Apple Delays iTunes Refresh
Apple surprised lots of people yesterday. Here's a smaller bit of unexpected news: The company is delaying the update of its iTunes software. — Back in September, Apple said an iTunes overhaul woul...
Introducing the new compose in Gmail
We're always trying to make Gmail faster and easier to use, so today we're introducing a completely redesigned compose and reply experience that does just that. — Faster — How many times have you ...
Microsoft: Four Million Windows 8 Installs Down, 396 Million More to Go
Back in September, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made an ambitious prediction: “One year from now — between Windows phones, Windows tablets and Windows PCs — we'll see close to ... 400 million new devic...
Massive Flooding Damages Several NYC Data Centers
Flooding from Hurricane Sandy has hobbled two data center buildings in Lower Manhattan, taking out diesel fuel pumps used to refuel generators.A third building at 121 Varick is also reported to be wit...
iPad mini review
Apple takes on a new market with a smaller tablet — The iPad mini has arrived — and so has our review. Just last week, Apple introduced the world to the newest member of its wildly successful table...
Ballmer's New Mission for Microsoft
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is betting on one of Microsoft Corp.'s busiest years ever to keep the company relevant in a new age of mobile technology. — On Monday, Microsoft formally introduced new...
Google's most advanced voice search has arrived on iOS
When you have a question, finding the answer should be effortless—wherever you are and whatever device you're using. The new Google Search app for iPhone and iPad helps you to do just that with enhan...
Google Adds Power Outage Information To Its Hurricane Sandy Crisis Map
As we brought to your attention last night, Google set up what it calls a “Crisis Map” as we waited for Hurricane Sandy to make land-fall. It has, and damage has been done, including massive power ou...
Regime Change
Apple cannot afford to get too big or too disorganized. That's my takeaway from yesterday's shocker that not only is Scott Forstall out at Apple, but also that his fiefdom is being split between Crai...
Disney purchases Lucasfilm in $4 billion acquisition deal, includes LucasArts
Disney has acquired Lucasfilm, Ltd. in a massive acquisition which cost $4.05 billion, the two companies announced in a joint press release today. — The announcement is not without its fair share of...
4th Generation iPad Benchmarks Show 1.4GHz Dual Core Processor, 1GB of RAM
John Poole of Primate Labs posts about some 4th Generation iPad benchmarks that appeared in their Geekbench database on Sunday night. — True to Apple's claims, the 4th Generation iPad benchmarks abo...
UK's first 4G mobile service launched in 11 cities by EE
4G networks mean far greater internet speeds while on the move — The first UK's first fourth generation (4G) mobile service has gone live in 11 cities. — London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, C...
Google Says 700,000 Applications Available for Android
Google Inc. (GOOG) said there are about 700,000 applications available for downloading onto mobile devices that run the Android operating system, challenging Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s lead in the race for s...
Bob Iger Says Disney Will Focus On Mobile And Social (Not Console) Star Wars Games
The big emphasis during Disney's conference call discussing its acquisition of Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion was, not surprisingly, the enormous earnings potential of the Star Wars franchise.
Startup Weekend looks to stamp out 30,000 entrepreneurs in new 4-week training program ‘Next’
Call it Startup Weekend on steroids. — The Seattle nonprofit today is unveiling a new four-week training program that's designed to get people off their duffs, pursuing that entrepreneurial idea tha...
Google's Chrome Remote Desktop Screen Sharing Service Comes Out Of Beta, Adds Real-Time Audio For Windows
Google just announced that it is taking its Chrome Remote Desktop screen sharing service out of beta. As the name implies, the Chrome Remote Desktop app runs in Chrome and allows …
Microsoft Renews Relevance With Machine Learning Technology
SEATTLE — Eric Horvitz joined Microsoft Research 20 years ago with a medical degree, a Ph.D. in computer science and no plans to stay. “I thought I'd be here six months,” he said. — He remained at ...
Apple iMessage down on iOS and OS X for the second time in a week (update)
Apple's having some issues with iMessage, again — for the second time in the last week, users are experiencing difficulties sending and receiving messages on both iOS devices and Macs running OS X. Sy...
Acer delays Windows RT tablets after Microsoft moves into market
(Reuters) - Taiwanese computer maker Acer is putting off the launch of tablets using Microsoft's new Windows RT operating system to give itself time to see how Microsoft's own Surface tablet fares.
EverySignal's smart social alerts mean you never need to miss an important life moment again
The volume of content passing through most social networks is growing more unmanageable by the day. The average Facebook Newsfeed has become an overwhelming deluge of (mostly superficial) content.
Andreessen-Backed Start-Up ItsOn Raises $15 Million to Help Make Mobile Service More Flexible
Just recently, major carriers such as Verizon and AT&T started allowing customers to share a pool of data among several devices. But that's just the start of how flexible cellular options could be.
ARM's 2014 processors will blow today's smartphone chips away, with 3x the performance or 1/4 the battery drain
We're just barely seeing the first powerful ARM Cortex-A15 processors in bleeding edge devices like the new Samsung Chromebook and Google's upcoming Nexus 10 tablet …
Facebook Fraudster Paul Ceglia's 8th Lawyer Ditches Him After Arrest For Faking Evidence
Chasing a massive payday, lawyers flocked to a man who claimed to have evidence that he owned half of Facebook. But after Paul Ceglia's arrest for forging that evidence this week …
How Zappos' User Agreement Failed In Court and Left Zappos Legally Naked
In re Zappos.com Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, 2012 WL 4466660 (D. Nev. Sept. 27, 2012). — In January, Zappos (part of $AMZN) announced a massive data security breach affecting 24 ...
Mark Cuban: Apple TV Is a Pipe Dream And why the HDNet founder thinks that may be a good thing
Mark Cuban has never been shy. Whether he's opining about Jason Kidd's decision to bolt from Cuban's Dallas Mavericks for the New York Knicks (he is very mad) or Google's business model …
The Tech Behind Apple's Impossibly Thin New iMacs
The 27-inch iMac is only 5mm thick at its edges. Photo: John Bradley/Wired — We know Apple has a love affair with thin. The iPhone 5 is the thinnest iPhone ever. The MacBook Air could very well b...