnie McClurkin, French Montana or Grupo Bryndis? If you haven't you're not alone. They are artists whose sales ranks on Amazon are 4,752, 17,000 and 183,187, respectively. These...
Microsoft project tracks hand from wrist, could alter how we control devices
Motion tracking and gesture controls have become common with the rollout of Microsoft Kinect and other sensor-based devices. But what if the sensors were on your wrist, not across the room?
Lenovo's backflipping 13-inch IdeaPad Yoga will cost $1,099
Of all the crazy convertible tablets we've seen in the last year, one has stayed near and dear to our hearts: Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga, the 13-inch Windows 8 ultrabook …
AOL relaunches Games.com with a library of 5,000 titles, designed with a “mobile first mentality”
It has been more than six years since AOL acquired Games.com from the now-defunct Infogrames, former parent company of Atari. The ailing Infogrames offloaded a number of its assets for around $25m …
Copyright Scofflaws Beware: ISPs to Begin Monitoring Illicit File Sharing
Photo: Matt Licht, NotionsCapital.com/Flickr — The nation's major internet service providers by year's end will institute a so-called six-strikes plan, the “Copyright Alert System” initiative backed...
Avoiding Facebook Fate Is Twitter CFO Goal on Way to IPO
Ali Rowghani got a voice mail on his mobile phone from Steve Jobs on a Saturday in early 2010. The Apple Inc. (AAPL) co-founder wanted to keep Rowghani, then chief financial officer at Walt Disney Co...
Nokia ‘Atlas’ leaked, appears to be a Lumia 820 variant for Verizon
Verizon appears to be readying a Windows Phone 8 announcement of its own. A leaked image from the Evleaks Twitter account shows off a Nokia Lumia phone for Verizon, described as the “Atlas.”
Angry Birds Star Wars and the evolution of the app market
Rovio has picked up the pace of its game launches — Angry Birds Star Wars is the third major Rovio title to debut in seven months. And unlike most of its rivals, Rovio is not focused on maximizing ga...
Advertising Becomes Amazon's Newest Low-Price Weapon
Like Everything Amazon Does, Advertising Will Make Products Cheaper — There's no more customer-obsessed company than Amazon, which has long forsaken high profits in pursuit of giving shoppers the be...
AMD enters Windows 8 tablet fray with Z-60 chip: ‘all-day’ battery life, graphics ‘you would never expect’
If you know AMD mainly for its laptop and desktop processors, then some readjustment may be in order: as of now, the company is rushing head-long into the market created by Surface fever …
Hitbox Alum Raise $4.4 Million For Analytics Startup Anametrix
Back in the days before Google Analytics hundreds of thousands of sites relied on WebSideStory's Hitbox service for visitor stats. If you surfed the web in the late 90s you probably saw a lot of home...
Art.sy Is Mapping the World of Art on the Web
Any music fan knows that there are myriad ways to find new songs online: a scroll through digital playlists and streaming radio services like Pandora, which serve as musical recommendation engines. L...
Lytro adds manual controls as its camera hits stores worldwide
The futuristic light-field Lytro camera is finally hitting store shelves today, and to mark the occasion the camera's getting a big update as well. So the company's added the ability to control shutt...
Taiwanese government unhappy with Apple's Maps, asks it to blur images of $1.4B missile defense system
As Apple continues to overhaul and improve the quality of its much-criticised Maps application, the Taiwanese government identified that its new $1.4 billion early warning radar station …